Male patient coughing....heard from the next room

Maybe you were nearby in a waiting area.

Maybe you were in an adjacent room - an adjacent exam room, an adjacent bathroom or doctor's office

You heard it

The unmistakable cough of a male patient being checked for hernia.

Perhaps you saw the patient go into the room just before, so you know what he looks like.

You heard the cough. & you immediately knew what was taking place.

How did that, or how would that, affect you? Did it make you feel anxious? Did you conjure up a mental image of what was happening? Did you get aroused? You happened to listen in on a man undergoing a personal, private, perhaps awkward, moment. You didn't have to see it happening. After hearing the cough, you may as well have seen it, as you have a vivid idea of what was going on behind closed doors

And what did it do to you?

I love looking at the other patients in the waiting room, watching as they get called back one by one. I imagine what the doctor, possibly even my doctor, will be doing to them. Along with that I always enjoy it when I hear something in one of the adjoining exam rooms. On occasion I have heard another male coughing, although I'm not lucky enough to hear that a lot.

What do I think when I hear it? I'm excited, my interest is piqued, and I'm aroused by the thought of a doctor holding another male's genitals and checking them for a hernia. And at that moment I picture myself in that room, being examined by the doctor that way. It's even better if it happens to be my doctor, because then I can think about the other man that she just handled as she enters my room. And of course if I happen to be there for a physical exam, then I can think about her holding the other man as she does the same to me. It's all very hot to me.

I've heard thousands of males cough during this exam. It's my finger at their inguinal ring. Doesn't do a think for me unless I feel an impulse from a hernia sac. That's interesting.

I love watching other patients in the waiting room and thinking of what the doctor will do to them too!

And the look on some of the patients who come out from examination rooms with their clothing slightly crumpled and having just being completely exposed to the doctor.

Love those recollections.

I am guilty of listening to what is going on in the exam room next to mine while waiting for the doctor. Unfortunately, it has never been anything exciting.

If I'm in the waiting room, I do often "people watch" the patients coming out of the exam area, and wonder what was going on. The facilities I've been in, however, are sufficiently insulated such that I don't overhear what's going on, except in the blood draw labs or at the injection stations.

One time I was waiting to see a general surgeon on pharmaceutical call. I was in his waiting room, which was packed with patients; no seats left. His brash middle aged RN opened the door and asked, "Mr. Smith, did you take an enema before coming in today?" He was beet red and all the waiting patients looked sympathetic. I felt very sorry for this man. He quietly told the RN, "Yes" and she took him back to an exam room.

I have always hoped that no other patient or member of the office staff would either hear the doctor instruct me to drop my underwear or hear me cough for the hernia exam. Having someone seeing me being examined or knowing that I had been through an exam in which my genitals were exposed would be embarrassing. Likewise, I have always hoped to hear another man get the instructions and/or hear the cough. Unfortunately neither has ever happened.

When I was in high school we had physicals during one of our PE classes. Exams were given in the trainers room right off of the locker room. On exam day we instructed to line up in our underwear and socks outside the trainers room; one of the coaches took our weight and height, another blood pressure. The doctor was behind a privacy screen and one by one we went behind the screen to be examined. Everyone in the room could hear the doctor tell the guy he was examining to drop his short, turn his head and cough. Some guys got an erection because you would occasionally hear the doctor say not to worry, that is a normal reaction and proves your are healthy young man.

Why did you submit to a stranger for the Physical Exam instead of your own Families Primary Care Physician. The Physical would have been covered under your Dad's Company Health Plan at work. SO why were you examined by a strange Doctor?

Some people do not have health insurance. Everybody has different circumstances.

Have not heard another guy coughing through the exam room walls in a doctor's office. Not sure that the walls are soundproofed but they may be because I have never heard anything, even voices, through the walls. I have heard voices and movement out in the hallway sometimes. The only times where I heard other males coughing during their hernia exams were during sports physicals at school where we were all together in lines being examined and then one time at a military clinic that had an open exam area for boys. I was there for a physical once when I was around 12 or 13 and there were a few other boys being treated or getting examined all around me. I heard them and they heard me although maybe there were only one or two others getting physicals when I was. No concern for modesty or privacy in either place.

... hearing " next, drop your shorts, turn and cough now for the other side cough" ... " ok, but I still need to check so you still have to drop your shorts." Then " which side because your pubes grew back quick from being shaved.". Then I heard "scar looks good healing nicely, now turn and cough."

So you even got to hear the directive. i think that adds to the humiliation. Either time, the time of the directive or the time of the cough, the doctor's fingers are still in that same place.

Imagine being the patient in the room, KNOWING there are people outside the room, or "on the other side of the screen", who can hear all of this.

About 10 years ago I started going to a doctor who worked out of an Urgent Care facility. I went there because I had a severe sinus infection.

After the nurse took my temp and blood pressure, the doctor comes in, listens to my chest and back, with all my clothes still on. Then he tells me to lie down on my back on the exam table. He asks me to pull my shirt out of my pants and raise it up to my chest. He palpates my stomach, and moves around with his stethoscope. \

He has me sit up, then he looks into my ears and my nose and throat.

He determines I DO have a sinus infection, and writes me a prescription for an antibiotic.

As I stand up and prepare to leave the exam room with my prescription in hand, the doctor says before I leave, he would like to do a prostate exam on me. I was caught completely off guard, and I told him that maybe we could do THAT on my next visit, although I hadn't really planned on returning to this facility.

After I said this, though, I realized that at the age of 40 I had never had a prostate check, and it was inevitable that I would eventually get one. So I agreed to let him do it. He asked me to lower my pants and underwear to my ankles. I was expecting to bend over the exam table. Instead, he led me to the side of the exam table, and told me to climb up and lie on my left side, facing the wall. I really had no idea what to expect, but as soon as he started to insert his finger into me, the only sensation I could feel was a terribly strong urge to move my bowels. In fact, as he was moving his finger around inside me, I mentioned to him that I felt like I was going to poop! With his free hand he patted me on the butt, and said not to worry. I would not poop!

After I got home that day I was pondering what had happened to me. I had never had a doctor be so thorough, especially when all I wanted was a prescription.

Needless to say, I was very impressed by the fact that he DID seem to show a real interest in his patients, so I, to this day, am still seeing him. Every visit with him, which is usually about every 3 months, to renew my blood pressure medication, he suggests that I should have a rectal exam. I usually only allow it once a year, since I don't see a need for that many rectal exams.

The thing is, now whenever I'm in the waiting room, every male patient that is called into an exam room, I try to figure out if he will get a rectal exam. Usually when a younger male patient goes back to the exam room, I assume that he probably won't get a rectal exam, because he seems too young.

But, my curiosity was kind of satisfied when on one visit as I was sitting in the waiting room with a younger, about 30 years old, black male, the nurse called him back. A few minutes later I was called back, to another exam room, situated right next to the younger male patient. I heard the doctor knock on his door, and then enter it. I wasn't paying too much attention to the sounds coming from the next room, until all of a sudden I hear the guy suddenly yell out "Ow, that hurts . . . STOP!!!" I knew immediately what was happening . . . he was getting a rectal exam, even though he was fairly young. So I decided either this doctor was very thorough with ALL his patients, regardless of age, OR he enjoyed giving rectal exams. Either way, I still think he's a very good and caring doctor.

So I decided either this doctor was very thorough with ALL his patients, regardless of age, OR he enjoyed giving rectal exams

If he wants to give you a rectal exam every 3 months, I'd submit that he enjoys doing that to male patients. But seriously, I wish I had a doctor that wanted to penetrate my ass every 3 months! I know I would enjoy it.

This story I always thought was interesting, and thought I would share it.

My doctor has an old fashioned office. A formal living space, that has been converted into a doctors office. The structure itself is old, and was probably built in the 1950s. There is one exam room and the other portion of the downstairs serves as a waiting area, the doctors office, the bathroom and a storage closet for all the medical records.

There is no nurse, and the doctor does almost everything himself. He does have a receptionist who is stationed in the waiting room. On most visits she not only has lite music playing, but there is the noise of her computer, fax machine, printer and of course on the phone.

I always go for my physicals in December, and went a few days before Christmas. Apparently, she had already left for vacation so as I entered the office, it was just me. The doctor came out and greeted me and took me back to the exam room.

The exam proceeded as normally. About halfway through my exam, I could hear someone come into the office - the waiting area. The exam proceeded with all the normal doctor commands, including his usual "please remove your underpants", instructing me to cough and instructions for my prostate exam.

Following the exam of my prostate and anus, the doctor always leaves me a moment to clean up.

As he leaves the room - I hear clear as day "Sean, good to see you. Your here for a physical right?" Sean replies, "Yes". "No worries, just finishing with another patient" They then make some idle chit chat about the holiday season, all of which I heard clear as day.

It dawned on me - If I could hear through the wall, he clearly could hear my exam - including the instructions and me coughing.

Once dressed, I walked out - He was a good looking man, shaved head, with a wedding band.

I guess the music, the phone and the noise of the receptionist general work muffles the sound. In visits after I tried hard to listen, but all that noise blocked it.

I always wondered what he was sitting out there thinking.

My current doctor's office has very thin walls. You can hear all the instructions being giving to the patients on either side of your room.

When I at the doctor I always try to listen to anyone in the exam rooms next to me. So far I've just heard talking and nothing else.

Examined first at school, so knew the boys, many time naked, when changing for sports.

First boys naked always told you how this doctor.

Examined behind a screen, so could always hear when waiting in line.

The cough just confirmed that you would end up naked with your balls being felt.

If the pupil came out just after, you knew all was well, if he spent more time you knew further examination was taking place.

I preferred to go in as soon as possible.

My doctor's office has very thin walls. You can hear almost everything being said on either side of your room. I've heard the doctor ask the mom to step out into the hall while he check her teenage son's genitals and hernia exam. Then you'll hear the old " turn and cough" from the next room.

When I was in high school physicals were either done in the gym or nurse's office. We were told to line up, then in groups of 10 we started the physicals. The nurse's and trainer took all vitals ( vision, hearing,bp, height and weight ...). Then one by one we saw the doctor behind the privacy screen. Everybody in the room could hear everything the doctor said to you. We all saw each other in different state of dress or in the shower in still was weird getting a group physical. The privacy screen stopped about two feet from the floor so when he said "drop your pants" to could see the guys underwear around his ankles. Beside just hearing "turn & cough", comments concerning your foreskin, had a hernia, tight scrotum, and if you were getting semi-erect. My last two years, the nurse had two girls (classmates) help her do paper work during the physical. Honestly, the laughed or smiled every time they heard "drop your pants... now turn an cough".

Beside just hearing "turn & cough", comments concerning your foreskin, had a hernia, tight scrotum, and if you were getting semi-erect.

Welcome to Zity, Paddlerow.

You could hear them commenting on a tight scrotum and semi erections. I find that remarkable that they would actually comment on that stuff. That must have made the exams that much more embarrassing for those kids whom they were commenting on.

Paddlerow, can you tell us more about the comments you'd hear? Any that are particularly memorable? What was said about you?

And why would a tight scrotum be commented on?!

I don't know about me being heard coughing in a doctor's office during a hernia exam but I remember a few times that a doctor would tell me to cough again or cough harder than I was. When a doctor tells a guy to cough, most of us probably don't do a big cough so I can understand a doctor telling a male patient to do a bigger cough so that the doctor can feel any bulging in the guy's groin. One doctor told me "really big cough this time" so I did and was embarrassed that it was as loud as it was. That was one time when I thought that anyone in the next exam room could guess exactly what was going on in my exam. When I was a kid, I remember once being told to look at my mom and do a big cough, which would have been fine except that my underpants were around my ankles and it was embarrassing to look at my mom while the doctor checked me out.

...my underpants were around my ankles and it was embarrassing to look at my mom while the doctor checked me out.

But I'll bet that your mom had a proud smile on her face as she looked back at you.

Coughing does not always indicate a hernia examination. Nurses sometimes tell me to cough as a diversion before injecting me in my bottom.

I heard it myself. 2 coughs a moment apart so I could guess there was a guy in the other room taking a physical. It did not concern me as I was there for an ankle injury.

Any one remember the commercial where a female doctor is examining 2-3 patients in a row, having them cough while she has her hands below the waist. Then she's in the elevator with guy who coughs...

I remember that commercial. It was a link on this site once. I don't know if it was taken down. It was in German I think. It was a commercial for something but had a female doctor doing hernia exams on a line of young guys in their underpants. She has them cough as she reaches into their underpants. They don't have to drop their shorts like we did when I was in school. Then she gets into a crowded elevator and some guy behind her coughs and she turns to him like she is going to check him for a hernia. Funny. Can someone find that commercial and post a link again?

Yes I remember that commercial too!

As an adult, never heard another patient coughing during a hernia exam at a doctor's office but have wondered whether another patient heard me through the wall. Once you know what goes on in a male exam, it would be obvious to someone listening that the guy in the next exam room was getting his testicles checked. There are not a lot of females on this board but I'm wondering if any of them ever heard this or asked their boyfriend or husband about what happens in their physicals. There would be curiosity about that but maybe no one asks or has been asked?