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Does a doctor's stethoscope have to reach into his shirt to listen to the heart?

Does a doctor's stethoscope have to reach into his shirt to listen to the heart?

No more, the doctor can tell the heart of the questioner just by putting the stethoscope on a pig or a snake, because the questioner is either dumb as a pig or poisonous as a snake. In fact, you don't need to hear it to know that the heart is already necrotic.

The last time I went to see a doctor, people just don't care directly into the top of my belly. I subconsciously stepped back, and the doctor looked at me with disdain and said, "Hide, hide, hide. A big man why still so coy it, I have not said it! I hurriedly said, no no, your hands are too cold.

A proper auscultation is one in which the earpiece is placed next to the skin. The thicker the clothing, the less clearly you can hear. You need to listen to different parts of the heart. If you listen to the heart outside, it's just for show.

I usually check my pulse with a gold wire, the same as a phone line, and it's clear from 800 meters away

The Diagnostics, produced by the National Health Council - is the "unspoken rule" that all healthcare professionals in the country must follow - the stethoscope held by the healthcare professional must have the hearing piece close to the patient's skin! ......
Instead of clinging to the patient's clothing! A bull over a hill?
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If one wants a serious cure, yes!

No, encountered want to stretch your clothes to listen to are trying to take advantage of you, hurry up and go, regular are let you step on the soles of the feet to listen to, sometimes listen to the unclear will let you stomp two feet, the more advanced will let you with the rhythm of his gestures stomp.

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The person who asked the question may lack of medical knowledge, so the question is a bit childish and ridiculous, but it is necessary to give you the relevant knowledge of cardiac auscultation, so that those who do not understand and ulterior motives to dispel concerns, the correct view of the doctor in the cardiac diagnosis of the heart when the stethoscope should be put inside the clothes next to the skin to listen to the behavior.

Doctors use stethoscopes to listen to the heart to understand the heart's beating frequency, rhythm, heart position and each valve murmur, etc. It is an important physical examination method for doctors to check whether the heart is normal or not.

Formal cardiac auscultation process must be carried out under the premise of exposing the chest, so that the heart can be accurately auscultated to the various areas of the heart auscultation, if there is a clothing barrier, clothing and stethoscope stethoscope membrane friction friction will affect the effect of the auscultation, such as the inability to hear and difficult to identify pericardial friction sound, a slight heart murmur and other anomalies, so when using a stethoscope to auscultate the stethoscope stethoscope must be close to the chest skin in order to accurately make a judgment, not the doctor to look at the patient's chest on purpose. Therefore, when listening with a stethoscope, the head membrane must be close to the chest skin in order to accurately make a judgment, not the doctor wants to see the patient's chest intentionally.

As for auscultation of the heart through clothing, it is just for show, a film and television drama, but also a reflection of the irresponsibility of doctors, because it is not possible to understand the heart through the stethoscope to find out whether there are any abnormalities and so on. I often encounter such patients in my work, especially young women, who are reluctant to expose their breasts during chest auscultation. For this kind of people, I will not force them to do so, and I will let them go for an electrocardiogram (EKG) directly to find out about their heart condition.

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It's usually required!

If the clothes are very thin and cotton through one or two pieces of clothing can be heard clearly, if the clothes are very thick or linen and other materials such as friction sound is very big through the clothes to listen to it will be interfered with! It may not be as clear as it should be!

There is also the quality of the stethoscope, cheap stethoscopes are generally 10 dollars, good stethoscopes to hundreds of thousands of dollars, good stethoscopes conduct sound effect is better, sometimes if you just listen to the heart rate or listen to the breath sounds through a thin clothes to listen to it can be, but if through a sweater or a down jacket that is certainly not!

If the stethoscope is poor then it is best to have it against the skin!

If you want to listen carefully for faint heart murmurs, third heart sounds, etc. it's best to listen against the skin as well, and this is usually listened to by more specialized cardiologists! That's about it!

So if the doctor wants to listen carefully for heart sounds or murmurs it's best to listen against the skin to hear them a little more clearly!


According to normal operating procedures, according to a normal doctor and a normal mentality of the patient, auscultation must be carried out by putting the chest piece close to the skin, and palpation must also be carried out by touching the skin with the hand! But times have changed, the human environment of society has changed, some people's psychology is very dark, look at the sun are black! When the doctor to see a lifetime of disease, contact with countless patients, there is a potential risk of complaints about the patient, it is necessary to take precautions in advance, there is one to give you the whole thing is enough to drink a pot of water! There is no need to get into that trouble! So, case by case, e.g. elderly, male, follow protocol, otherwise, safety first!

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