Rectal finger test is wrong, clinically known as rectal finger test, is the doctor will insert the index finger into the patient’s anus area to understand the situation of the rectum.
Where there is blood in the stool, frequent bowel movements, anal swelling, abdominal lumps, pelvic inflammatory disease, prostate hypertrophy, prostatitis are indications. Rectal fingerprinting can be performed to understand the situation of the uterine opening before labor, and to understand the situation of the rectum before proctoscopy. Patients can choose the left lateral position, knee-chest position, truncated position, squatting position and so on according to their situation.
After choosing a good position, the doctor first visualization, look at the anus with or without pus and blood, feces, mucus, fistula mouth, mass, anal fissure, hemorrhoids, prolapse and so on.
During finger examination, the examiner presses the anal opening longitudinally with the right index finger, which is coated with paraffin oil, so that the anal sphincter relaxes, and then the index finger goes deeper and deeper.
During the examination, it is necessary to pay attention to the tightness of the anal sphincter, the wall of the anorectal canal and the surrounding area, whether there is tenderness, lumps, fluctuating sensation, whether there is any narrowing of the anal canal, whether the mucous membrane is smooth or not, and if necessary, to make a bimanual diagnosis. Exit the finger to check whether there is pus and blood, mucus on the finger sleeve. This completes a rectal finger examination.