They poke your stomach aswell dont know what theyre looking for there?
Inspection, palpation, percussion and ascultation of the abdomen is one of those wonderful things that makes doctors (and other
health care professionals) appear like some sort of wonderful figure, with god-given powers to detect and cure disease and misery.
Rarely does it detect any abnormalities, but we have to do it to stop getting sued and to make the patient feel better.
Having said that, we do sometimes find the odd prince amongst the frogs we have to kiss.
