Up your *** after you told him you have been peeing a lot lately? I went to my doctor yesterday and he told me to get undressed then preceded to stick one of is fingers up my ***. I asked him why i needed a finger up my *** to find out about my urinating and he said it could be linked to problems with my prostate. Is this true? By the i'm only 22 so i doubt i have prostate cancer
2007-10-23 09:52:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Men's Health
Yes an enlarged prostrate can cause you too urinate more or keep you from urinating depending on the enlargement and there are men at your age that have had prostrate cancer. Age is never really a factor in something like that.
2007-10-23 09:56:24 · answer #1 · answered by be happier own a pitbull 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, a rectal exam to palpate the prostate is often part of such an exam. No, you're not likely to have prostate cancer; it typically affects men in their 70's, although my father was diagnosed with it at 48 and died at 53.
Your physician was looking (or feeling) for a condition called prostatic hypertrophy or hyperplasia, which is simply an enlarged prostate and is usually a benign (harmless) condition. The normal prostate is about the size of a walnut; it can become enlarged up to the size of an orange and can cause blockage of urine. http://stb.msn.com/i/5C/52449F20FA51538252B4EAD93B8A30.jpg
Read about prostate enlargement at http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/prostate-gland-enlargement/DS00027
2007-10-23 11:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by july 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's normal, and although you probably don't have prostate cancer, you could have an enlarged or inflamed prostate, so he was just examining you to rule those things out.
2007-10-23 09:55:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to have cancer to have an enlarged prostate. And you're never too young to have problems there, even though it may be unusual. Your doc wasn't goosing you for the thrill of it. It's SOP for your complaint.
2007-10-23 12:50:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can have prostate problems at any age, not to mention that stds can cause swelling of the prostate, so the doctor was perfectly right to do a rectal exam, he was just being thorough.
2007-10-23 09:55:54 · answer #5 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called a digital rectal exam and is usually used to detect prostate cancer. It's a perfectly legitimate exam for any man with unusual urinary symptoms.
http://www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/guide/prostate-cancer-digital-rectal-exam
2007-10-23 09:59:26 · answer #6 · answered by G.V. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
definite, it really is common - he change into likely checking likely for any abnormalities which will be felt on your cervix and then with the urgent, searching for comfortable spots or situation aspects. also, what you examine is faulty because it truly is truly attainable for someone to have the skill to achieve a cervix with a finger - between the strategies, for instance, some human beings ensure in the experience that they are in a fertile era or no longer is to sense the feel of the cervix, and, for sure, the in simple terms thanks to do it truly is with a finger, so it ought to truly be reached with a finger.
2016-10-22 21:46:02 · answer #7 · answered by cuccia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its probally an inflamed prostate, and trust me it could be far worse. in my degree they practise doing it on other students, unfortunatly im always sick on these days
2007-10-23 10:00:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did it feel good? Quit drinking so much beer and maybe you wont' pee as much
2007-10-23 10:02:03 · answer #9 · answered by William Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to check your prostrate yes but where both his hands on your shoulders when he checked this if so it wasnt his finger
2007-10-23 09:56:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋