Piles: causes and prevention

By Jennifer Bowden In Nutrition

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28th July, 2012
Golf is challenging at the best of times, but for John Williamson (not his real name), his regular golf game became a trial in more ways than one. Explains Williamson, “By about the third hole I was so uncomfortable I couldn’t be bothered about whether I got the ball in the hole or not. By nine holes I’d say ‘goodbye, guys’ and go home, because it was nasty.” Williamson was struggling with haemorrhoids, or piles, as they’re commonly known. About half of adults suffer from haemorrhoids by the age of 50. Haemorrhoids are enlarged, congested veins found in either the anus or rectum ...

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