Painful bowel movements can be cause of worry to several. Most important cause of painful bowel movements is constipation. Constipation is a condition where the feces is extremely hard and a person might have a difficult to defecate.
Sometimes constipation can turn quite serious and a person might have to take medical help to be able to remove feces from the body. There are several reasons for constipation; children might have constipation most of the times because of their diets, where as adult constipation may be due to a variety of reasons. Constipation in adults may be as side effects of medicines, hormonal changes or dietary.
Dietary constipation can be controlled by the person by eating more fibrous food and including salads and foods that contain a lot of water content to help bowel movement.
Another reason for painful bowel movements could be because of anal fissures. Anal fissure means an unnatural crack in anus.
This could be caused because of unusually hard feces. This is common phenomenon among small children immediately after constipation and among women who have just delivered baby. The pain in this area remains even after hours after passing feces.
Hemorrhoids also known as piles is another cause of painful bowel movements, these are varicosities and inflammation of veins in the rectum and anus areas. Hemorrhoids are caused due to pressure on the rectal veins as well as because of straining too much during bowel movements. Undue pressure on the rectal parts too can cause hemorrhoids.
There are external as well as internal hemorrhoids. Both these are painful during the bowel movements and passing stools. Painful bowel movements can be caused due to these. Pregnancy and excessive consumption of alcohol and caffeine too can cause hemorrhoids.
If painful bowel movements are only because of normal constipation, this situation can be solved if the person includes green vegetables and whole grains in his diet. Both these foods are rich in fiber and therefore can help the person avoiding painful bowel movements for ever. Not just that clear stomach often means good appetite and good health, therefore inclusion of health foods in diets go a long way to stay healthy.
Painful bowel movements also can be because of diarrhea, this might be because of indigestion, food poisoning, etc. each of this requires immediate attention of the doctor. These are very temporary painful bowel movements therefore, once a medicine is administered for ailments painful bowel movements will automatically stop.
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