How to take care of hemorrhoids during pregnancy

As the saying goes ten women ten hemorrhoids, women have a higher incidence of hemorrhoids, pregnancy, childbirth often leads to aggravation of hemorrhoids, so hemorrhoid health care during pregnancy is particularly important for women with hemorrhoids, before pregnancy that is, during pregnancy should pay attention to the following health care methods. 1, first of all, to develop good eating habits (1) pregnant women should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits in their daily diet, especially should pay attention to eat more food containing coarse fiber, such as celery, leek, bitter gourd, radish, cabbage and so on. Eat more green leafy vegetables and fruits that contain more fiber. Such as spinach, leeks, dried plums, raisins, figs, pears and bean foods. (2) Eat more coarse grains, such as corn, groundnuts, millet, whole wheat flour, etc. Besides being rich in nutrients, these foods can also stimulate intestinal peristalsis and prevent the accumulation of feces in the intestines. (3) Pregnant women should be careful not to eat or eat less spicy and irritating foods and condiments. It is best to drink some light salt water or honey water, these are conducive to softening and slippery stool to prevent constipation from occurring. 2, to develop good bowel habits (1) pregnant women should pay particular attention to develop good habits of regular bowel movements. Defecation time should be relatively fixed, generally can be set in a meal after a good. Just eat, intestinal peristalsis more active, conducive to promote the discharge of feces. (2) Once the habit of defecation is formed, do not easily change, to the time of defecation, even if no bowel movements should be insisted on the toilet, to induce bowel reflex. (3) Each squatting toilet time should not be too long, generally do not exceed ten minutes. If you can’t get out at once, you can get up and rest for a while and go again. (4) Do not squat in the toilet to read a book, read the newspaper, otherwise the defecation reflex to quickly established, but increased abdominal pressure and pressure of blood flow around the anus, the formation or aggravation of hemorrhoids. 3, appropriate physical activity and anal health care (1) pregnant women should prevent sedentary, advocate appropriate outdoor activities. Such as quiet walking, doing exercises and playing tai chi. The right amount of physical activity can enhance physical fitness, promote intestinal peristalsis and increase appetite, and prevent constipation. (2) Do anal retraction exercises twice a day in the morning and evening, 30-40 times each time, which is conducive to enhancing the strength of the pelvic floor muscles and blood circulation around the anus, which is conducive to defecation and preventing the occurrence of hemorrhoids. (3) Every night after defecating before bedtime, clean the anus, press the anus with a hot towel and massage the anus 15 times each in clockwise and counterclockwise directions, thus improving local blood circulation. Although hemorrhoids can be treated surgically, surgery is generally not advisable in late pregnancy. Moreover, due to the lowering of intra-abdominal pressure after delivery and the lifting of venous reflux disorders, hemorrhoids can often become smaller and shrink on their own within 3 to 4 months and no longer require surgical treatment. Pregnant women with hemorrhoids should be treated mainly by dietary regulation and daily fumigation sitz baths, and surgery is generally not used. Even if the condition is very serious, you should wait until after the puerperium to undergo surgery. Pregnant women with hemorrhoids are generally treated conservatively and cannot be treated with hemorrhoid surgery, but if serious complications such as impaction, hemorrhage, or infection occur conservative treatment is ineffective emergency surgery is required. For those who have frequent attacks of hemorrhoids before pregnancy and have severe symptoms, surgical removal should be performed before pregnancy.