Dr. Bharat Pothuri is a board-certified gastroenterologist and the founder of GastroDoxs. With extensive experience in digestive health, he specializes in advanced endoscopic procedures, chronic GI disorder management, and preventive care. Dr. Pothuri is dedicated to providing expert, patient-focused insights to help improve gut health and overall well-being.
He discusses your bowel movement, straining, past surgeries/traumas, and pelvis pain.
The presence of the tenderness, tone deviations, prolapse, palpable masses are thoughtfully inspected by the abdomen and the digital rectum.
Endoscopic examination is used to ascertain the presence of one or more ulcers. Tissues are good at determining ulceration and eliminating other disorders.
Special imaging (defecography) or anorectal manometry is used in the evaluation of the muscle coordination and rectal emptying in the case of pelvic dysfunction.
Dr. Pothuri has treated more than 1.5K patients, helping individuals improve their digestive health and overall well-being through expert, personalized care.
With over 20 years of experience, GastroDoxs has been a trusted provider of gastroenterology care, focusing on delivering the best outcomes for patients
Dr. Bharat Pothuri is a Board-Certified Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist. With extensive experience in digestive health, he specializes in advanced endoscopic procedures, chronic GI disorder management, and preventive care. Dr. Pothuri is dedicated to providing expert, patient-focused insights to help improve gut health and overall well-being.
The causes of SRUS most often are incessant straining during bowel movements, prolonged constipation or hard stool, issues with pelvic floor muscle, and rectal prolapse. These create lesions to the rectal mucosal lining and ulcers.
These symptoms are normally exhibited through the presence of blood on the stool or on toilet paper, mucus (a discharge), feeling of an incomplete evacuation, pain or pressure during passing of the bowel movements, and feeling of a need to empty the rectum frequently, irrespective of the contents.
Many patients can be cured by diet-diets, consumption of more fibers, taking more water, and frequent bowel movements. However, there are also other people who are in need of medication, biofeedback or any other form of treatment to be completely cured.
No. Most of the patients are responding to the less invasive treatments of diet changes, pelvic floor re-training and applying topics. One of the reasons why surgery is summoned is severe cases or intractable cases.
There are many patients who improve within 4–8 weeks of treatment. The sequential progression of time is established depending on the degree of ulcer, underlying etiology and adherence to lifestyle change and interventions.
No, solitary rectal ulcer syndrome is not cancerous. Despite this, any sort of rectal bleeding should be taken into account by a specialist in order to rule out other ailments including malignancies.
