Anus, Rectum, and Prostate Flashcards
What are the two main lobes of the prostate that you can palpate during rectal examination?
Lateral Lobes
A pencil thin stool may be an indication of what disease process?
Colon Cancer
Polyps, hemorrhoids, gastrointestinal bleeding, or carcinoma may all cause what to appear in the stool?
Blood
Villous adenomas, intestinal infections, inflammatory bowel disease, or irritable bowel syndrome may all cause what to appear in the stool?
Mucus
Feeling of needing to pass stool, despite the bowels being empty.
Tenesmus
Inflammation of the lining of the rectum
Proctitis
What are 4 possible signs and symptoms of proctitis?
Anorectal Pain
Tenesmus
Discharge
Bleeding
A small tear in the lining of the anus.
Anal fissure
What virus and subtypes cause anal Condyloma Acuminata?
HPV 6 and 11
What bacterial sexually transmitted infection can also cause anal warts?
Secondary Syphilis
(Condyloma Lata)
Sudden onset of urinary frequency, urgency, dysuria, perineal and low back pain, malaise, fever, or chills may be suggestive of what possible condition?
Acute Prostatitis
Sudden onset of urinary frequency, urgency, dysuria, perineal and low back pain, malaise, fever, or chills, especially in men older than 70 may indicate what?
Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, urolithiasis, nephrolithiasis, UTIs, and cancers of the prostate, bladder or kidney, may all cause what to appear in the urine?
Blood
What range of an American Urological Association Symptom score of would indicate Mild BPH?
1 - 7
What range of an American Urological Association Symptom score of would indicate Moderate BPH?
8 - 19
What range of an American Urological Association Symptom score of would indicate Severe BPH?
20 - 35
When performing an Anorectal or Prostate exam, what is the preferred position of the patient?
Laying down on their side
Partial flex at the hips
