What causes rectal pain?
Disease description:
Recently, I have been experiencing pain in the lower abdomen and rectal area, and diarrhea occurs during bowel movements. May I ask, what could be causing rectal pain?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Shen Yonghua
Rectal pain may be caused by various factors, mainly including:
1. Inflammatory factors: such as proctitis, anal sinusitis, perianal abscess, etc. Inflammation causes congestion and edema of the rectal mucosa, thereby causing pain.
2. Organic lesions: such as rectal polyps, rectal cancer, etc. Polyps or tumors irritate and compress the rectal mucosa, leading to pain.
3. Functional pain: such as rectal neurosis, functional rectal muscle spasm pain, etc. Patients experience pain and discomfort without any organic lesions in the rectum.
4. Other factors: such as excessive consumption of spicy food, postoperative rectal pain, gynecological diseases in women such as pelvic inflammatory disease, cervicitis, etc., which may also cause rectal or anal pain.
