What embarrassing questions were you asked during a medical exam?

Forgive my ignorance but why in the hell would someone taking you blood ask you anything about sex let alone anal sex?

Anal sex greatly increases the risk of HIV transmission. Knowing a patient's sexual history gives medical personnel better knowledge of what potential diseases or infections to screen for. In a clinical setting, it's a perfectly valid question.

This was anything but embarrassing. In fact, it was one of the funniest things that ever happened to me.

I had a fistula and was being examined anally at one of the most renowned medical clinic in the world. I was on my left side, legs drawn up, bare butt. As the doctor insert his finger in my anal opening, I naturally tighten. Instead of saying something like "Just Relax." Or "Push out like you are voiding. " He said. "As soon as a feel your tonsils, I will quit."

Needless to say, I started laughing and relaxed. Finally I said. "I don't have any tonsils."

As he was with finger his finger from my anal passageway. He retorted. "I know."

I might add here that the doctor went to Medical School with my brother. Although I had never met him, he was not a total stranger.

@ddell2 Wish I could've been there to see that!!! LMAO 😆😆😆

At the pediatrician - it was always as he put his hands in my underwear to give me a testicular exam that he'd begin to ask me if I was sexually active or have had any "issues with my penis or testicles". There's just something about the doc grabbing the boys downstairs and then asking about sex.

I had an offer from the health insurance: free annual medical assessment. I got the appointment with a nurse practitioner.

"How often do you have ejaculations?" uh once a month "Sex with someone else or by yourself?" by myself? "Masturbation." um with female friend, with benefits. "for prostate health you should have ejaculations at least twice a week." umm... "Do you masturbate?" well.... "no harm. twice a week" OK

@Boshuy69 those are all valid questions that should and need to be asked by our physicians and we should answer them honestly and straight forward.

The only weird one lately was the doctor asked if I was in a sexual relationship. When I said "no", he followed it up with "are you okay with that?" as if it were some choice...

The most embarassing questions I did get were when I was about 22. During the psychological interview which was part of the selection and recruitment exams and tests dor the military services. The psychologist who was female, after general questins and topics did steer the topic towards my later development period and exams of when I was between 14 and 18. So, the questions did become much more personal as well as intimate. Questions about sexuality, experiences, preferences, etc. And being in briefs sitting on a chair at her desk didn’t help. After answering questions and taliking about it for some time she did look at me and asked whether or not I was aroused by the topic. I did say ‘no’, she then made me stand up and told me my body did tell her otherwise and she asked me again. And I just did answer ‘no’ again. (As I honestly wasn’t). Then she told me to stand besides her desk and to take off my briefs. She then watched me and went on with the ‘interview’. At that moment, I wished I could call ‘scotty’ to beam me up …

Further to my previous comment, during regular check ups I am always asked some questions they clearly use for statistical analysis. I always feel embarrassment when they ask "have you ever been circumcised?". There is something about the way they ask it that makes me feel embarassed. Not "are you circumcised?"."have you ever been circumcised". Maybe my mind just wanders too much.

So when I was like 22, I was admitted to a medical center for fever of undetermined origin (105F for 5 days). It was the late 80s and I was a emt and universal precautions were just becoming a thing so who knows what I might have been exposed to.

I was in a 3 bed ward room and in come the two infectious disease docs.

They asked all the normal questions then headed down the HIV catch all at the time.

They were insistent on asking me about all of the interactions two men could engage in. Even encouraging me that it's alright if you did these and trying to coerce a confession out of me. All the rest of the staff and patients in the room heard everything. I was still a virgin at the time with women and men and they had a hard time believing that I didn't engage in some men on men sex.

Being feverish I don't remember if my fiancee was also in the room at the time of the questioning. Still remember that part of the horrible hospital stay to this day 36 years later.

Also even though I was 22 was in overflow in the pediatrics ward. And yes for accuracy and being in pediatrics all temps were rectal.

I was asked how often i masturbate, when i First ejaculate, If i have Sex with Girls or Boys or mutually masturbate

I expect questions about being sexually active or not, and have no issue, but if asked about masturbation, although also a valid question, it does get slightly embarrassing. For some reason, I get most embarrassed when asked to characterize my bowel movements... frequency, color, texture, etc. I have trouble knowing what to say or how to characterize them. This is something I'll have to get over, as I will be seeing a colorectal surgeon (a.k.a. proctologist) in a couple months on a consult for rectal pain