A study of haemorrhoids as seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital with special reference to asymptomatic haemorrhoids.
Eighty random patients were examined over a 9-month-period to determine the incidence of asymptomatic haemorrhoids at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). The incidence of asymptomatic was found to be 21% all being first degree haemorrhoids, while in the age group 50 years and over, 29% had asymptomatic haemorrhoids. The mean age calculated as 44.3 years (+/- 18.3), with no statistical difference between the ages of the two sexes. Males however had a significant greater incidence of asymptomatic haemorrhoids than females.
Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, College of Health Sciences.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors