Specialist clinic for bleeding, anal pain, prolapse, discharge or a lump. These are common symptoms, and you should not get used to them.
Book a consultationAt the coloproctology clinic of Hospital Memorial Publio Cordón (Madrid), Dr. Patricia Tejedor treats hemorrhoidal disease, anal fissure, anal abscess and fistula, pilonidal sinus and diverticulitis. Several of these conditions cause similar symptoms, so the first step is reaching the right diagnosis.
Many people put off seeing a doctor out of embarrassment or because they think bleeding or discomfort is normal. It is not. Different conditions can cause similar symptoms, and the cause has to be known before a treatment is recommended. What the color of the blood means and when to go to the emergency room is covered in blood in stool.
At the first visit we carry out a specialist assessment, with examination and, when needed, anoscopy, endoanal ultrasound or MRI. From there the treatment is adapted to each case, from measures to regulate bowel habits to outpatient procedures or surgery.
Bright red bleeding, prolapse during bowel movements, itching, discomfort or soiling. Treatment depends on the grade and on how it affects quality of life: dietary measures, rubber band ligation (in the clinic or in an outpatient operating room under sedation) and, when indicated, surgery.
Hemorrhoids: treatmentVery sharp pain when passing stools, which can last for hours, sometimes with a little bleeding. Treatment starts with regulating bowel movements and topical treatment. If it becomes chronic, it is treated with botulinum toxin under sedation, and surgery is kept for cases that do not respond.
Anal fissure: treatmentAn abscess causes severe pain, swelling and sometimes fever, and it must be drained without delay. A fistula shows as an opening near the anus with repeated discharge of pus. Its path is studied, and surgery aims to cure it while protecting continence.
Anal fistula and abscess: treatmentPain, swelling, discharge or repeated infections in the cleft between the buttocks. Limited cases are treated with pit-pick, and complex or recurrent ones with Bascom cleft lift.
Pilonidal cyst: treatmentInflammation of one or more diverticula of the colon, with abdominal pain, mostly in the lower left side, and sometimes fever. It does not always require admission, antibiotics or surgery, but it needs a CT diagnosis to tell mild episodes from serious ones.
Diverticulitis: treatmentIf you have anal bleeding, pain that does not go away, prolapse, discharge or a lump, we recommend an assessment at a coloproctology unit. If there is severe pain, fever or rapid worsening, the assessment should be urgent.
With diverticulitis, severe or increasing abdominal pain, fever that does not go down, vomiting, a swollen abdomen or feeling generally unwell need medical attention without waiting.
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View doctor: Dr. Patricia TejedorFellow of the European Board of Surgery in Coloproctology (FEBS) and member of the Spanish Association of Coloproctology.
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