Orchidometer at physicals

Hey,

Just wondering if any of you have ever used or had an orchidometre used at the doc?

Yes...to check my "development & growth". The doc used them on me starting at 10 until I was 18.

I´ve never had one of these instruments used either.

Nor have I have ever found a set for sale at a flea market either, even though you can find just about everything sooner or later if you keep looking diligently enough.

Though perhaps with an orchidometer, you might try looking at secondhand jewelry stalls ... it´s easy for an uninformed person to think they are a sort of necklace or ornament, unbalanced and unsymmetrical though they are.

As a teenager I was somewhat short for my age so it was suggested that my parents take me to an endocrinologist. That was the most extensive exam I recall as a teenager as I was stripped to my underwear during the exam and then asked to remove them and given the most intense genital evaluation that a young man could have. He had me spread eagle with my legs apart )almost like the position of a frogs legs). He held some odd egg shaped plastic items against my scrotum during this part of the exam. He made me feel less uncomfortable as I quickly became erect during this portion of the exam and even handed me some tissues as it was obvious that some fluid was leaking from the tip of my penis. I also recall him saying he was going to culture this fluid but I didn't understand what he meant until I was much older. He also made several comments about my "happy trail" of hair up to my navel and said to me that one day I would make the girls very happy to be with me. Little did he know that it was the boys I would be making happy later on!

Gmslbeach you reminded me how certain doctors may be clueless as to our excitement about physical exams which may produce pre-cum and not signs of some std. Vg

In a school exam in the 10th grade the doctor used an orchidometre to asses the size and the degree of development of our testicles for a nationwide study. For this part of the exam I had to take down my underwear and stand leaning against the edge of the examination table. The doctor would sit in front of me, feel my testicles and compare them to the different sized balls on the orchidometre, while I had to hold up my penis with one hand, so it wouldn't get in the way.

I was subject to check ups every 6 months since i was 12.5 untill i was 16.5 . i had one of my testicles brought by surgery to the scrotum and i was examined to check this testicle development. as part of the exam the doc used orchidometer to compare the size of that testicle to the other and to compare both of them to the tanner stage of development i was in. i didn't know at the time all these terms, only here i learnd that this egg-shaped plastic chains is calle orchidometer. I remember wishing i'd reach this step when my testicles will reach the wright volume and i won't have to be in this embarrassing situation anymore.

I had an endo use one on me over several visits

I had it used as part of a study I was in.

Never had one, although with mom in room until college I'm kinda glad!

An orchidometer was used on me when I was about 15 and my pediatrician thought I had delayed puberty. He had my mom take me to a pediatric endocrinologist. Her nurse made me take off all my clothes with mom in the room. The doctor, an old gray haired woman, came in to the room and had me stand in the middle of the exam room with my hands on my head and walked around me. She then knelt down in front of me and felt my dick and balls. She then told her nurse to hand her the prader balls. The nurse handed her oval plastic balls tied together. The doctor squeezed my balls and held different sized balls up to mine. She then asked me if my penis ever got stiff and larger and when I rubbed myself down here did white stuff come out. She then patted me on the rear and said, "honey, you can get dressed." She told my mom that I was a little slow to develop but she did not think there was anything to worry about and to make an appointment to see her when I was 16. I was fine by then.

No my doc never did. He felt how large the testicles are with his hand, but doesn't compare the with an orchidometer

Never had any doctor use an orchidometer.

I have one which I use on every patient. The challenge is to isolate the testicle enough to make a reasonable comparison with the relevant unit on the orchidometer. Patients seem to like it, and to know how their testicle size compares with others. I bought it at the online shop of a medical faculty. It was pretty expensive, but worth it in the long run. 😃

Never, hadn't even heard of it until I started to explore medical fetishes a bit.

Never used on me and I do feel that I have been cheated by not having this done.

Never used on me too.

I also haven't had this done to me.

Never done on me either.

This is the first time I ever heard of the name and the existence of such an instrument.

But I would love to have a try at it

No, my doctor never used orchidometer.

I have never seen such a device.

It seems to me 1) that doctors should be able to assess whether testicles have reached their adult size 2) and female members will confirm that, like penises, testicles come in different size, from olive to egg, and that, as for the penis, size has not much to do with the ability to pleasure a female partner.

I know the instrument, but I never had direct experience. I remember as a child I saw a boy measured with the orchidometer, i was at the hospital and he was in the bed next to mine when two doctors ( a man and a woman) checking his scrotum. I would like to try it.

Never had one. I have only seen those instruments in pictures. As far as I know orchidometers are not used in my country.

I've never seen one used, on me or on anyone else, so I guess it's not that common. However, I've read a couple of guides for pediatricians in my country which suggest using them to assess sexual maturity, so there might be some doctors who use it

I have only seen/heard of them, but never had them used on me. Chatted online with one man who was getting physicals in the mid-70s and that piece of equipment was apparently standard. Was it just a fad or are there some situations in modern medicine where these are still being used?

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Was it just a fad or are there some situations in modern medicine where these are still being used?

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I would suppose it was something of a fad, an instrument used by doctors who were either very meticulous and into exact measurements, or who simply liked all the ensuing handling and measuring of genitals.

Most doctors would probably have simply relied on the Mark I Eyeball to asses maturity. And adding a wide margin to cover the fact that many mature at an older age than the majority.

Things would have been different when real endocrinological issues were taken in consideration, when there were unmistakable signs of growth issues. But then again, I would surmise that it would be rather obvious without the use of any instruments other than a visual assessment (or more likely observation by parents) that someone was very much in arrears with bodily development ...

You don't really need an orchidometer to make that observation ... but it would come in useful afterwards to monitor growth during treatments ...

In any case, I've never encountered them nor heard of them being used, except in stories and accounts here or on other forums.

As I mentioned before, I bought mine from the shop of a medical school. Mostly the customers are medical students or doctors, so I guess there are at least a few professionals out there using them... mainly more at the smaller end of the device to measure development in boys. 😃

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You don't really need an orchidometer to make that observation ... but it would come in useful afterwards to monitor growth during treatments ...

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I agree. I trust it's enough that physicians can make their observation by eyeball it. An experienced physician can evaluate the right Tanner stage as well without using an orchidometer. I guess this is pretty much exaggeration that measurements should do in this way.

Never even seen one in person, much less had 1 used on me