Proctology in Arizona, Phoenix

What treats proctologist

Proctologist - a specialist who diagnoses and treats disease and various pathologies that concern all parts of the rectum in the digestive tract.

Improper nutrition, sitting position and stress lead to the fact that people have different bowel problems. Proctologists treat such disease:

• Hemorrhoids;
• Proctitis;
• Colitis;
• Paraproctitis;
• Foreign body;
• Injury;
• Polyps;
• Papillitis;
• Anal fissures;
• Dysbacteriosis;
• Incontinence;
• Polyposis;
• Ulcer of the rectum;
• Ulcers of the colon;
• Uropygial cyst;
• Malformations;
• Rectal prolapse;
• Malignant neoplasm;
• Pilonidal sinuses;
• Worm infestation.

Symptoms of the Proctologic Diseases

There are serious symptoms that require to see a specialist:

• Pain or discomfort in the anus, worse after a bowel movement;
• Itching, burning, redness in the anus;
• Loss of nodes after a bowel movement;
• The emergence of knots or small formations around the anus;
• Frequent urge to defecate;
• Foreign body sensation in the rectum;
• Feeling of incomplete bowel evacuation after a bowel movement;
• Pain in the perineum and anus, worse sitting, walking;
• Severe pain in the anal area, in the pelvis, accompanied by fever;
• Constipation and diarrhea;
• Swelling and bumps around the anus;
• Bloody discharge from the anus;
• Slime;
• Finding a outwards the haemorrhoid.

Reasons Proctologic Diseases

The causes of diseases proctologic most frequently are:

• Sedentary lifestyle;
• Constipation;
• Pregnancy and childbirth;
• Wrong nutrition (spicy and fatty foods, plenty of starchy foods);
• Unhealthy habits (alcohol);
• Trauma;
• Congenital anomalies;
• Stress.

All these factors lead to the development of inflammatory bowel diseases, injury its mucosa, to disruption of microflora and of intestinal motility, to expand of veins its distal part.

The importance of early Diagnosis in Proctology

As in many other areas of medicine, in a Proctology the treatment will be the most successful and effective if the disease is detected early. A good proctologist, inspection, carried out on time, a competent diagnosis - the most important components of easy and fast healing of disease of the rectum, colon and anus.

Launched proctologic problems can lead to rise of malignant neoplasms (cancer). The only way to avoid the serious consequences - it is up to the first symptoms of diseases of the rectum, colon and anus immediately see a specialist and undergo inspection and a comprehensive survey of the proctologist. It includes the Anoscopy, Ultrasound diagnostics of abdominal cavity and Sigmoidoscopy.