If there’s one habit I’m truly grateful I dropped, it’s sitting on the toilet for too long while using my phone.

I used to do it… 15 minutes, sometimes more, scrolling TikTok or Instagram.

Until I saw what it caused in a patient.

A lot of people still do it. Some may never develop problems, but prevention will always be better than cure.

Let me share what happened.

A patient complained that something was coming out of his anus, and he noticed the pain got worse anytime he stayed long in the toilet pressing his phone.

For over two months, he used painkillers and herbs, not knowing he was making it worse.

The doctors suspected hemorrhoids and sent him for a colonoscopy and tissue biopsy.

The Federal hospital’s machine was not working at the time, so he was referred to a diagnostic center where the test cost him about 152k.

The result showed he needed surgery to remove the external hemorrhoid.

So how do hemorrhoids happen?

There are veins around the anus, and when you sit on the toilet for too long, the pressure on those veins increases.

That pressure makes the veins swell, and that is how hemorrhoids can develop.

Now that you know, please drop the habit.

Get in, do your business in the toilet, get out.

Your body will thank you for it.

#HealthAwareness #HealthyLiving #Hemorrhoids