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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shaghayegh Habibi, M.D.[2]
Overview
Most common symptoms of rectal prolapse include pain, fullness or a lump inside rectum, fecal incontinence, constipation and bloody and/or mucous rectal discharge.
History and Symptoms
Rectal prolapse can be diagnosed in outpatient clinics by history taking and inspection of the protruded rectum.[1]
Symptoms of rectal prolapse include:[2][3]
- Pain (100%)
- Rectal bleeding (75-100%)
- Fecal incontinence (50-75%)
- constipation (25-50%)
- Urinary incontinence (25-30%)
- Incomplete evacuation
- Fullness or a lump inside rectum
- Bloody and/or mucous rectal discharge
- Vaginal vault prolapse
References
- ↑ Shin EJ (2011). "Surgical treatment of rectal prolapse". J Korean Soc Coloproctol. 27 (1): 5–12. doi:10.3393/jksc.2011.27.1.5. PMC 3053504. PMID 21431090.
- ↑ Bordeianou L, Hicks CW, Kaiser AM, Alavi K, Sudan R, Wise PE (2014). "Rectal prolapse: an overview of clinical features, diagnosis, and patient-specific management strategies". J. Gastrointest. Surg. 18 (5): 1059–69. doi:10.1007/s11605-013-2427-7. PMID 24352613.
- ↑ Bordeianou L, Paquette I, Johnson E, Holubar SD, Gaertner W, Feingold DL, Steele SR (2017). "Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Rectal Prolapse". Dis. Colon Rectum. 60 (11): 1121–1131. doi:10.1097/DCR.0000000000000889. PMID 28991074.