Proctitis causes
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Overview
Causes
- Proctitis is commonly caused by STDs.
- It is caused by non-sexually transmitted infections, auto-immune disease of the colon (such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, harmful physical agents, chemicals, foreign objects placed in rectum, and trauma to the anorectal area.
- It may also occur independently (idiopathic proctitis).
- Rarer causes include damage by irradiation (for example in radiation therapy for cervical cancer) or as a sexually transmitted infection, as in lymphogranuloma venereum and herpes proctitis.
- Proctitis is also linked to stress and recent studies suggest it results from an intolerance to gluten.