Recognize sign and symptom of Hemorrhoid during Work From Home

Working from home during COVID-19 pandemic is the safest choice. However, working from home can cause some health problem due to too long sitting position which can cause haemorrhoid. There are some risk factor of haemorrhoid like too long sitting position, diet lack of fibre, and lack of exercise.

For those reason, its very important to recognize the sign and symptom of haemorrhoid. Haemorrhoid according to medical dictionary is a dilated vein in anus or rectum, it rarely cause symptoms and usually improve within few days, but it can cause prolonged discomfort, spontaneous fresh blood when straining too hard and cause a prolong pain. There are 2 type of haemorrhoid, internal and external one. The internal haemorrhoid is located inside the anal canal, rarely causes pain but it can cause fresh blood spots when straining hardly. The external haemorrhoids is a condition of protruded dilated vein outside the anal canal, It commonly cause prolonged pain which arise due to irritation.

The cause of haemorrhoid is unknown yet by researcher. However, some condition like obesity, pregnancy, chronic constipation or excessive use of laxative can increase the pressure on anal canal which cause haemorrhoid swells. some activities like lifting heavy object routinely worsening the condition as well. So, some prevention way like daily diet rich in fibres such as vegetable and fruits, avoid sitting position for more than 2 hours, avoid lifting heavy object and exercise at least 3 times a week can be done to avoid the haemorrhoid emergence.