STUDY ON EFFICACY OF PLICATION OF HAEMORRHOIDS

Abstract

Haemorrhoid’s and piles are used interchangeably very often but originally the words have entirely different meanings, the term haemorrhoid is derived from Greek word - haemorrhoid which means bleeding which is the prominent symptom in majority of cases. Hippocrates had applied this name to the flow of blood from the venous plexuses of anus. Term piles derived from Latin word pila – a ball, can be optly used for all forms of haemorrhoids because it literally mean every such condition that produce swelling of some kind even if it may not be present externally.

Keywords: Haemorrhoid.