Testicle ultrasound

Is youre penis exposed during the ultrasound or covered.

My penis was covered, the lube was cold and the nurse was cute

I had one done a few years ago here in France and it was a very underwhelming experience. A nurse took me into the room with all the equipment and said something in French and indicated that I should remove my shoes and trousers, I was unsure about the boxers so left them on.

The doctor came into the room a short while later and told me to remove the boxers which was a little inconvenient as I was already sat in the examining chair. She then grabbed my penis and held it flat against my abdomen while applying the gel and asked me to hold it in that position while she completed the ultrasound.

Needless to say it did not fulfil my medical fetish of being examined in anyway shape or form, and certainly has not remained something to fantasise about since.

I've had several testicle ultrasounds by different people at different facilities. Each time I was given a towel to place over my penis so that only my scrotum was exposed. There are other threads about scrotal ultra sounds on this website.

Never had one but had three cystoscopies.

I've had several testicular ultrasounds at different imaging facilities. Pretty much the same routine at each facility. Female tech explains whats going to happen and asks you to remove your pants and underwear, get in the exam chair / table and then to cover your penis with a towel or similar and leave your scrotum exposed. Then they leave as you prepare for the exam. The tech returns and gels your scrotum and gets down to business. Since when I'm flaccid I'm rather small, I'm grower and not a shower, my penis falls out from the towell that was covering it during the exam as the tech manipulates her device. So then I'm fully exposed. The tech obviously notices, how cuold she not, but she goes about her business. When the scan is completed, she does a cursory cleaning up of the gel, says she's done and that I can finish the cleaning process and get dressed. I'm still fully exposed, I get up and clean myself. I usually ask for a moist towel and more tissues and she gives them to me. The tech is usually right there finishing up and we usually chat a bit as I clean up and get dressed. Pretty much a non event. The techs act professionally and I just go about my business.

They gave me a blanket to keep my penis up against my belly while doing the scan all 3 times I’ve done it. Every time it’s been female techs to do it and they gave me time before and after the scan to get undressed and situated. Once completed they wiped me up, moved the sheet to cover me up fully and left the room for me to get dressed

The nurse told me to remove my pants and boxers. My penis was exposed during the ultrasound.

I was completely nude during the first urltrasound and with my brief pulled down during the second time

I had one a few years ago. They gave me 2 towels and told me to strip everything below the waist. With one towel I was to put across my legs with me testicles resting on it and the other towel to cover my penis. During the procedure the moving around of the wand tugged my penis almost out from under the towel but I was covered throughout.

I don't believe youre penis is exposed. I've had 3 of them and I've had to cover it up.

It can go either way in my experience depending on the nurse. I've had a few scrotal ultrasounds over the years. Ive been told to hold my penis flat against my stomach as well as keeping my hands out of the way, by my side or on my chest.

What sort of condition precipitates a testicular ultrasound?

I have bulges which I think are hernias in my inguinal areas so would I likely have a scrotal ultrasound?

I got fluid in the scrotum right side is way bigger than left side.i get ultrasounds every other year for it.

What sort of condition precipitates a testicular ultrasound?

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I have had ultrasounds due to a hydrocele as the result of a bilateral hernia operation. Basically its a sac of water around the testes. There are other discussions here about scrotal ultrasounds and why they were performed. I am not a doctor so I would hate to give any info that was not correct.

I had to have an ultrasound once because of a spermatocele I found during a self exam. The technician asked me to remove my pants and underwear and lie down on the exam table while he waited outside. They gave me a towel to cover up with in the meanwhile. When the exam started I was completely exposed, and the technician basically pushed my penis out of the way with the ultrasound probe if it was in te way.

I had my ultrasound done as a result of some discomfort felt in my testicles and it revealed a harmless hydrocele which I have described in an early post. As a result my left testicle looks bigger than the right when my scrotum is relaxed but strangely when it is perfectly even when the scrotum is compact and tight.

As with other matters it appears that differing cultures have alternative ideas to how one is dressed or covered during an examination. One can see that the English speaking nations, and some others, go out of their way to cover up anything other than the body part being examined or checked. Whereas in many European countries like France nothing is given to "hide" the penis while the scrotum/testes are being given an ultrasound. Also in my experience in France it is a doctor that conducts the ultrasound and not a technician.

Also in my experience in France it is a doctor that conducts the ultrasound and not a technician.

I don’t know how ultrasounds are done in France, but here in Belgium nurses specialised in medical imaging usually do ultrasounds, x-rays, MRI, etc...

Here a doctor basically gives a prescription for an ultrasound that says what needs to be examined, the images are then sent to the doctor who identifies any anomalies.

Definitely in France it is specialist nurses or technicians who do MRI Scans or X-rays as i had some done last year. However I am certain that the two ultrasound procedures that I have had, one for hydrocele and the other a small cyst in the lower back were conducted by doctors.

I do recall when still living in the UK that in the late 1990's I had an ultrasound scan for suspected kidney stones and that as done by two specialist nurses/technicians.

I’ve had four scrotal ultrasounds due to a varicocele I developed when I was about 14 years old. I had varicocele embolization When I was 25 and again at age 26 to get rid of the varicocele, so I just had a recent scrotal ultrasound which confirmed the varicocele was gone.

The tech will typically have you (patient) grab your penis with a towel and cover it which just allows them to manipulate and scan your scrotum.

The tech told me to lay my penis on my abdomen and cover it with a drape she provided. I almost laughed out loud! Let's just say the dimensions of my little dick don't lend themselves to "laying it on my abdomen!" I had to hold it with my hand over the drape. She did not comment.

Penis covered, Gel warm, Tech cute.

I recently received an ER testicle ultrasound due to an infection as a result of my Foley urinary catheter backing up. They needed to see if my left testicle lost blood circulation and died. (It did not), but it was the size of a medium orange! I was not covered at all, nor did I care. Yes the tech was a nice looking young lady; they usually are. That triage room contained myself, my wife, the ultrasound tech, and various revolving lab people, and not one of us was concerned about the state of my penis’s undress.

It seems that respect for modesty is different when crossing the Atlantic (which is difficult at the moment).

I went to the urologist this morning. He asked me to lie on the exam table to do ultrasounds. I immediately dropped my pants and briefs. He started with the kidneys, so my penis was exposed for several minutes. Today I didn’t feel any particular embarrassment or excitement.

The frequency with which the tech for this is female is ... startling.

Not really surprising I suppose. But still, walk into any woman's health center these days and you can swear that the mere surplus of testosterone you've brought with you into the demesnes is leading all of them to look at you like your skin was blue. Which, also, is just fine. And I think more women have issues / concerns with male health providers, particularly in the area of "female problems" than do men.

Still, I guess I would have expected to start seeing a parallel migration to same-sex techs being assigned.

Unless...perhaps the ladies all rush to sign up for shifts first? 😉

I recently had one done, which came out normal. It was done by a female tech, which seems fairly common. My underpants were on, but we would pull them down a bit in order to put on the gel. I was just lying there and really didn't think much about it.

I had to have one done once, some time ago. In 2008, so I knew a girl, whom I knew personally and intimately she is an Imaging Tech, she told me what I would need from my Dr and we arranged an appointment. I went to the place, I didn't feel nervous as she had seen me naked before personally, just as I had seen her. She told me to strip from the waist down and I got under a blanket and she draped off what was necessary but could still have access. Because I knew her so well, I felt comfortable and I explained what I thought it was, and what I was hoping it wasn't. It was confirmed by her as a hydrocele. That made me feel at ease, and she told me why it was one of those rather than a varicocele, which can be more serious. Once we were almost done, there was a knock at the door and without any reply to come in, some woman barged in wearing scrubs, and barked how she was the senior radiologist and was going to examine me. I covered myself up when she walked in, I told her she was not going to examine me and that I was done. She argued that no diagnosis could not be made unless she confirmed it. I said, I didn't care, I had confirmation enough. So when I finally told her that I wanted her to leave the room, and told her again she would not be putting her hands on me at all, she snapped off her gloves that she had spent the last few moment putting on, and threw them across the room and stormed out. She may have been more the qualified one, but I was happy that my friend and experienced imaging tech had the experience and knowledge too.

The female tech covered my penis with my gown but when I got an erection she did not put the gown over it. She continued with the ultrasound.