Proctitis has many causes, butsexually transmitted diseases(STDs) are the most common.Gonorrhea,syphilis, herpes, analwarts, andchlamydiaare the most common cause of sexually transmitted proctitis. Proctitis is increasingly more common in homosexual men and in people engaging in oral-anal or anal int...
The veins thrombose, inflammation sets in, and ultimately scarring takes place. Sclerotherapy causes the hemorrhoid to shrink. Pain may occur after sclerotherapy, but usually subsides by the following day. Symptoms of hemorrhoids frequently return after several years and may require further treatment. ...
This causes pain, bleeding and often a discharge of mucus and pus. Proctitis is commonly associated with ULCERATIVE COLITIS, CROHN'S DISEASE, DYSENTERY or sexually transmitted diseases in people engaging in anal intercourse. The treatment is directed to the cause. Collins Dictionary of Medicine ©...
However, it is important to consider the infectious causes of proctitis such as the sexually transmitted infections (STIs), especially Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, as these can mimic the symptoms and pathology of IBD. We present the case of a young male sailor with subacute ...
In 3 patients late complications were found: clinically asymptomatic proctostenosis (2 cases) and formation of rectovaginal fistula (1 case). Conclusions: APC is an effective method of treatment in patients with PRP but the risk of ... M Kohut,A Gacek,B Gach,... - 《Polish Gastroenterology...
Acute proctitis is a nonspecific disease secondary to many specific causes. These include ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, enteric infections, venereal disease, antibiotics, ischemia, and radiation therapy. Clinicians should avoid making a diagnosis until appropriate tests such as sigmoidoscopy, rectal...
However, radiation therapy also has some adverse effects, especially it causes physical damage to normal organs in the pelvis. Among these injuries, rectal injury is the most common and stubborn complication [7, 8]. Radiation proctitis (RP), a rectal radiation injury, is caused by radiation ...
Gastro-intestinal (GI) symptoms, mostly diarrhea, nausea and abdominal pain, are very frequent in COVID-19, and occur in 33 % of patients [1]. Nevertheless, severe or prolonged GI symptoms should lead to an exhaustive research of other causes, including infectious diseases. Cytomegalovirus co-...
Mechanistically, the death of capillary endothelial cells causes an obliterative effect, histologically similar to endarteritis. In the gastroenterological literature, a similar occurrence is seen in the rectum and is termed radiation-associated vascular ectasia.24 Given the fragility of capillaries, the ...
While proctitis is caused both by infectious and noninfectious causes, infectious causes are acquired typically sexually. Chlamydia trachomatis, which is the most frequent bacterial pathogen causing sexually transmitted infections worldwide, is one of the causative agents of proctitis. We report a case ...