Pediatric Genital exam: Touch or Visual exam?

Normally, I remember having both during an exam. Initially, my doctor did a visual check before ever touching me. Then while sitting up, he’d pull my wristband down to just below my scrotum. After that he began the “touch” portion of the physical. The lying on my back, he palpated my abdomen, femoral pulse and pulled the front of my briefs down. At that time he felt my penis (foreskin, glans) and palpated each testicle.

Probably begin at 12, he added “standing up” portion to my physicals. Sometime he ask or he’d pull down my briefs himself. The first time was awkward as he sat on a stool eye level with my exposed genitals. He then did the usual exam - penis , foreskin, glans, opened the meatus, testicles and hernia exam.

At that time he felt my penis (foreskin, glans) and palpated each testicle.

What did he do with the foreskin?

More visual than touching.

Exam doc...” What did he do with the foreskin?“

Usually, retracted my foreskin acouple of times making should it wasn’t too tight. Then would hold it back as he looked at my glans and frenulum. After he was done slide my foreskin back into its natural position.

Exam doc...” What did he do with the foreskin?“

Usually, retracted my foreskin acouple of times making should it wasn’t too tight.

It seems like a good idea to retract the foreskin to be certain it is not tight as well as to examine the head and meatus. Does he really retract it more than once? If so, why do you think he repeats the retraction?

Does he really retract it more than once? If so, why do you think he repeats the retraction?

Yes, not every time I can only guess why he retracted it twice. He would retract it to the corona then release allowing my foreskin to return naturally. The next time, usually after he was done examining my penis he would slide my foreskin back to cover the glans himself.

Usaully a quick touch

Only one time I remember a doctor actually touching my penis to examine it when I was younger. Most of the time it was just visual. It may have been slightly touched when doing the hernia exam, but not to really examine it

I remember having been repeatedly to medical examination by my doctor her was always touching the penis is the testicles not only visual I remember once I had an erection while she was going up and down with the foreskin it was embarrassing I was just a child

Firstly it was close visual inspection, then palpation of testicles, then coughing holding the testicles, and then pulling down on them quite firmly. Lastly palpation of perineum, then penis, with retraction of foreskin. I suspect the palpation of the perineum was a covert way of trying to induce erection.

When i was really young it was visual, by the time i was 15 it was the in depth touch exam.

I was always touched by my male pediatrician. Usually he would tell me to lift up my bottom, then he'd slide my underwear down to my thighs and part my outer labia.

For me, it was looking followed by touching. Most of the time I had my underwear on and the doctor just pulled down the front, although there were one or two occasions where the doctor actually had me lift up my bottom and pulled my underwear down, similar to some other posters in the thread. Usually, the touching was primarily of my scrotum testicles, but occasionally the doctor would move my penis out of the way, or in rarer cases, gently grasp it to hold it up for a closer look (this was always super brief).

Wouldn't happen every visit, but when it did it was both. Sometimes he would retract my foreskin and examine the glans. Sometimes he would feel the scrotum and testicles.

The only thing I can ever remember is when I was around 6 years old the doctor was giving me and exam all he did while I was laying on my back was grab the elastic waistband of my tighty whities pull them open and look inside and that's as far as it went.

My pediatrician would always save the genital check for last. As he was finishing up my abdominal exam I would dread what was coming next. He would tell me, as he pulled my panties down to my ankles, “when you come in for check ups, we check everywhere.” He’d ask me to bring my knees up and let them fall to the side, then open my labia to look inside. Never anything internal but it felt like it took forever and I hated having my parent in the room.

He would tell me, as he pulled my panties down to my ankles “when you come in for check ups, we check everywhere. He would say” .

Did he say this at every exam? Also, did you say anything to prompt him saying this or did it just go with the panties coming off?

Touch and visual. Laying on my back I’d be told to lift my hips he’d pull my undies down and push on the area around the base of my penis never checked my testicles or bottom

I remember getting both all the time

Before puberty it was always both. At my 16th birthday exam, he just looked at my penis and lightly tapped each testicle.

I kind of felt like the 16 exam was a cheap exam the way he groped me at younger ages. At the same time I was glad he didnt...Was already nervous about being erect in front of him, he was such a creep. I still wonder if I'd been erect in front of him if he would have tried to masturbate me under the guise of checking my ejaculating system.

Usually the doctor would just feel my genitals by sliding his hands into my underwear. However, sometimes he would pull the underwear down after feeling my genitals got a quick peek and a time or two he slid my underwear down prior to the genital exam.

He always had my lying down on the paper covered table... crinkle crinkle... I remember his huge sausage fingers with wedding band on- he’d pull down my underwear in front with his left hand to get a view, and reach in with his right hand to play with my boys. I’m convinced this is what started my fondness, eh hem, fetish of authoritative male doctors.

>>He always had my lying down on the paper covered table... crinkle crinkle... I remember his huge sausage fingers with wedding band on- he’d pull down my underwear in front with his left hand to get a view, and reach in with his right hand to play with my boys. I’m convinced this is what started my fondness, eh hem, fetish of authoritative male doctors.

I had a very similar experience when I was younger... the only difference was my doctor was very old and I remember his hands shaking when he play with my boys...

I remember only receiving a visual exam. I'm not too sure about when I was was very young (before 8 years old), though, as it may have been different.

Mine used to have me lie down on the exam table, then he would stick his cold hand in my briefs and feel around. He would take his time checking down there too. Makes me hard now when I think about it.

Just a visual inspection; waistband of panties pulled, and a peek down below.

It was both for me. It was just the way they did it back then.

I was never in that situation. In school age the nurse just checked length, weight and our eyes, but not more than that. All clothes were always on

I don't remember - but for boys, don't Doctors check at a pretty young age if the testicles have dropped? I would think this would have to be a physical exam.

CAN WE GET OFF OF THE PEDIATRIC GENITAL STUFF, HERE? I swear that some of the posters here are either on, or belong on, the Sex Offender Registry!!!