Anyone With experience of rectal prolapse please?

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My 15 year has had stomach issues 2 years, things have been ruled out, long story but he has a rectal prolapse. He had the injection thing to supposedly create scar tissue to try to keep it in but it failed, made no difference. He is now (covid delays) finally having it redone. Surgeon is very vague and not great and haven’t seen him for 18 months when he had the first injection and did day there was a small chance it wouldn’t work and needed redoing.

I’m petrified it won’t work again and that he will have to have major surgery. Can anyone share any advice or knowledge please?

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Must be someone out there?

Trying one last time....

Hi! I think rectal prolapse seems to be a fairly rare thing, certainly when discussed on here. Plenty of pelvic prolapse threads but only a few on rectal prolapse. I have what I think is a minor rectal prolapse, was vaguely diagnosed by the GP over the phone last year. Said she'd refer me to physio but have heard nothing since and too embarrassed to follow it up...it took a lot for me to even make the call in the first place. Mine doesn't seem to have got any worse, but like your son and you, I fear surgery may be involved at some point. Never heard of the injection though?

I would do a search on rectal prolapse posts mumsnet on Google, that's how I found some. There are a few which give some info about types of surgery. It does seem that they're reluctant to do major surgery if you're younger (I'm 42 but think they only operate if you're much older as the chances of needing it done again are fairly high) but I have no idea what they'd do for a 15 year old. Has your son been referred for any physio?

Sorry, realise this isn't much help at all but didn't want you to feel like you are both alone in this. I definitely wish there were more posts about.

@ColourMeExhausted thanks so much for replying I appreciate it. The injection I can’t remember the name but it is literally to try to create scar tissue thick enough to stop the prolapse. I’m petrified it won’t work again. Thanks I will look up some old threads

Hi OP my 12 year old daughter has a mucosal prolapse and I was wondering how your son has got on?