Journal of International Psychiatry

〇bjective To investigate the clinical symptoms and therapeutic status of anorectal neurosis.Methods The clinical symptoms of a total of 160 cases of anorectal neurosis were investigated, these patients were divided into research group and control group, patients in research group were treated with acupoint injection, while those in research group were cured with acupoint injection combined with spiritual healing. After the treatment, clin- ical symptoms were evaluated with SCL-90 scale, whereas and clinical symptoms were evaluated with SCL-90 and the mental disorders were assessed with HAMA and HAMD scales. Results There were 144 cases of anal swell, 102 cases of wanted stool feeling, 84 cases of insomnia with mild breathing difficulties, 74 cases with bowel prob- lems, 68 cases of anal pain, 58 cases of perianal foreign body sensation, 42 cases of anal itching in the 160 patients with anorectal neurosis. After treatment, the HAMA, HAMD and SCL-90 scores of research group were significantly better than control group(P<0.01). Conclusion The main cardinal symptoms of patients with anorectal neurosis were perianaldiscomfort or pain associated with intense anxiety and other mental disorders as the main symptoms, and no organic disease were detected. Acupoint injection combined with spiritual healing could effectively mitigate mental disturbance and eliminate clinical symptoms, and thus have positive application prospect.

Anorecta1 neurosis; Clinica1 symptom; Menta1 disturbance