Posted on 09/23/2023 11:02:39 AM PDT by DallasBiff
Medical exams are an important part of our health regimen, and most aspects of it are pretty painless. However, there’s one part of the physical that remains as confusing as it is uncomfortable, no matter how old you get: The testicle exam.
When a doctor holds your testicles and asks you to cough, they are checking for a hernia — specifically the intestines pushing through into your testicles. A hernia occurs when an organ pushes through an opening in the muscle or tissue that holds it in place, and although they are most common in the abdomen, according to Healthline, they can also occur in the belly button and groin.
You are more likely to feel a hernia when you cough, as this increases the pressure in your abdomen and causes it to protrude, Young Men’s Health reported. In most cases, a hernia is not a serious health concern, though if a piece of intestine becomes trapped in the scrotum, it can cut off the blood supply to the intestine and cause serious problems if not quickly corrected. If a hernia is found, it can be easily remedied with surgery
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For you or the horse?
Had a physical done for work once. The doctor was a super-hot woman about my age. She actually asked me if I would be uncomfortable having her do the test. I told her as long as she wouldn’t be upset if I reacted by responding to her touch. She smiled and told me no. I’m a doctor I’ve seen it before. So, she did the exam and interestingly I didn’t embarrass myself.
Mankind survived and thrived for thousands of years without doing that to one another. Why start now?
What? TSA to PSA?
True stories
I was at a frat party when 2 attractive girls asked me to join them in a brother’s room. They want to test out something they had been told about an impotency test. Basically, they take a deep breath and blow on the head of Squirmin Herman the One-eyed German. Sure nuff, it worked. Of course nothing else happened. Apparently it was used because any other method might make the patient too anxious.
I was undergoing a testicular cancer exam at Bowman Gray. After the doctor finished, he asked if a student could do the exam. What he didn’t say was the whole class was going to appear. Half of them were women and a girl did the exam because obviously she can’t perform it on herself. The doctor described my underpinning to the class as “average”. Thanks sawbones
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