What embarrassing questions were you asked during a medical exam?

I was 13 years old, standing naked in front of the pediatrician, my mother was present and he asked me if I had already had my first ejaculation.

Those questions are always best when served up while standing nude in front of your mother! Given that my pediatrician always examined me nude, and my mother was in the exam room with me through high school, I endured lots of questions in that situation lol

Pretty confident they have heard it all. At my recent hemorrhoid exam with a new Dr. She asked what aggravates the hemorrhoids, I quietly told her that anal play with toys over 1" tend to flare them up even with lots of warm up. My bad talking quietly because she repeated it louder to the assistant taking notes in the room, and added on that my anal muscles are rather tight. On my second visit she just mentioned when leaving to make sure I use lots of lube when playing with toys and if they flare up again to come back and she will band them. Not sure if I was more embarrassed the first visit or second, but I couldn't just say when constipated or they tell you to take more fiber and be on your way.

Pretty confident they have heard it all. At my recent hemorrhoid exam with a new Dr. She asked what aggravates the hemorrhoids, I quietly told her that anal play with toys over 1" tend to flare them up even with lots of warm up. My bad talking quietly because she repeated it louder to the assistant taking notes in the room, and added on that my anal muscles are rather tight. On my second visit she just mentioned when leaving to make sure I use lots of lube when playing with toys and if they flare up again to come back and she will band them. Not sure if I was more embarrassed the first visit or second, but I couldn't just say when constipated or they tell you to take more fiber and be on your way.

Now that took balls to say! LMAO 😄

Now that took balls to say! LMAO 😄

LOL didn't know what else to say but be honest. Yes it was hard to say, but I enjoy anal play 😃

When I was visiting the fertility clinic with wife, and was asked about bedtime manners, one question to both of us is if we still masterbating, that is hard to tell in front of my partner but have to tell the truth to the dr.

I don’t really get embarrassed now, but when I was younger I would always get embarrassed when the doctor asked me questions about cramps, discharge, periods. He would always ask while he was doing the genital exam and it was really awkward answering while i could feel his hands moving things around between my legs.

I remember one year he asked my brother if he had had his first ejaculation and all I could think was that it sounded like the word jelly. I asked my mom on the way home what it meant and she said it happened to boys and men when their bodies felt happy. I still didn’t understand so she brought home a book the next day about bodies/puberty. We read through it together over a few days and I remember there were a lot of pictures and cartoon drawings of penises and vaginas that made me laugh.

How is it all it was always how my temperature was taken cuz my mom said rectal and that's how they always proceeded to take it rectal

I remember the first time that I had to answer more than 1 for how many sexual partners I’d had. That’s nothing to be embarrassed about but it felt dirty to me. I got nervous and basically slut shamed myself. It physically made me sick to my stomach to answer truthfully. And then the nurse just moved on like it was no big deal.

Also asking me questions about a body part while they are examining it is weird.

Like the doctor is basically groping my boobs. “Any changes here. Do you feel anything weird? Any discharge? Sensitivity?” While pinching my nipple. It feels like they know something I don’t.

I remember the first time that I had to answer more than 1 for how many sexual partners I’d had. That’s nothing to be embarrassed about but it felt dirty to me. I got nervous and basically slut shamed myself. It physically made me sick to my stomach to answer truthfully. And then the nurse just moved on like it was no big deal.

Not quite the same, but when I was 15 I was asked if I was sexually active yet and I replied yes, which to be fair to me felt like I was bragging a bit, the response I got from the female doctor made me feel dirty about it.

I remember being 11 or 12 and my female doctor asking me if I had had my first ejaculation. My dad and sister were in the room, so I said no. She then asked me if I had ever woken up with wetness in my underwear. Again, I said no even though I had. She then asked me if I had ever had an erection. “That’s when your penis gets stiff and stands up.” I was humiliated.

I honestly can’t think of any. If my pediatrician asked any, I was probably already too embarrassed and anxious from the exam to notice.

As an adult I don’t find any question about my physical health embarrassing if asked by a doctor or nurse.

As an adult I don’t find any question about my physical health embarrassing if asked by a doctor or nurse.

I feel that way too but I'm about to test my limits when I see my PCP in November. I plan on asking her if she's the one I need to have do my TBSEs. I've been expecting the dermatologist to do all that including the genital exams but searching the internet it seems they say you should have your PCP check all that. That was written in 2019 so it's after the switch over to Obamacare which I thought only allowed her to do a wellness check. What she has been doing is basically 'you walked in here and you're breathing' see you next year. My annual appointment for that is coming up in November.

What type of doctor do you see for a clinical exam?

A general practitioner (GP) or primary care physician (PCP) can do physical examinations, which usually include basic genital exams.

If a genital exam isn’t included, request that your GP or PCP do one for you.

A few years ago when I had a groin rash she seemed to be afraid to look but when I stood up from the exam table my pants and undies fell down to my ankles and she saw me anyway. However she quickly looked away. That WAS several years ago so maybe her comfort level with male patients has improved or at least with ME, I hope.

I like her and feel very comfortable with her so I wouldn't mind her doing whatever type of exam is needed. I plan to ask her about my lack of erections. From what I've read today I should still be able to get one. The last one was 27 years ago when my wife actually rode me like a cowgirl shortly after I came home from the bypass surgery but only that one time. It could be the meds but I've always wondered if it was my wife's attitude that killed him.

Maybe she'll send me to someone else but they better be female or I ain't going. I don't want a male touching me.

I was 23, at the clinic because of a swollen prostate, and after the rectal exam, this lovely female doctor in her early fifties asked me to get dressed and answer a few questions. They were, "Some men produce a lot more semen than others, and you are one of those men. About how many times a week do you ejaculate? Because it clearly isn't often enough."

I told her honestly that I usually came around three to five times a week.

"Do you have a partner?"

"Yes, I do. But I only get to see her once a week, if that. Those weeks are when it's five, instead of three." (I didn't feel like telling the doctor that my partner was married, and planning on leaving her abusive husband. But until she did, it wasn't easy for her to be with me.)

"Can you masturbate more frequently? Or would your partner be willing to have sex with you more frequently? You need more climaxes."

My partner had earlier noticed what she called "copious amounts," when I came. When I told her about the doctor's "prescription," she giggled and said, "What an awesome responsibility."

She soon did move out of the home she'd shared with the abusive husband, and got her own place. She invited me to sleep over at her place, so for a while, there were plenty of climaxes.

“Have you climaxed? That’s a question that she DIDN’T ask, but she already knew the answer.

This was during my initial nearly 2-hour exam and talk with my naturopathic doctor about my medical history and intestinal issues. I told her when my insides were tied up and I was feeling overwhelmed, I got relief by taking enemas that cleaned me out and settled my emotions. After all these years, I wasn’t embarrassed to admit that. “We are a bundle of nerves down there,” she said. “Those feelings can be intense and a great stress reliever. It’s perfectly normal.” Absolutely, she knew.

For me was the question about pooping very embarrassing

Never had a question by a doctor that embarrassed me , my Gyn she knows pretty much my sexual past she knows i like anal by the fact when asked if i did anal and said of course , she knows i do enemas all the time , she is one of the remaining few Gyn's that believe in regular douching , my Primary Doc she knows as much as my Gyn , heck she may know more , if you don't have a relationship to trust your doctor enough to be honest with keep looking for the right doctor

I was asked about Masturbation habits , how often i do, when i did first. If i had Sex already

I went to a clinic last week. I explained to the female physicians assistant that I was clearing vines from the neighbors fence and must have contacted poison ivy. She looked at my hands and arms then asked if it was anywhere else. I told her it was on my stomach so she lifted my shirt to check. "Anywhere else?" I hesitated then said it was on my upper thighs and scrotum. She pulled down my shorts for a look. All she said was that's a bad spot. How does it get there? I'll call in a script for you.

I could not wait to leave.

@computerstation so, how did it get there? Enquiring minds want to know…

@Srgfgahs After picking up the cut vines I went into the house and stripped off my clothes. Then I took a piss....should have washed the hands first. Still scratching!

@computerstation that will do it… thank you for the reply.

@computerstation i would have answered a stupid question with a stupid answer , you should have told her it must have happened when my dog licked my hands and then licked my balls !

“Have you started getting discharge in your undies?”

“Have you started getting discharge in your undies?”

I remember similar questions and back when I was younger it always felt really weird answering everything that had to do with my period (or at that time everything that pointed towards me getting my period)

During my prepuce examination "Have you ever consider to have a frenulum surgery?"

While examinating my glans meatus "Have you been subject to urethral procedures in the past?"

I briefly went to a doctor who bestowed his “Christian beliefs “ on his patients, which for me, is very unprofessional. When he asked my wife about our sex life, that was the last straw. I also saw another doctor, who was from India, and she would always ask me how I can afford to live in a good area, with a low income. Again, this is disgusting behavior, for anyone, regardless of their profession.

I briefly went to a doctor who bestowed his “Christian beliefs “ on his patients, which for me, is very unprofessional. When he asked my wife about our sex life, that was the last straw.

Good grief.

With a tad exaggeration on my part, that is almost as bad as taking sexual advantage of a patient. Totally unacceptable behavior.

"Worst for me was when k was younger if I did self checks."

"I had a very similar experience, except the doctor asked my mother if she had noticed any nocturnal emissions (wet dreams)."

"I was 13 years old, standing naked in front of the pediatrician, my mother was present and he asked me if I had already had my first ejaculation."

"At 17 when my doctor asked if I was sexually active with my dad in the room."

"When I was 14, and he had pulled down my undies for the genital exam, he asked my mom if I had started having nocturnal emissions yet, and she said no."

There seems to be a pattern here. Doctors, especially pediatricians, seem to like asking these questions when we were standing nude in front of our moms during our physical exams. They almost seemed to enjoy this dynamic. My pediatrician, who I went to until the end of high school, always with my mother in the exam room, seemed to wait until I was standing nude in front of them as he examined my genitals to ask such questions. I was happy to answer lol

"Worst for me was when k was younger if I did self checks."

"I had a very similar experience, except the doctor asked my mother if she had noticed any nocturnal emissions (wet dreams)."

"I was 13 years old, standing naked in front of the pediatrician, my mother was present and he asked me if I had already had my first ejaculation."

"At 17 when my doctor asked if I was sexually active with my dad in the room."

"When I was 14, and he had pulled down my undies for the genital exam, he asked my mom if I had started having nocturnal emissions yet, and she said no."

There seems to be a pattern here. Doctors, especially pediatricians, seem to like asking these questions when we were standing nude in front of our moms during our physical exams. They almost seemed to enjoy this dynamic. My pediatrician, who I went to until the end of high school, always with my mother in the exam room, seemed to wait until I was standing nude in front of them as he examined my genitals to ask such questions.a I was happy to answer lol

I don't think a doctor necessarily likes asking these questions but it is a matter of being knowledgeable about the adolescent patient's sexual health and development.

I started seeing the doctor alone at age 14 and I was asked similar questions to those mentioned above. My doctor was very diplomatic about such awkward questions stating that she needs to know how well the plumbing system works so I would be capable of having children one day.

Went to the Dr in my teens with some urethra infection. The Dr took a smear of the discharge. The Dr mentioned, you have had some sexual activity i see. I had masturbated prior to the visit, he must have seen some remnents of the semen in the sample.