How is chronic sigmoid proctitis treated?

Chronic sigmoid proctitis has many impacts on health, so we need to pay attention to the correct treatment solutions, including traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. At the same time, patients also need to pay attention to psychological adjustment and improve depressed and anxious emotions.

1. Treatment with Chinese medicine for regulating qi and soothing intestines: Strengthening the spleen and kidney, invigorating qi and removing dampness should be the fundamental treatment, clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis should be the symptomatic treatment, and treatment should be based on syndrome differentiation. Long-term use of very bitter and cold medicines is most taboo. It can also be combined with Chinese medicine injections such as Maizhu Shenmai Injection, Astragalus Injection, etc. for intravenous drip to strengthen the body.

2. Cheng's Sanfutie Treatment: The acupuncture points are stimulated by direct application of drugs, which are absorbed through the skin. The local drug concentration is significantly higher than that in other parts of the body. It acts directly and has unexpectedly significant effects on many stubborn diseases.

3. Western medicine treatment: According to the specific situation of the patient, if the inflammation is obvious, antibiotics can be used for a short period of time, combined with oral administration of drugs such as Livzon Enterol and Deshut to regulate intestinal function.

4. Combination of Chinese and Western medicine enema.

5. Psychotherapy: Patients with this disease often have mental and psychological changes such as anxiety, depression, tension, and suspicion. Severe cases can be given antidepressant treatment.

6. Other treatments:

① Nutritional diet therapy: give high-nutrition, low-fat, low-residue and easily digestible diets, or advise patients to cook porridge with yam, white lentils, and Job's tears, etc., and eat them regularly to strengthen the spleen and stomach;

② Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: It is particularly effective for patients with ulcerative colitis.

7. Conditioning: The patient should get adequate rest, eat light, low-residue, nutritious, non-irritating food, and be in a good mood, combining work and rest.

8. Local treatment: For those with rectal mucosal edema, the rectum can be irrigated with normal saline, 0.5-1% tannic acid, or 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution. For mucosal erosion, apply 2% cortisone acetate solution or 10% silver nitrate solution. For those with sphincter and levator ani muscle spasms, warm olive oil can be injected into the rectum. For those whose rectal mucosa becomes atrophic and dry, an appropriate amount of 0.5% peppermint oil can be injected into the rectum every night. Clinically, using 50-100 ml of honey, sesame oil and 50-100 ml of yellow mold liquid, alternately retaining enema every other day, twice a day, has a good therapeutic effect.