Foreskin at the Doctor

Hi all! I'm circumcised, so I've never had any foreskin experiences at the doctor.

Question: If you're uncircumcised, when you go to the doctor for a physical, does the doctor (or PA, or NP, etc.) pull back your foreskin when they do the genital exam? Or do they ask you to do it yourself? Or do they ignore it?

 

my doctor always just touched my balls and asked me to cough, for hernia checking purposes. if my doctor did a genital exam that involved playing with my penis, i would probably leave him for an ethical and/or heterosexual doctor.

 

Well, that'd be ignorant. A thorough exam requires seeing the glans (head) of the penis. The doctor will always ask you to retract the foreskin. If s/he doesn't, you have an incompetent physician.

 

I have now been to the doctor 3 times with my complaint. On the first 2 occasions it was examined by asking me to retract the foreskin myself & and a result was prescribed steroidal creams. However, on the most recent occasion the doctor didn't examine it at all, as she only needed to refer to the previous doctors' notes in order move on to the next stage of referring me to a specialist to determine whether or not circumcision is required and, if so, if a partial circumcision is an option.

 

panic at the dicksco.

 

Is that required in standard medical practice (at least here in the US)? I'm circumcised but I'm obese, so my penis is often buried in fat when I'm flaccid. When examining my genitals, no doctor has ever asked me to expose my penis to check my glans.

 

Or the doctor could simply expect you to say something if you have horrible, painful, in-the-way adhesions or something.....

 

mine just asked if anything was abnormal and of course i said its just a fine perfect specimen

no touching

 

My husband is uncircumcised and he has told me that our doctor (female) does retract his foreskin during his physical so she can check the head of his penis. She is wearing plastic gloves when she performs these various checks of his boy parts and uses a small square of cloth or gauze when she retracts his foreskin, so it is as if she is not actually touching him because the gauze and the plastic glove are between her fingers and his penis.

Yes, we do discuss things like this. After all, we are husband and wife and have been married for many years.

I had asked him if he was embarrassed when she checks his prostate. He said that he was a little bit the first time she gave him a full physical but then he said he realized how much more comfortable it was to have her slender finger in him rather than the larger finger of a male doctor. He says he is now very relaxed and at ease and feels no embarrassment during these fairly intimate parts of the examination.

But if you are circumcised, why do you care about what happens during the exam of someone with a natural penis? Do you think you should get a discount on the cost of the exam because your foreskin does not have to be retracted so the doctor can see the head of your penis?

 

Often when the doctor says "turn your head and cough", he is pulling up on the testicles and also pulls back on the shaft skin so the foreskin retracts somewhat, so he or she can check the glans. No big deal.

Also, if you get a thorough exam of your skin by a dermatologist, as I have had done, he (or in my case a she) should also thoroughly inspect your penis and testicles for abnormalities. I am circumcised, but with most of my foreskin intact and sitting behind or partially over the coronal ridge, she will pull it back so the entire glans is exposed. I don't mind it at all...

 

I haven't had a physical in a very long time and was thinking of going again. I'm glad I heard about them lookin at my dick so it isn't a big surprise.

 

Just curious

 

translation=he's jerking off to our posts

 

No, I'm not. It was just a question

 

I'd luv it if a lady doc examined and said 'TURN YOUR HEAD AND COUGH.'

 

figures that all the men take the question seriously and the one women has to have a snarky attitude about a subject that has no affect on her whatsoever.

 

LOL! I was kinda thinking the same thing.

 

my comment stands

 

No I just think we want to know the quality of the medical exam we're paying for...it's more of a healthcare quality question than it is a question on ego.

Same question why women want to know the best testing methods, research and screenings for papsmears or other medical tests for their unique anatomy.

 

One of the beauties of the British National Health Service. All necessary medical treatment is funded by the state - only those procedures that are not considered to be medically essential (e.g. cosmetic surgery) require the patient to opt for private (paid) treatment.