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Overview
Medical Therapy
- Symptoms such as diarrhea and painful defectation may be treated with oral opioids and stool softeners, respectively.
- Several other methods are under development as of 2005 to lessen the effects of radiation proctitis. These include sucralfate, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, corticosteroids, metronidazole, and argon plasma coagulation.[2]
References
- ↑ Tabaja L, Sidani SM (2018). "Management of Radiation Proctitis". Dig Dis Sci. 63 (9): 2180–2188. doi:10.1007/s10620-018-5163-8. PMID 29948565.
- ↑ Kochhar R, Patel F, Dhar A, Sharma SC, Ayyagari S, Aggarwal R; et al. (1991). "Radiation-induced proctosigmoiditis. Prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled trial of oral sulfasalazine plus rectal steroids versus rectal sucralfate". Dig Dis Sci. 36 (1): 103–7. PMID 1670631.