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Acute radiation proctitis usually resolves without treatment after several months, but symptoms may improve with butyrate enemas.
Several other methods are under development to lessen the effects of radiation proctitis.
Those with only proctitis or rectosigmoiditis usually have no increased risk.
Radiation proctitis most commonly occurs after treatment for cancers such as cervical cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer.
Taken daily these may restore regularity and reduce pain associated with proctitis.
It includes solitary rectal ulcer syndrome, rectal prolapse, proctitis cystica profunda, and inflammatory polyps.
Chronic radiation proctitis occurs in part because of damage to the blood vessels which supply the colon.
For example, the physician may prescribe antibiotics for proctitis caused by bacterial infection.
Proctitis does not necessarily imply rectal discharge, however some of the types known to be associated with rectal discharge are discussed briefly.
Pseudodiarrhea is often associated with rectal urgency and accompanies irritable bowel syndrome, hyperthyroidism, and anorectal disorders such as proctitis.
There are many causes of proctitis, some due to infections and others not.
If the pelvis is irradiated, prostitis, proctitis, dysuria, metritis, diarrhea, and abdominal pain can occur.
It may occur idiopathically (idiopathic proctitis).
Trachoma can cause an asymptomatic proctitis, but the symptoms of lymphogranuloma venereum are usually more severe, including pruritus ani, purulent rectal discharge, hematochezia rectal pain and diarrhea or constipation.
There are many causes of rectal hemorrhage, including hemorrhoids (which are dilated vessels in the perianal fat pads), rectal varices, proctitis (of various causes), stercal ulcers and infections.
