Concept and classification of anorectal diseases

  1.What is anorectal disease?  Anorectal disease is a common and frequent disease unique to human beings. According to relevant data, the incidence of anorectal diseases such as hemorrhoids is 59.1%, hemorrhoids account for 87.2% of all anorectal diseases, and internal hemorrhoids are the most common among anorectal diseases, accounting for 52.19% of all anorectal diseases. Both men and women can get the disease, with the incidence rate of 67% for women and 53.9% for men, with the incidence rate being higher for women. Because female patients are generally reluctant to receive hemorrhoid treatment, some of the clinical treatment statistics for hemorrhoids show that there are more men than women with hemorrhoids; the disease can develop at any age, but is more common in people aged 20-40, and gradually worsens with age, so there are “nine hemorrhoids in ten people”.    In a broad sense, all kinds of diseases occurring in the anus and large intestine are called anorectal diseases, and there are more than 100 common diseases. In a narrow sense: various diseases occurring in the anus and rectum, there are more than 30 common ones, such as: internal and external hemorrhoids, mixed hemorrhoids, anal fissure, anal fistula, perianal abscess, anal skin disease, anal sinusitis, exit obstruction type constipation, slow transmission type constipation, diarrhea, rectal prolapse, rectal prolapse, rectal prolapse, rectal stenosis, anal incontinence, anal canal cancer, rectal cancer, anal papilloma, rectal polyps, anorectal tuberculosis, anal neurosis, acromegaly, anorectal congenital malformation, anorectal trauma, etc.  2.Common symptoms of anorectal diseases Common symptoms of anorectal diseases include pain in the anus or lower abdomen, blood in the stool, prolapsed mass in the anus, mucus or pus in the anus, protruding lumps in the anus, anorectal cramping, anal itching, diarrhea, constipation, mucus and blood in the stool, urgency, difficulty in defecation, change in the shape of stool, fever, bloating, abdominal mass, anemia, etc.