When us ladies have our annual exam for pelvic exam do we tell the doctor no anal digital exam? Is that because they could damage the pouch?
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I would assume so, best to ask the colon surgeon.
Hm. I don't remember having an anal exam during a regular pap/pelvic exam but, having said that, I've had a number of 'digital probes' of the anus including a physiotherapist for pelvic floor work. She was given the go ahead by the surgeon. No pouch damage. Just my thinking though....
No my general practitioner let my GI doctor handle everything in that area. So no I don’t get one from my doctor during a female exam.
Don't know why not. My gyno does. Her exam of that area is minuscule compared to the pelvic floor physical therapy I have in that area.