Doctor has recommended you to make prostate examination. That idea makes you feel astrain, because you know where prostate gland is located and you understand that its examination will be not a very pleasant thing.
Prostate examination also is called digital rectal examination or rectal examination. The majority of men sooner or later face with the necessity of this examination. Rectal examination is performed during normal medical examination if patient complains on problems with urination or other unpleasant symptoms.
Procedure
You should have to take off your underclothing and pass paper tower round your waist so that you leave back naked. Prostate gland is located in front of rectum. You should bend down to let doctor examine it. You should stand up leaning your hands on the table, or settle on a side pressing knees to the chest.
Most likely, doctor will explain you what he is going to do and he will help you to relax. In order to fix your body in necessary position, doctor can put his hand underbelly. Then he spreads your buns to examines anus. The next step is insertion of finger in surgical glove with lubricant into anus. During insertion deep into rectum doctor makes pauses to let sphincter relax.
Stress during examination is a normal thing but you should maximally calm down. This will help you to fell less discomfort during rectal examination. To make sphincters relax doctor will ask you to retch (like during defecation). At that moment you should breath via mouth.
Doctor examines rectal paries and presses prostate gland in order to define its size, presence of tumors and indurations. At that moment you can feel desire to urinate. Some patients feel nausea and weakness. Do not worry, these are normal things. However if you feel giddiness you should immediately say it to the doctor.
Whole examination takes a little more than a minute.
After rectal examination doctor looks at fecal masses that have remain on the glove if they have blood or not. It can be a sign of hemorrhoid, polypus or intestine cancer.
Digital rectal examination can make you feel discomfort and not pain. If you feel pain say it to the doctor. Hypersensitivity to touching can be a sign of prostatitis (prostate inflammation).
Four useful tips:
Prostate examination also is called digital rectal examination or rectal examination. The majority of men sooner or later face with the necessity of this examination. Rectal examination is performed during normal medical examination if patient complains on problems with urination or other unpleasant symptoms.
Procedure
You should have to take off your underclothing and pass paper tower round your waist so that you leave back naked. Prostate gland is located in front of rectum. You should bend down to let doctor examine it. You should stand up leaning your hands on the table, or settle on a side pressing knees to the chest.
Most likely, doctor will explain you what he is going to do and he will help you to relax. In order to fix your body in necessary position, doctor can put his hand underbelly. Then he spreads your buns to examines anus. The next step is insertion of finger in surgical glove with lubricant into anus. During insertion deep into rectum doctor makes pauses to let sphincter relax.
Stress during examination is a normal thing but you should maximally calm down. This will help you to fell less discomfort during rectal examination. To make sphincters relax doctor will ask you to retch (like during defecation). At that moment you should breath via mouth.
Doctor examines rectal paries and presses prostate gland in order to define its size, presence of tumors and indurations. At that moment you can feel desire to urinate. Some patients feel nausea and weakness. Do not worry, these are normal things. However if you feel giddiness you should immediately say it to the doctor.
Whole examination takes a little more than a minute.
After rectal examination doctor looks at fecal masses that have remain on the glove if they have blood or not. It can be a sign of hemorrhoid, polypus or intestine cancer.
Digital rectal examination can make you feel discomfort and not pain. If you feel pain say it to the doctor. Hypersensitivity to touching can be a sign of prostatitis (prostate inflammation).
Four useful tips:
- if you have hemorrhoid you should say it to doctor
- breath slowly via mouth, hold your breath
- try to relax, think about something positive
- say to doctor if you feel pain
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