School Medicals

As I've previously posted on other threads on this site, I only had one school medical which involved a genital exam. It was in the early-mid 1980s when I'd just turned 12. It was part of the 1st year of secondary school medical - the doctor lowered my underpants, gave my penis and testicles a quick inspection, and pulled my undies up again. All over in less than a minute.

At the time it felt scary, but afterwards I started to feel excited by the memory of it. Those feelings intensified over the following months and years as I went through puberty, and morphed into what I now know as MedFet.

With hindsight, I feel cheated that I didn't have any more thorough school medicals (or doctor genital exams) during my teen years. Every bit of embarrassment and humiliation at the time would have repaid itself thousands of times over in the subsequent decades in terms of MedFet pleasure recalling the memories!

I went to state schools in Scotland in the 1980's and 90's and had a number of school medicals in that time, as has been said since they seem to have died away since, but I think Scotland was later than many parts of the UK in stopping them.

I don't recall undergoing physical exams in school. They did do lice checks after an outbreak when I was in first or second grade, I think. Then, a scoliosis check in 6th or 7th grade. Anyone getting hurt on the playground, or feeling sick, etc. did visit the school nurse, but they didn't do physicals.

Here we had exam before first grade, eye exam in third grade, in fifth full physical, again in seventh and eighth full physical and last full school physical exam was last year of high school

I grew up in Georgia, graduated from high school in 1970. I had to have a physical for college admission but never had one at school. The only thing I ever had at school were hearing and vision tests. The only required physicals at my schools were for those who played sports, and I was not an athlete. The doctor who did the athletic physicals was an old general practitioner who didn't believe in gowns--he did the stethoscope exam with the patient stripped down to the waist whether the patient was 8 or 80, male or female. He would come to the school on two successive Saturdays to do the athletic physicals, girls one Saturday and boys the other. The girls who were his regular patients (as many of them were) knew the drill--if they went in for a cough or cold, the nurse would tell them “undress down to the waist and have a seat on the table, he'll want to listen to your chest.” I heard girls refer to their athletic physicals as “showing our tits to Dr. Charlie."

We had them every 2 years in the lower grades and then each year in high school. My most memorable was in 8th grade; the exam was done during phys-ed class. After we had gotten changed about a dozen of us were instructed to report to the nurses office. Once there the nurse told us to remove our shirt and form a line. The inner office had a privacy screen but of course you could hear what was happening as guys were getting examined. As I neared the front of the line I realized that the next guys in line had a pretty clear view of the exam taking place. The guy being examined just before me got an erection during the hernia exam, that was the first time saw an erect penis other than my own.

Yes, we had annual medical exams at school, starting at 6.

Until 12, it was only eyes, ears, weight, a couple of questions, then the doctor listened quickly to you heart and lungs.

Then 12-18 we also had our blood pressure tested. During one of those visits, one of the nurses suddenly put her stethoscope in my ears and held the chestpiece over my heart. Her colleague was also smiling, and grabbed my wrist to check my pulse (I did not even know about this at the moment)

I didn't have access to a regular doctor because I was in foster care until age 11. I usually only saw a doctor if I had taken seriously ill and any kind of medical check up was cursory at best. My foster parents (later my adoptive parents) took me to a pediatrician a few weeks after I moved into their home. It was my first real experience with a kind and nurturing home.

It was explained to me my health care record was spotty at best and it was in my best interest to see a doctor for a physical exam (despite the fact at age 11 my intelligence was considered above average I had no clue about physical exams and preventive health care).

The exam itself could have been a recipe for disaster due to the fact I had been both physically and sexually abused by that point. I remember my FPs having a private conversation with my doctor prior to my exam. They explained I was very withdrawen, nervous and was untrusting of others (especially adults).

My doctor was so incredibly kind and understanding. Every time she touched my shivering body I felt a sensation of warmth and kindness that was completely alien to me. Yes she had to check my penis and testicles. It was challenging but I got through it ok. When I was getting dressed my doctor smiled at me and said."You we're a very brave boy today. This was not easy for you but you took it like a man. You are much wiser and tougher than you think you are. I want to not just be your doctor but a friend you can trust. Will you let me be your friend?" After all that it was difficult to say no.

Regretfully later that year I had developed a very bad bronchial infection which turned into walking pneumonia. Once again my doctor knew exactly how to treat me both medically and on a personal level. I was so fortunate to have her in my corner.

In my state schools physicals were required of all students every few years. My FPs didn't follow this protocol. I had a complete physical on a yearly basis.

When I was a senior in HS I thought it would be my last visit because I would be attending college out of state. She explained to me she would be willing to continue my care until I turned 22 as she also treated young adults … “God forbid, if you take ill see the University's health services department and if you need follow up care I will help you. All I ask is you see me for a yearly check up. You are in excellent health and in peak physical condition. Let me help you continue your transition to adulthood.”

After getting dressed and getting ready to leave she said “Hold on there buddy, not so fast”. She then reached out and hugged me. “That scared withdrawn boy has evolved into a rock solid young man. Much like your parents I am so proud of you.” I would not be the man I have become today (elusive railroad drifter/serial killer hahaha) had it not been for my doctor.

I guess my secondary school medical was the starting point in my interest. A group of us were all taken out of class and told to go to the changing rooms outside the gym. We were told to undress and take off everything apart from underpants. We were then lined up in a long row facing a sitting nurse and a doctor. One by one we were led off from the left of the line, round in front of the nurse. I can't recall what she did. Then we moved one position to the right in front of the doctor. He did the standard steth tests etc and then told us to drop our underpants to the floor and stand legs apart. He then did a genital and cough test. Then we had to turn around, bend over for him to examine our anus. The pull up our underpants and walk to the other end of the line. Therefore everyone there from our class got to see everyone being examined and their ‘bits' on full display. It was very noticeable that whenever a boy dropped his pants in front of the doctor the nurse turned her head to look.

Then we had to turn around, bend over for him to examine our anus. The pull up our underpants and walk to the other end of the line. Therefore everyone there from our class got to see everyone being examined and their ‘bits' on full display..

@gismo67 until what age was it? How did boys react?

So I recall age 15 (or maybe 14). Reaction? Embarrassment and stunned.

@gismo67 yes, I can imagine how embarrassing it may be for a boy 14-15 to pull his undies down and moreover then to show your anus and all this in front of your classmates and a female nurse.

When bending over we were facing our classmates, so when the pants were pulled down and up everthing was on display to them.

When bending over we were facing our classmates, so when the pants were pulled down and up everthing was on display to them.

So your classmates could see your penis or your butt?

Both

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Very nice memories. I wish I had such experience.

I think my fetish also started when I went to my school medicals.

In Belgium, we got a school medical every two years till the age of 15-16.

We had to change in separate cubicles in groups of 5 and strip off to our briefs. Then, just wearing briefs, we had to enter the nurse's office. She weighed and measured us, did the eye test, colour blindness test etc. We either had to bring a urine sample from home, or provide a sample right there, in the toilet.

Then we had to enter the doctor's office one by one. He then took our blood pressure, listened to heart and lungs etc. And the best part came in the end : we had to stand in front of the doctor who was sitting down. He then suddenly lowered our briefs and examined our penis, rolled back our foreskin, and palpated our balls. After this we could pull up our briefs and leave.

@Boa very simular to us girls, but Dr never lowered or removed underwear

@Secret_sub although you didn’t have your underwear lowered, did the dr make a visual check down the front of your knickers? Boys were subject to a genital examination when I was at school, but not sure if girls were.

We had to change in separate cubicles in groups of 5 and strip off to our briefs. Then, just wearing briefs, we had to enter the nurse's office.

I've heard of this arrangement before (but never asked a Belgian friend). Were these the sort of cubicles that had a door at either end of the cubicle? Am I right in thinking that you would wait your turn in the cubicle and the nurse would fetch you one by one?

@Examined no I didn't

@tjc

They were indeed cubicles with a door at each end. But we didn't have to wait until the nurse called us. We just had to strip to our briefs and then walk in the nurse's office. So there were 5 of us in just our (white) briefs together.

@tjc

They were indeed cubicles with a door at each end. But we didn't have to wait until the nurse called us. We just had to strip to our briefs and then walk in the nurse's office. So there were 5 of us in just our (white) briefs together.

Guess there have been some changes in the procedure over the years. I can only vaguely remember seeing any of my classmates in their briefs during the exams in pre school. During the exams in primary school and secondary I never saw any other classmate in his underwear. We would change in a cubicle and wait on a chair in the hallway till the nurse got us. The nurse’s office was connected with the doctors office via a double door. So after the nurse I would wait between the doctor’s office and the nurses office. Then visit the doctor and after that back into the empty hallway and the cubicle. When I was in pre school exams where still done by the PMS (preventief medisch schoolonderzoek) later on it was done by the CLB ( centrum leerling begeleiding).

Guess there have been some changes in the procedure over the years.

Much would also depend on which building in which location the exams were done. The buildings were not standard.

For instance in the Belgian high school I attended, the PMS was located in a few rooms in the school itself, something which I later learned was somewhat unusual. Later when in the university, the exams were done in a municipal building that housed other municipal administrations and offices. The setup was different in this last one, with things geared to get more exams done per time unit. I remember in this last building that 3 or 5 students would be examined one directly after the other in each other's presence for the routine matters like weighing, eye charts etc. With the (utterly bored and uninterested) doctor, it would be one student going into his side-office/room at a time.

In the high school PMS, the setup was for a much smaller number of students and we had all things done one by one, no grouping together of students. We were also called out of the classrooms by groups of 2 or 3 at a time. Obviously to minimize 'valuable' time lost in not studying all the boring and useless subjects being taught.

@Medfan

You are right … things must have changed over the years. And perhaps all PMS-centres weren't organised in the same way. I'm nearly 60 so there are quite a number of years between our school medicals.

We didn't mind being in underwear together at the time. We also saw eachother in underwear or less in sports or swimming classes, so being in briefs at the doctor's was not so unusual.

@Boa : I confirm that I had the same medical visits until I was 19 years old. Always the same way of doing things!

Mandatory school medicals for all students occurred in grades first, sixth, and tenth. They were group physicals, separated by gender, conducted in the nurse's office. Male students, like myself, were required to remove our shirts and undo our pants. We lined up and as we approached the front of the line, we were instructed to drop our pants and underwear to mid thigh. The doctor checked our BP and auscultated our chest. Then she would examine our testicles and palpate our penis. She pinched open the urethra and concluded with a hernia check.

Thanks @Boa, @Medfan, and @V10; this has answered many of my questions/thoughts about how the whole process worked!

Very, very different from my one school medical in the UK.

@tjc

You're welcome ! Glad my description has given you more information about school medicals here. Glad to chat if you want.

My school required physicals for initial entry and a couple other grades while student athletes needed a physical every year to play sports. Almost everybody had them done at a private doctor. I didn't do school sports, but my parents took me to see a doctor every year, regardless. Additionally the school conducted basic medical checks on all students every year. These were all simple and painless things, nothing scary in the slightest.

In elementary school, every year involved doing the “presidential fitness test” in gym, part of which was calculating your BMI from height and weight, and doing flexibility and strength tests. Obviously, this was done fully clothed other than shoes off for height/weight and the “sit and reach” test, but while I was a fit and healthy kid, some kids who weren't were really embarrassed about under performing/outright failing in front of their classmates. We'd also do hearing and vision checks every year at the nurse's office in which we were called down alphabetically by last name. In second grade some kid in my class got lice and so our entire class had to have our heads checked by the nurse in our classroom (he ended up being the only one).

In middle and high school, the fitness test no longer included height/weight as it was considered “too humiliating”. Hearing/vision tests became once every other year and on the alternating years, we'd go to the nurse during gym class in groups of 4 or 5 (all boys or all girls) for a scoliosis check and our height/weight would be measured then. While we went as a group, the check was done individually in a room at the back of the nurse's office. Taking my shirt off was the most exposed I ever had to be for any of these school checks. Girls were told in advance to wear swimsuits under their clothes for some reason (I guess in case they didn't normally wear a bra?). In 11th grade, despite not having gym, all students still had to do one final hearing/vision test in which we were called down to the nurse alphabetically again.