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health advisory Hospital Mens Health 2007-11-15 5:35:20

Is it different than a regular checkup? Is the Doc supposed to feel my balls or something because he's never done that before. Am I supposed to ask for this? Help!

Answer:

in the doctors office i work at a well male physical consists of asking a lot of general health questions, from smoking and drinking habits, eating and exercise habits, and physical activities and sexual activity. Yes, they check for any hernias as well as any lumps in your testicles. and depending on your age they may do a rectal exam to check your prostate or for blood in your stools.

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You don't call the shots, the doctor does, and what he looks for depends on how old you are. Feeling your balls is the way to look for cancer of the testicles (Lance Armstrong), which you should start doing when you reach puberty. Another test after you reach adolescence is to put a finger up your rectum to feel for hardness in your prostate gland, which is along side your rectum, again a test for cancer. Welcome to manhood. Be glad you're not a girl, since this is when they start shoving things up inside their vaginas!

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A call to Your Doctors office would likely answer Your questions. They would be very interested in giving You all of the information You need to be comfortable with a "physical exam"...A physical is more general and thorough than a regular check up or assessment of a particular concern. It consists of an evaluation of ll of your body systems and could be done by a Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, or Physician....Yes, it is common practice to manually assess the testicle to verify that they are "descended" and are free of "masses" or other abnormalities. A physical usually takes about an hour and includes a thorough health history, vaccination status and laboratory work that evaluates systems that You examiner can't see or feel.

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Dont ask for him to do anything, but he probably will check your balls just to make sure nothing is fucked up with them.

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