US EditionScrolling while sitting on the toilet increases risk of hemorrhoids
A study of 125 adults found smartphone use during toilet visits increases hemorrhoid risk by 46% due to prolonged sitting time, with 37% of users exceeding five minutes per visit.
- Research published in PLOS One found a link between smartphone use on the toilet and a higher risk of hemorrhoids, with users being 46% more likely to experience this condition according to the study.
- Dr. Trisha Pasricha stated that the study is the first to examine the connection and noted that prolonged sitting over a toilet could weaken connective tissue around rectal veins.
- Experts recommend against taking smartphones into the bathroom due to potential health risks like pelvic floor dysfunction and incontinence.
- The study revealed that 66% of participants admitted to using smartphones in the bathroom, leading to longer sitting times and increased discomfort.
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Attention! Those who sit in the toilet with their mobile phone for too long risk hemorrhoid alleides. This also has to do with gravity.
Earlier magazines, today's smartphone: But with your mobile phone you sit in the toilet much longer – and risk intestinal pain like inflamed hemorrhoids. Especially men seem to forget time.
Surfing your mobile phone while using the toilet seems to be a bad idea. It increases the risk of hemorrhoids by 46 percent, a new study shows.
Using your phone on the toilet could bring a very painful result
We can now add "sitting on the dunny" to the growing list of things smartphones and social media are helping to ruin.A new study out of the US found that people who used their phone while sitting on the toilet had a significantly higher risk of developing haemorrhoids.Cethan Ramprasad and colleagues, from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, reported that out of their survey participants, 66 per cent reported using smartphones on the toilet, a…
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