Language used to initiate genital exam

The genital and hernia exams are next so what male patient would be confused?

I am with you in that I would know what was next and would expect any adult, or even older teen guy, to expect to drop his shorts at that point. Surprisingly, I have spoken to quite a few adults who have never had a doctor examine them with their underwear down. In virtually all of my physicals, the abdominal exam was the immediate precursor to the genital and hernia exam. I think one of the most tension filled moments in the exam process is when the abdominal is winding up and there is an uncomfortable time when both examiner and examinee know what is coming. Both feel awkward and some doctors seem to be embarrassed to give the instructions for the embarrassing part of the exam. I love thinking about that moment after an exam and masturbating to it.

I don't remember having a doctor pull my underpants down all for way for me but have had doctors years ago who would start to pull the waistband of my briefs down as a signal of what I needed to do. Are some doctors embarrassed to tell a male patient to pull his underwear down? I don't know although I remember doctors who would just motion with their hand that my underwear needed to come down now and I knew what they meant. Guess most doctors expect their patients to know what comes next after they ask the patient to get off the exam table and stand up. The genital and hernia exams are next so what male patient would be confused?

I don't think anyone on here would question what was coming next, but I could see someone who hasn't been to the doctor in a very long time and never received a thorough exam be quite confused by the instruction to stand up.

I prefer my doctors to just shoot straight with me. Tell me you need to do a genital exam, tell me to stand up, and when you're ready, tell me to lower my underwear. Having little bits of uncertainty during an exam can be quite stressful if you're already nervous so taking the guesswork out of things is always preferred.

Could be an awkward moment if the doctor told a male patient to get off the exam table and stand-up but then didn't tell the patient to drop his shorts and the patient didn't know whether to go ahead and do that or wait to be told. Even though I have had lots of physicals and the routine has been the same since my teen years, I don't know that I would hurriedly drop my shorts without the doctor first indicating somehow that I should. Most of the doctors have said something, a few have just motioned to me to drop my shorts, and a few have tugged at the waistband of my briefs to indicate that I should drop them. Has anyone had an awkward moment when you weren't sure whether to go ahead even though you knew what was coming next?

There might be a number of issues here. First, if speaking about a male patient, how dressed or undressed the patient has been from start to finish, since many are posting about stethoscope over a shirt, etc. Second, how the exam process has gone. Has the doctor told the patient, step by step, 'Now I am going to...so...(take a deep breath, hold it,... let it out... another...') since doctors have realised that some patients will or won't based on instructions. Some doctors will 'help' a patient lie back, or sit back up. So the instructions to stand up do suggest the hernia check, but there's usually something said, or indicated, if only a gesture. Take off completely? Slip down? The patient may not know which. I've posted my young stupidity in not knowing that I could pull my briefs up before doing jumping jacks after the hernia check. I wasn't told. Third, I've had physicals in which I was told to stand up so that the doctor could check me bending over, touching toes, walking across the exam room. This before the hernia check. Fourth, I've also had doctors who met with patients after vital signs to check updates before the physical starts, as mine currently does, so I don't undress after vital signs, but I am told what to undress to by the staff after the doctor sees me for the update. If it's a doctor whom you have seen before, you and the doctor can work things out.

I can't remember exactly how my current doctor does it, except that it's slightly apologetic yet straightforward and does include directions and a "warning". Seems a bit odd - I'm at the doctor to be checked out, so yes, I am expecting that she'll be looking at the genitals and butt. Immediately before I'm in underpants and a gown, I think the directions are to slip off the underpants. For some peculiar reason she leaves and then comes back. I know the idea is to give the patient privacy and show respect, but really - she's going to be looking there anyway. In some ways the early '90s "drop your underwear" right in front of the doctor was more straightforward and probably a bit faster, and it didn't seem any more embarrassing.

Last time I did get a reprieve. She said that since I had been in about the prostatitis flare-up two months before that she was comfortable skipping "down there" for the physical. I didn't complain.

Now that it's been mentioned, I do remember my pediatrician spending more time poking and prodding then the current doc. I know some of that was because he was checking my development, but for instance a lot more time was spent prodding my abdomen (usually accompanied by comments about "OK, here's half a pizza, and what's this?) Strangely these comments were not built on with exhortations to improve my diet. I had ongoing constipation problems but was very resistant to eating better. I wasn't too awful, but I was far from model.

When I saw my doc recently for a physical, he got done with basics and said "Gotta check the family jewels".

'OK now drop your trouser and take a look' That's from most of my docs

"Gotta check the family jewels".

I can't stand goofy phrases like this. It destroys the impact of the moment.

'OK now drop your trouser and take a look' That's from most of my docs

This is an excellent instruction. It emphasizes that he is going to look at your penis while he is fully clothed.

I can't stand goofy phrases like this. It destroys the impact of the moment.

I agree. It's something that's just about acceptable when talking to an adolescent to try and calm any signs of embarrassment, but to an adult it just comes across as silly and unprofessional.

I went to a urologist 2 weeks ago for a cyst on my testicle, and it turns out I have intermittent testicular torsion ?... bu he started the exam by saying, "ok stand up, time to look at your man parts, pull your jeans down past your thighs-"

It was exciting ?

When I was a kid, my pediatrician usually started the genital exam without saying a word. Occasionally, he'd say " just a quick look at your little guy & the boys " as his hand slides into my underwear.

That is a ridiculous line! Silly phrases like that destroy the moment.

other nurse simply it- " you are going to drop your pants to the floor so the doctor can examine your : penis, foreskin, scrotum, testicles and checked for a hernia."

It is odd that a nurse in the U.S.would include "foreskin" since there are so few present in this country.

The language reflects the awkwardness which some men show around other men when things get down to genitals, and I would all but match the euphemisms, 'the boys,' with those who select a private, curtained, shower instead of the open showers at the Y.

My doctor, she has always put the request as, "May I examine your penis and testicles?" She's always really good about asking for permission from me to do so, rather than demanding.

My doctor, she has always put the request as, "May I examine your penis and testicles?"

I am interested that she includes the "penis" in her direction. Does she actually do any examination of your penis? If so, exactly what does she do to examine it?

I have always wished a doctor examining me would include "penis" in the instruction and would actually do an examination of my penis.

Were a patient to specify a problem with his penis, a doctor would likely examine his penis, as a part of a complete physical, or simply as the only area examined. Of so was the experience of a friend.

I am interested that she includes the "penis" in her direction. Does she actually do any examination of your penis? If so, exactly what does she do to examine it?

Indeed she does examine my penis. She visually inspects the skin on it, the opening of my urethra and briefly feels along the shaft checking for anything abnormal. It goes by rather quickly. Pretty typical for a full physical from her(she's been my doctor for about 15 years now).

Indeed she does examine my penis.

Your description sounds very close to what my female doctor always does. After she finishes an examination of my testicles and does the hernia check, she lifts my penis away from my body and does a quick visual inspection while she feels the entire length of the shaft. She always ends by squeezing my head and looking into the opening.

After she finishes an examination of my testicles and does the hernia check,

Interestingly, my doctor does the penis examination first, then testicles and separately asks me if she can check for hernias.

My current doctor doesn't say much. Once she's done checking my stomach, she typically asks if I preform self checks of my testicles and will just pull down the paper sheet covering my waist.

Growing up I do not remember when I was little but as a grew up he would ask me if it was ok to remove my panties to a check / examine between my legs.

I was always did but I liked that it qas phrased asking for my permission.

I've had "can I have a look down here" with fingers hooked in my underwear or pointing at my vulva. When already naked from the waist down i've had "you'll feel me touch your thigh then separate your lips".

Our pediatric doctor who was our gp doctor, as well as the one that delivered us, used to check our eyes, ears and throat and listen to our heart. Then she would say okay lay back flat on your back. She would press on our tummies. Then she would say okay let us take a look under here. (Because my sister and I were in the same exam room in pantie)s. She would pull our panties down below the knees (whichever one of us was on the table) She would spread my labias and look. Then she would say bend you knees for me. She would slide an arm under my knees and raise everything up and spread my butt cheeks and look really fast also.

The one I have now talks me through everything. After she is done with my breasts and tells me to lay flat on my back and checks my tummy. Then she says Okay let's get the other parts of the exam over. Scoot on down really far for me with your bottom at the end of the table here and put your feet in the stirrups for me.

Trying to remember what my current doctor does. Like many (I suppose) she uses more informal language. While I'm comfortable with technical speak I understand why she does, as I imagine most people aren't.

While my doctor is a female, she's gained quite a bit of humility with male patients since she began practicing medicine 6 years ago. First couple of times she gave me a physical, I think it embarrassed her as much as it did me. Very difficult to find something to talk about when she's checking out your equipment, or worse yet when she's all the way to her knuckle with a finger up your rectum. We're both over that now. If she needs to check my genitals, she simply lifts up my paper gown without asking.....usually she says "haven't been sore down here have you?" She knows I have an epidermal cyst in my nut sack. For prostate exams, she usually says "okay, turn on your left side, I'll try to make this quick." I usually welcome a female's finger on my prostate, but rectal exams aren't comfortable at all, even by a woman. Too much pressure, feels like your going to piss.

Usually I just get told to "pull down your underwear". I don't recall I've ever been told specifically a genital exam is coming but being told to drop my underwear is a clear enough indication.

My pediatrician did what most pediatricians do. When I was younger, she would usually say im going to have a look down there or something along those lines. One I started getting older and into my teen years, she would tell me what she was actually examining instead of just saying “down there”.

When I was a child the doctors said nothing, they just lowered the briefs. One had told me that he wanted to see if my testicles had come down.

As an adult, except for the urologist, I had only one examination of the genitals. The doctor came out looking for gloves, letting me imagine what happened next, and then he sat down on a stool, he did not say anything.

Let’s just take a peek 😉