Results of injection sclerotherapy in 1st and 2nd degree haemorrhoids

Equal numbers of Ist degree and second degree hemorrhoid patients were assessed clinically after receiving injection sclerotherapy. Efficacy was found 95% in Ist degree and 60% in 2nd degree haemorrhoids after Ist shot of injection 5% phenol in almond oil. The result of this procedure is quite encouraging and needs to be used more frequentlly

Clinical presentation of haemorrhoidal disease

Patients suffering with hemorrhoid disease were presented in surgical OPD with complaints of bleeding 85 percent, constipation [68 percent] pruritis ani [55 percent] and pain [45 percent]. The prevalence of different degrees of hemorrhoids were 3rd Degree 45 percent, 2nd and 3rd Degree 28 percent. The disease is mainly observed in middle age group with almost no change of its mode of presentation