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Can stress and anxiety cause hemorrhoids?
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Not really: Moreso from straining from constipation, hard stool, childbirth, or some tendency. But some people's anxiety affects their bowel habits, and rarely anxious people have trouble relaxing their anal schincter.
Answered 4/2/2016
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