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Medical Forum / General / Laboratory / May 2004Question
I am in my 30's and male. A few weeks ago I noticed that I have a hard spot in my rectum about 4inches up it, maybe near my prostate. It is hard and feels like it is under the skin and does not move. Myabe the siize of a dime or a little smaller. (I found this through self examination with a lubricated finger.) It is a couple of inches aboce an internal hemroid I have. I dont know what I should do. It is not painful. Around October last year I had a full colonoscopy for something unrelated and they found nothing wrong. Is there a chance they missed something? How would you tell if this is a prostate thing? I guess this is the other thing that worries me. Since December I have been on Testosterone gel from the doctor for low normal testosterone. I know it can cause prostate problems. Any advice? Duh - make a doctor's appointment. If you can stand self examination, you can stand a doc's examination. Judy Dilworth, M.T. (ASCP) Microbiology > I am in my 30's and male. A few weeks ago I noticed that I have a hard > spot in my rectum about 4inches up it, maybe near my prostate. It is > hard and feels like it is under the skin and does not move. Myabe the > siize of a dime or a little smaller. >Duh - make a doctor's appointment. If you can stand self examination, >you can stand a doc's examination. >Judy Dilworth, M.T. (ASCP) > >I am in my 30's and male. A few weeks ago I noticed that I have a hard > >spot in my rectum about 4inches up it, >Why are you poking a finger up your bum ? >Is "self examination" recommended wher you live ? >MB With all due respect, Judy and MB, I believe the answer to MB's question may reside in Danny's email address. It's not so much medical advice that he wants as attention. Still, if we recall what we know about the initial presentation of syphilis, and chancroid, he may have cause for concern. Yes, Danny, we've noted your need for attention. Wash your hands, then phone your physician for an appointment.  SignatureStev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69 Drowning flies to Dark Star slenon@tampabay.rr.com http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/index.html/slhomepage92kword.htm > >Duh - make a doctor's appointment. If you can stand self examination, > >you can stand a doc's examination. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > wants as attention. Still, if we recall what we know about the initial > presentation of syphilis, and chancroid, he may have cause for concern. I did wonder that myself - maybe he's iron deficient ;o) MB > > > >I am in my 30's and male. A few weeks ago I noticed that I have a hard > > > >spot in my rectum about 4inches up it, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > MB All I thought was that he had long fingers if he could feel the lump 4 inches up his rectum! (Or are mine particularly short?) Maybe that's why I've never played piano? Annie :o) I was wondering if he's feeling his own prostate if he's up that far, and doesn't know the "landmarks." Ewwwwww........don't want to think about this any more. Stev, your remarks, as always, are astute. Annie, I play piano - took for 11 years. My fingers aren't 4 inches long, though. Judy Dilworth, M.T. (ASCP) Microbiology > All I thought was that he had long fingers if he could feel the lump 4 > inches up his rectum! (Or are mine particularly short?) Maybe that's why > I've never played piano? > > Annie :o) >Annie, I play piano - took for 11 years. My fingers aren't 4 inches long, though. >Judy Dilworth, M.T. Just as an aside, after years of exposure to physicians in many surgical theaters, leading to knowing glove sizes, my observation is that dentists and gynecologists tend to have the largest hands of the bunch. Make what conclusions you will. SignatureStev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69 Drowning flies to Dark Star slenon@tampabay.rr.com http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/index.html/slhomepage92kword.htm >I did wonder that myself - maybe he's iron deficient ;o) >MB I'd prefer not to invoke that particular example of paranoid schizophrenia. SignatureStev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69 Drowning flies to Dark Star slenon@tampabay.rr.com http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/index.html/slhomepage92kword.htm Perhaps there is a florescent light bulb stuck up there? We had a surgical case about 10 years back were one broke of on a fellow (damn that had to hurt). No, I don't have any idea why (the mob doesn't do that do they?), but it made a nice addition to our display case of foreign bodies. Signature?There is another old saying senator....Don't piss down my back and tell me its raining-The Outlaw Josey Wales > >I did wonder that myself - maybe he's iron deficient ;o) > >MB > > I'd prefer not to invoke that particular example of paranoid schizophrenia. Kuhnfucius: > No, I don't have any idea why (the mob doesn't do that do they?), >but it made a nice addition to our display case of foreign bodies. I once saw an xray of a woman's pelvis after she had managed to insert a battery-driven electric toothbrush into her cervix but was unable to extract it. The tech who shot the film kept complaining about hearing a humming noise and couldn't figure out what the blur at the end of the toothbrush was. SignatureStev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69 Drowning flies to Dark Star slenon@tampabay.rr.com http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/index.html/slhomepage92kword.htm > Kuhnfucius: >> No, I don't have any idea why (the mob doesn't do that do they?), [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > noise and couldn't figure out what the blur at the end of the toothbrush > was. I'm not sure where or why this thread started, but I do remember a "prize" specimen we had in our Path lab. It appears that a poor slob came into the ER complaining that he was raped and had a beer bottle shoved up his rectum. The x-ray confirmed it and he was prepped for the OR. When the surgeon looked he saw an old surgical scar at the site. He refused to operate until the patient told him the whole story. Well, the last time he did this he used a light bulb but it shattered. This time he used a beer bottle but put it so far up that he couldn¹t get it out. So the Micheloeb bottle still stands in the path lab! SignatureJohn Gentile Editor, Rhode Island Apple Group yjgent@cox.net RIAG Web page: www.wbwip.com/riag/ "I never make mistakes, I only have unexpected learning opportunities!" good 1 2 Signature?We thought about it for a long time, "Endeavor to persevere." And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Union. --- "The Outlaw Josey Wales" ,Spoken by Lone Watie > > Kuhnfucius: > >> No, I don't have any idea why (the mob doesn't do that do they?), [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > it so far up that he couldn?t get it out. So the Micheloeb bottle still > stands in the path lab! >snipped tales of things taken from bums...... A collegue once told me (he assured me a true tale) of a chap turning up at A&E with a ketchup bottle rammed firmly up the bum. This chap claimed he'd lost the house keys, was climbing in the kitchen window, and slipped onto the bottle. However the chap had no explanation for the fact that when the thing was removed, it was wrapped inside a condom. MB Truly amazing, the things we discover inserted into various orifices of the human body. Surprisingly enough, all these inanimate objects find some way to assault the person who accompanies them to ER. One night while working in OR during my university days, we had to extricate a man from 6 feet of vacuum cleaner hose. Supposedly, his girl friend was using the vacuum as he came out of the shower and he "just got too close." SignatureStev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69 Drowning flies to Dark Star slenon@tampabay.rr.com http://web.tampabay.rr.com/stevglo/index.html/slhomepage92kword.htm LOL ----------- ?We thought about it for a long time, "Endeavor to persevere." And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Union. --- "The Outlaw Josey Wales" ,Spoken by Lone Watie > Kuhnfucius: > > No, I don't have any idea why (the mob doesn't do that do they?), [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > noise and couldn't figure out what the blur at the end of the toothbrush > was. > I am in my 30's and male. A few weeks ago I noticed that I have a hard > spot in my rectum about 4inches up it, maybe near my prostate. It is [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Any advice? Why are you poking a finger up your bum ? Is "self examination" recommended wher you live ? MB |
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