1 Preliminary actions of

When preparing for an appointment with this specialist, you will have to prepare in advance. To prepare for a proctologist, first of all you will have to sit on a diet for a few days. It is usually enough 1-2 days not to eat products that cause gas formation. Such products include:

1. Carbonated drinks.
2. Cabbage is white-bodied, cooked in any form.
3. Grapes.
4. Apples.
5. Dough products.

If even after that you feel bloating, then take 3-4 tablets of crushed activated charcoal. If a visit to the doctor is planned for the morning, then in the evening dine with something light, for example broth or dry biscuits. Just before the reception, if you really want, you can eat a boiled egg or a sandwich with cheese. But it is best to drink only tea.

Since going to the proctologist is a very exciting exercise, it is worthwhile to prepare yourself and psychologically. After all, most people see this doctor as something terrible. This tightens the campaign to the proctologist. And this negatively affects the state of health.

To strongly not worry, choose a doctor for yourself, following the advice of friends or general recommendations about this specialist. If the patient is a woman, which makes it difficult to seek help from a male doctor, you can visit the office of a female proctologist.

2 Conversation with a doctor

For sure, if you go to a proctologist, something is bothering you, so that your conversation gives an accurate picture of what is happening, it is worthwhile to prepare for it beforehand. Below is a list of possible questions from the doctor, the answers to which you must prepare in advance:

1. With what complaints did you come? Most often it is pain, burning or other discomfort in the anus, bleeding, a feeling of incomplete emptying, heaviness and pain in the lower abdomen, etc. You must justify each of your complaints. If this is pain, then it is worth describing it, telling when it appears, where it is localized, the same with itching. With blood discharge it is worth to describe the quantity, quality and color of blood.
2. How often does the bowel emptying? This question may reveal your tendency to constipation or diarrhea.
3. Are there any impurities in the stool in the form of blood, pus or mucus? Be sure to pay attention to this in advance.
4. What are the characteristics of your food? Answering this question, you should not paint your daily diet, just list the foods and dishes that you eat most often. This will be enough for the doctor to adjust your diet.
5. Have you been treated on your own and how?you can pre-compile a list of medications that you took before going to the doctor.
6. Presence of concomitant diseases? Most likely, with proctologic diseases there are also gastrointestinal disorders. Be sure to tell them about it.

If you are prepared in advance for a survey, examination and research, then you do not need to worry about anything.

3 Objectives of the

study Currently, due to many achievements in the field of medicine, it is possible to diagnose the disease at the developmental stage. A huge help is provided by special devices and equipment that allow you to see the problem from within the body.

So, a proctologist using rectoscopy can diagnose at an early stage such diseases as:

• hemorrhoids;
• inflammation of the large intestine;
• intestinal obstruction;
• peptic ulcer disease;
• polyps;
• malignant tumors;
• cracked anal opening;
• mucosal injury.

The purpose of this diagnosis is to identify the disease at an early stage for the successful treatment of the disease. After all, a neglected disease is much more difficult to treat, and if it goes into a chronic stage, it will take years to get rid of the pathology. Examination of the proctologist, first of all, can exclude malignant formations in the rectal area.

4 How is the examination?

The proctologist is usually examined according to the following scheme:

1. Initially, the doctor speaks with the patient.
2. Next, palpation of the outer and inner part of the rectum is performed. The patient lies on the couch sideways. Inspection is done carefully, using special anesthetic ointments or gels.
3. Anoscopy - with the help of a special tool you can view the inside of the rectum at a depth of up to 10 cm.
4. Rectoscopy - with the help of a rectoscope, a deep examination is performed.

5 Types of diagnostics

Recto-manoscopy( rectoscopy) involves examination of the mucous membrane of the rectum and sigmoid colon with the help of a rectoscope. This procedure is shown to all who applied for help to the proctologist as a study for diagnosis and detection of oncological diseases. The patient lies on his side, his knees are pressed to his stomach. Most people undergo this study well without much pain.

Preparation:

1. The day before the study, stop eating vegetables and fruits, ideally the whole day spent on liquids.
2. On the day of the examination, if you are scheduled to enter in the evening, from 14-15 hours, do a cleansing enema using Esmarch's mug. And so 3-4 enema to 17-18 hours, the amount of water per procedure should be 1-1.5 liters. Cleansing enemas should be discontinued 2 hours prior to admission to the doctor.
3. Microlax is also used to clean the rectal mucosa. It is a tube with a gel and a tip for convenient insertion into the rectum. After the introduction of the drug in humans, there are desires for defecation. Ways to use the preparation Mikrolaks beforehand talk with your doctor.

Colonoscopy is an endoscopic examination using a colonoscope equipped with a mini camera, and everything that happens is displayed on the computer monitor. Colonoscopy makes it possible to study the contents of the large intestine with deep penetration, up to the thermal section of the small intestine. The duration of the procedure is from 15 to 40 minutes, in some cases anesthesia is used.

Before the procedure, you can drink dissolved in water powders Fortrans or Lavakol, they are designed for colon cleansing. The scheme for taking these medications should be discussed with the doctor. Purification of the intestine is necessary before the examination, as stool masses make it difficult to review the visual and endoscopic examinations, and this, in turn, leads to an incorrect diagnosis. Before preparing for the examination, the patient should talk with his attending physician, the doctor will determine how and how many times to apply cleansing enemas or drink the appropriate laxatives based on your condition and individual qualities.

As the time to prepare for the examination you should be enough, you will have to take time off at work or give up all household chores. The day before going to the doctor should be only for you. If all the rules of bowel cleansing and psychological preparation are met, then the examination will be smooth and painless.