Study the links to the toilet used on almost 50% higher hemorrhoid risk

A new study suggests that bringing your smartphone to the bathroom can increase the risk of hemorrhoids by almost 50%.

Researchers Medical Center Deaconess Beth Israel (Bidmc) In Boston found that adults who use their phones sit in the toilet face 46% higher risk a painful state According to the findings published this week in PLOS ONE.

The study interviewed 125 adults who underwent colonoscopy and compared their bathroom habits. The participants 66% confessed to use phones in the toilet.

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People who said they took the phone to the bathroom, 46% more often than hemorrhoids compared to others, regardless of age, weight, sex or fiber consumption. Hemorrhoids – swollen veins in the rectum and the anus, which can cause pain, itching and bleeding – often associated with tension during bowel movements and prolonged seat in the toilet.

Researchers have found that the habit was especially common among people of the 40s and 50s. (Istock)

About 37% of the participants who brought their phones to the bathroom were sitting longer in five minutes, but only 7% of users were delayed for so long.

Younger adults, especially those who are 40 and 50 phones to read news, Scroll to social media or send texts and emails.

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“Let anyone read the email or play the game, the risk is probably coming from how long they are sitting,” said Dr. Chetan Ramprosad’s lead author from Beth -Israel Dioacanes and a member of the Harvard Medical School.

The risk remained even when the researchers took into account other factors, including voltage, fiber consumption and exercise.

Researchers interviewed 125 adults who had gone colonoscopy at the BET Medical Center. (Sofi Park/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“This long -term duration can be associated with passive interaction that facilitates smartphones, which potentially leads to prolonged sitting and increasing pressure in hemorrhoid pillows,” the researchers write.

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The toilets store the rectum and pelvic bottom without support compared to the seat seat, which causes more pressure on the direct vein, According to researchers.

Ramprosad noted that the posture can also play a role and that the toilet shelves, which pull up the legs and put the body more naturally, to help eliminate the tension, can help, but not solve the main problem.

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“Tools such as squatting pot can reduce the tension, but they will not compensate for the risk of just sitting too long,” he said. “If you are on your phone for 10 minutes, you are still putting these veins.”

According to a new study, adults who bring phones to the bathroom face almost 50% higher risk of hemorrhoids. (Istock)

Hemorrhoids – one of the most frequent complaints about gastrointestinal hotels in the US, sending almost 4 million people to Clinics and ambulance Each year, according to Bidmc.

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Researchers have called for long-term research to confirm causality and study the prevention strategies, and while young participants most likely used their phones and had a higher prevalence of hemorrhoids, they could not say if it is due to the use of the phone specifically or other age behavior.

At the same time, ramps advise to continue to move.

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“Do what you need to do and then get up and move on,” he said. “Don’t turn the bathroom into a scroll.”