0 inflammation of the anus (= the opening through which solid waste leaves the body) and the lining of the last section of the rectum (= the lowest end of the bowels)
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.
