{"id":5577,"date":"2016-07-21T10:04:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T10:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/orthokili-sumptomata\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T14:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T14:26:38","slug":"rectocele-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/rectocele-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Symptoms of rectocele"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h1  blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >What are the symptoms of rectocele?<\/h1><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_full  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>A small rectocele is often asymptomatic, i.e. without symptoms, especially if it swells less than 2.5 cm inside the vagina.<\/p>\n<p>However, a larger rectocele can cause a variety of rectal and vaginal disorders, the main ones being the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li1\">Finger bowel obstruction. Approximately 25% of the time, the patient must use a technique called &#8220;finger emptying&#8221; to help empty the rectum. In this technique, the patient presses the Rectum with his or her fingers into the vagina while defecating to facilitate the passage of stool.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Low back pain that passes with prostration. In many women the back pain worsens as the day progresses and is much more severe at night.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">A feeling that the bowel is not completely empty after defecation.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Difficulty in controlling the passage of stool or gas from the anus.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">A swelling of the tissues protruding through the opening of the vagina.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Pain or discomfort during sexual intercourse.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Difficulty in defecating.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">A feeling of pressure in the rectum.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Constipation.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Pain in the rectum.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_hr  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-4  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >How is Rectocele diagnosed?<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Your doctor can confirm that you have a rectocele by doing a gynecological examination and a rectal examination. A simple stretching with a controlled change of movements should cause a bulge in the rectocele, allowing the doctor to see the size and shape of the rectocele within the vagina.<\/p>\n<p>However, it can be difficult to assess its size and location and a barium fluid test may be required. A barium hydroxide test is an X-ray test that shows how big the Rectocele is and whether the rectum empties completely with emptying.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  style='height:50px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='av-social-sharing-box  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  '><div class='av-share-box'><h5 class='av-share-link-description av-no-toc '>Share this entry<\/h5><ul class='av-share-box-list noLightbox'><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-facebook' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/rectocele-symptoms\/&#038;t=Symptoms%20of%20rectocele' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8f3' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Facebook' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-twitter' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Symptoms%20of%20rectocele&#038;url=https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/?p=5577' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8f1' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Twitter' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-linkedin' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn\" href='https:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;title=Symptoms%20of%20rectocele&#038;url=https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/rectocele-symptoms\/' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8fc' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on LinkedIn' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7987,"parent":0,"menu_order":146,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5577","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}