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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a serious red flag for sexual abuse. You need to fully investigate this further. I am a physician and please - do not brush this off with your son. Seek professional assistance.[/quote]

I work in criminal justice and this was my first response too. Sexual abuse. [/quote]

That's always everyone's first response on this board. I'm not suggesting that should be ignored but the other stuff mentioned is just much more likely to be true -- embarrassment; physical reaction; a dr who acted like "no big deal" etc.[/quote]

Maybe, and maybe that's always my reaction because I work in the field.  Just going by the OPs post it is hard to tell.  We all go with our internal bias. [/quote]

When you're wearing a riot suit, everything looks like a riot.  Please dial it down a notch when you come on a parenting board.  We don't all need to be alarmed about sexual abuse constantly.[/quote]

+1. Occam's Razor, folks. Adolescents are famously self-conscious about their bodies, and especially about their privates - just like regular adults, but way more so. I don't find OP's son's reaction all that strange, but again, I was like this too because I just found the whole process of physicals so mortifying and violating. I'm just an unusually self-conscious and easily embarrassed person in general, so those visits were a big trial for me.[/quote]

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