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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: Are gynecologist checkups not common in China?
My Chinese girl friend is surprised hear I go to gynecologist every year for checkup. She say she only would go if she has problem. Is this just she strange or gynecologist checkup is not common in CHina?
11 years 45 weeks ago in Health & Safety - China
Sorry to be frank, but I think your Chinese friend is exceptionally backwards. All the Chinese women who I have spoken to about this go for regular, annual check-ups. Perhaps educational level has something to do with those women who find it weird to get a gynecological checkup.
I am sorry, Lolitta2, but i do respectfully disagree with you. Even if I dislike to generalize, because my sample is not large enough, I must say that in my experience, Chinese only go to see a doctor when really sick, and after thinking about it for a while. Regular physical check ups are just not done in general, maybe by a few wealthy ones, but not by a lot.
I do get a physical every year, or as i need it, and my GF still thinks that i am wasting money if i am not sick. Due to her diet, she has a severe case of anemia, she refuses to see a doctor even if tired and all the time out of energy and get up and go. I managed to get her to have a blood test, she came two thirds below the minimum amount of red blood cells, yet she says she is OK and will not eat beef, or other iron supplemental food, not take pills and much less a B-12 shot. And she is educate and has a college degree.
My wife had her 'regular' cervical smears (every 2 - 3 years in the UK) but that was it. But as far as I remember that was normal, regular gynaecological examinations outside the smear test are not a normal thing even in the UK.
However, since returning to China even they have stopped.
Disclaimer: I am a male so my knowledge of this is at best second-hand.