Blood on your toilet paper? Itching in your anus area? Pain during constipation? All of these are likely signs that you may have hemorrhoids and it’s no laughing matter ” because although common, they can be annoying and embarrassing.

Severe cases are where the hemorrhoids fall out like a lump outside your rectum. Do you know some common mistakes folks make that contribute to this condition? You may already be afflicted but if you avoid the following three mistakes you can start relieving the problem immediately.

Mistake #1: Eating too much processed food

Many people have a hard time with this, but it is a well known fact that processed foods and sugars lead to harder stools and digestive troubles. This then leads to constipation and other issues that cause hemorrhoids. In the case where you are suffering and wanting to cure hemorrhoids it is key to lower your intake of processed sugars and foods.

Mistake #2: Sedentary lifestyle

Sitting for long periods of time can create additional pressure on the rectum promoting an environment that is perfect for the hemorrhoids to occur when combined with something like constipation or pregnancy in women. Try not to sit for more than an hour at a time and do some healthy blood flow promoting exercises between sitting sessions.

Mistake #3: Intake of processed medication and creams

These have the same potential problems as those processed foods. Many of the supplements contain ingredients that have side effects of their own. And they don’t even attack the cause of the problem.

Another downside to the creams which have no benefit is they cause you to waste your time while the hemorrhoid gets worse. The root problem must be addressed or things will get worse over time.

Avoiding these three mistakes will help by not causing the hemorrhoids to become worse. More importantly, it is necessary to understand how our modern sedentary office work lifestyle and convenient processed diets contribute to the problem.