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submitted 10 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 61 points 10 months ago (1 child)

OK I need an answer to the actual question now.

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  • [–] 120 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 28 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 55 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

    Excuse me, what?

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

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  • [–] 58 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    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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  • [–] 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Ok well that’s definitely not a “usually” situation then.

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago*

    It's apparently less common than it used to be (I'm quite old, and I also had pelvic pain which is another reason for doing a rectovaginal exam) but considering the fact that colorectal cancer is skyrocketing in young adults maybe it should make a comeback. Anyway I yeeted the uterus about 10 years back, yay!

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Gotcha - wasn’t aware that was something that was normally checked for. The most invasive thing I’m aware of is the turn and cough hernia check.

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