Are hemorrhoids contagious in women?

Many hemorrhoid patients dare not go to the hospital for treatment because they think it is a bad disease. In fact, this is not necessary. Today's medical technology is so advanced and society is very open. You can choose a hospital that specializes in treating this disease. So, are hemorrhoids contagious? According to practical research, hemorrhoids are not contagious. Let us learn about it together.

Because infectious diseases refer to diseases caused by viruses and bacteria and transmitted through air, food and other contacts. There are three necessary conditions for an infectious disease: source of infection, route of transmission, and target of transmission. It is caused by viruses or bacteria. The occurrence of hemorrhoids is not caused by bacterial or viral infection, but by venous reflux obstruction, congestion and varicose veins in the mucosa and muscle layer of the rectal and anal area due to various reasons. It has no direct relationship with viral or bacterial infection.

Sometimes the hemorrhoidal mucosa becomes eroded or even infected and festers to form an anal abscess, but this has little to do with the cause of the hemorrhoids themselves. It is only one of the factors that induce hemorrhoids. In addition, hemorrhoids themselves cannot produce pathogens. Therefore, hemorrhoid patients themselves are not contagious. Bad habits such as sitting for a long time and squatting on the toilet for too long are the triggers of hemorrhoids. Obviously, hemorrhoids cannot be transmitted by sitting on a hot stool of a hemorrhoid patient. The main cause of hemorrhoids is some bad living habits.

When the word "infectious" is mentioned, many people will panic, because both patients with infectious diseases and people who have contact with patients with infectious diseases will feel afraid. When patients have infectious diseases, they will feel inferior and others will be unwilling to contact them. Patients who do not have infectious diseases will also feel that they will get infected when they are with patients with infectious diseases. Then some patients asked, please see the following content: Is hemorrhoids an infectious disease? Infectious diseases are very scary diseases because their occurrence will affect other people around them. Whether hemorrhoids are infectious diseases is a question that many hemorrhoid patients worry about, because in a family, there will always be one or two people suffering from hemorrhoids. So are hemorrhoids an infectious disease? This depends on the characteristics of infectious diseases. Infectious diseases refer to diseases caused by viruses and bacteria and transmitted through air, food, and other contacts. Next, let our hospital’s anorectal expert explain it.

There are three necessary conditions for an infectious disease: source of infection, route of transmission, and target of transmission. The cause of the disease is virus or bacteria. The occurrence of hemorrhoids is not caused by bacterial or viral infection, but by venous reflux obstruction, congestion, and varicose veins in the submucosal and muscular layers of the rectum and anus caused by various reasons. It has no direct relationship with viral and bacterial infection. Sometimes the hemorrhoidal mucosa may become eroded or even infected and festered to form an abscess around the anus, but this has little to do with the cause of the hemorrhoids themselves. It is only a factor that triggers hemorrhoids. In addition, hemorrhoids themselves cannot produce pathogens.

Are hemorrhoids contagious? The answer is of course no. So for patients with hemorrhoids, during the treatment process, don’t worry about infecting other people. Secondly, there are still many issues to pay attention to in other aspects. If you suffer from hemorrhoids, it is best not to have sex, because sex will make the disease more and more serious.