If you suddenly to start noticing blood in the toilet bowl after you use the bathroom, this can definitely be alarming. If the blood is bright red and is only present when passing stools, then the most likely culprit is bleeding hemorrhoids.
However, it’s important that you don’t attempt to self diagnose your condition on your own. Colon cancer and polyps that may turn cancerous can also bleed and are dangerous conditions that you shouldn’t take chances with.
Since hemorrhoids are a lot more common than these other diseases, more likely than not your bleeding is related to hemorrhoids, but it’s important to stray on the side of caution when it comes to your colon health.
Other symptoms of hemorrhoids include swelling in the anal area, pain and itching. Since swelling and anal pain can also be indicative of other colorectal diseases, this makes getting examined and diagnosed by a doctor absolutely essential.
People living in other countries don’t have nearly the high incidence of hemorrhoids that people living in the US do. Most of this can be attributed to our poor diets.
Considering our overall wealth and standard of living, we actually have poor diets. We have more obesity, more diabetes, more hemorrhoids; we’re killing ourselves with food. Not that hemorrhoids are deadly, but you get my point.
We eat too much junk, too much red meat, too much sugar, too much fat and too many chemicals and processed foods. Most of us don’t eat near enough fruits, vegetables and other healthy fiber rich foods. All this adds up to an unhappy colon.
So, what does all this diet talk have to do with hemorrhoids? Well, straining while trying to pass stools is the main cause of hemorrhoids here in the US. If straining could be reduced, then a lot less people would end up getting hemorrhoids.
Fiber is the best way to make this happen. If you currently suffer from hemorrhoids then fiber is the best hemroid treatment available on the market. Although there is no hemorrhoid cure, fiber comes pretty close.