Symptom questionnaire

Background Haemorrhoid complaint is a common anorectal conditions seen in day to day practice by general physician, general surgeon and gastrointestinal surgeons. It affects significant portion of global population, with roughly 80% of individuals facing this condition Objective- To find out the effectiveness of homoeopathic drugs in reducing inflexibility of symptoms, to enhance the quality of life of patient suffering from hemorrhoids and to find out the generally indicated homoeopathic drugs in the treatment of hemorrhoids. Materials and methods- This study employed case series design, exercising simple random sampling, to prove the effectiveness of homeopathic drugs in treating hemorrhoids, with data collected through symptom questionnaires, case record formats, and the Short Health Scale( SHS- HD), and follow- up assessments conducted at 15- day intervals. Result-Medicines were administered on base of symptom similarity. Among them 44 cases( 97.2) were bettered, 1 not bettered( 2.8) and Mean of Symptom questionnaire all 45 cases before intervention was 3.8 and after intervention score 1.9, this shows significant enhancement in the case. Mean of SHS- HD of 45 cases before interventions score was 20.9 and after intervention score 8.8 shows the significant enhancement in quality of life of case. The generally indicated drugs are Sulphur(17.7) Phosphorus( 15.5) Nux vomica( 13.3) Lycopodium( 11.1) Lachesis( 11.1).