Dirty Gloves After a Rectal

IMO many doctors want their gloved finger to have poo on them for a couple of reasons.

First, poo on the glove means there is soft poo in the rectum of the patient, as opposed to hard poo which won't leave any traces and implies the patient is constipated. While this is not a biggie it is a piece of the overall picture.

Also, poo on the glove allows the doctor to do the test for occult blood. This is a simple test fo colon cancer, but if there is no poo on the glove, the test can't be done in the exam room. So the doctor gives the patient the test kit to take home and tells the patient to take a poo sample, smear it on the card, and mail it in. And, guess what, probably more than half of the patients never do it. Poo on the glove means the test actually gets done.

MO

Several times my doctor told me I didn't have to do the stool sample myself because he got it. He retired and I had to find a new doctor. She never does the test anyway. I think she's afraid to see me naked. He always had me naked for the whole exam. Forget about gowns, it was take your clothes off as soon as I entered the exam room and naked for the whole exam, about 30 minutes.