Symptomatic Efficacy of Aloe Vera 2% Cream in the Treatment of Chronic Anal Fissure
| Autor: | Faik Tatli, Murat Kanlioz, Ugur Ekici, Turgay Karatas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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lcsh:Internal medicine
medicine.medical_specialty biology business.industry lcsh:R Chronic anal fissure defecation pain lcsh:Medicine biology.organism_classification Dermatology Aloe vera anal fissure aloe vera cream medicine lcsh:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology haemorrhage lcsh:RC799-869 lcsh:RC31-1245 business symptomatic treatment |
| Zdroj: | Turkish Journal of Colorectal Disease, Vol 30, Iss 2, Pp 99-103 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2536-4901 2536-4898 |
| Popis: | Aim:Chronic anal fissure (CAF) is a common disease for which various alternative treatment options exist. One of these alternatives is topical treatment with Aloe vera 2% cream (AVC), reports of which have increased in the literature over the past decade. This study aimed to analyse the efficacy of AVC in the symptomatic treatment of patients with CAF.Method:Once informed of the treatment method, patients diagnosed with CAF who consented to receive AVC treatment and participate in the study were included in the study. We evaluated four parameters, including duration of stay in the toilet for each defecation, number of defecations per week, haemorrhage during defecation and pain during defecation according to the visual analogue scale, to measure the effectiveness of the treatment in patients with CAF. We posed the same questions to patients before and four weeks after treatment to explore the efficacy of AVC in the treatment of CAF. In all tests, a level of p |
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