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DermatologicalMild
Pilonidal Sinus
Colorectal & Proctology · Dermatological
Mild
Severity
Uncommon — most frequently affects young men between 15 and 30 years of age
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Colorectal & Proctology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Results from hair follicles becoming trapped or driven into the skin at the natal cleft due to friction and pressure
- 2triggering a foreign body inflammatory response and cyst formation. Risk factors include prolonged sitting
- 3obesity
- 4excessive body hair
- 5poor hygiene
- 6and a deep natal cleft. It is more common in young men
- 7particularly those with occupations requiring prolonged sitting such as drivers.
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