The young and beautiful Ms. Wang has recently encountered troubles, repeated diarrhea, and there will be blood and mucus in her poop.
At first, she only bought her own medicine to take. Not only did she not get well, but her diarrhea became more and more serious. It was not until she felt that she could not drag on that she came to the hospital.
After asking about the medical history in detail, I told her gently that a [digital rectal examination] was needed.
Finger test… Blood test?
Ms. Wang is confused.
Nurse Xiao Zhang nearby told Ms. Wang not to take blood for tests, but to take off her pants and have an anal examination.
Doctor, you… You mean, put your hand in?
Ms. Wang was dumbfounded.
Rectal finger examination, also known as anal finger examination, is to put the finger into the anus for examination.
This sounds embarrassing, but the hospital also has regulations that if the opposite sex is examined, another medical staff must be present.
After learning that what was undergoing a digital rectal examination, Ms. Wang was very nervous, which is understandable.
Don’t say ordinary people, even many doctors don’t pay special attention to anal finger examination, sometimes intentionally or unintentionally ignore this examination.
However, after communication, Ms. Wang agreed to carry out the inspection.
After Ms. Wang was ready, I wore disposable rubber gloves. First of all, I touched the anus with my index finger for induration, tumor and tenderness, and for fluctuation. I also checked for fistula under the anal skin and the direction of the cord. In short, it is to see if there is anything that what shouldn’t have appeared.
This step is medically called [external anal finger examination].
Then, I smeared lubricating oil on my index finger and Wang Nu’s anus respectively, and put my index finger into the rectum for examination. This process can roughly determine whether there is any lesion or potential lesion nature in the anus and rectum 7 ~ 10 cm away from the edge of the anus.
This step is medically called “intraanal finger examination”.
The whole finger examination took about 3-5 minutes.
I was worried that it would hurt, but I didn’t feel much uncomfortable during the examination.
Ms. Wang finally breathed a sigh of relief…
If you put your finger in abruptly, Ms. Wang will really feel uncomfortable, but now the anal finger examination will use lubricating oil, and the general professional doctors are also very gentle.
In addition, they will talk to the patients during the examination to distract their attention. As long as the patients are willing to cooperate, there will be no pain and no need to use anesthetics.
Finger examination ruled out the possibility of anorectal lesions. Ms. Wang further underwent colonoscopy, which was basically considered ulcerative colitis according to the results.
In fact, because the finger examination needs to take off pants and explode chrysanthemums, there are not a few people like Ms. Wang who are shy because they don’t understand and even dislike this examination method from their hearts.
But what I want to tell you is that digital rectal examination is a simple but very important examination. Diseases ranging from polyps and hemorrhoids to cancer can be found through digital rectal examination.
Perhaps many people think that they are young and strong, and there will be no big problem with what. They resolutely give up digital rectal examination, but the fact is:
The incidence rate of rectal cancer among young and middle-aged people in China is not low, and the incidence rate at this age stage accounts for 10% ~ 15% of the total number of patients in the country.
Moreover, a prominent feature of the incidence of colorectal cancer in China is that about 60% of colorectal cancer grows in the rectum, of which 60% ~ 75% are within the range of digital examination, i.e. It is easy to find early through digital examination of the rectum.
However, more than 80% of rectal cancer patients who have delayed treatment are caused by not doing digital rectal examination.
In addition, digital rectal examination can also help find prostate hypertrophy or prostate cancer. It is also possible to find out whether there is uterine retroversion, cervical tumor, adnexal tumor or inflammation by touching the female uterus.
It can be said that anal finger examination is a simple, non-invasive examination with fingers, and the cost is low. It is hygienic and safe, and will never spread any diseases due to examination.
So, when we have any discomfort in our bodies, we should consider doing digital rectal examination?
- Sudden change in defecation habits: constipation, diarrhea, irregular defecation time, etc. Changes in stool characteristics: stool becomes thinner, with blood and mucus in stool; Anal discomfort: itchy, painful or purulent and/or bloody secretions; Medical history: Previous history of hemorrhoids, colorectal polyps, ulcerative colitis, anal fissure, anal fistula and perianal abscess; Family history: family history of colorectal cancer; The examination was abnormal: fecal occult blood test was positive; Others: over 45 years old, smoking and drinking, eating less vegetables and fruits.
If you really have the above situation, then this rectal finger examination, nicknamed “One Finger Zen Skill”, is worth having.
See here, do you have such a good feeling for rectal digital examination? A small examination is of great significance to health. For the sake of health, it is acceptable to explode chrysanthemum occasionally.