• Piles (Hemorrhoids) Categorization

Categorization
CATEGORY Diseases of Veins
SYSTEM Circulatory system, Digestive system
ORGAN Rectum, Anus
ALTERNATE NAMES /COMMON NAMES
  • Hemorrhoids
NAMES IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
  • Bavasir in Hindi
  • Emorroidi in Italian
  • Zhuang in Chinese
  • Mulavyadha in Marathi and Kannada
  • Almorranas in Spanish
ICD 10 CLASSIFICATION I 84
WORLD STATISTICS
  • Approximately 1 in 26 persons or 3.82% of population or 10.4 million people in US suffer from hemorrhoids
  • Worldwide prevalence of hemorrhoids is estimated to be around 4.4% in the general population
  • Whites are known to be affected more than blacks
  • Patients with higher socio-economic report higher incidence of hemorrhoids than those with lower socio-economic status
  • Pregnancy significantly predisposes women to symptomatic hemorrhoids because of the pressure of the growing baby on abdomen
  • Prevalence of hemorrhoids increases with age with peak incidence in 45 to 65 years age group
INDIAN STATISTICS Reliable statistical data not available
MOST PREVALENT IN Worldwide distribution
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