Reduce bidet use and refrain from drinking alcohol, etc.
Symptoms can be alleviated by changing lifestyle habits
If you have swelling, bleeding, or itching
It should be managed with ‘oral hemorrhoid medicine’
Hemorrhoids are a common disease that affects approximately half of adults over 50 years of age in our country.
According to the National Health Insurance Corporation’s ‘Ranking of Frequent Surgeries by Disease’ in the main surgery statistics, hemorrhoid surgery (hemorrhoids and perianal vein thrombosis) is the second most performed surgery after cataracts in the elderly, with 148,061 cases in 2022. Since it is a disease in a sensitive area, many people tolerate the symptoms and neglect them or try to treat themselves with folk remedies, but unproven methods of treatment can actually make the disease worse, so caution is required.
Furthermore, hemorrhoids are greatly affected by the weather, and symptoms can worsen in the summer when the temperature is high and humid. This is because when the temperature rises, the blood vessels in the anus expand and more blood flows in. Also, the discharge increases, and the anal itching symptoms become worse, so it is recommended to thoroughly manage your eating habits, such as wearing cool, well-ventilated clothes, eating foods with a lot of dietary fiber, and avoiding spicy foods.
In order to manage hemorrhoids in the summer, in addition to these eating habits, you should also pay attention to your bowel habits and exercise. Since about 70-80% of stool is water, if you sweat a lot, the stool becomes hard due to a lack of water in the body and the stool does not grow large enough, making it easy to become constipated. If you have constipation, you may have to apply too much force when you have a bowel movement, which can cause anal fissures, which tear the anal mucosa, or prolapse, which causes the anus to fall out, or hemorrhoids.
The longer the bowel movement, the more pressure is applied to the anus, which can cause blood circulation problems, so it is best to sit on the toilet for no longer than 10 minutes. You should also be careful not to use the bidet too frequently. Strong water pressure can stimulate the sphincter of the anus, so adjust the water flow to a weak level and the water temperature to lukewarm to minimize irritation.
Appropriate exercise is good for your health, including improving blood circulation and preventing constipation. However, exercising to strengthen muscles by lifting heavy weights, or exercising to increase abdominal pressure momentarily, such as mountaineering or golf, or exercising to keep sitting in the same position for a long time can have a negative effect on hemorrhoids.
Dongkook Pharmaceutical (CEO Song Jun-ho) suggested the following lifestyle rules for managing hemorrhoids in the summer: △Drinking enough water and dietary fiber, △Regular and light exercise, △Avoiding sitting on the toilet for too long, and △Managing the anal blood vessels with oral hemorrhoid medication containing the ingredient Diosmin. It also recommended refraining from drinking alcohol, as drinking can cause the capillaries around the anus to expand, causing blood to pool and swell, worsening hemorrhoid symptoms.
Correcting your lifestyle habits can prevent hemorrhoids or alleviate mild symptoms, but if improving your lifestyle habits alone is not enough, you can manage it with oral hemorrhoid medication. ‘Chisen’, a representative oral hemorrhoid medication that is easy to manage, is a hemorrhoid medication containing ‘diosmin’, a plant-based flavonoid structure developed in Europe. It improves blood vessel elasticity and normalizes capillary permeability, and improves symptoms such as pain, swelling, bleeding, itching, and discomfort caused by hemorrhoids through anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.
A Dongkook Pharmaceutical official emphasized, “During the summer, when constipation and diarrhea are frequent, hemorrhoid symptoms often worsen, so management is necessary,” and “It is effective to actively manage symptoms from the early stages with an ‘edible hemorrhoid medication’ with proven efficacy, such as Chisen.”
Chisen is the number one selling oral hemorrhoid medication for 7 consecutive years (based on IQVIA, a pharmaceutical market research institute) and can be purchased without a prescription at a nearby pharmacy. You can get information about the product and find a pharmacy where you can purchase it through the Dongkook Pharmaceutical Consumer Counseling Center.
Health Donga Reporting Team
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