Is it possible to develop hemorrhoids from sitting to long in a church pew?
And why do they call the place we sit at church a "pew"?
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May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
I’ve been working in a gastroenterology clinic for the last 2 years and no that is not possible. Hemorrhoids are caused by blood vessels popping and extruding from your rectum. Usually they are caused from really hard stools, pushing hard to get them out. You can treat them with various creams, surgery, and sometimes hot baths may help.
May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
no…
May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Not if you’re not straining to get something out on that pew.
May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
You are looking for an excuse to get out of going to church.
"Pew," is often pronounced as "pee-yew". It’s root is the Indo-European word "pu," meaning to rot or decay. A lot of other languages use this root word and have the same general meaning. So when you go to church and sit in a pew it means you will be there until you die and rot. I think this idea is better than the one about the raised seat.
May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
No, they come from within and diet..church has nothing to do with eating…does it ?
May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
sarcasm is NOT a sign of intelligence…..
take some vitamins…maybe that will help you….
or get a life….
May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
yes
May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
It is possible to develop many things from sitting too long in a church pew but hemorrhoids unfortunately is not one of them~~
May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
that depends…do you take your buttplug to church too?
May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
So how long have you had hemorrhoids?Do you want the church to pay for your medicine?
May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
What I found about the origin of the word pew is:
It’s a 14th century word that goes back to the Greek word podion, small foot or base (podion is also the root origin of the modern day word podium). The plural form, podia, passed into English from the Old French word "puie" (a raised seat). The pew was originally used for a sort of raised enclosure in a church, somewhat like a pulpit. It was then used for people to sit in, then finally, pew became used as a church bench.
As for the hemorrhoids just be glad you weren’t living back in OT times when God supposedly gave a plague of hemorrhoids to a group who ticked him off by taking possession of the ark of the covenant. He then commanded as atonement that they make gold casts of their hemorrhoids as offerings to him. How weird is that stuff?
May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
It sure looks like it from all the nastiness that flies, doesn’t it?
May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
It is possible to develop hemorrhoids the same way it is possible to develop hemorrhoids while swimming in the sea. The condition is not place dependent but person dependent…foods eaten, blood circulation, water supply to the body, and the physical condition of the individual.
Regarding the word "pew" from the ancient history of the church, the pilgrims when they arrived to the places of worship were so tired they exclaime "Phew!". Another variant of this etymological explanation is that there were so few sitting places that they corrupted the word "Few" to pew.
My old, old, old grandfather who lived during the Spanish times related the story to us about the word’s origin. Unfortunately he died some 40 years ago, he could not corroborate it now.
"Phew!"
May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
No, unless you sit there and do something purposely to induce it. Pew derives from the Archaic English for balcony or an enclosure where one can view something. It is as well related to the Latin term podium.
May 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Latin word : "podia" (raised place or pedestal). Then this was borrowed by Old French : "puie". Which was then borrowed by the English to become : "pew".
Sorry to hear about your hemorrhoids. I hope they get better.