Proctitis is a common and frequent disease. Simply put, it is inflammation of the rectal mucosa. In mild cases, only the mucosa is inflamed, while in severe cases, the inflammation may extend to the muscular layer and submucosal layer of the mucosa, and even to the surrounding tissues of the rectum. Common factors of proctitis include weak physique with low resistance, heart, lung, liver, gastrointestinal diseases, respiratory tract infections, infectious diseases after, constipation, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, anal and rectal prolapse, anal fistula, polyps, anal-rectal stenosis, rectal tumor, rectal injury, foreign bodies, and other factors can all cause inflammation of the rectum.
Other factors such as poor diet, such as excessive alcohol consumption, overeating of刺激性 strong foods, inappropriate long-term use of laxatives, excessive use of corrosive drugs in the anal canal, and bacterial infections can all cause proctitis.
Common types of rectal inflammation include acute rectal inflammation, chronic rectal inflammation, radiation-induced rectal inflammation, and tuberculous rectal inflammation.
If acute rectal inflammation does not heal for a long time, it becomes chronic rectal inflammation. Rectal mucosa and submucosa thickening is chronic hypertrophic rectal inflammation; if the intestinal glands within the rectum and their stroma undergo atrophy and changes, it is called chronic atrophic rectal inflammation. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that rectal inflammation is related to 'endogenous damp-heat', 'food retention', 'weakness of the spleen and stomach', and 'intestinal parasites with dampness and retention'. Patients mainly complain of rectal bleeding or the rectum excreting mucus, and rectal inflammation caused by gonorrhea, herpes simplex, or cytomegalovirus can be accompanied by severe anal rectal pain.
The onset of rectal inflammation is related to high-fat, high-protein, and low-fiber diets. This is because high-fat foods can increase bile secretion, promote the growth of intestinal bacteria, and under the action of anaerobic bacteria, cholesterol and bile salts form unsaturated cholesterol, such as deoxycholic acid and lithocholic acid, which increase the number of these inflammatory agents, promoting the onset of rectal inflammation.
Rectal inflammation can generally be diagnosed by rectoscopy or sigmoidoscopy.