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Rectal prolapse
Can anyone tell whether a person is suffering from rectal prolapse or not without asking him to strain or cough. Can it be diagnosed just by looking anus from torch.
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1. By history of patient clinician can think of rectal prolapse without asking to strain or valsalva manauovre ...
a. History of bulge/ mass/something coming out of anal opening at defecation or otherwise with or without following
b. Discharge/Soiling
c. Bleeding
d. Pain in anal area.
e. Investigations like EMG, MANOMETRY, TRANS-RECTAL USG etc
2. On looking with light ,torch in this case, Certainly one can diagnose prolapse rectum- red pink mass with concentric rings, sulcus on inspection.
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It’s it’s strangulated then yes, otherwise rectal prolapse is only diagnosed clinical by straining
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Dr. Gopal Rathi
General Surgeon
17 yrs exp
Pune
Yes clinically by straining
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Dr. Mohammed Jameel Ahmed
General Surgeon
28 yrs exp
Nagpur
Sometimes not visible from outside
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Dr. S P Jindal
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Ajmer
Not by doing so, but it appears on straining
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