Various treatments for Pilonidal Sinus
Ayurveda offers effective treatments for pilonidal sinus, aiming to address the root cause and promote natural healing. Here are some Ayurvedic approaches for managing pilonidal sinus
What is Pilonidal Sinus?
Pilonidal sinus is an inflammatory swelling in the natal cleft above the buttocks which generally contains tuft of hair, commonly found in young people
Causes Pilonidal Sinus?
- Obesity
- Too much hairs on the body.
- Improper hygiene
- Prolonged sitting/driving
- Deep natal cleft
- Adolescent age
- Family history
- Local trauma
Symptoms of Pilonidal Sinus?
- Pain at tail bone
- Swelling in the natal cleft
- Recurrent pus and blood discharge from natal cleft region
- One or more midline pits in the natal cleft
What is the Site of Pilonidal Sinus?
The commonest site is natal cleft but we often find pilonidal sinus in the umbilicus, axilla, interdigital area and inter mamillary area of the breast
How to Manage Pilonidal Sinus?
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT
- Acute pilonidal abscess can be managed with medication
- Chronic pilonidal sinus can be managed with incision and drainage
MANAGEMENT BY SURGERY
Surgery is the only option for chronic Pilonidal Sinus
- Laying open the sinus
- Complete removal of the sinus
- Removal of the sinus followed by repair
- ‘Z’ plasty
- Multiple ‘Z’ plasty
- ‘V Y’ plasty
- KARYDAKIS flap
- Phenol injection
- Ksharasutra
- Ksharakarma
- LASER
Why Pilonidal Sinus is having Recurrence?
Even though there were lot of treatments available there is a high rate of recurrence and no modern technique proved 100 percent successful in preventing recurrence
What we do at Hitam
Dr MDP RAJA our chief proctologist is a member of prestigious INTERNATIONAL PILONIDAL SOCIETY.
He recorded, documented and treated very rare cases of pilonidal sinus successfully which include umbilical pilonidal sinus, axillary pilonidal sinus and inter mamillary pilonidal sinus of breast. Dr MDP RAJA invented new technique of KSHARAKARMA for pilonidal sinus. Developed new method of KSHARASUTRA for pilonidal sinus and treated more than a thousand cases of pilonida l sinus till now