My Girlfriend was Probably Tricked into Being Naked for an Exam

I have been told that the naked "requirement" relating to this situation was probably invented. While in Spain, my then girlfriend had to get an exam and an "outsourced" xray for T.B. and other things. She was, at a rural clinic, required by the x-ray tech, to stand totally naked before the machine he used (a box shaped device (this was 20 years ago).

I have been told that nearly any white clothing would have done the trick, and that she needn't have been fully nude, or even partially undressed.

Comments?

I would say she was tricked i have had a lot of xrays including my ribs and i kept my cloths on

I had to take my shirt off for a chest xray before, but being totally naked I would have to agree she was tricked.

Sounds like he "doctors or nurses" wanted to check your girlfriend out in more ways than one......

I think you must pull down the hospital gown for x rayed.

Having her completely naked was definitely overkill, even if some portion had to be uncovered. She was tricked.

She was definitevely tricked if X-rays go through skin why no through clothes?

Tricked

She was certainly tricked. X-Rays can easily pass through clothing, just like they pass through most tissue.

😉 tricked, but what a great technician, he can xray my wife anytime

I wonder if many doctors take advantage of females travelling and needing medical help/advice/checks.

A lot of young girls go back packing and maybe need assistance while a long way from home and probably would not feel able to cpmolain if requested to undress more than maybe required.

Definitely tricked xrays go through alot of things thats why the docs shield themselves with a lead shield when xrays are taken

The college I attended required a chest x-ray for all incoming students. Both guys and girls were required to be topless, but girls were given a gown which had to be removed at the time of the x-ray.

Aside from a bra, which might have an underwire, or a shirt with metal buttons or zippers... yeah, slimy.

Have any other people been told to remove clothing for X-rays and not put a gown on.

In some foreign countries, it is very common that any patient undergoing any sort of exam is asked to strip down. This may sound ridiculous to our American minds (and in many cases, it is), but I know from friends in Europe that it isn't considered a big deal there, at least not what it is here.

In some countries, specially in Europe, they make you compkletly naked before the exam. So , if a x-ray is to be taken it is taken as you are, naked. You are doing the exam naked and why wear clothes to tka e a x-ray. On the other hand, if the x-ray machine is out side the exam room you may wear some clothes as you need to go out , probably through crowded corridors. But once , in Germany, my wife was taken for a x-ray form the clinic room without any clothes and she was given only a small paper drape to cover her front, which covered only the breasts and pubuc area leaving her back and sides completely exposed for the people in corridor.

And she was again taken to take a urine sample in the same condition, naked.

Tricked that doc just wanted to see ur girlfriend nude you can have any white thin clothes on u want to

Sounds like it was a chest x-ray. I have to get these every two years and have to strip to my waist. The girls there are usually allowed to keep on a thin t-shirt but have to take off the bras in case the underwire affects the x-ray.

Yeah man, she was tricked. At least she told you about it

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It seems Captainx is giving some fantasy idea,, ha ha haa

The first thing about this is that it is very unwise to talk about 'Europe' as if it were one huge culturally homogeneous area. There can be very significant differences in all manners of practices, medical and other, between the many countries and even between various regions in one and the same country.

What is done in Germany may not be done in France, Spanish customs are not the same as in Belgium and so on in an endless number of permutations. And allowances must also be made for time periods. Things change and often very rapidly because of the ease of communications and the impact of media. And also because of the presence of large groups of non native Europeans who have entirely different ideas about modesty and nudity.

In any case though, in this present time I sincerely doubt that doctors here require their patients to be entirely naked for an exam. For one, they have all been exposed to a forfeit of American (medical) shows and the attending social customs and mores. And just like American medical personnel, they do not wish to be accused of any unprofessional behavior and risk heavens knows what in law suits and professional conduct hearings.

That said, individual instances can always depart from the norm of course, depending on circumstances that defy generalization.

I'm going with tricked...

I think for a chest xray it is usual practice to be stripped to the waist.

Certainly you do not need to be naked te have a chest x-ray. However, any clothes with metal parts (bra wires, buttons etc) will disturb the image. Most of patients simply do not realize that metal or solid parts are present within their clothing. All potential foreign objects such as necklaces, body piercings, bra, sequins, and some fashion printed shirts that can cause an artifact should be removed. X-ray is associated with an exposure (small, but significant when repeated frequently ie. CT scans) for potentially harmful radiation. Thus, the technician must assure that the patient is prepared properly. Though a T-shirt or hospital gown is allowed, most of patients are naked from the waist up. Another issue is patient's positioning. The PA chest x-ray is taken with the patient erect, on full inspiration, patient's chin extended out of the lung fields, the scapula rotated out of the field, and if the patient has large breast, it should be moved upward and out away from the lungs. For the lateral chest x-ray the patient should stand with with his/her arms raised vertically so that the humeri do not superimpose the anterior chest. In summary, the technician MUST have the patient undressed to assure that jewellery and body piercings have been removed. Moreover, any patient in reproductive age should be provided with a lead apron protecting genitals.

As I have to perform chest x-ray every two yeras to submit for the job exam, I have my own experience. The room is always cool and dim. I have to undress from the waist up and the technician inspects my body including underarms. The she puts a heave apron on my waist. Then I am positioned, the technician leaves and image performed.

This like other answers to questions shows how mich inconsistency there is in 'standard' practice. It proves thyere is no standard and thyerefore creates an environment where medical staff can do what they want as they can always cite another practioner or good practice of recommending it.

On the other hand if I was that technician and there were 2 ways of xraying a nice looking girl I would probably be tempted to use the one that required her to strip!

Any cloth would do the job if that does not consist of metal parts, plastic bottons etc.

I agree with others here - tricked.

Yep, defo tricked

I wonder if many doctors take advantage of females travelling and needing medical help/advice/checks.

A lot of young girls go back packing and maybe need assistance while a long way from home and probably would not feel able to cpmolain if requested to undress more than maybe required.