Do you need anesthesia for an anoscopy?

An anoscopy can be done without anesthesia; if some people are intolerant to pain, they may choose to undergo local anesthesia. Anoscopy is mostly used for the examination of low rectal and anal diseases, and can be used to further understand the conditions of low rectal cancer, hemorrhoids, anal fistula, anal papilloma and other diseases. You can choose not to have anesthesia during the anoscopy, and the whole process will not be very long; however, if some people are unable to tolerate the pain, they can choose to have local anesthesia. The anoscopy is performed in the knee-chest position, and then the examiner holds the mirror in one hand, separates the buttock groove with the other hand, slowly enters the mirror, and then removes the core and slowly exits the mirror to observe and pay attention to whether there are ulcers, bleeding, polyps, tumors and other diseases. Specific inspection precautions, it is recommended that patients consult the doctor’s guidance-.