Originally Posted by
DiabloScott
I asked my doctor if I should have one and she asked if I wanted one, and I said I want the whole workup, whatever that entails, and she said "OK, bend over" and did it. They can check for size and smoothness.
I haven't had the hernia cough exam in quite a while though - I wonder if I aged out of the risk group or something.
A DRE/Prostate exam is still a part of any competent physical examination on adult males. Likewise, evaluation for an inguinal hernia. That particular problem
increases with age.