Homeopathy in treatment of hemorrhoids
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Hemorrhoids (Piles)
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/07/005958
- Lead Sponsor
- MB Homeopathic Medical College Hospital Midnapore Homeopathic Medical College Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Age 18-65 years, both sexes, suffering from internal idiopathic/primary hemorrhoids grades I-III and presenting with any of the symptoms, namely, bleeding, pain (including discomfort and tenesmus during defecation or any other time), heaviness, pruritus, and mucus discharge with or without anitis. Patients with controlled diabetes and controlled hypertension and thyroid disorders are also eligible for the study. Patients using topical agents for hemorrhoids will be included after a washout period of one week, subject to persistence of symptoms and signs of hemorrhoids.
Grade IV piles, anal fissure and fistula, hereditary piles, inflammatory bowel disease, enlarged prostate, chronic alcoholism, recreational drug abuse, coagulation disorders, external haemorrhoids, previous history of surgery for haemorrhoids, hypertrophic anal papillae, rectal malignancies, history of leukemic disorders, patients with obstruction of portal circulation, pregnancy leading to obstruction of the portal circulation, lactating mothers, patients with psychiatric diseases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 100 mm visual analogue scales measuring changes in intensity of symptoms of hemorrhoids â?? bleeding, pain, heaviness, discharge, and itchingTimepoint: At baseline, every month, up to 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method oneTimepoint: Not applicable