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Is it normal for docs to look at privates when you growing up? What is normal?[TW for medical stuff] (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I ask because growing up it happened almost every single year to the point where, whenever I went to the doctor, I would get severe anxiety. I got a physical once for nursing school and the APRN said my heart sounded like I was having severe anxiety, I was 20 something years old.

I understand that, generally, providers do this to check on people's development, such as testicles dropping, hair, deformities, etc.

But then I hear people talking about how that was never their experience. Ever.

When I have kiddos, I want them to feel safe around the doctor. I want them to feel like they have autonomy over their own body, not the doctor just pulling your shit down and touching you while you are laying down.

TIA

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[–] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A good pediatrician will do this. They can identify issues like varicocele that is stunting the growth of one of your testicles and recommend follow up which your parent can then ignore until you complain as an adult of an achy ball to find out it’s 1/3 the size of the other and the rest of the mass there were veins which when cut out instantly relieved the symptoms and laid bare your shrimp ball that was choked out and its lost opportunity for glory.

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