Why it is impossible to sit on the toilet for a long time:

With the success of completing a complex, lengthy and time-consuming repair in the restroom, which you did with your own hands, you can with a sense of complete satisfaction enjoy comfort and cleanliness with each visit to the toilet. However, do you know how to sit on the toilet?

Despite the seemingly naive question, the failure to follow some simple rules not only makes defecation difficult, but can also lead to serious health problems. Instructions on how to behave in the toilet are presented below.

Rules for using the toilet - comfort or health?

The procedure for visiting the toilet

Before you figure out why it is harmful to sit on the toilet for a long time, it is useful to find out about the correct order of using this achievement of engineering thought. After all, if you follow certain rules, you will be able to empty your bowels more efficiently and quickly, as well as avoid quite serious health problems.

The body is conceived naturally so that in order to perform the act of defecation it is necessary to take a squatting position (squatting and bending the knees as far as possible), thereby placing its fifth point as close to the ground as possible.

The man himself, trying to make his life more comfortable, invents various devices that, although they provide more convenience, are not always useful from the point of view of medicine.

Indeed, at the time when the first convenient sanitary device appeared, nobody was interested in the consequences of a long sitting on the toilet. Certain studies in this area began only in the last century.

On the other hand, to completely abandon the benefits of civilization would be, at least, stupid. But this and do not need, it is enough only to sit in the correct position while sitting on the toilet.

The bottom line is:

• sitting on the toilet, you need to tilt the upper part of the body slightly forward so that the rectum is bent at a minimum angle;
• this position of the internal organs allows fecal masses to go outside with minimal resistance;
• legs should be understood higher (for this you can use a special stand or stool);
• when the lower limbs are in the position described above, the pubic-rectal muscle, which encircles the colon, relaxes and does not interfere with the act of defecation.

Note! The correct posture you take when visiting a public toilet, which is equipped with a toilet built into the floor. Approximately the same situation must be taken in the home dressing room. The only point is to provide a comfortable support for your feet: put a bench in front of the toilet or something else like that. There are also special toilet seats for sale, the price of which, however, is higher than that of classic seat mats.

What is dangerous long sitting on the toilet

Having dealt with the correct order of the toilet, let's move on to the question of whether it is harmful to sit on the toilet for a long time. After all, many people spend in the toilet room for quite a long time, playing on a tablet or reading specially prepared newspapers and magazines. (See also the article How to teach a cat to the toilet: features.)

Of course, to increase your level of education by rereading Crime and Punishment, or to get acquainted with the current political situation in the world, leafing through the news sites is a necessary thing. But will it not damage your health?

According to medical specialists, who didn’t need to use the toilet for other purposes other than emptying the bowel, it’s not necessary and dangerous to answer the question of whether it is possible to sit on the toilet for a long time, have been conducting quite a long and serious research. You can get a lot of health problems.

We will understand in more detail:

1. During the act of defecation, it is necessary to strain the muscles of the abdominal cavity, due to which human waste is moved through the colon to the anus.
2. Muscle tension, in turn, increases blood flow, with the result that the veins penetrating the rectum increase in volume.
3. If you spend on the toilet for a longer period of time than is necessary for the process of emptying the intestines, the blood in the veins will stagnate, which negatively affects health.

Having decided on this, let's see what kind of diseases a person may have who prefers to get acquainted with the latest press or the works of the classics in his toilet:

1. Thrombosis. This is a dense lump that appears inside the blood vessels and clogs them, preventing normal blood circulation inside the human body.
2. Hemorrhoids. Appears due to the loss of the so-called hemorrhoids. This disease is a direct consequence of the dilatation of the rectal veins. It is characterized by very unpleasant and painful symptoms, in the advanced stage - anal bleeding.

Tip! In order not to suffer from the very painful symptoms inherent in the diseases listed above, it is recommended not to stay in the toilet for 30-40 minutes, but to empty the intestines as soon as possible.

Toilet paper selection rules

Regardless of the design and design of the toilet, used toilet bowls and lids for them, toilet paper is an essential attribute of any toilet. And although few people think about it, but it is from her that the convenience of compliance with hygienic procedures after using the toilet, and the health of the rectum to a great extent depend on it.

Modern industry produces a huge number of varieties of the mentioned subject of hygiene.

It is necessary to choose it very carefully, paying attention to the following features:

1. Softness. Toilet paper is in contact with quite delicate areas of the body, so its surface should be soft so as not to injure the skin.
2. Relief. The complex texture and perforation present on the surface of the paper increases its adsorption properties.
3. Environmental friendliness. The paper must be made of safe for human raw materials, as well as decomposed in sewage treatment plants under the action of special substances (the necessary information is listed on the package).
4. Break line. It is better to buy toilet paper with a special breakout line.

Conclusion

Compliance with the rules of visiting the restroom, of course, has a beneficial effect on human health and prevents the development of quite dangerous diseases. But to stay on the toilet as comfortable as possible, you need to choose the proper plumbing device and cover for it. For more on this, see the video in this article.