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Rectal exam
A rectal exam is where a practitioner examines the last part of the colon (or rectum) by placing a finger or small plastic scope through the anus. This is important to detect issues such as prostate problems, continence disturbances, rectal cancers, and more. While often uncomfortable for patients it is very short and gives a lot of information to your provider.
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A 44-year old asked:
How is a rectal exam performed?
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Can you do a rectal exam on yourself?
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A 38-year old asked:
How is a rectal exam done in children?
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A 40-year old asked:
Do nurses give prostate digital rectal exams?
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A 37-year old asked:
At what age does a guy have to have a rectal exam?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: rectal exam?
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A 32-year old asked:
Is it true that a rectal exam is normal for a 30 yr old woman?
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A 49-year old male asked:
I'm a man nearly 50 years old. When do I need to go for a rectal exam?
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A 24-year old female asked:
How can I relax and not tense up during rectal exam. I don't handle them well!
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A 41-year old asked:
What are d.R.E's (rectal exams) for?
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A 44-year old asked:
What is a digital rectal exam?
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A 35-year old asked:
How to relax during a rectal exam?
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A 39-year old asked:
What can rectal exam and anoscopy diagnose?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Is possible to do digital rectal exam on yourself?
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A 32-year old asked:
Is it possible for you to give yourself a digital rectal exam?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I'm scared about getting a rectal exam. Can you tell me exactly what it involves and how much it hurts?
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A 32-year old female asked:
How do u "squeeze" for a rectal exam?? Do u push like tryn to go to the bathroom or kinda like a keagal?
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A male asked:
Digital rectal exam lithomy position?
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A 41-year old asked:
Will I have to take an enema before a rectal exam?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Can Dr's always feel internal hemrhoids during a digital rectal exam ?
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A 24-year old male asked:
How is a rectal exam performed? How is a patient positioned for the exam? Is an erection normal after a rectal exam?
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A 32-year old male asked:
Can you feel the linea dentata during a rectal exam? I feel something asymmetrical and hard like cartilage in the opposite direction of the prostate.
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A 41-year old asked:
Is it normal that the gynecologist did a rectal exam?
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A 48-year old asked:
Please tell me, could a doctor feel polyps doing a rectal exam?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Does the digital ano-rectal exam require being put to sleep? Not familiar with this exam.
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A 51-year old female asked about a 51-year old female:
My former dr did a rectal exam on me while standing next to table resting my elbows on it I am a woman is that normal?
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A 40-year old female asked:
Dr did a rectal exam and said that there wasnt much stool in the rectum. Is that normal?
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A 40-year old asked:
Can you fell the uterus through a rectal exam?
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A 38-year old male asked:
When a urologist does a rectal exam with his finger, what is he checking for?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Where are internal hemorrhoids located? Would they be able to feel them in a rectal exam?
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