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🚨 Is Your Child Safe During Medical Checkups? 🚨
As a parent, your child’s safety and well-being are always your top priorities. So, when you suspect that something isn’t quite right during your child’s medical checkups, it’s crucial to trust your instincts and take action. In this case, a concerning situation has arisen where a doctor may have crossed boundaries during a routine medication checkup for an 11-year-old girl. Let’s delve deeper into this issue and explore the potential red flags that warrant further investigation.
## What Happened During the Checkup?
During the medication checkup for ADHD, the doctor’s behavior raised some serious concerns. Here’s a breakdown of the unsettling events that took place:
1. **Routine Physical Checkup**: The doctor performed a standard physical examination that included checking the patient’s throat, lymph nodes, and tapping on her stomach – all typical procedures during a checkup.
2. **Inappropriate Genital Examination**: The most alarming part of the checkup was when the doctor lifted the waistband of the patient’s underwear to inspect her genitals, sometimes even placing his bare hand inside her underwear without penetration.
## Understanding Boundaries in Medical Checkups
When it comes to medical examinations, there are clear boundaries that healthcare professionals must adhere to, especially when examining pediatric patients. Here are some key points to consider:
– **Professional Conduct**: Healthcare providers should always maintain a professional and respectful demeanor during examinations, ensuring the patient feels safe and comfortable.
– **Informed Consent**: Before any procedure or examination, the healthcare provider should explain the purpose of the examination and obtain informed consent from the patient or their guardian.
– **Chaperone Policy**: In cases where an intimate examination is required, healthcare facilities often have a chaperone policy in place to protect both the patient and the healthcare provider.
## Red Flags and Steps to Take
Given the concerning behavior exhibited by the doctor during the checkup, it’s essential to take immediate action to ensure your child’s safety and well-being. Here are some red flags to consider and steps to take:
– **Red Flags**:
– Inappropriate genital examination without a valid medical reason.
– Suspicious behavior, especially in light of the doctor’s personal issues related to child pornography.
– **Steps to Take**:
1. **Document the Incident**: Write down all the details of the checkup, including dates, times, and specific actions that were concerning.
2. **Seek Support**: Reach out to a trusted healthcare professional or counselor to discuss your concerns and get guidance on the next steps.
3. **Report to Authorities**: Consider contacting the police and seeking legal advice to address the potential misconduct.
4. **Change Healthcare Providers**: Find a new healthcare provider for your child to ensure their safety and well-being during future medical appointments.
## Final Thoughts
In conclusion, the incident during your daughter’s medication checkup raises valid concerns about the doctor’s behavior and potential violations of professional boundaries. It’s crucial to trust your instincts as a parent and take proactive steps to address this issue. Remember that your child’s safety is paramount, and seeking appropriate support and guidance is essential in such situations.
If you have any further questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to reach out to medical experts, authorities, or legal professionals for assistance. Your vigilance and advocacy for your child’s safety are commendable, and taking the right actions can help ensure a safe and secure healthcare environment for all children. Stay informed, stay proactive, and prioritize your child’s well-being above all else.
#SafetyFirst #ParentalAdvocacy #ChildrensRights 🛡️🔍
For an adhd check? This is insane. An ungloved hand is never right. I have to palpate testes at every well child check WITH GLOVES to assess for testicular cancer but there is NO reason to palpate any part of the vulva/vaginal area ever- a peek is all that is needed to assess developmental stage. I am sorry but if your daughter states this happened especially at an ADHD check then it isn’t right and I would report this doctor.
I’m sorry that’s been happening. No matter what he was supposedly checking, he should never touch a patient’s genitals with his bare hands, and it is strange that he did these examinations when your wife was there but not when you were. With my knowledge of pediatric gynecology, he could be checking her pubic hair development and the appearance of her genitalia to determine her Tanner stage and see if she’s progressing appropriately towards puberty, but I’m not sure if there’s anything he could reasonably be feeling for. I don’t think it’s routine to feel for inguinal lymph nodes in a pediatric patient who is not complaining of anything that could cause inguinal lymph node enlargement. And either way, bare hands are absolutely not appropriate.
NO reason to do a genital exam during an ADHD refill appointment. None. And definitely not a bare hand all the way in the underwear. And DEFINITELY not without a female staff member chaperoning that exam. Report this please.
I think you got a lot of good advice…. but man that doctor is so creepy! I hope your daughter will be ok. Legal issues aside, I hope this doesn’t destroy your faith in the healthcare system and that your child continues to get the care they need.
Nurse, mom, and person with ADHD here. Just adding another to the chorus of voices validating that this is in no way normal or okay. Pediatricians will often peek at genitals during a yearly well visit/checkup to assess development, but they do *not* need to touch them, *especially* not without gloves, and there is zero reason to do this for an ADHD follow up. I’m so sorry this happened to your daughter.
ETA: Scratch everything else. It’s late and I missed the child porn bit. For sure report. Still stands I can mentally construct how one might ever do that exam on the same day. And somehow I can’t sort out strike through but I don’t want to delete either bc that also would be unwise. Nail him to the wall and report, but if the feds found CSAM in his possession he’s going to jail. I hope you are able to find your way to a caring counselor for your daughter.Â
~~Ok so 999 of 1000x I cannot see why any pediatrician would do this, but I can mentally construct how a puberty staging exam *could* make its way into an ADHD med check if the physician was concerned about stimulants affecting growth and or had concern about pubertal delay. Not wearing gloves is weird, and I can’t make that normal if hands actually went into the area covered by underwear. Another time pediatricians would do this kind of exam would be during annual wellness checks (again gloves would be involved) and most all of us under the age of 60 use explaining and consent type speech when we do this. “Ok, it’s time for me to check if your body is moving through puberty at the right speed. I’m going to have a quick look at your external genitalia. Your caregiver is here (usually if opposite sex parent present), but I can ask them to leave and bring in my nurse to be the chaperone, or you can tell me no if you’re uncomfortable and don’t want to do it at all.” I usually ask if they have any questions about their bodies a puberty at the same time. If the pediatrician is doing semi-annual med checks, conceivably one of these visits could have been actually billed as a full physical to insurance and the med check included as a courtesy. If so, you’d be able to see this by reviewing the bill. All that to say, on its face it sounds sketchy, but I’d look through the chart and see what was documented and why. Red flag would be no documentation of a genital exam on visits you know it happened. Less concerning would be full documentation and an accompanying medical decision making note with something like “previous concern of poor growth while on stimulants, however patient is maintaining current growth trajectory and is now tanner stage 2.” Really just documentation of why one would go so outside the bounds of a normal adhd check. Overall again, it smells fishy (esp the lack of gloves), but before reporting I’d do just a little bit of sleuthing through the office portal.~~