Unexpected auscultation

Have you ever gone to the doctor's office or any clinic/hospital, maybe even at the school nurse's office, that you didn't expect to get a stethoscope to the chest, back, or abdomen and you ended up actually getting it?

Yes, I get unexpected ones often.I suffer from asthma so whenever I go to the GP for anything else she always asks.She deals with the complaint I went with and then she will say "can I have a quick listen ?"

That particular dr oversees the asthma patients,so I presume that's why she does it.

If I'm lucky my doctor will ask about my asthma and take a listen if there's time. What really turns me on about it is she will always start by saying "I'm going to listen to your heart first", so there's always at least a few seconds of sitting there quietly feeling my heart thump under her stethoscope, before those delicious "Deep breaths please" have to start. :-)

Yes and I love it

There was a time last August where I was only in to see my doctor to have him sign a few papers for college, as I had just had a checkup a few months prior. Halfway through signing papers, my heart leaped because he reached for the stethoscope around his neck. :| I was absolutely not expecting any kind of examination that day, nevermind getting stethed! The nurses didn't even bother checking my vitals. But, he took his stethoscope off, came over to me, and planted it right below my collarbone. He listened to maybe three or so different spots for a couple of minutes, then put the stethoscope back around his neck and continued with filling out the forms without saying a word.

...I ain't complaining. (:

I just got one yesterday. I went in to talk to my gp doc about a cyst on my eye that had returned and he decided to get a set of vitals on me and then just as I was about to leave after he gave me my referral he told me he wanted to do a quick check of my heart and lungs.

Yes,.. of all places at my urologist office. After the drop and bend, i was on the table, and he listened, front and back, just like i was at my internist,...but like someone else said,.. I aint complaining! I guess the insurance company hates it when they don't make sure their patients are breathing.

My ex had bronchitis really bad she had to have a chest xray because she smoked. She said she was in the room with a tech then a nurse came and told her too undress to the waist . Then the nurse had her sit down and put the stethoscope on her back and told her to take some deep breaths after ward she put the stethoscope on her chest in several places then had raise her left breast were she checked her mitral valve and then listened under her left arm The nurse then asked her some questions then the tech took the xray

I have heard of cases of employees or students who return to work or school after an absence of perhaps over three days. The nurse in charge has been known to give a discretionary listen.

Sadly not. I've very rarely been stethed

Unfortunately I've been to the doctors a lot recently about an ongoing problem (not heart related) however 3 of the 5 doctors I've seen have stethed me. Two female and one male so I'm not complaining at all...and one was a very thorough stething 😃

I went to my GP for a swollen lip due to some insect bite and he listened to my heart but only at the aortic area. Is that normal?

When I was a Child all the consultation to the pediatrics ended with a complete exam, so no surprises...as an adult it never happened.

Only was surprised once, all the other times I figured it might happen. That was when I went to one of those CVS minute clinics for a sore throat because my GP couldn't take me and it hurt a lot. The nurse there was kind of scary, but she looked in my eyes, ears, throat, took my bp and temp, and listened to my heart & lungs. Wasn't expecting all of that to occur.

I needed to bring a doctor's note for a high school sports day so I went to my doctor's clinic to get it. My own doctor wasn't there so I was seen by a colleague, an elderby male doctor whom I've never been to before. I handed the doctor the permission slip, he asked me a few questions, signed it and handed it over. I was about to get up but he said "not so fast - remove your shirt so I can examine you" I was rather surprised as I thought receiving the signed note was the end of the appointment. He then gave me a short auscultation exam of my heart and lungs which I silently enjoyed.

I went do a doctor for ear ache once. He took my blood pressure and said it was a bit high. He then listened to my chest and my back.

I went to an ND for stomach problems and I got a full abdominal examination. Stethoscope included. More thorough than any doctor I've ever been to.

Anytime I go to the doctor, he always listens to my heart and checks my blood pressure. I think it's common practice to do this.

Whenever I go to the neurologist , she listens to my heart ... which I didn't expect.

Yes.. During a visit to a general surgeon. Typically I have never seen general Surgeons using a Stethoscope. I had visited her with complaints of stomach pain, persistent rectal bleeding and pain in left testis. The visit however turned awesome and very memorable.

She started off by palpating my abdomen for pain for pain. Then she asked me to lower by pants to have a look. She examined testis throughly and found a cyst on left side. At this point, she asked me if I have observed any atrophy in size or changes elsewhere. After I answered, she did a through palpation of my breasts. This was the only time I had a through breast exam from a real doctor. Then she asked me to turn to the other side and performed a DRE followed by a proctoscopy. Then she asked me to dress up and come for discussion.

As I put on my shirt and sat on a chair opposite to her, she was discussing treatment options with me. Suddenly she asked nurse to get a Stethoscope , which she didn't have at hand. I was surprised. She got up from her chair and came around. She asked me to hold my shirt up, and auscultated my back followed by anterior chest throughly.

She is a awesome Dr and this has been a surprising and great experience for me.

Definitely when I went to the medical exam for work...I work in a office (so the only risk I have for my health is due to the exposure in front of the monitor), my boss scheduled the medical exam compulsory for the safety on work law and incredibly the doctor, after having examined thoroughly my eyes, lifted my shirt and stethed me!!!

I was incredibly excited since she was a female doctor.... :-)

I remember once in college I went to the health office because of pain in my leg and I ended up getting stethed. Of course the nurse realized i was nervous because of my fast heart rate

İ've never met an unexpected auscultation.

It happened to me yesterday.

I should have been sent a letter for an eye operation but never got it. At 7:30 I was going out the door to go to work when the phone rang. Woman says it is the hospital and where am I, as I should be having an operation.

After much pleading they agreed to reschedule and an hour later I was sat in the hospital examination room, gown on my lap being auscultated. Not something I expected would happen when I woke up, but very enjoyable

It happened one when we were practicing clinical skills with a colleague for exams however I made sure time was up before we got to heart/lung exams as I was nervous at the time.

One time I went to a health center because I had pink eye. The NP lilstened to my heart for a while. I was surprised but not upset at all. Still one of my favorite exams I have ever had.

I have. I had moved to a new are and had a new doctor. I went for a regular physical then about a month later I hurt my arm and I had to go back. So I figure he's just going to check out my arm, which he did but then next thing I know he asks me to remove my shirt and listens to me front and back. Deep breaths and all. That was about 3 year ago and I've learned that whatever the issue is every time you go, he will listen to your heart and lungs.