Re: Uncontrolled night-time urination

Fred writes:

> The relative I'm working with told the Dr that he hadn't had a prostate exam
> in 3 years, so the Dr gave him a rectal exam on the spot.
>
> Stupid question probably -- was this the right exam? I thought a prostate
> exam was unrelated to rectal exam

A digital rectal examination is a prostate examination. The prostate
is very near the rectum, so a doctor can feel the state of the
prostate simply by inserting a finger in the rectum and palpate the
prostate through the rectal wall. This is precise enough to allow the
doctor to get a pretty fair idea of the gross state of the prostate.
Certainly if it is enlarged or badly diseased it can often be felt.

A PSA blood test can also be used to screen for prostate cancer. It
just screens for cancer, however; it doesn't say much about benign
enlargement of the prostate (for that, the DRE is simple and easy).

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