What is the cause of anal polyps?

Many friends will find that they have anal polyps when they defecate. This situation makes many friends feel very distressed. Sometimes they will feel uncomfortable when they defecate, which sometimes has a certain impact on their daily life. In severe cases, they will also feel painful. So what is the cause of anal polyps? Let’s understand it through the following introduction.

Causes of anal polyps

Anal polyps caused by dietary factors: There is some relationship between dietary factors and the formation of anal polyps. For example, the interaction between bile acid and bacteria is the main cause of the formation of some adenomatous polyps.

Anal polyps caused by genetic factors: Some genetic factors or gene mutations are closely related to the formation of anal polyps. Current research shows that mutated genes are inherited from parents to children, and their inheritance probability is equal.

Anal polyps caused by foreign body stimulation and mechanical damage: Because some foreign bodies or fecal residues frequently stimulate the intestinal mucosal epithelium, the rectal mucosa is damaged, and some cells undergo abnormal proliferation, resulting in anal polyps.

The symptoms of anal polyps mainly include the following aspects:

1. Blood in stool: fresh blood that covers the surface of stool but is not mixed with it. The pedunculated polyps at the lower end of the rectum may protrude out of the anus during defecation.

2. When polyps are infected along with ulcers, there may be mucus, blood in the stool and a feeling of tenesmus.

3. Rectal examination: In the middle and lower rectum, polyps may be felt as soft, smooth, and movable nodules.

4. Symptoms of anal polyps Rectal microscopy: Adenomatous polyps are round in shape, and the outer mucosa is pink and shiny. Villous papillary adenomas are large polyps that are lobed, cauliflower-shaped, and as soft as a sponge. The pedicle of an inflammatory polyp is long and red. Hyperplastic polyps are mostly mound-like raised nodules.

5. If multiple polyps are found, perform sigmoidoscopy or fiberoscopy to rule out multiple polyps and colon polyposis. Rectal polyp is a neoplasm of rectal nuclear membrane hyperplasia and is a common hemorrhagic disease in clinical practice. Depending on the number, location and nature of polyps, they can be divided into four types: adenomatous polyps, papillary polyps, inflammatory polyps and polyposis.

Through the above introduction, we know what is going on with anal polyps. After the above situation occurs, we must pay enough attention to it. We should not only be regular in our daily life and exercise more, but also pay attention to not eating spicy and irritating foods in our diet, and eat more fresh vegetables and fruits.