Extended well-child and well teen physicals

Girl, 7yo, North America, extensive pelvic inspections and other body assessments

I am female. It happened in North America. 1990-1999, 7 years old. Parents set it up with doctor. My parents drove me to the exam at a doctor's office.All children in my school of the age group had this exam.

PREPARATIONS:

I was not allowed to eat some time before the exam. I got laxatives at home to clean out my stomach the day before the exam. They washed my body before the exam. I got a traditional enema before the exam to clean out my stomach.

ARRANGEMENTS AND ANESTHESIA:

I was totally naked through all the procedures. I had to take all my clothes off just before I got anesthesia. I had to strip totally naked before the exam.

I was placed to lay on my stomach with my legs flexed down and spread. I got IVs, tubes into blood vessels, in an arm I got a blood pressure monitor wrapped around an arm or a toe. I got a tube or wire in through my urethra. I got a tube or sond in through my anus. I got some numbing and lubricating cream injected into my urinary opening. I got lubricating and numbing cream into my vagina. I got ome numbing and lubricating cream injected into my anus.

EXAM WITH EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT:

They performed an analysis of my breathing and oxygen uptake where I had to breath into a tube. I had to do some physical work, like cycling or running on a threadmill when the ECG and breathing analysis was performed. They did some other type of test with advanced machines.

They examined arms and legs with an ultrasound device or something similar. They took chest x-ray pictures. They took stomach x-ray pictures. They examined my genitals with an ultrasound device. They had electrodes at my genitals to record functions in this area.

INTERNAL INSPECTIONS

They ispected the inside of my nose with a scope, They took specimens from my nose with a tube. They inspected the inside of my throut with a scope. They took specimens from my throut with a tube.

They inspected the inside of my urethra and bladder with a scope. They took specimens from my urethra with a tube. They took specimens from my bladder with a tube.

They used a speculum in my vagina. They took specimens from my vagina with a tube. They inspected my vagina with a scope.

They inspected my anus with a speculum. They took specimens from my anus with a tube. They inspected me through my anus with a rigid scope. They inspected me through my anus high up with a flexible scope. They performed a full colonoscopy with a flexible scope.

They inspected me through my vagina with an ultrasound probe. They inspected me through my anus with an ultrasound probe. The doctor explored my vagina with a finger. The doctor explored my anus with a finger.

They made an opening in my belly button or just under it and inspected the inside of my belly with a scope. They took specimens from the inside of my belly with a needle or tube through a hole in my belly button, treally long,

ARRANGEMENTS AFTER THE EXAM:

I lay naked under a blanket after the exam. Mom made appointment. I sleeps.

THE SCHOOL I ATTENDED:

I attended ordinary daytime school.

COMMENTS

This is a testamonial about a standaized procedure used on children throughout the Wold at certain ages, and seems to be mandatory for children and teens in certain communities. The procedure is directed at all body part, but with the greatest focus on the pelvic organs and lower stomach The procedure seems to have a combinde purpose of health check, population surveillance and research.