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Suspected causes or contributing factors

• Obesity
  
  
• Poor seated posture (such as slouching)
  
  
• Frequent coughing
  
  
• Straining with constipation
  
  
• Frequent bending over or heavy lifting
  
  
• Heredity
  
  
• Smoking
  
  
• Congenital defects

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