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The new study suggests that entering your smartphone to the bathroom could risk your risk of hemorrhoids for almost 50%.
Researchers at Beth Israel Medical Center (Bidmc) in Boston revealed that adults who use their phones as they sat on the toilet face 46% higher risk of development painful condition, According to the findings published this week in the journal Plos One.
The study surveyed 125 adults during colonoscopy and compared their habits in the bathroom. Of the participants, 66% admitted to use their phones on the toilet.
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People who said they took their phone in the bathroom was more likely to be 46% that they had hemorrhoids compared to the other, regardless of age, weight, sex or fiber entry. Hemorrhoids – swollen veins in the rectum or around the rectum and anus that can cause pain, itching and bleeding – are often connected to the stress during the hose movement and extended sitting on the toilet.
The habit was especially common among people in the 40s and 50s, they found researchers. (East)
About 37% of participants who brought their phones into the bathroom, longer than five minutes, while only 7% of non-formal users took it long.
Younger adults, especially in their 40s and 50s, were especially prone to the habit compared to those over 60. The respondents said they usually use them News to read news, Scroll to social media or send texts and emails.
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“Whether someone reads an email or play, the risk is likely to come from how long he is sitting,” said the leader Dr. Chethan Ramprasad, a gastroenterologist in Beth Israel Deaconess and college member of the Medical School at Harvard.
The risk remained even when researchers were related to other factors, including fiber intake and exercise routine.
Researchers surveyed 125 adults who passed in colonoscopies in Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. (Sophie Park / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“This extended duration can be associated with passive engagement that smartphones facilitate, potentially resulting in extended sitting and increased pressure in hemorrhoid pillows,” researchers wrote.
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Toilets keep rectum and pelvic under unfavorable compared to sitting in a chair, causing more pressure to rectal veins, according to researchers.
Ramprasad noticed that the state can also play a role and that toilet chairs, which measure the bodies in a more natural squatting position to help remove stress, but we do not solve the basic problem.
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“Tools like squares of fat can reduce strain, but they will not compensate the risk to sit too long,” he said. “If you are 10 minutes on the phone, you still exhibit you venes by pressing.”
Adults who bring their phones to the bathroom face almost 50% higher risk of hemorrhoids, according to the new study. (East)
Hemorrhoids are among the most common gastrointestinal complaints in the United States, sending almost 4 million people Clinics and emergency services Every year, according to BIDMC.
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The researchers called on long-term studies to confirm the causality and research strategies and although younger participants were more likely to use their phones, and yet I could not say that it was because of the phone that is special behavior regarding the phone.
Meanwhile, Ramprasad advises that things are moving.
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“Do what you need to do, then get up and move on,” he said. “Don’t turn the bathroom into the pause movement.”
