Could excessive, lengthy masturbation sessions irritate hemorrhoids?
Without getting too much into my general health/sexual habits, here’s what’s going on with me, a 35 year old male. About a year ago, I was diagnosed with having a mild case of internal hemorrhoids by a local colorectal surgeon (following a sigmoidoscopy). Other than introducing daily Metamucil into my diet (as recommended by him), I have not had any treatment for this condition. Very occasionally, trace amounts of bright red blood will appear on both my stools (which are soft-ish, once daily without variation) and the toilet paper with which I’ve wiped myself. Nothing has been such that I’ve found the need to be worried, until today. After passing stool, I had a relatively copious amount of bright red blood, almost watery, appear on multiple pieces of toilet paper when wiping; I stopped as I did not wish to possibly irritate things (and also because the sight of blood freaks me out). There is no blood running down my backside or thighs; I called the specialist’s office and they stated that as long as I didn’t see something along those lines that I should be okay until the visit that I set-up with them for a week from today. Chicken that I am, I haven’t wiped my behind to check again (although I’ll do that shortly). Anyway, after all this, here’s my question: As a near daily masturbator (aggressive, prolonged sessions, I might add, usually done sitting), might I be irritating my hemorrhoids? In particular, could it be that three nights in a row of extremely lengthy, forceful masturbation (achieving an erection, stopping, achieving an erection again, stopping, this going on for hours before finally ejaculating, and, again, largely done while sitting) might have led to today’s more pronounced bleeding? I’ll broach the issue with the specialist next week, but, in the interim, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas. Thanks in advance!