Inflammation of the rectum
Inflammation of the rectal mucosa in medicine is called proctitis. Proctitis refers to diseases that are treated by a proctologist. There may be inflammation of the bowel due to a number of reasons. It happens that a person is affected by several factors at once.
What are the causes and forms of inflammation of the rectum?
Proctitis can occur due to malnutrition. This consumption of a large number of acute and salty foods, alcohol consumption, non-compliance with diet.
Inflammation of the rectum may develop due to frequent constipation, due to hemorrhoids present, when it is not treated.
Various venereal diseases, as well as parasites and diseases of the pelvic organs contribute to the formation of inflammatory processes in the mucosa of the rectum.
In addition, the development of proctitis is promoted by weakened immunity. If there is one of the above signs with a weakened immunity, then the risk of proctitis is large enough.
Proctitis forms - acute and chronic. Acute inflammation of the rectal mucosa appears suddenly. Only the surface of the intestinal mucosa is affected by this form of the disease. If this disease is not treated, then it gradually passes into a chronic form. Proctitis chronic develops long enough, but the entire mucous membrane of the rectum is affected.
What are the symptoms of rectal inflammation?
Symptoms of an acute form of proctitis are: the appearance in the abdomen and perineum of painful sensations, which are particularly felt during defecation;Deterioration of general well-being;Blood, purulent discharge during emptying;high body temperature;Constipation or diarrhea.
This lists the common symptoms. Symptoms, depending on the type of disease, manifest themselves in different ways. With catarrhal purulent proctitis on the rectum, pus is formed. With catarrhal-hemorrhoid proctitis, there is spot bleeding. With polypous inflammation of the rectum, polypoid outgrowths form on the mucosa. Erosive proctitis - the surface of the bowel is affected by erosion or ulcers.
In chronic inflammation of the rectum, the following symptoms are observed. The patient suffers from chronic constipation;When emptying mucus is released. There are also unstable pains in the abdomen and in the anus.
When the mucous membrane becomes thin and the folds are smoothed, the disease is called an atrophic chronic proctitis.
When the folds of the intestine thicken and become loose, the patient experiences hypertrophic inflammation.
Proctitis Treatment
The appearance of the symptoms of this disease should become a signal to urgently appeal to a specialist. With a visit to the doctor can not be delayed, since such symptoms can be observed with the development of cancer of the rectum, from which you can get rid without serious consequences only in the early stages.
In order to identify the causes of the symptoms will be assigned the necessary examination. In addition to tumoral formations, anal fissures and hemorrhoids contribute to the inflammation of the rectal mucosa. Treatment in the early stages of proctitis is easier and faster.
In the treatment of inflammation of the bowel, different methods are used. Candles can be used to relieve inflammation, which in the composition have plant components, regenerating protective functions of the body and normalizing the operation of the rectum. But the treatment is based on the causes of the disease. In most cases, a complex treatment of proctitis is used. In the early stages of the disease, the following methods of treatment were recommended. First of all, it's the right diet. Exclusion from the diet of flour, fatty, spicy, smoked and other products that irritate the mucous membrane. Application of mud treatment, therapeutic baths and special gymnastics. If the disease is started, then medications are prescribed. Also, in especially severe cases, it is also possible to surgically treat inflammation of the rectum.
Constipation, diarrhea, acute colitis - it all can move to inflammation of the colon, so you need to take timely measures to eliminate such ailments. Do not go overboard with laxatives and enemas, because they irritate the mucous membrane. The best time to see a doctor.