How to reduce rectal prolapse

After suffering from hemorrhoids, it is easy to have rectal prolapse, which is quite harmful to human health. If rectal prolapse occurs, it should be promptly repositioned. There are many ways to reposition it. You can gently reposition it with your hands. If it is more serious, you should go to the hospital for examination in time. This also belongs to rectal prolapse. Prevention should be strengthened in daily life, such as doing some anus-lifting exercises, strengthening dietary conditioning, etc.

How to reduce rectal prolapse

1. Anal lifting exercise:

Sit quietly, relax, squeeze your buttocks and thighs tightly, close your eyes, and while inhaling, pull your anus upward. After lifting your anus, hold your breath for a while, and then while exhaling, relax your whole body. Practice 90 times each time, three times a day, once after defecation and before bedtime. You can also perform rapid anal contraction exercises, 30 times per minute, twice a day.

2. Finger expansion exercise:

Apply a proper amount of lubricant on the index finger of your right hand, massage the anus for 1 minute, then slowly insert 2 knuckles into the anus, and dilate the anus in four directions, front, back, left and right, for 3 minutes. Apply even force and avoid using inappropriate violence. You can do this once after defecation and before going to bed. It is particularly suitable for patients after anal surgery and patients with anal canal stenosis and late-stage anal fissure.

3. Supine knee flexion exercise:

Lie on your back with your knees bent, raise your head, and stretch your right hand to your left knee, then relax and return to the original state; bend your knees again and raise your head, stretch your left hand to your right knee, then relax and return to the original state. Do 30 reps per exercise.

There are currently two theories about the occurrence of rectal prolapse.

One is the sliding hernia theory: it is believed that rectal prolapse is a sliding hernia of the peritoneum of the rectopelvic pouch. Under the pressure of the abdominal viscera, the peritoneal folds of the pelvic pouch gradually sag, pressing the anterior wall of the rectum covered by the peritoneum into the rectal ampulla, and finally prolapses through the anus.

The second is the intussusception theory: under normal circumstances, the upper end of the rectum is fixed near the sacral promontory. Due to chronic cough, constipation, etc., the intra-abdominal pressure increases, which causes this fixed point to be injured. Intussusception is likely to occur at the junction of the sigmoid colon and rectum. Under the continuous effect of factors such as increased intra-abdominal pressure, the amount of intestine inserted into the rectum gradually increases. Due to the alternation of intussusception and reduction, the rectal lateral ligaments and levator ani muscles are injured, the intussusception gradually worsens, and finally prolapses through the anus. Some people also believe that the above two theories are the same thing, just with different degrees. Sliding hernia is also a kind of intussusception, but it does not affect the entire circle of intestinal wall. The latter is full-thickness intussusception.