Medical fetishism is a paraphilia where the activities and paraphernalia of medicine are eroticised. Many observers believe that medical fetishism is the result of behavioral imprinting from childhood. Paraphilia (in Greek para παρά = besides and -philia φιλία = love) is a mental health term recently used to indicate sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations which may interfere with the capacity for reciprocal affectionate sexual activity. ... Medicine on the Web NLM (National Library of Medicine, contains resources for patients and healthcare professionals) Virtual Hospital (digital health sciences library by the University of Iowa) Online Medical Dictionary Collection of links to free medical resources The NanoAging Institute Medicine News Categories: Medicine | Health ... This article is about the psychological term. ...

Typical medical fetishism scenarios include intimate examinations (rectal examination, gynecological examination), rectal temperature taking, catheterization, enemas, injections, the insertion of suppositories and prostatic massage. A rectal examination or rectal exam is an internal examination of the rectum by a physician. ... The shamefulness associated with the examination of female genitalia has long inhibited the science of gynaecology. ... A thermometer is a device used to measure temperatures or temperature changes. ... Catheter disassembled In medicine, a catheter is a tube that a health professional may insert into part of the body. ... This rectal bulb syringe may be used to administer small enemas. ... In medicine—or in the non-medical use of some illegal drugs—an injection is a method of putting liquid into the body with a hollow needle and a syringe which is pierced through the skin long enough for the material to be forced into the body. ... 4 500mg acetaminophen/paracetamol suppositories A suppository is a medicine that is inserted either into the rectum (rectal suppository) or into the vagina (vaginal suppository) where it melts. ... Prostate massage involves massaging the prostate, one source of sexual pleasure in men relating to orgasm. ...

An additional twist on medical fetishism is surgical fetishism, which eroticises the idea of either performing surgery or having surgery performed on one's self. Even more specific is anesthesia fetishism which involves the procedures and devices used to perform general anesthesia, especially the mask used to administer gaseous anesthesia to a patient. These can be related to hypnofetishism or balloon fetishism (the latter likely because of the balloon-like 'rebreathing bag' often used when administering gaseous anethesia). Anesthesia fetishism is a very specialized sub-category of medical fetishism in which sexual arousal is induced by the idea of general anesthesia, and the various equipment and paraphernalia related to its use. ... Hypnofetishism is the linking of hypnosis (or other forms of mind control) to sexuality, sometimes known by other names such as erotic mind control. ... Balloon fetishism is a sexual fetishism involving the use of balloons for sexual gratification. ...

It should be noted that attempting to carry out medical procedures without medical training and hygiene is potentially highly dangerous and could get somebody seriously hurt or even killed.

See also

• Sexual fetishism
• klismaphilia
• rubber fetishism

Sexual fetishism, first described as such by Sigmund Freud though the concept and certainly the activity is quite ancient, is a form of paraphilia where the object of affection is a specific inanimate object or part of a persons body. ... Klismaphilia is the paraphilia of deriving sexual pleasure from enemas. ... Rubber fetishism is the fetishistic attraction to people wearing rubber, or in certain cases, to the garments themselves. ...

External links

• Male medical fetish