Hereditary Hemorrhoids

Is there such a thing as hereditary hemorrhoids?

Firstly hereditary means passing on the genes from one generation to the next.

Well again this is a debatable subject.

I have heard some practitioners say hemorrhoids are hereditary together with so many other ailments we get hereditary. While others say hemorrhoids are not hereditary.

So what to think.

Well if you think that they say varicose veins is hereditary, and hemorrhoids are similar to varicose veins. On that concept I would say they are hereditary.

On the other hand I do not believe you can inherit weak vein walls. I believe you repeat the same things your parents did and thus cause the weak vein walls.

A good example of this is with myself. Mum suffered from hemorrhoids. One of her bad habits was going to the toilet every day at the same time.

Not knowing any better, she taught me to go to the toilet at the same time. As a result I also got hemorrhoids at an early age of eight.

This above example of me getting hemorrhoids is not hereditary ,as it was not passed on in my genes. But it was still caused by my family upbringing.

Hence I classify it as indirect hereditary.

Anyway hereditary or not. It does not matter, because you can do something about relieving hemorrhoids now, even if they are hereditary.