Digestion & Elimination

Summary of Anorectal Diseases

By Markov ⋅ June 9, 2009 ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Two-point Summary:

• If we were to broadly summarize common anorectal diseases, it’s either infections or growths.
• Growth can create a burden on the anorectal wall, causing ptosis due to excess. Ptosis can be due to deficiency too – see article on rectal prolapse and its treatment using Chinese herbs for more.

Infections and sequela include:

1. Cryptitis
2. Perianorectal Inflammation and Abscesses
3. Fistulae

Read this article on anorectal inflammations, abscesses and fissures.

“Growths” include:

1. Hemorrhoids (痔疮)
2. Anal Papillae Hypertrophy (肛乳头肥大)
3. Polyps (息肉) – benign tumors
4. Malignant tumors (癌)

There is also anal fissures, which don’t fit into this framework. Here’s a piece on anal fissures.

Here’s a link to more on hemorrhoids.

Ptosis can be related to:

1. Internal hemorrhoids
2. Polyps
3. Rectal prolapse

Here is further elaboration on the different etiologies of anorectal ptosis.

The following link talks about the extent to which Chinese medicine can help with rectal prolapse.

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