Male Rectal Exams

I have not yet had a DRE, but am getting towards the age where my Dr maybe suggesting I have one. This is something that worries more than a genital exam, which I am now used too. Can anyone please advise what is the procedure, what do you "feel", how long does it take, and finally, is an erection likely?

The several DREs that I have had during official Medical exams have not been physically uncomfortable, if fact generally the opposite, you may find that you are a bit embarrassed by the “intimate” nature of them though. The physician is trying to detect early enlargement of the prostate.

The easiest access to the prostate is through your rectum. The general procedure is to ask you to drop your pants and underwear and bend over. The doctor then lubes his gloved finger well, parts your bottom and inserts his finger in your anus. You feel a finger in your bottom…no real pain. Generally, my doctor is in and out before I could begin to get aroused. My experience is that they know what they are looking for and can assess it in seconds and are right back out.

Do yourself and your doctor a favor and either evacuate your bowels before the appointment using suppositories or liquid glycerin or take an enema so that he doesn’t have to deal with fecal material during the exam.

I much prefer to have a Play Nurse do it with the intent of milking my prostate. For that I will get aroused and I will leak pre-cum readily.

Jag

Generally, the doctor will have you lean over the exam table on your elbows, spreading your legs slightly. He will then put on a glove, lubricate it, then insert his finger into your rectum. He may rotate his finger somewhat, to feel the prostate gland and ensure it is smooth, not swollen, etc. That will feel so good you will probably want to tell the doctor to NOT take his finger out. The whole exam will last probably 10 seconds. So enjoy it while you can. I wish I had a wife or girl friend who would give me one. I have never had an erection during a DRE, even when I had a lady Dr. (That was nice!)

Actually, you don't want to present yourself to the doctor with a squeaky clean rectum. After he/she removes the finger, they will smear the residue on a card and test it for blood in the stool. This is a warning sign for conditions such as colon cancer.

I have the same experience as "mmcretums" for the DRE in a doctor office or for a check up in a clinic.It was quick and not painful.

But I remember also of the same exam performed by a militarian doctor before and at the beguinning of my military service in France in the end of the 60's and first years of the 70's and it was more weird.

The military doctor took his time after he had inserted his fingers in my rectum, he turned it a time which seems to me an eternity before removing it. It was a little painful even if also a little exciting.

I was in the worst position,on all fours, leaning over a table on my elbows with buttocks lifted and my cheeks spread largely apart and my asshole totally exposed not only to the doctor but also to other draftees waiting for their turn to be examined and the sergeant who was supervising us during all the physicals, particularly when the doctor after having checked that I had the good position for the exam with my cheeks enough wide apart came to a desk aside to put a glove leaving me exposed during this time.

it was a demeaning experience but it was the manners of the army towards draftees.

After that in the civil life, I was always correctly treated by the doctors who performed this exam.

DRE is not a major big deal.

As most have said, the most common position is leaning over the end of the table, but possibly in the Sims (on your side, left knee to your chest, facing away from the doc.) or on all fours on the table. (It's usually the doctor's preference, but some clinics may have a certain SOP)

The lube will feel cold, and, if you have never had one before, it may be a tad uncomfortable at first, but once you get use to the finger in your butt, it's not bad. IF the exam is done right (that is, not too quickly) you may feel pressure in your penis like you are going to ejaculate. THIS IS NORMAL! The main function of the prostate is to supply the bulk of the liquid portion of semen, and during ejaculation it contracts to push the fluid into the urethra, so if the doctor is putting pressure on your prostate, it is logical that you may feel like you will ejaculate. Some fluid may be expressed, either intentionally or accidentally from the head of the penis. Again, it is nothing to be embarrassed about. If the doctor has expressed the fluid intentionally, he/she will probably collect some on a microscope slide. Either way, they will hand you a tissue after it is all done to wipe both the head of the penis (if necessary) and the excess lube from your rectum.

My personal experience has been that female doctors do a more thorough and gentle job than males.

The whole key is to relax. the more relaxed you are, the easier the exam will go. It's all over in less than a minute.

I had my first rectal exam during a physical a few weeks ago. I was asked to lay on my left side and the doctor did a quick visual inspection then lubricated his finger and performed the rectal exam. For me it was quick and painless and I didn't get a erection.

I knew going into a physical I had last summer that there was going to be a rectal exam. I'd never had one and was really excited about it. The doctor had me in my underwear for almost half the exam and then finally had me lay on my side and put on a glove with some sort of lube on the finger. He put his finger in my rectum but it was so brief i wasn't even sure he had done anything. Needless to say I was a little dissapointed.

I had rectal exams with my urologist and my procto. Both are women and i didn't feel uncomfortable at all. The key is to relax, and, maybe, have fun. I had !!

I had one once by a student doctor in France. It was surprising and painful. I was nearly going to hit the doctor.

My father died of Prostate cancer a few years ago so I now always have mine checked during the wellman medical I have each year. It has been carried out by two female doctors but they were both different. Each time I was already nude and in each case I had to lie on my side on the examination table and draw my knees up to my chest. The first doctor, who did it for the first three years, was in and out in seconds and I felt very little. The second, who did it for the last two years spends, much longer at it. I can actually feel her pushing on my prostate and I feel almost like I am about to urinate (maybe she is also pressing on my bladder.) Altogether not an unpleasant experience I must say.

I had my first rectal exam at age 13. I have had this exam every year since. The doctor said since starting puberty he needed to check my prostate.

I started getting them annually at 50. The first was very quick and easy, but left me with a funny feeling inside. The second (same doctor) was quite painful as he entered; I told him so and he eased off. Those are the only two I've had.

First was at age 14 from the family doctor, similar circumstances to johnsmith's post above. He said I'd reached a stage of development that I was becoming a man and all men should have the exam every year. And that's pretty much been the case. I am 65 now.

My rectal exams and prostate checks began when I was 14. Mother requested that Dr. do more complete exams. So I spent some time during an exam on my hands and knees.

I had my first when I first joined up.

We were just starting our second week of training and we were told that we would have to have an exam in our billet. We were told to strip and had to wait in a long line facing a chair. The MO turned up and one by one you had to walk up to the chair and bend over it with your hands on the seat to support your weight.

For the first it was a surprise, but for the rest we got to see our fate. The female doctor held out her fingered index finger and the nurse covered it with lube, next the nurse spread your cheeks and the dr inserted her finger in your anus and probed. It did not last long and whilst not painful I did feel like I needed a pee. It was humiliating having it done in public, but then that is the forces for you.

Have had several proper examinations of rectum (and a few by male 'doctors' in role play situation). The first genuine one I ever had was me kneeling on all fours on medical couch and gloved lubed finger inserted by female doc. All subsequent exams have been laying on my side on couch, legs together, knees bent up towards chest, underpants and trousers round ankles which stretches the anus open slightly for finger insertion. The last one I had was by a female doctor with a young male medical student present and watching.

It's not the slightest bit painful, but (to me) felt thoroughly humiliating the first time, but you get used to it. Never been slightest bit aroused in genuine check ups. Only in role play situations.

They are no big deal. From my experience, it only takes 5-10 seconds.

I think that it is difficult to say how a rectal exam feels, especially when discussing it with someone that has never had one before. My point is that it the totality of the experience can very from doctor to doctor. I have had some that I have not minded and even found somewhat enjoyable, others I have found uncomfortable and even to the point of not returning to the doctor. One doctor in particular simply lubed up his finger and "jammed" it into my rectum. He was not smooth at all. Needless to say, I have not been back to see him. Different doctors have different techniques ranging from patient positioning to amount of pressure they exert to the "angle of attack". You may not enjoy your experience due to any one of those critical points. The idea of an erection is up in the air. I have not become erect when I wanted to such as when having an exam done by an attractive medical student working in the doctors office to becoming erect in front of an older nurse. It just depends on the emotional, mental, and physical stimuli at the time. Bottom line, don't worry if it happens, everything just worked out perfectly.

A rectal exam adds tremendously to the exam experience, both from the standpoint of adding to the embarrassment as well as memorable sensations. When it is done with care and sensitivity, you will feel the index finger covered with KY jelly entering the anus and then you feel a tingling sort of sensation when the prostate is palpated. With a gentle exam, the sensations are very quick and are gone as soon as the finger is removed. While I appreciate a sensitive doctor, I much prefer a somewhat rougher exam. I prefer the finger pushed aggressively through the anus, rotated 360 degrees around the rectum and then some forceful palpation of the prostate. This kind of exam leaves memories for a couple of days with some aching in the anus and a slight tingling sensation when urinating and ejaculating.

The DRE experience can vary a lot. My first one when I was in my 20s was a surprise. My first two were from the same doctor and he forced his lubed finger in hard and I remember feeling like I had been forcefully penetrated. Not painful, but very uncomfortable. The whole thing both times was fast, just a few seconds, as the doctor was examining my rectum and not my prostate. The sensation back there lasted for an hour or two after the exam. After those first two, I didn't have another for a few years and then I had several that were also fast and not uncomfortable. Those doctors didn't force their fingers in like the first doctor. As my insurance changed, I would get started with a new doctor so had regular but not annual exams even before age 40, including rectal exams in my 30s. A few times the doctor has pressed hard on my prostate and I felt like I was going to pee, but didn't. The size of a doctor's finger does make a difference. If the doctor has big fingers, there is a lot more feeling of being penetrated. Erections aren't very likely in my case. I had maybe one rectal exam where the doctor must have hit a spot on my prostate and I ended up with a half boner. Turned around from being bent over the table and pulled my briefs up but it was obvious to the doctor and me that I was hard. Whether you get to wipe up afterwards depends on the doctor too. The first several exams that I had the doctor didn't offer any tissues and I went home with some lube on the seat of my underpants.