Anorectal Injury

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

症见肛门直肠伤处坠胀、刺痛，皮下青紫，触之疼痛；舌质暗，舌苔薄白，脉弦。临床以固定性刺痛，舌质、皮肤紫暗或有瘀点、瘀斑为主要表现

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The injured area in the anus and rectum may feel bearing-down distension with needle-like stabbing pain; bruising and purplish discoloration can be seen under the skin, and pain occurs with pressure or touch.
  • The tongue appears dark and purplish, lacking a bright and lustrous quality.
  • The tongue is covered only by a thin white coating that is light and not dense.
  • The pulse feels taut and tight like a drawn string, lacking softness.
  • Clinically it often presents as fixed stabbing pain, a dark or purplish tongue and skin color, with spotty or patchy bruising.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

活血化瘀，行气止痛

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Promote movement of stagnant blood, resolve blood stasis, improve local circulation, and gradually reduce swelling and purplish discoloration.
  • Smooth the flow of qi, relieve blockage and spasm, thereby helping to ease pain, distension or stabbing discomfort.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

症见肛门直肠伤处疼痛拒按，皮肤焮热，身热口渴；舌质红，苔薄黄，脉弦数。以疼痛、肿胀为主，损伤后除容易形成血肿外，感染症状也较剧烈，可出现排便障碍

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The injured area in the anus and rectum is noticeably painful; pain worsens with touch or pressure, making the person reluctant to be pressed.
  • The skin over the injured area becomes red, warm, and has a burning sensation.
  • There may be generalized fever with thirst and a desire to drink more water.
  • The tongue body tends to be red.
  • The tongue coating is thin and yellowish.
  • The pulse feels wiry and tight like a drawn string and beats relatively rapidly.
  • It mainly manifests as pain and swelling.
  • After injury, hematoma tends to form easily, the infection response is relatively severe, and defecation difficulties may also occur.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

解毒消肿，活血止痛

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Clear turbid toxins from the body, help inhibit the inflammatory response, reduce redness, swelling, heat and pain, and promote the resolution of swelling.
  • Promote smooth blood circulation, resolve stasis and dissipate masses, relieve stabbing and distending discomfort, and gradually reduce pain.

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