rectal pain (anorectal pain, proctalgia)
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Etiology
- anal fissure
- hemorrhoids, thrombosis of hemorrhoid
- anorectal abscess
- proctitis
- foreign body
- fecal impactation
- endometriosis
- neoplasm (rectal cancer, metastasis)
- pelvic inflammatory disease
- sacral nerve
- prostatitis
- proctalgia fugax
- levator ani syndrome (levator ani muscle spasms)
- uterine disorder
- coccygodynia
- myopathy
- inflammatory bowel disease
- foreign bodies in the rectum
- rectal prolapse
Management
- depends upon etiology
- general: Sitz baths, psyllium[3]
More general terms
References
- ↑ Ferri's Clinical Advisor, Instant Diagnosis and Treatment, Ferri FF (ed), Mosby, Philadelphia, 2003, pg 1216
- ↑ emedicine: Rectal Pain http://www.emedicinehealth.com/rectal_pain/article_em.htm
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 18, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2018