EFFECT OF BLACK SEED OIL VERSUS SESAME OIL TO ENHANCE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ANAL HEMORRHOIDS HEALING

Abstract

Objective: Was to investigate the effect of black seed oil versus sesame oil to enhance external and internal anal hemorrhoids healing. Design: Follow-up intervention study was utilized. Sample: A convenience sample was obtained. The study duration was through one year started from Mars 2012 to Mars 2013. Sample size: 120 mothers medically diagnosed with anal external or internal anal hemorrhoids were divided equally into two groups: Group (A) received black seed oil and group (B) received sesame seed oil. Tools: Two tools were utilized a pre-structured interviewing questionnaire and observational checklist that involves Visual Analogue Scale to assess hemorrhoids pain and Reeda Scale to assess hemorrhoids healing. Results: In both black seed oil and sesame oil groups, there were a highly significant improvement in both pain symptoms and enhancement of hemorrhoids healing postintervention compared to pre-intervention (p<0.001). The results showed that, the black seed oil was more effective in relieving the symptoms of pain than sesame seed oil (p<0.001). While, sesame seed oil was more effective in enhancing hemorrhoids healing and cheaper than black seed oil (p<0.001) Complete cure of hemorrhoids was occurred after 6 weeks post-intervention among 75.0% of sesame seed oil group subjects compared by 50.0% of black seed oil group which indicated that, the sesame oil has higher curative rate than black seed oil (p<0.001). Conclusion: Sesame oil is more effective than black seed oil in enhancing healing of external and internal anal hemorrhoids during pregnancy and postnatal period. Recommendations: Both black seed oil and sesame oil were recommended to be utilized in both external and internal anal hemorrhoids but sesame oil is preferable because it is cheaper than black seed oiland its effect is higher than black seed oil in enhancing external and internal anal hemorrhoids healing.