General surgeon and University of Indonesia graduate Dr. Franky Mainza Zulkarnain, Sp. B, revealed that the size of the fetus in the womb can trigger a pregnant woman to be susceptible to hemorrhoids.
"The larger the baby in the womb, the more obstructed the venous backflow , or blood vessels, becomes because the baby is getting bigger. So, because it can't return upwards, it ends up descending and widening," Franky said at a media conference in Jakarta on Monday.
Franky said this condition can begin to be felt when the baby is over 3 months old and can affect circulation in the blood vessels.
The greater the height and weight of the baby, the greater the pressure on the pelvic and anal areas, so that the size of the blood vessels in the anal area will widen like varicose veins that can be seen in the legs.
According to the doctor who works at Pondok Indah-Puri Indah Hospital, hemorrhoids cannot disappear completely and the dilation of blood vessels in certain areas can still remain.
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