Incidence of inguinal hernia with relation to age, sex, occupation, socio-economic status, dietary habits and urban or rural area of district Sialkot

ABSTRACT

To study the incidence of Inguinal Hernia with relation to age, sex, occupation, socio economic status, dietary habits and urban or Rural area of District Sialkot and its peripheral districts. Original study. This study was conducted at Islam Teaching Hospital Sialkot from 1[st] January 2012 to 31[st] December 2012. 100 cases of Inguinal Hernia were selected randomly from patients attending to OPD and emergency of Islam Teaching Hospital Sialkot. The result are shown in the Table No. 1 to Table No. 6. There was maximum percentage of Inguinal Hernia in age group 10-20 years [24%] and minimum in age group 81-90 years [04%] [Table No. 1]. The incidence of Inguinal Hernia was maximum in male [80%] as compared to female [20%] as shown in Table No. 2. There was maximum incidence of Inguinal Hernia in students [28%] and in factory workers, laborers, farmers was [20%] in each group and minimum in shop keepers and service men [06%] in each group as shown in Table No. 3. The incidence of Inguinal Hernia was maximum in people of low socio economic status [50%], [35%] in middle class and [15%] in people of high class as shown in Table No. 5. The incidence of Inguinal Hernia was [66%] in patients on low fibre diet and [34%] in patients on normal fibre diet as shown in Table No. 4. The incidence of Inguinal Hernia was [70%] in patients coming from rural area and [30%] in patients coming from Urban area as shown in Table No. 6