The most common method for early examination of rectal cancer is rectal cancer finger examination, but many people still don''t understand it. In fact, finger examination is a very common way to diagnose rectal cancer, and it is also very important. A kind of examination, so what exactly is a rectal cancer finger test?

　　Preparation for rectal cancer finger examination:

　　 Let the patient empty the stool, Instruct the patient to lie on the left side, flexion of both hips upward, embrace both knees with both hands, as close as possible to the abdomen, so that the anus is fully exposed.

　　Steps for digital examination of rectal cancer:

　　 1. Perform an examination around the anus before digital examination. First examine the skin around the patient''s anal margin. If there is tenderness or pulsation, it often indicates a perianal infection; there are cords under the skin and are connected to the external anus, indicating anal fistula.

　　 2. Finger pointing method The examiner is provided with a finger cot and the fingers are coated with lubricating liquid paraffin to facilitate examination and reduce patient discomfort. The conventional method of finger insertion is: gently massage the anus with the index finger of the right hand, instructing the patient to relax the anus, and the patient is often counterproductive, but the anus is nervous. At this time, the index finger enters the rectum, and the patient often has obvious pain.

　　 3. Target patients with fear. In order to make the patient adapt to massage the anus gently with the index finger, and then tell the patient to do a bowel movement, telling the patient not to worry about the stool being released, because the index finger has resisted the anus. When the patient does a bowel movement, the pelvic floor drops and the anal sphincter expands. At this time, the index finger naturally enters the rectum, and the patient generally has no pain.

　　Clinical significance of rectal cancer finger examination:

　　 finger examination is of great clinical significance, the main identification: hemorrhoids, anal fissure, anal fistula, perianal abscess, Anal canal stenosis, anal sphincter achalasia constipation, congenital megacolon, anal canal papilloma, and rectal cancer.