Hemorrhoids causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Younes M.B.B.CH [2]

Overview

Hemorrhoids may be caused by factors that increase the pressure in the rectal veins such as chronic cough, chronic constipation, and straining.

Hemorrhoids may be caused by factors that increase the pressure in the rectal veins including the following:^[1]

Cardiovascular	No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	Naltrexone, oxcarbazepine, pramipexole
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	No underlying causes
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	Straining, portal hypertension, increased intra-abdominal pressure, diarrhea, cirrhosis, chronic constipation, ascites
Genetic	No underlying causes
Hematologic	No underlying causes
Iatrogenic	No underlying causes
Infectious Disease	No underlying causes
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	No underlying causes
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional/Metabolic	Low dietary fiber
Obstetric/Gynecologic	Pregnancy
Oncologic	Pelvictumors
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	Chronic cough
Renal/Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	No underlying causes
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	Straining with prostatism
Miscellaneous	Sedentary lifestyle, prolonged sitting, obesity, heavy lifting, advanced age

↑ Guttenplan M (2017). “The Evaluation and Office Management of Hemorrhoids for the Gastroenterologist”. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 19 (7): 30. doi:10.1007/s11894-017-0574-9. PMID 28567655.