What Should I Expect from Prostate Screening?
Prostate examination (examination of prostate) is mainly performed by digital rectal ultrasound examination of the prostate. Attention should be paid to the size, shape, and hardness of the prostate, nodules, tenderness, fluctuation, and median sulcus. This technique can also be used as a treatment method.
Prostate examination
- Chinese name
- Prostate examination
- Foreign name
- examination of prostate
- Inspection method
- Digital rectal examination, B ultrasound
- Check attention
- Prostate size, shape, stiffness, etc.
- Prostate examination (examination of prostate) is mainly performed by digital rectal ultrasound examination of the prostate. Attention should be paid to the size, shape, and hardness of the prostate, nodules, tenderness, fluctuation, and median sulcus. This technique can also be used as a treatment method.
- The prostate is the largest accessory gonad in men, and the prostate fluid it secretes is one of the main components of semen. Normal prostate fluid contains a large amount of citrate and phosphatase, making the prostate fluid weakly acidic. It also contains many trace elements and amino acids, such as sodium, potassium, calcium, chlorine, zinc, etc. Among them, zinc plays an important role in maintaining the normal vitality of sperm.
- Abnormal results: CT is difficult to diagnose when prostate cancer grows within the capsule, only when the capsule is breached
- 1. Patients usually take the knee chest position or lithotomy position. If the patient is seriously ill or weak, the lateral position can also be taken.
- 2. Physicians wear gloves or finger cuffs, coated with petrolatum or liquid paraffin on their fingers.
- 3 When taking the knee and chest position, support the left shoulder or hip of the patient with the left hand, and gently massage the anus with the fingers of the right hand to adjust the patient to avoid sudden anal sphincter tension. Then insert your fingers slowly into the anus. When your fingers enter the anterior rectum wall about 5cm from the anal portal, you can touch the prostate. Pay attention to the shape and changes of the prostate.
- 4 When massaging the prostate, use the last segment of your fingers to massage inward and forward slowly, about 4-5 times on each side, and then move your hand to the upper part of the gland to squeeze down the middle sulcus so that the prostate fluid can be discharged from the urethra Save the specimen for inspection.
- 1. Prostate massage indications should be clear, generally used for chronic prostate inflammation, if you suspect tuberculosis, abscess or tumor are contraindicated.
- 2. The force should be even and appropriate during massage. If it is too light, the prostate fluid cannot be expelled. If it is too heavy, it will cause pain.
- 3 Massage should be carried out in a certain direction, and should not be massaged back and forth. Unreasonable techniques often make inspections fail.
- 4 If a massage fails or the test is negative, if it is clinically indicated, it needs to be repeated every 3-5 days.
- 1. Weak male sexual ability:
- 3.0-5.0 MHz for abdominal examination, 5.0-8.0 MHz for rectal examination, and 7.5 MHz for transurethral examination. Using electronic linear array, fan-shaped scanning, electronic convex array and other probes, real-time high-speed radiation imaging device for transurethral. Vaseline, liquid paraffin, latex sleeve.
- Carefully record