Glossary for Rectal tenesmus

Medical terms related to Rectal tenesmus or mentioned in this section include:

• Abdominal symptoms: Symptoms affecting the abdomen or digestive tract
• Anal Cancer: A cancerous malignancy that is located anatomically in the anus
• Anal itching: Itching near or around the anus
• Anal symptoms: Symptoms affecting the anus.
• Anorexia: This is known as a lack of or loss of appetite for food
• Bowel movements: Changes in type or frequency of bowel motions
• Bowel problems: Symptoms affecting the bowel
• Colorectal cancer: Cancer of the colon (bowel) or rectum.
• Constipation: Hardness of stool or difficulty or inability to pass feces.
• Crohn's disease: Crohn's disease causes inflammation of the digestive system. It is one of a group of diseases called inflammatory bowel disease. The disease can affect any area from the mouth to the anus. It often affects the lower part of the small intestine called the ileum.
• Digestive symptoms: Any symptoms affecting the digestive tract.
• Inflammatory bowel disease: Any type of digestive condition caused by bowel inflammation.
• Malaise: General feelings of discomfort or being ill-at-ease.
• Multiple Sclerosis: Autoimmune attack on spinal nerves causing diverse and varying neural problems.
• Rectal cancer: A growth or excessive proliferation of cells in the rectum which is the final portion of the digestive system before the anus. The growth may be benign or malignant.
• Rectal pain: Pain occurring on or around the rectum
• Severe diarrhea: A condition which is characterized by severe diarrhoea
• Stool symptoms: Changes to stool such as diarrhea
• Tenesmus: feeling of incomplete evacuation of bowel
• Ulcerative colitis: Ulcerative colitis (Colitis ulcerosa, UC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Ulcerative colitis is a form of colitis, a disease of the intestine, specifically the large intestine or colon, that includes characteristic ulcers, or open sores, in the colon.
• Weight loss: Loss of body weight.

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