Abdominal aorta stething

Anyone ever had a doctor listen specifically to their abdominal aorta right above their belly button and maybe to the arteries on the sides of your belly too? I love the stethoscope just bouncing as the doctor watches the belly thumping and breathing while listening!

Yes I have a few times. The dr has to press their stethoscope a little harder but I like it. It hoes along with them feeling for my abdominal aorta.

Yes, I love it with the doc saying "I'm just going to listen for the pulse above your tummy button".

I never had a real doctor listen but in a play exam I had my female doctor listening often. I really like it!

She also palpated my pulse, which I enjoyed as well!

I do it in play exams with female patients. Several have told me that I was the first one to do it and most have said that I auscultated their chests and took more time listening to their hearts than any real doc ever did.

I've never come across anything like this. And which doctor by profession should listen to the abdominal area?

I think I’ve had it happen once during a cardiologist visit. But I can’t think of any other time!

I did it routinely in my practice. A bruit needs to have attention paid to it.

Yes, this has occured for me multiple times.

I once had a female doctor. I thought she was lovely and for every exam, she would auscultate me.

I had to lie down and she would listen to my abdomen very thoroughly, listening for aortic sounds. Feeling the stethoscope on my abdomen was pretty sensational. I'd like to try this in play exams sometimes in the future, if I get to share with someone.

I once had this done at a cardiologist exam followed by checking my femoral pulses which made for quite the exam.

I once had this done at a cardiologist exam followed by checking my femoral pulses which made for quite the exam.

Having peripheral pulses checked is great, "I'm just going to listen to the pulses in your groin, can you lower your boxers slightly?". 🙂

Doctors done it to me a couple times. Everytime I got an abdominal exam, they also checked the aorta and some other blood vessels in the abdominal and inguinal area.

Had this done a couple of times also a ultrasound scan to determine the size of the aorta

Had this done a couple of times also a ultrasound scan to determine the size of the aorta

@Module the ultrasound scan was on your belly button or higher on your stomach?

A couple of times when I was young !It felt good.

I always do this during my play exams. As patient, I've had this done a few times. A real doctor who gives me play exams sometimes often does this. He also auscultates the femoral arteries, which is a great excuse to lower my underwear a bit more.

Once a doctor listened to my abdominal aorta

Yes, last time was at my sport physical. Totally unexpected, it felt good.

A cardiologist once looked briefly my abdominal aorta with the ultrasound probe while i was having a heart ultrasound. I told him that sometimes i feel a strong pulse there, and he just checked it.

@twinlodo would you mind sharing more details of that sport physical?

Yes s Cardiologist has done that!

@ekgbob20 The doctor was new, male, in his forties. He asked me a lot of question about my health, more than usual. Then I got weighted and measured. He seemed a bit worry because I'm underweight.

Then the visit started. He asked me to remove my shirt and to lay down on the table, and he left me there for a minute while he was typing on the PC. He asked me some more question about my weight and then he took my blood pressure, which was a bit high because I was nervous.

This time I had the EKG before the auscultation (in my experience it's the opposite). This was the first time for me with the sticky electrodes instead of the suction cups. They were colder than I thought but I still prefer the latter. So he took the equipment from a cabinet and temporarily placed it on my stomach. Before placing the first electrode he quickly felt my ribs with his fingers, then he told me to relax but obviously he got the opposite effect. After a while he started recording and when finished he tore the stickers (that glue is quite strong).

So the final part. He put on his stethoscope (the classic Littman you can see in a lot of YouTube videos) and listened to the usual 5 spot plus a sixth one more lateral then the base and the aorta on the upper center abdomen. He didn't press hard. I'm thin, I can feel my aorta bumping with just a very light pressure so I think it's not necessary to push. Then he listened again to the lower spots with me sitting up, and finally the lungs.

It was a great visit! I also like the adhesive electrodes better, even if the suction cup ones leave a nice mark for some time!