Proctitis overview

Proctitis is defined as an inflammation of the anus and the lining of the rectum, affecting only the last 6 inches of the rectum.

Symptoms are ineffectual straining to empty the bowels, diarrhea, rectal bleeding and possible discharge, a feeling that you didn’t adequately empty the bowels, involuntary spasms and cramping during bowel movements, left-sided abdominal pain, passage of mucus through the rectum and anorectal pain.

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