Female coughing at their exam.

Are women ever asked to cough at their exams, or checked for a hernia, if so what happens?

No, females are not generally checked for hernia because in women, they present differently. We might be asked to cough if the doctor suspects a pulmonary issue, but not to check for hernia.

No coughing is for male hernia exams

As far as I know, in the UK a woman can be asked to cough during a Gyn exam to see if there is any stress incontinence.

Asking a female patient to bare down or cough have similar effects on the assessment of the pelvic floor muscles and look for possible prolapses or incontinence, so it's common as part of the "external genital dynamic inspection " with labia separated or with finger or fingers inserted and pressing down or up bellow the urethra. a gynecologist may also insert one finger and ask the woman to "squezze" it as strong and long that she cans. Both procedures are very interesting and erotic in my opinion.

During part of the internal I ask my female patients to squeeze and tighten their vaginal muscles, and as doutordouglas says that can be rather erotic.

What can be even more erotic is for the doctor to have some fingers inside the vagina during orgasm, and to feel the involuntary contractions that often occur at that point...

That can be rather rewarding for both the play doctor and patient.

Dr Philip - The UK Play Doctor.

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During part of the internal I ask my female patients to squeeze and tighten their vaginal muscles, and as doutordouglas says that can be rather erotic. What can be even more erotic is for the doctor to have some fingers inside the vagina during orgasm, and to feel the involuntary contractions that often occur at that point... That can be rather rewarding for both the play doctor and patient. Dr Philip - The UK Play Doctor.

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I totally agree with you distinguished colleague!

Quite often seen this on embarrassing bodies when women are being examined for urinary incontinance.

Have a look on their youtube channel I am sure a couple of suitable videos there last time I looked.

Smith

The only time I was ever asked to cough was when I was being catheterized for a urine sample and the doc asked me to cough as he inserted it into the bladder. Probably for my own comfort

I was asked to cough during an iud insertion.

My Gyn never asked me to cough during the exam.

I have never been asked to cough during any exam.

Some the pt is ask to do so, to check for a prolapse.

I've been asked to bear down multiple times...but never cough

I was asked to bear down for the an internal pelvic exam, but that was with an old provider who was a NP.

I've also been asked to "bear down". I heard from a guy friend that "bearing down" is another option for the hernia exam as well. You don't actually have to cough.

Yes, I believe your male acquaintance is correct. During my sophomore year in high school, there was much clamoring after the girls returned from their school physicals. Finally, the teacher asked them to quiet down. One of the girls raised her hand and asked him how they check girls for hernias. This peaked my interest. I asked her after class what had occurred during her physical that she would ask such a question. She replied that the doctor reached into her panties, placing his hand on the side of her groin and asked her to cough. He repeated the process on the other side of her groin, then asked her to lower her panties to mid thigh and inserted his finger into her vagina and asked her to bear down.

My wife was asked to check for bladder issues.