Pregnancy Hemorrhoids Are a Massive Pain in the Butt

A patient’s journey from hemorrhoids to healing

MacArthur Medical Center
Candour

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Photo by Sydney Sims on Unsplash

No-one talks about hemorrhoids, yet many people suffer their misery.

Have you ever walked into a public restroom needing to go number two? You, hope, and pray that you are alone. You run into a stall, immediately sit down, and try to go as fast as possible before someone else makes their appearance.

Unfortunately, someone enters the middle of everything. You spend the next 120 seconds squeezing your butt as tightly as possible. As soon as they walk out, you finish your business and walk out of the restroom in sweet relief that no one knew what you were doing. This is what the world has come to!

Newsflash: EVERYONE POOPS!

It is 2020. The age of sharing. We open up about so many topics that used to be “off-limits” — depression, anxiety, food disorders, baby blues, and sexuality. Let’s add pregnancy hemorrhoids to the list.

What is hemorrhoid?

Hemorrhoids are swollen veins in your rectum and anus. Sometimes the walls of these blood vessels stretch so thin that the veins bulge and get irritated. Irritated, dilated veins in the anus are a considerable…

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MacArthur Medical Center
Candour

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