Proctitis diagnosis but no meds

Welcome to the forum! Are they suspecting infectious-proctitis or an Ulcerative Proctitis? Those are similar sounding but very different in prognosis. Infectious proctitis can be cleared up with one course of meds and is never a problem again, gong forward. If you have Ulcerative Proctitis then it is a lifelong illness with periods of flares and remissions, requiring maintenance medications for life.

We can sometimes use anti-diarrhea mess like loperamide or Imodium in moderation, but never in excess! I'd ask your doctor just to play it safe, as we're not doctors here.

In the interim, eat a low fiber diet as fiber is abrasive and bulking, and proctitis inflammation narrows the inside diameter of the rectum and leaves it raw and bleeding (fiber and that should never meet!). I'd eat well cooked, bland foods. General flare-safe foods for UC are soups, broths, chicken, and potatoes without any significant seasoning/spices. Raw foods are much harder to digest than cooked ones are (and contain a lot of fiber), so avoid them. Make sure to stay hydrated, as frequent diarrhea is good at dehydrating us! Caffeine can stimulate bowel movements in some of us, and if that is you, then skip it. Alcohol and spicy pepper oils are digestive tract irritants that can cause additional inflammation, so I would avoid them until you heal.

A heat-retaining-pad or hot water bottle is great for temporary relief of gut aches. Avoid NSAID pain relievers (Aspirin, Bayer, Aleve, etc) and stick only with Tylenol (which isn't a NSAID). As NSAIDs can worsen our IBD symptoms.

My symptoms are light bleeding pain in my lower abdomen and back. mucus but not diarrhea but when i have to go its how quick can i get there life is planed around toilets they havent done a stool sample but the consultant at the hospital looked with a ridged scope and comented on the slightest touch made me bleed but didnt mention ulcers and after they had had a good look at my colon they would start treatment. So now waiting for the flexible camera

I wonder why they didn't take biopsies when they were in there? I guess what you have is suspected proctitis, but as ipoop said, proctitis can be caused by a pathogen and could be cured with antibiotics, while ulcerative proctitis is chronic, and varying in severity. Hopefully you can get a scope soon so you can get an accurate diagnosis. When I was first diagnosed, I had proctitis. I don't think it indicated UP specifically, but they took biopsies with a flex sig, and I was able to get rectal meds. With suppositories I did fantastic for a year or so, but many people can stay stable for many, many years using rectal meds. I am surprised they didn't give you something. Did you give stool samples?

I was seen by both a junior doctor and he called in the consultant to have a look didnt even ask for a stool sample unless they took some swabs they didnt say told me i had proctitis in my rectum scheduled me for a sigmoid scope and that my colon looked reasonably healthy from what they could see but no meds that was almost 4 weeks ago and im no better

Thanks for the advice but he wants it done when its in flare up and my appointment would only be 4 weeks now 4 weeks later and still no appointmen. Nhs tend to send them out 2 weeks before so still have a bit of a wait. Do you get much benefit from sedation when the scope is done last time i had it done it was so painful