Patient's question:
Recently, my chronic condition of frequent urination and urgency has become increasingly severe. It might be that my prostate is continuing to deteriorate. I have taken many medications, but they only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. I still want to go to the hospital to check my prostate. What does a prostate examination feel like? Will this examination cause harm to the prostate?Doctor's answer:
Prostate examinations can be inferred through routine prostatic fluid tests and prostate ultrasound. Routine prostatic fluid tests generally require obtaining prostatic fluid through a digital rectal exam. If the technique is somewhat rough and you are overly nervous, there may be a sense of pain. Prostate ultrasound, on the other hand, is relatively painless and is similar to having an ultrasound on other parts of the body. This examination will not cause any harm to the prostate.