Diet modification for Piles and Fistula - Dr. Rajasekhar M R | Doctors' Circle

This can be divided into two parts. Is there are any diet where we will be able to prevent the formation of Piles and Fistula and the other part is if there is Piles and Fistula and if they are in treatment or surgery , whether they should modify their diet. These are the two things to discuss. One is for prevention, we don’t know what is the diet. In general constipation is the root cause for this Piles, fissures and Fistula. To avoid constipation, you have to have proper fiber in our diet and then more or less semi solid, liquid sort of diet, rather than very dry type of food that can avoid precipitating the disease by avoiding constipation. The role of diet is very doubtful in fistulas per se, whereas piles, yes. If you are eating a lot of spicy food, that can cause a lot of proteins, causing a lot of bleeding into the pile masses, irritation. So in the piles the role of diet to prevent constipation and irritation by taking less spicy food and too much of protein intake especially non vegetarian intake can cause constipation because proteins get totally absorbed and then it causes a little dehydration inside the colon.