Rectal prolapse

Rectal prolapse: Introduction

Rectal prolapse: Protruding rectum through the anus. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Rectal prolapse is available below.

Symptoms of Rectal prolapse

• Blood in stool
• Mucus in stool
• Anal protrusion
• more symptoms...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Rectal prolapse:

• Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Tests
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Tests
• Food Allergies & Intolerances: Home Testing:
  • Home Food Allergy Tests
  • Home Food Intolerance Testing
  • Home Water Testing
  • Home Lead Poisoning Tests
  • Home Heavy Metal Poisoning Tests
• Digestive-Related Home Testing:
  • Home Stomach Ulcer Tests
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Test Kits
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Test Kits
• more tests...»

Rectal prolapse: Complications

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Medical Textbooks Online about Rectal prolapse

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Rectal prolapse?

• Misdiagnosis of Rectal prolapse
• Failure to diagnose Rectal prolapse
• Hidden causes of Rectal prolapse (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Rectal prolapse

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Rectal prolapse: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Celiac Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Heartburn -- Undiagnosed
  • GERD -- Undiagnosed
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Pancreatitis -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Rectal prolapse

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, irritable...read more »

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called ...read more »

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can...read more »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. ...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course, also fail to be...read more »

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see ...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, ...read more »

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Rectal prolapse: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Digestive Health Specialists (Gastroenterology):
  • Gastroenterology (Digestive Specialists)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (Child Digestive Health)
• Rectal/Anal Health Specialists (Proctology):
  • Proctology (Anal/Rectal Specialist)
  • Colon & Rectal Surgery
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Rectal prolapse

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Rectal prolapse:

• Digestive Health (Gastroenterology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Rectal prolapse, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Rectal prolapse: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Rare Types
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Rare Types
  • Celiac Disease -- Rare Types
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Rare Types
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Pancreatitis -- Rare Types
  • Gallstones -- Rare Types
  • Lactose Intolerance -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Rectal prolapse

• Constipation
• Straining from constipation
• Whipworm - rectal prolapse
• Cystic Fibrosis - rectal prolapse
• Trichuriasis
• more causes...»

See full list of 6 causes of Rectal prolapse

More information about causes of Rectal prolapse:

• Underlying causes of Rectal prolapse
• Rectal prolapse as a complication caused by other conditions
• Rectal prolapse as a symptom

Treatments for Rectal prolapse

• Treatments to prevent constipation
  • Healthy diet
  • Laxatives
• Strapping buttocks - to correct the prolapse in young children.
• Anorectal surgery
• more treatments...»

See full list of 5 treatments for Rectal prolapse

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Rectal prolapse

Medical research articles related to Rectal prolapse include:

• Surgery for complete rectal prolapse in adults
• A patient has been diagnosed with a prolapsed colon and has a colostomy. Would abdominal surgery be successful and would the colostomy be reversed?
• Lower GI surgery
• Prolapse
• Prevention of fecal and urinary incontinence in adults
• Surgery for faecal incontinence in adults
• Acticon artificial bowel sphincter
• Procidentia
• more research...»

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Reseach about Rectal prolapse

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Prevention of Rectal prolapse

Prevention information for Rectal prolapse has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Rectal prolapse.

• Avoid straining from constipation
• See preventing constipation
• Pelvic floor exercises
• more preventions...»

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Rectal prolapse: Broader Related Topics

• Anal conditions
• Anorectal disorders
• Rectal conditions
• more types...»

Types of Rectal prolapse

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Definitions of Rectal prolapse:

Protrusion of the rectal mucous membrane through the anus. There are various degrees: incomplete with no displacement of the anal sphincter muscle; complete with displacement of the anal sphincter muscle; complete with no displacement of the anal sphincter muscle but with herniation of the bowel; and internal complete with rectosigmoid or upper rectum intussusception into the lower rectum. - (Source - Diseases Database)