I know you're extremely upset at the whole situation, but it may be hard to tie the proctitis in to having a hysterectomy although the majority of cases have no known cause and are called idiopathic proctitis. But these are really a variant of a more serious condition called ulcerative colitis - just a bit more limited in scope. And although the 'cause' may be unknown, U.C. is felt to be a disorder of the immune system, specificallly an autoimmnue disorder.
But there can be a couple of other causes of proctitis. Literature suggests proctitis can be caused by physical agents including chemicals inserted into the rectum, medications and radiation. Sexual disease related proctitis can also occur. Sexually-transmitted diseases which can cause proctitis include gonorrhea, herpes, chlamydia, and lymphogranuloma venereum.
You might want to check on the meds you were on during and after surgery. There are some meds that are implicated in U.C.
Update since last post: I went to another Dr. (Colorectal) and he said I do NOT have proctitis or Pudendal Nerve Damage. My muscled "down there" are just spasmed from the surgery, stress and anal fissure.
I had PT which helped a bit. I quit that when I found my symptoms returned under stress. This pain lasted 1.5 yrs until I re-examined the cause myself:
I re-read my books from Dr. John E Sarno (cured my back pain in 2000) and realized the cause was the same: stress/anxiety related and took hold after a recent incident. In this case it occured after hysterectomy. (Back problem in 2000 started after falling and then getting a spasm the following day-lasted 2 yrs!)
I have minor proctitis due to radiation for colon/rectal cancer.It is very painful at times and I suffer from occasional bowel leakage. I have been told that kegel excersize can help.
Most information I can find is for womens problems or sexual problems and I am not concerned with either of those.I am only interested in improving my proctitis.
Can you show me an external excersizer for men ??
Thank you
John Ramey
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