Comment on Public service announcement

SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Droggelbecher@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Afaik they intentionally look at and around it briefly, simply because no other doctor (I’m some cases, nobody at all) ever looks there and you could have a malignant mole or something. At least the two I’ve been to said it’s common practice.

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  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yes and after they swab/scrub/scrape your cervix they usually put a finger in the rectum to feel for lumps, and wipe it on a slide for a stool sample.

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    • ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Excuse me, what?

      I’ve never been anally penetrated during a gyno visit, not a single time in many many years. If you have, that’s fucking weird, not at all normal.

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      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        My Obstetricians didn’t but the (female) internist who did my pap smears as part of my annual physical did them. Not weird at all because she was examining the whole body, not just the female bits. And she warned me, as she did about everything down there, and didn’t mess around. She also took care as she opened the speculum so I could unclench (vaginismus). Frankly much more considerate than my second OB, I broke their speculum and they blamed me rather than their technique.

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      • WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Bimanual palpation was the standard for a long time. Still common for older docs when I was starting like 15 years ago

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      • smh@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I’m with you on this one.

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    • IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      as a treat

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      • krooklochurm@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        They’re saving it for later.

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    • BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The good ol’ one-two.

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  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Same for the male version (sorry, English is not my first language). Hard to see the anus without exposing your genitals, might as well make examining it the genital doctor’s job.

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    • etchinghillside@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The only procedure for males I’m aware of that would include that directly involve entering that hole already.

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      • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        That’s called “sounding,” right?

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      • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Checking for hemorrhoid issues should work the exact same for men and women, and men get their prostate checked on top of that (which works differently than a hemorrhoids check).

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