Running and Hemorrhoids

As a running enthusiast for almost 2 years now and also suffering from case 1 of hems, I have been doing research about the connections between the two.  Although I have not read any material that would connect between running and getting hems, many runners already with hems have shared their experiences.

About a year ago, I joined a 10 kilometer running event without any warm up runs for about a month. And at the end of my 10 km run, my external hems acted up, got irritated and swelled.  But that is not always the case.  There were also numerous instances that my hems didn't get irritated and swelled.  The last time I ran (about 3 weeks ago), my hems got irritated, got painful but didn't mind it and still continued running to complete my 10 km standard run.  Aside from running, I also lifted weights, do push ups on a regular basis.  I surmise that these physical exercises aggravated my hems and experienced pain  every time I went to the toilet and at one point, it bled.  So I decided to stop my regular and strenuous exercises to give my hems a break.  I also took Daflon 500 mg to ease the pain and stop the bleeding every time I go to the bathroom.  Daflon did the trick and gave me a relief from pain and bleeding after three days.  I stopped taking Daflon after 6 days (3 tablets or 1,500 mg 2 times a day for 2 days and on the 3rd day 1,000 mg, 2 times a day for 4 days.  For more than two weeks now, and after more than a week of not taking Daflon, my hems, I would say is manageable (very little or no pain at all) just by doing sitz bath and taking a lot of food rich in fiber.

However, the past two days, I am beginning to experience pain again even if I am regularly doing sitz bath, eating foods rich in fiber AND continue to refrain from running and lifting weights.  Now I am considering buying Venapro which claims to have the answer to my on and off hems attack.

Maybe next week I will try to run again to see a direct connection between running and aggravating hems (without lifting weights) to really establish a clear connection whether or not running is really bad for your hems.  My experience is not consistent enough to directly link running and aggravating one's hems.