ASK Dr Martin
Jun 11, 2020
2 minutes
Need to sort my painful bottom
Q I get spasms of pain in my rectum. My doctor says it’s proctalgia fugax – is there a cure?
Lena, Stonehaven
A Proctalgia fugax simply means ‘fleeting pain in the rectum’ in Latin and is common, probably affecting around one in 10 people.
The pain’s due to muscle spasm
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