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OK last night I watched Arachnophobia movie. It was fun but one curious scene I don't understand.

 

There was a doctor and he went into the boys changing room of a school to do some kind of medical check. Each boy coughed when he was standing in front of the boy. There was no text or subtitle.

 

What is that check?

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It is a test for an inguinal hernia. When you cough you increase your intra-abdominal pressure and if there is a hernia or a potencial problem with the muscles that keep your insides from falling out and tripping you up the Dr will feel a bulging into the scrotal sac. Very undignified but has to be less embbarrassing than a speculum exam.

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