Longest steth exam

My doctors always listened barely. i went to a new doctor for personal reasons. and in my first consultation (just talking no exam or anything) she suddenly said she wants to take a quick listen which caught me very offguard. she sat next to me and listened to my lungs. then i had to lie down and she listened to my heart and carotid pulse while taking my pulse. it lasted 2 minutes and i hope the next time with a real exam it will last way longer.

It seems that i can remember longer steth exams as a child as i don't ever remember the drs being so rushed as they are now.

The longest ever stething I had was when u met up with a fellow cardiophile and we spent two days stething one another.....it was incredible.

As for a real stething that was yesterday off the nurse I saw. she listened to 6 spots on my back (some twice) then all the spots on my chest. she spent well over 2 minutes listening, it was amazing

Never that long, but the longest was maybe 5 minutes. She checked in 3 different positions, diaphragm and bell for both, in 5 spots. I went to a cardio once and that one was probably 10 minutes and she used two different steths and had me in several positions.

I just made an appointment for my annual physical after the 1st of the year and I'm going to tell the doctor my heart seems to race after I eat certain foods, which it does, usually something very sweet, and can she please take some extra time to check me out.

Looking forward to that story!

The longest I've ever had was a few minutes. I was at my GP's for a BP check and she had a resident working with her. The resident listened to my heart for a few minutes, laying down and even put the steth to the far, far left chest, almost on my side. I've never had that before or since.

I have a heart murmer, so am very surprised I've never had a very thorough check. I think a lot of doctors miss it, in fact I had thought it had gone away as no doctors had commented on it since childhood, when I was going through pre op stuff and in the anesthesiology consult, a resident listened to my heart and heard it. The person who had just listened before her had not caught it but did upon listening specifically for it. That was about 17 years ago, and no doctor has mentioned it since, though I always check it off when it's on a list of things they ask if you have or not.

Maybe three minutes laying down

A few days ago, they listened to my heart, measured my pressure through Skype for 4-5 hours

I've never had a massive clinical exam. I had a good few exam sessions on some summer late afternoons last year that went through til before dinner. Good long thorough listens : heaven

Since my first school age steth exams were obligatory parts of my visits to clinic. I had numerous pneumonias amd bronhytis till my 14, it was something that doctors never missed. At my 14 I had last pneumonia but my medical record made doctors to do do steth evam even for a minor cold. They were always long , more then 5 minutes.

Probably the longest was once when I was in the hospital to monitor a seizure disorder. Two interns came in and asked to listen to my chest. They listened to my lung sounds in six spots in the back and two in front, but then both took turns listening to my heart in several spots. It probably lasted 5 minutes total (still too short!)...but my boyfriend (now husband) was watching the entire time, turning me on even more!

When I was 14 I was having dizzy spells, I was sent to the doctor for a check up, and already having a heart murmur the doctor wanted to check my heart.

I sat on the exam bed and removed my top. He used his stethoscope and listened to all heart areas carefully. I remember him moving my hair away so he could put the stethoscope on my chest.

I think this is where my fac is nation for heart exams began.

The longest steth session that I had that was medical was a 30 min steth session done by 5 doctors all at the same time. This was for my pacemaker.

But the longest steth session that I had for fun lasted 6 hours with lots and lots of yaoi smex. My second boyfriend was a nurse and he wasn't a straight-out cardiophile but he loved stethplay and listening to me and vice versa. Heartbeats didn't get him going or off. but they sure do for me.

That 6 hour night was fantastic I wouldn't want it any other way.

The longest exam for me was, when I was 15.

I went to my doctor because I had some trouble with my overall circulation and everything and I was feeling bad for quite some time. She checked me and listened very thoroughly to my heart and my lungs. This was done in multiple positions.

Play exams usually last longer of course. I like to be auscultated thoroughly.

The longest steth exam I've ever had was just a week ago. I met a girl who was interested in "heart exams" as well. She started with listening to my lungs from the back. She listened to 10 spots all over my back and after I took 2 deep breathes at every spot she moved on.

She then sat down in front of me and placed the stethoscope on my chest. At first she was listeneing to my lungs and I took deep breaths in and out again. After she finished that, she told me "Just breathe normally" and I knew she would listen to my heart!! I felt my heart geting a little faster and beating stronger as she placed the stethoscope on my chest again. She listened to all spots for a long time and I just felt my heart moving the chestpiece in her hand. It was just amazing!

A couple of years ago, a medical student was shadowing my regular doctor. The student saw me first, and asked to do an exam (the doctor wasn't in the room). I said yes, and he went ahead with the typical stuff.

I'm a young, fit guy with no health issues, so my exams are usually pretty cursory. So, I was surprised when the student listened to my heart for a *long* time. I thought maybe he was just being a thorough student, but when he started feeling my radial pulse at the same time, I suspected that he thought he'd found a murmur. I was 32, I'd never been told that I have a murmur, and I know what my own heart sounds like because I listen to it a lot, so I was a bit suspicious.

Here's how the conversation went:

Student [removing the stethoscope]: "Has anyone ever told you that you have a heart murmur?"

Me: "No."

Student: "Well, you do."

Me: "Huh, okay."

Student: "You're awfully calm about this. Most people get really worried when I tell them they have a heart murmur."

Me [thinking: How many people have you told for the first time that they have a heart murmur? Do you really think that you as a third-year medical student are finding things that lots of other doctors have missed throughout these people's lives?]

Me: [out loud] "Well, just few months ago I was riding my bike 50 miles a week and training 10 hours a week in a very cardio-intense martial arts school, so if it was going to cause problems, I would think it would have caused problems then. Unless something really serious could have developed in the past couple of months?"

Student: "If you never felt any light-headedness or passed out doing that, then it's probably benign."

The student left, and the real doctor came in. He asked me how the student was, if I felt comfortable interacting with him, etc.

Me: "He was fine. He told me I have a heart murmur though."

Doctor: [rolls his eyes and sighs] "Medical students..."

The doctor gave me a slightly longer-than-usual listen and said, "You're fine."

He said that my second heart sound is a little louder than in most people, and that's probably what the student was hearing. Now that he's pointed that out, I can hear that there is a slight difference between my heart sounds and recordings I've heard of other people's hearts, which I'd never noticed before.