Hello Doctor, I need your opinion regarding my condition. I had been suffering from piles/fissure-related symptoms for almost 5–6 years. Finally, on 13 June, I consulted an Ayurvedic surgeon and started treatment. After around 20 days of medicines, I feel much better. Bleeding has stopped, pain is almost gone, and my doctor has stopped most of the medicines. He only advised me to continue the remaining medicines and focus on my diet. However, I am confused about the root cause. I have not been consuming fast food or junk food for the last 4–5 years. I also avoid maida, rarely consume milk or curd, drink around 5 liters of water daily, and regularly eat fruits and fiber-rich foods. So, if my diet has already been good, what could have caused this problem for so many years? Could my sedentary lifestyle, where I spend most of my day sitting or lying down with very little physical activity, be a major contributing factor? Now that I am feeling much better, can I start gym workout and all.
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Based on your history, it is reassuring that your symptoms have improved with treatment. Piles and anal fissures are not caused only by diet. Chronic constipation, prolonged sitting, straining during bowel movements, hard stools, irregular bowel habits, sedentary lifestyle, obesity, and individual predisposition can all contribute. Even with a good diet, prolonged sitting and lack of physical activity may increase the risk by slowing bowel movements and increasing pressure in the anal region.
Continue a high-fiber diet, adequate hydration, avoid straining during defecation, and maintain regular physical activity. If you are now pain-free and there is no bleeding, you may gradually resume gym workouts. Start with light to moderate exercises and walking for 1–2 weeks, and avoid heavy weightlifting, squats, or exercises that require excessive straining initially. Increase intensity gradually as tolerated.
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If bleeding, severe pain, or swelling recurs, consult a general surgeon/proctologist for examination to confirm whether it is a fissure, hemorrhoids, or another anorectal condition, as long-standing symptoms sometimes require further evaluation
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