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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
'''Proctitis''' is defined as an [[inflammation]] of the [[anus]] and the lining of the [[rectum]], affecting only the last 6 inches of the rectum. | |||
Symptoms are ineffectual straining to empty the bowels, [[diarrhea]], [[Hematochezia|rectal bleeding]] and possible discharge, a feeling that you didn't adequately empty the bowels, involuntary spasms and cramping during bowel movements, left-sided abdominal pain, passage of mucus through the rectum and anorectal pain. | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Proctitis is defined as an inflammation of the anus and the lining of the rectum, affecting only the last 6 inches of the rectum.
Symptoms are ineffectual straining to empty the bowels, diarrhea, rectal bleeding and possible discharge, a feeling that you didn't adequately empty the bowels, involuntary spasms and cramping during bowel movements, left-sided abdominal pain, passage of mucus through the rectum and anorectal pain.