The pressure of taking some of Britain’s most loved sitcom characters- Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad onto the stage has truly paid off for Whitehouse, who is currently back in the show as Grandad. Yet, ...

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons has published clinical practice guidelines for the management of patients with cryptoglandular fistulas, rectovaginal fistulas and anorectal fistulas ...

July 22, 2022 — The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons has issued updated guidelines for physicians, published in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, about how to treat problems of the anus and ...

Colon cancer affects men and women equally, occurring in two parts of the large intestine. The disease is often considered hidden because of its lack of symptoms in the early stages. When signs do ...

An anal abscess is a collection of infected fluid, or pus, around the rectum or anus. Symptoms include pain, inflammation, constipation, and a discharge of pus. Share on Pinterest PER Images/Stocksy ...

An abscess occurs when an infection causes a pocket of pus to develop. Abscesses can develop on the skin, in the mouth, or inside the body. Bacterial infections typically cause abscesses. Pus develops ...

Many people have small pouches in the lin­ing of the colon, or large intestine, that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. Multiple pouches are called diverticula. The ...

A skin abscess is a bump within or below the skin’s surface. It is usually full of pus, painful, and may feel thick and swollen. This is typically caused by a bacterial infection. A skin abscess may ...

Diverticulitis symptoms usually include left-sided abdominal pain, chills, and nausea. Most diverticulitis cases can be ...

In diverticulosis, small pouches develop and bulge out through weak spots in the walls of the colon, typically in the part of the colon called the sigmoid colon on the left side of the abdomen. These ...