Ask about your medical history and do a physical exam, including a vaginal or rectal exam.

Your doctor may diagnose a vaginal yeast infection based on the description of symptoms and possibly a vaginal exam.

(But you may have a carefully done vaginal exam at the hospital.)

"I thought a breast and vaginal exam were required," Ms. McCormack said.

It is important that the swab be taken before a digital vaginal exam is performed.

Then they did a vaginal exam, and it was the most painful thing for me in the world.

Like vaginal exams and pain threshold tests.

At that point, three claimed they had vaginal or anal exams, including one who made up the detail, "the doctor did it with a stick."

Your doctor may want to do a vaginal exam.