[Hemorrhoids].
Hemorrhoids is believed by right to be one of the most widely spread human sufferings ranking first among diseases of the rectum and large intestine. According to the data of numerous studies devoted to this problem, from 2.9 to 27.9%% of population of different countries suffer from hemorrhoids. Most authors agree that men suffer from hemorrhoids more often than women do and that its frequency increases with the aging. For the sake of justice, it is necessary to note that some researchers insist that men and women suffer from this disease equally often but that men ask for medical care 1.5 times more often.
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Central Scientific Research Institute of Gastroenterology, Moscow.
D005260:Female; D006484:Hemorrhoids / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors