Treatment of rectal prolapse is determined by age and severity, and focuses on eliminating the triggers of rectal prolapse. Rectal prolapse in young children is treated conservatively; mucosal prolapse in adults is mostly treated with sclerotherapy injections; complete rectal prolapse in adults is treated surgically. Specific instructions are as follows:
1. General treatment is to develop good defecation habits, and reset the prolapsed rectum after defecation to prevent edema and incarceration. Actively treat the diseases that increase abdominal pressure, such as constipation, coughing and so on. You can exercise your anal sphincter by lifting the anus moderately every day to prevent prolapse.
2. After repositioning the prolapsed rectum, do rectal fingerprinting, push the prolapsed intestinal tube above the sphincter, take the prone position, block the anus with a gauze roll, and then bring the two buttocks together and fix it with adhesive tape, suitable for early rectal prolapse in young children.
3. Sclerosing agent is injected into the pelvic rectal space and the posterior rectal space or the submucosa at the site of prolapse, so as to produce aseptic inflammation and adhesion and fixation between the mucosa and the muscularis propria, and between the rectum and the surrounding tissues.
4. Surgical methods for complete rectal prolapse in adults include transabdominal, transperineal, transabdominal perineal and transsacral.
5. Rectal prolapse can also be treated laparoscopically, usually with rectal fixation.