see also:

• diverticulitis

• tenesmus is the sensation of needing to pass stool often associated with pain, cramps and straining despite little stool being passed
• it is usually associated with inflammation of the rectum (proctitis) or sigmoid colon, or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) but may also occur with adjacent non-bowel conditions

• proctitis incl. gonococcal, LGV, delayed onset radiotherapy proctitis
• diverticulitis
• prolapsed haemorrhoids
• rectocele
• vaginal prolapse
• ischaemic colitis
• inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
• irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• coeliac disease
• renal colic with calculus at VUJ
• colorectal cancer (bowel cancer)
• amoebiasis
• chronic arsenic poisoning