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A member asked:
Can prolonged sitting on a toilet everyday reading exert enough pressure to cause hemorrhoids or anything else long term?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
NO: Should not unless you have chronic constipation for which you are sitting on the toilet for long period.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Sitting on toilet: Sitting on the toilet for prolonged period of time waiting for a bowel movement is like putting a tourniquet around your hemorrhoids, so they engorge with blood and then become symptomaticc when passing the stool. For the same reason i discourage sitting on those inflatable donuts when you have rectal pain. Use a broad surfaced bed pillow rather than the donut if needed. Indeed if your are constip.
Answered 11/3/2015
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