Pain in the rectum

The colon is the department of the large intestine, which is located in the posterior part of the small pelvis, ending in the perineal region. In the rectum, the pain can arise due to many diseases. Pain in most cases occur during defecation, less often after it.

Causes of rectal pain

Pain in the gut appears when the pathology affects the rectum section located below the rectum-anal line. This part of the rectum is innervated by the spinal nerves.

The most frequent cause of pain in the rectum is an anal fissure. Characteristic for a crack in the anus is a strong sharp pain, bleeding during defecation. In a quarter of patients, such symptoms are accompanied by constipation, and about 7% of patients suffer from diarrhea. To detect a crack, a specialist examination is necessary. A crack is located on the posterior or anterior wall of the anal canal. In the treatment of cracks it is recommended to take sedentary baths 3 times a day, softening laxatives. In the treatment of chronic cracks, surgery is possible.

Pain in this colon arises with thrombosis of the hemorrhoidal node. These are varicose-dilated parts of the rectal venous plexus. The external hemorrhoids are located below the rectum-anal spine, they are innervated by the spinal nodes. And the internal nodes are located above the rectum-anal line, they are innervated by the autonomic nerves. At internal sites of a pain arise only when the dropped out site is infringed. But thrombosis of the external hemorrhoids is usually accompanied by rather strong pains. Patients have complaints of diarrhea or recent constipation. In the treatment of the disease, specialists direct the fallen hemorrhoidal node manually using local anesthesia. After the treatment procedures are provided.

Pain, strong, in the rectum occurs with paraproctitis. This disease usually begins with an inflammation of the anal glands that are located in the anal sinuses. With paraproctitis, the patient's pain is constant, pulsating, often against a background of fever. In the anal canal or in the perineum, usually a densified or fluctuating area is palpable. Patients with a proctologist are examined under regional anesthesia. Treatment of the disease consists in surgical operation and dispensary treatment.

Proctalgia is a periodic pain in the rectum in the absence of an organic lesion. It is believed that the cause of pain in the rectum is a spasm of the muscles that lift the anus. Since nothing is known about the nature of the disease, the proctalgia is difficult to treat. Many patients suffer from mental illness or are emotionally unbalanced. Among the patients often there are anxious, hypochondriac women. Pain with the disease is strong aching or cramping, localized in the rectum. In the sitting position, the pain is usually worse. Treatment of this disease takes a lot of time and requires the participation of many specialists.

Pain in the rectum area occurs with cocciogeny. This disease is also called "illness of viewers".Coccidia can also develop due to trauma to the tailbone. The disease manifests itself in pain in the coccyx, during defecation and in the sitting position. The treatment takes about 6 months, conservative.

Also, pain in the gut sometimes causes inflamed appendicitis. When suspicion of appendicitis, experts always make a rectal examination.

Other causes of pain in the rectum

Pain in this area can be in the presence of volumetric education - perianal hematoma. This disease is a formation of crimson color, quite painful, which is located at the anus. This disease passes by itself somewhere in a week.

With ulcerative proctitis, there is pain in the bowel. This is a single ulcer in the rectum. The disease occurs more often in young people. There is a sense of a foreign body in the rectum, defecation becomes more difficult, mucus and blood are released from the anus.

Also, pain in the rectum occurs with herpes, with cancer of the rectum.