Rectal prolapse

Introduction: Rectal prolapse

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

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Rectal prolapse:

• Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
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Medical Textbooks Online about Rectal prolapse

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Rectal prolapse?

• Misdiagnosis of Rectal prolapse
• Underlying causes of Rectal prolapse (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Rectal prolapse

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Causes of Rectal prolapse

• Constipation
• Straining from constipation

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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

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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

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Medical Guidebooks and Ebooks for 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)