Why do doctors use stethoscopes to listen to different locations on our body, both front and back? What’s the listening for? It always perplexes me.
In: Biology
To be fair, a google search would have answered your question.
But, they are listening to 3 things:
-Heart
-Lungs
-Stomach / GI
Heart: How many sounds there are, what order they come in, and how they sound (Look up S1, S2, etc. heart sounds)
Lungs: Something called “Adventitious” lung sounds, just a medical way of saying any abnormal breathing sounds. Could hint at fluid-filled lungs (bad), pneumonia, CHF, infection, etc.
Stomach: I do not want to misinform you because I am not exactly sure what is being listened for when checking that due to my credentials. Google this one or maybe someone else has more info.
Creds: Paramedic who regularly checks heart + lung sounds.
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