Haemorrhoidal Disease in Cotonou: Epidemiological, Clinical and Anuscopic Aspects

Jean Sehonou¹, Finangnon Armand Wanvoegbe^2*, Aboudou Raïmi Kpossou³, Kouessi Anthelme Agbodande¹, Roméo Dah-Bolinon², Angèle Azon-Kouanou¹, Marcel Zannou¹, Fabien Houngbe¹

¹Unit of Internal Medicine in the National Teaching Hospital “HKM”, Cotonou, Benin.
²Internal Medicine Unit, Departmental Hospital of Oueme Plateau of Porto-Novo, Porto-Novo, Benin.
³Unit of Hepato-Gastroenterology of the Hospital Menontin, Cotonou, Benin.

DOI: 10.4236/ojgas.2015.57013                

Abstract

The haemorrhoidal disease is a very common disorder in proctology. It is favoured by many factors. Although benign, its treatment is difficult. Our aim is to study the epidemiological, clinical and anuscopic of haemorrhoidal disease. This was a cross sectional, descriptive and prospective study covering a three-month period from 06 January 2014 to 10 April 2014. It involved patients seen in gastroenterology consultation in internal medicine of the National Teaching Hospital of Cotonou and in the digestive diseases Unit of the Hospital of Menontin. We recorded 182 patients including 57 cases of haemorrhoidal disease, a prevalence of 31.3%. The sex ratio was 1.10. The average age was 43 years with extremes of 18 and 88 years. Anal events were dominated by rectal bleeding (54.4%) with a predominance of internal haemorrhoidal disease (87.7%). Stage 2 evolution of the disease was the most represented (65.4%). Haemorrhoidal disease is a common disorder seen mainly in actively producing people (young adult) with a male predominance.

Keywords

Haemorrhoidal Disease, Anal Event, Cotonou

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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