This Test At Your Gyno’s Office Is Painful And A Waste Of Time

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It turns out that the most uncomfortable and painful part of your annual gynecological exam is also pretty useless. So useless, in fact, that the American College of Physicians, the largest medical specialty organization in the country, recommends that doctors stop performing it.
It’s called the bimanual pelvic exam. To get it done, the patient lays on the medical exam bed, naked from the waist down and feet in stirrups. Then the doctor puts gloved, lubricated fingers inside the vagina while simultaneously pressing down on the patient’s belly with his or her other hand.
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