Clitoral contact during external vaginal exam

I have always wondered if clitoral contact is typical during the external vaginal exam and whether ladies find any enjoyment when it does happen.

The clitoral hood is frequently retracted, but the clitoris is not palpated. However, women do seem to enjoy gentle retraction of the hood.

This is accurate for real exams. In play exams, initially I introduce "accidental" contact and touching. Eventually there is extensive clitoral touching and manipulation, usually resulting in orgasm. 😁

During play exams it is important to determine the patient's responsiveness to stimulation. The inability to achieve orgasm is a sign of underlying health issues. 😉

My examination procedures would always include palpation of the clitoral shaft and retraction of the clitoral hood. Stimulation beyond this is a 'no no' at least until/unless we enter a 'treatment' phase.

Equally, examination of a male always includes the same, but obviously penile.

During a 'standard pelvic' exam, I always do a 'clitoral sensitivity test'. My 'patient' usually is aroused, anyway, so this 'test' is even more enjoyable for her. If my med-fet 'patient' wants just a 'standard exam (with NO sexual overtones), I will often manage to 'accidentally' make contact her clitoris, just to see if this elicits any response from her. If she is a dedicated gyno-fet patient', I will do an 'orgasmic response test' - whereby I bring her to orgasm, while she is still on the table with her feet in the stirrups and her knees widely parted.

It is a given that clitoral size varys widely. I, personally, have seen clitorsis that are from less than 1/8" (3 mm) all the way to a little bigger than 15/16" (25 mm). The biggest that I've ever seen - anywhere - was in a photo in a medical book. It was almost 1.5" (38 mm).

Occasionally, a woman's clitoris will be completely covered by the 'hood' (this is actually the female 'foreskin') and does not protrude at all, even when she is quite aroused. Even so, she fully enjoys clitoral contact during an exam.

I have never had my clitoris touched during an exam (I'm assuming you're not referring to play exams). I'm guessing this might be done if there is some out of the norm medical issue requiring this, but in an ordinary exam I don't believe this is typical. My ex was a doctor and in med school when he was learning to give pelvic exams was chewed out by the doctor in charge for moving around too much, trying to figure out how to do the exam. He was to avoid anything that might unnecessarily arouse the patient.

I think most physicians are taught how to avoid contact with the clitoris during and exam. The clitoris is usually not touched during a real exam unless there is is some concern or infection and the doctor is trying to visualize the area. Stimulation of the clitoris is very intimate to most women, I can see where some of the more modest women would really freak at having their clitoris touched or stimulated during an exam.

I would guess most docs would really try to avoid that area for liability reasons.

My REAL doctor never touched my clit. I think they try t avoid it because it could be really uncomfortable for the woman

Direct contact on the clitoris when a woman is not aroused and the finger being un-lubricated can be very painful.

My clitoris has never been touched, even by accident in a regular exam. I can't imagine that it would be all that comfortable really and definitely NOT erotic.

Play exams are a whole other thing.

I have heard of a female doctor who always concludes her pelvic exam with a brief encounter with the clitoris. The woman who told me this has indicated that it was a great way to end the exam, and that she enjoyed the extra attention. I assume those that don't appreciate it would let her know.

If you were trained in school properly, that does not occur, except perhaps by accident.

Current medical standards stress that there be no contact made with the clitoris, if at all possible. Training teaches us to be as non-sexual as possible. Again, with the threat of lawsuits and malpratice hearings hanging over our heads, most physicians are extremely careful in this area. Of course, there are always exceptions.

Intentionally touching the Clitoris is usually not going to happen. One might expect and examiner to attempt the retraction of the clitoral hood to see if the patient has normal sex functions or not. Of course there are always going to be some legitimate exceptions.

I've never had it touched in a real exam, but in a play exam its an absolute must!!!!

Contact on the clitoris when a woman is not aroused and the finger being un-lubricated can be very painful.

I've never had my clitoris touched during an exam, not even lifting the hood. I really can't imagine it would be that erotic anyway - I don't know if I'm in the minority here, but having my female gyno touch my clit doesn't sound that arousing to me.

My Doc has never touched it even by mistake but it would turn me on if he did

My wife tells me that her first doctor, an old male who has retired long time ago, always included the clit in his exams. She experienced this first time at age 16

Clitoral stimulation was a routine part of my exams in Vietnam,but since returning to Australia it has been only once or twice and very clinical; I had been on a medication that has a possible side effect of reducing libido and my doctor pulled my clit hood up to see if my clit was being affected at all (it wasn't!)

We should take a trip to Vietnam!!!! hehe My doctor always avoid it ...

Some legitimate medical tests, not part of the normal pelvic exam, do involve touching of the clitoris. One example is the bulbocavernosus reflex test, performed to assess nerve function in the bladder, particularly around the sphincter.

"Bulbocavernosus reflex test. To test nerve function, a gloved finger is inserted into your rectum and then the penis or clitoris is gently squeezed."

There are several links to this, such as:

http://health.msn.com/medical-tests/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100067759

Hengist, there is a woman we know that was in a whitewater rafting accident. She was hit on the head with an oar, and had a injury to her neck. She had some loss of sensorium in her lower extremities, and had to have an over night stay in the hospital. She told me that the neurologist that saw her did a neurological exam on her, which included pricking certain parts of her body with a needle, and asking her if she could feel it. One of the parts was the clitoris. She said it was most embarrassing, but he warned her first, and told her what he was going to do. She turned out to have a cervical fracture and had to have surgery on her neck.

Thanks for the link on Cystometry.

Thank you for those comments Kimberly. You always set a good example by providing accurate medical information, and I am trying my best to follow your example.

Are you proporting to be an actual medical doctor?

Jackie

Who, me? No, just an interested participant in this forum who is always happy to add to his store of medical knowledge, and to contribute what little he knows.

The only time I ever encountered a touching of my clitoris in a RL exam was like the 3rd or 4th exam and i believe it was by accident, he was doing the normal visual inspecting and he kind of brushed it with his gloved thumb. Neither of us said anything, but i remember it was like a little shock for me.

Never had my clitoris touched during an external exam, but 10 years or so ago, I had to have a cystosocpy (bladder scoped). I was on the table in actual knee support type leg rests, strapped in, my legs spread wide with me flat on my back. Before the nurse injects the numbing agent into my eurethra, she has to clean and disinfect the area around the eurthral opening, so she's got my labia spread open with one hand and she wipes me, accidently brushing over my clitoris. I kind of jumped but didn't say anything and neither did she. But she made sure she was more careful in her cleansing of the area before she proceeded with injecting the anethstetic into my eurethra.