Proctitis

Proctitis

Proctitis is an illness where the rectum becomes inflamed and swollen. The rectum is the end of the gastrointestinal, or GI, tract. It is a hollow tube where stool passes to leave the body.

Help with pain,Fight an infection,Decrease inflammation,Make stools softer,Open the rectum

Ambulatory Care,Gastrointestinal

Acute Proctitis,Antibiotic-Induced Proctitis,Chronic Proctitis,Gonorrheal Proctitis,Herpetic Proctitis,Inflamed Rectum,Inflammation of the Rectum,Ischemic Proctitis,Radiation Proctitis,Rectal Infection,Rectal Inflammation,Syphilitic Proctitis

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