>> COVERING THE BIG LOCAL STORIES FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. >>ZAC LASHWAY: DURING THIS TIME
OF UNCERTAINTY WITH
COVID-19. IT’S NO SURPRISE
PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH MUCH
ADDED STRESS UNFORTUNATELY THAT
CAN CAUSE HEALTH PROBLEMS,
INCLUDING HEMORRHOIDS
FLARE UPS. ACCORDING TO HARVARD
HEALTH MORE THAN 75%
OF PEOPLE AGES, 45 AND OLDER
HAVE HAD HEMORRHOIDS WITH
SYMPTOMS LIKE
RECTAL PAIN ITCHING AND
BLEEDING AFTER ABOUT MOVEMENT.
JOINING ME NOW
WITH MORE IS DOCTOR ALEX SCREEN
FOR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DOCTOR
CREAM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. ZACH THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME
FOR THOSE OF US NOT FAMILIAR
WITH HEM RIGHT WHAT ARE THEY
AND WHAT
CAUSES THEM.
>> THAT’S THAT’S A GREAT
QUESTION. I THINK ONE OF THE
BIGGEST BARRIERS TO CARE THAT
PEOPLE HAVE IT’S KIND OF THE
EMBARRASSMENT FACTOR UH TRY TO
REASSURE THEM THAT ACTUALLY WE
ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW IT’S
PART OF THE NATURAL MECHANISM
TO HELP US CONTROL WHEN WE
HAVE DOWN. SO IT’S REALLY JUST
BLOOD VESSELS KNOWING THAT IN
AN
ATOMIC AREA CONTRIBUTE TO OUR
NATIONAL CONTINENTS AND WHEN
PEOPLE QUOTE UNQUOTE HAVE
HEMORRHOIDS YOU KNOW IT’S WHEN
THEY’RE HAVING SYMPTOMS LIKE
YOU MENTIONED ARE READY.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND WHEN YOU SAY
ALL PEOPLE HAVE THEM I KNOW WE
JUST QUOTED A NUMBER PEOPLE
OLDER AND THE AGE OF 45, BUT YOU’RE SAYING YOUNGER PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF
THEIR.
>> KIN HAVE HIM RIGHT AS WELL
THAT’S IT. YEAH THERE’S REALLY
NO PREDISPOSITION DOWN
BETWEEN GENDER AND THEN YOUNG
PEOPLE OLDER PEOPLE, IT DEPENDS
ON A LOT OF YOU’RE ON YOUR
BALLOT HAVE ITS 2 BATHROOM
HABITS. WHAT YOU DO FOR WORK I
LIKE YOU MENTIONED STRESS IS A
BIG COMPONENT OF AS WELL AND
THEN CONSTIPATION ISSUES.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: OUR HEMORRHOIDS
SOMETHING
YOU CAN FEEL COMING ON AND ON
SAID BEFORE THEY.
>> DEFINITELY DEFINITELY YOU KNOW DEPENDING ON IF YOU’RE HAVING SOME TYPE OF CHANGE IN
BOWEL HABITS. THAT SYMPTOMS CAN
GRADUALLY WORSENED OVER TIME,
BUT THERE ARE
SOME PATIENTS THAT COULD HAVE
REALLY ACUTE FLARE UP AND CAN
KIND OF COME ALL THE SUDDEN
AS WELL.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: DOCTOR GREENE
TELL ME THIS WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO
WHAT SHOULD
PEOPLE DO.
>> IF THEY FEEL THEM COMING ON
OR IF THEY NOTICE THEY HAVE
THEM.
THAT.
THEM. THAT. >> THAT’S THE QUESTION OF
THERE’S A LOT OF STUFF THAT
PATIENTS COULD JUST ON THEIR
OWN OR WITH THEIR
PRIMARY CARE. THEY CAN REALLY
FOCUS ON AVOIDING CONSTIPATION
I’M TRYING TO AVOID ANY OTHER
SEARCH TRAININGS IF YOU’VE BEEN
DOING A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING.
AVOID THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
AND THEN ALSO INCREASE YOUR
DAILY FIBER INTAKE,
EITHER JUST FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES OR THE
FIBER SUPPLEMENT.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: DRINKING PLENTY
OF FLUID IS THAT
SOMETHING RECOMMENDED
ABSOLUTELY HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS, YEAH ABSOLUTELY
TO THE MORE WATER YOU CAN
DRINK. THE BETTER IT WILL BE
FOR THE HEMORRHOIDS.
GO AS SOON AS YOU FEEL THE URGE I’M READING THAT AS I’M SPEAKING TO YOU IF YOU WAIT TO
PASS A BOWEL MOVEMENT.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND THE URGE
GOES AWAY YOUR STOOL COULD DRY
AND
THAT BECOME THAT COME THAT
BECOMES HARDER TO PASS IS
THAT CORRECT. THAT’S A GOOD
POINT I MEAN I REALLY TRY TO
COUNSEL PATIENTS ON THIS CALL I
JUST CALLED GOOD
BATHROOM HABITS. SO IF YOU FEEL
THE URGE TO GO YOU KNOW GIVE IT
A TRY BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE,
NOT TO FORCE ANYTHING SO I TRY
TO REALLY YOU KNOW IN THE AGE
NOW AT THE IPHONE AND IPAD I
TRY TO COUNSEL PATIENTS NOT TO
BRING THAT STUFF INTO THE
RESTROOM WITH YOU YOU KNOW JUST
DO YOU WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND
THAT’S REALLY THE ONLY TIME SHOULD SPEND IN THERE AND AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY STRAINING.
THAT’S VERY INTERESTING GREAT
ADVICE. WHAT ELSE SHOULD PEOPLE
BE DOING AT WHAT POINT SHOULD FOLKS GO TO THE DOCTOR SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR THEIR
HAVE RIGHTS.
>> I YOU KNOW WHEN THE SYMPTOMS
REALLY AFFECT YOUR QUALITY OF
LIFE I THINK THAT’S WHAT HAMMER
TREATMENTS
ALL ABOUT YOU KNOW IT’S NOT
ABOUT WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE
PEOPLE WERE HOW BIG THEY ARE
HOW SMALL
THEY ARE IF YOU’RE HAVING
SYMPTOMS, YOU KNOW WE CAN WE
CAN CHANGE THAT WITH TREATMENT
EITHER MEDICAL TREATMENT OR
SURGICAL TREATMENT AND THEN IF
PEOPLE ARE HAVING BLEEDING,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE GETTING TO
THAT AGE WHERE IT’S TIME FOR A
COLONOSCOPY IT’S SOMETHING THAT
SHOULD GET CHECKED OUT BECAUSE
THERE’S ALWAYS A SMALL CHANCE
IT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE
OTHER THAN
AT ONCE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND BEFORE I LET
YOU GO I WANT TO COMMENT ON 2
THINGS EXERCISING. AND AVOID
SITTING FOR
LONG PERIODS.
>> ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH BOTH
AS EXERCISE AND JUST BEING
ACTIVE. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE
STRENUOUS EVEN JUST WALKING ON
A DAILY BASIS
AND THEN FOR A LONG SITTING IF
YOU CAN AVOID IT, YOU
KNOW UNFORTUNATELY WE’VE BEEN
SEEING A LOT OF SITTING AROUND
A LOT OF THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC BUT IF YOU CAN GET UP
AND ABOUT AND JUST TO REASSURE
PEOPLE
AS WELL. AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
WITH OUR GROUP THAT WE’RE
TAKING A LOT OF PRECAUTIONS FOR
SCREENING AND PREVENTION TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE SAFE
AS POSSIBLE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND IF PEOPLE
ARE INTERESTED IN THAT
SCREENING IN THOSE PREVENTATIVE
A TIP-IN MEASURES WHERE CAN
THEY GO TO FIND OUT MORE
INFORMATION AND YOU CAN COME TO
OUR OFFICE AND YOU CAN GO TO
WAR HOSPITAL JACKSON WILL NOT
COWER ARE OTHER WEB SITE AND
THEY ASKED JX DOT COM AS WELL
THAT’S JACK’S DOCTOR GREENE