The rectum is the last section of the digestive link and the continuation of the large intestine. Rectal diseases most often treated by a doctor:
- Hemorrhoids.
- Proctitis.
- Anal fissures.
- Rectal cancer.
The most common pathology of the rectum is hemorrhoids, which appears as a result of chronic constipation. This disease overtakes almost 40% of people, and 20% of patients need treatment. Like all other diseases of the rectum, hemorrhoids have various causes of development: constipation, an immobile lifestyle, pregnancy, a certain type of work, alcohol abuse, infectious diseases.
Signs of the onset of the disease can be:
- discomfort around the anus,
- itch,
- difficulty defecation.
- in the advanced stages of the disease, blood from the rectum may appear.
Treatment of this disease of the rectum is aimed at eliminating pain, relieving spasm, stopping internal bleeding.
On the second place of diseases of the rectum is cancer. The causes of its occurrence have not yet been identified, there are only suggestions that chronic diseases of the inflammatory process - ulcerative colitis, anal fissures, etc. can contribute to this.
Signs of colorectal cancer:
- The presence in the feces of impurities in the form of mucus alone or together with pus and even blood. And sometimes there is bleeding, with which pieces of the tumor can come out.
- Pain in the sacrum, lower back, coccyx and perineum.
- Feces become ribbon-shaped.
- Incessant urge to defecate causing pain.
- The patient may feel the presence of something foreign in the rectum. As a rule, this is the tumor itself.
- Constipation accompanied by bloating, pain in the upper abdomen.
- In case of anal cancer, the presence of a tumor at the anus can be visually determined.
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If the disease is advanced, then there are constant pains in the lower abdomen, feces are released during urination or from the vagina (when the tumor spreads to the bladder and a passage forms between the bladder or vagina and the intestine).
Treatment of such a disease of the rectum as cancer is performed only by surgery, in which the area affected by the tumor is removed. Other types of treatment bring only temporary results.
Anal fissureaccompanied by frequent constipation, pain during bowel movements. This may cause minor bleeding. The treatment of anal fissures is based on the prevention of constipation and on the doctor stretching the sphincter of the anus for 4 minutes. The patient is under general anesthesia at this time.
Proctitis is an inflammatory disease that is accompanied by damage to the rectal mucosa. The causes of its occurrence include malnutrition, constipation, parasitic diseases, inflammation of the pelvic organs. The main symptoms include pain in the rectum and discharge of pus from the anus. Sometimes the temperature rises. Treatment is aimed at suppressing the infection with antibiotics. In diseases of the rectum, you should pay special attention to your diet.
