Strange Clinical Breast Exam

My wife had a new doctor do a breast exam right before covid-19. since then our medical company says that they no longer recommend clinical breast exam by a doctor, so i guess that might be the last one i will ever see.

So this doctor, who was about 30, put lubricant on his fingers before rubbing them on her breasts. he explained first that he would do that and said it gives him better feel for what is under the skin. it was super hot to watch.

i was hoping that all doctors would do that now.

I am particularly surprised at the position of your health insurance

Indeed, it is still recommended to practice at least one palpation of the breasts each year, in addition to the monthly self-examination by the patient (or by her friend)

Perhaps it should be understood that they no longer reimburse a consultation only for this examination but that it must be integrated into a routine visit.

On the other hand, it is also possible that your insurance considers that after a certain age they no longer consider this preventive action to be essential and I think that they are mistaken. Do they still reimburse for a mammogram every 3 years?

As for the doctor who lubricates his hands, it's a practice I've never heard of but why not?

Actually, the current recommendations are that routine clinical breast exam should not be performed for breast cancer detection.

In the US, mammography is the only current ‘routine’ procedure to detect breast cancer.

It is unfortunate. i love a good breast exam.