Effects of smoking on hemorrhoids

Smoking has an effect on hemorrhoids, leading to an aggravation of the hemorrhoid condition, because years of smoking can easily lead to respiratory infections. This can lead to recurrent chronic coughing and coughing, secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which can lead to increased abdominal pressure during coughing, affecting the venous blood flow back to the rectum and anal canal, leading to aggravation of the existing hemorrhoids or triggering the formation of hemorrhoids, with anal discomfort, a feeling of swelling, and blood in the bowels. You should quit smoking and do proper sports and exercise to enhance your physical fitness to relieve the symptoms of hemorrhoids. You should pay attention to the hygiene around the anus, it is best to wash after each bowel movement, or choose the sitz bath method to reduce the symptoms, and if necessary, relieve the patient’s discomfort by means of medication, mainly topical hemorrhoid cream or hemorrhoid suppositories.