Anus exam as a kid

I wish I my doctor never even looked back there

Had lots of school medical exams, but anus was never checked. Seems they were looking for head lice..

I wish I my doctor never even looked back there

Hope you know that many members here have the opposite idea … ha ha ha

Ped always looked. I would lay prone on belly and he would spread cheeks and look. Never a dre at the ped. This was 70s/80s so no gloves were used.

At age 9 ('59) in a effort to find out why I was having increasing episodes of too wide too pass bm's--I was taken to the hospital on a Saturday early morning. I was put into a bed-- in my p.j.bottoms (no briefs) and a T-shirt. A nurse came in and told me to lay on my stomach for a shot . It knocked me out in 30 seconds.I believe a camera or some other visual device (1959 version) was then inserted into my rectum. I woke up 2 hours later. I felt Some mild soreness in my anal area. My Dad came in and told me to get dressed. I was never told exactly what was done. A week or so later I was constipated (again) and I was informed I would be getting (my first ever) “enema with the enema bag”. Not much of a explanation---but I needed to be ready for it “ in about half a hour or so ”. Dramatic previous “reports” from my same age neighborhood buddies on their enema's had me frantic. I tried to be brave but when the clamp was unlicked-- I ended up bawling & crying & wriggling some. But I had got my first 1 quart warm soapy water enema bag enema. Many more would occur. The experiences continued and evolved from then on …

Don't recal ever having that happen to me.

I remember an anus check as being part of my checkups as a kid. Those exams ended with me standing in front of the doctor as he sat on his wheelie stool. He'd lower my underpants to my ankles and have my step out of them. He wore headband with the classic round mirror with the hole and position it to reflect the light from a nearby goose-neck lamp on my penis and scrotum. He'd then look and give them a feel around. Satisfied, he'd put his hands on my hips and start the motion to have me turn around. His hands would slide across my skin lightly as I turned and then tighten his grip to stop me when I'd turned to the right angle. His hands still on my hips he'd tell me to touch my toes. Once in position he'd use his thumbs to spread my cheeks and have a look. When I was little (< 7) he signaled he was finished with a little flick of the wrist giving my butt cheek at spank-like pat. This probably all took less than 30 seconds.

There was one trip when he took a little longer looking between my cheeks. That time he had me stay touching my toes and held out his hand for the nurse to slide on a glove. He then told me to reach back and spread my butt cheeks wide apart for him which I did. I then felt him place one hand on my hip and he said “You're going to feel a little pressure.” I then felt his finger touch my anus, give it a little wiggle and then to my surprise slide it inside. I took a half-step forward but was told “Hold still, almost done.” His finger twisted around a little bit and then withdrawn.

“All done. You can stand up now. Everything's fine." He picked up my underpants from the floor with his ungloved hand and handed them to me as I turned around.

I was in a bit of a daze as I got dressed and rode home in the back seat of the car in near silence.

— I now remember what likely triggered that extra examination. My anus had been itchy in the weeks leading up to the doctors appointment. My mom kept telling me to ‘not scratch back there’. She must have mentioned it to the doctor.

The lesson I learned from that was “If I don't want the doctor sticking his finger up my butt, be more discrete when I need to scratch my butt.”

This happened to me when I went to my first well teen exam at age 14. The doctor did all the basics and then checked my boobs and then had me open my legs for an external exam. She didn't use a speculum or insert any fingers, just a looked through my pubic hair and spread the labia for tanner staging, then got a q-tip and swabbed the opening of my vagina. Next she had me flip onto my back and spread my cheeks to take a look. It probably wasn't more than 15 seconds but it felt like it was forever.

@jennerhet45 : Any idea what the swab at the vaginal opening was for?

My parents took me to a pediactric gastro. when I was about four due to constipation. The only part of the exam I actually remember was laying on my back on the table and having the dr lift my shirt and palpate my abdomen. I know she must have examined my rectum as well, but I don’t know if it was an external or internal check. Afterwards my dad (who is a dr) gave me some type of laxative administered rectally.

It’s funny to see the people who were used to it as it happened every exam. It VVM seems they weren’t too phased. In my case we barely got nude at the doctors so when they had to do anything to my bottom I put up a helluva fight

I had it happen once around 17-18 before my annual physical for wrestling senior year. This was the last time I visited her. She was an old lady doctor who was thorough. I was on the exam table facing down. I don't remember clearly, but I felt pressure as she told me to relax, but she didn't go deep so not sure if this really qualifies as a rectal exam. When I first saw her around 14, I thought she was going to do a rectal as I was on the table face down, but she just looked and pressed around, so I don't think it was a rectal exam. The other times between 14 and 18, she didn't look at my rear end, although every time she had me strip naked prior to starting the examination.

The usual was to turn over and the doctor would spread my buttocks wide and lightly touch the outer area of my anus. I was always nervous and embarrassed at doing this for fear it would be to get another temperature taken or worse a shot in my butt. It wasn't until later that I found out how a finger felt going up and into me.

Nothing to horrendous. Whilst frog leg on table would visually examine anus.

Just a quick peek after he looked at my vagina.

Never had one before

@PatientH What age did that particular exam happen? Also, what was the reason for the visit? A physical exam or?

My doctor would have turn over and lay on tummy he would spread my butt cheeks for a quick look.

Not routinely not that I recall so could not have been more than a glance.

One of my family, due to lichen scerlosis, did have visual inspection of the area growing up but its something touch wood is well controlled and likely out grown.