What is Pilonidal Sinus?

Pilonidal sinus is a disease where there are small holes in the skin which occur on the top of buttocks in the cleft. Hole maybe fill up with pus. A pilonidal sinus mostly affects men with hairy body and to the people who sit for prolonged hours.

Pilonidal sinus may contain hairs in it. It may cause severe pain to the patient. There may be foul smell discharge from this hole, off and on.

What Are The Causes Of Pilonidal Sinus?

Excess hair growth
Sitting for prolonged period
Unhygienic conditions
Wearing tight fitted clothes leading to excess sweat and dirt deposit
Hormonal changes
Hair puncture

What are the Symptoms & Signs of Fissure ?

• Red, delicate swelling near the tailbone.

• Pain while sitting.

• A small dimple or large swollen area between your buttocks.

• Recurrent Purulent foul-smelling discharge from the sinus and (or) bloody discharge just above the cleft of buttock.

• May experience fever or fatigue during abscess formation

How Is The Condition Diagnosed?

Physical examination of the affected area is done for diagnosis sometimes MRI may be required.

Doctor may prescribe antibiotics and other medications if you are diagnosed early and no severe symptoms are visible.

The doctor may recommend surgery if you have recurring pilonidal sinus . In surgical methods, the doctor will open the lesions, removing all of the pus and debris.

With the advancement in science and technology laser treatment of pilonidal sinus is possible.Laser surgery or laser treatment is a day care procedure that offer several advantages over surgical procedure .
Now a days more and more patients are preferring for laser treatment of pilonidal sinus .As compared to the conventional surgery, laser surgery is quite convenient to the patient.Laser removes infected structure from pilonidal sinus. It is comparatively very less time consuming than a conventional surgery.
Laser causes minimal or no collateral tissue damage and hence, post-operative pain is minimum, and recovery is excellent. At Goyal Piles and laser centre get laser surgery from the Best Doctor for Pilonidal Sinus.

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What is Pilonidal Sinus?

Pilonidal sinus is a disease where there are small holes in the skin which occur on the top of buttocks in the cleft. Hole maybe fill up with pus. A pilonidal sinus mostly affects men with hairy body and to the people who sit for prolonged hours.

Pilonidal sinus may contain hairs in it. It may cause severe pain to the patient. There may be foul smell discharge from this hole, off and on.

What Are The Causes Of Pilonidal Sinus?

What are the Symptoms & Signs of Fissure ?

• Red, delicate swelling near the tailbone.

• Pain while sitting.

• A small dimple or large swollen area between your buttocks.

• Recurrent Purulent foul-smelling discharge from the sinus and (or) bloody discharge just above the cleft of buttock.

• May experience fever or fatigue during abscess formation

How Is The Condition Diagnosed?

Physical examination of the affected area is done for diagnosis sometimes MRI may be required.

Doctor may prescribe antibiotics and other medications if you are diagnosed early and no severe symptoms are visible.

The doctor may recommend surgery if you have recurring pilonidal sinus . In surgical methods, the doctor will open the lesions, removing all of the pus and debris.

Please call +91-9999333166

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