My son has huge hypermobility. He can touch his big toe to the top of his foot and even to his shin. He can bend his knees and elbows way backwards. It causes huge problems because he has to use muscles to brace his joints each step and gets tired quickly. The doctors were worried about heart problems associated with it but he seems to be fine there.
@The Raging Platypus there is no cure unfortunately, but there are lots of ways to treat the symptoms to make life more bearable... and many of the common comorbidities can be treated as well. Plus there are certain things that are dangerous for people with EDS (like certain antibiotics, steroid shots, even simple things like stretching can be bad with EDS) so it's good to know if you have it so you can avoid these things.
@Els Peaches I looked it up...this sounds exactly like him. He has a lot of those symptoms, some that were never mentioned like depression and hopelessness and feelings of inadequacy. He's constantly down on himself. He has fatigue, unusual foot arches, pain, dislocation, etc.
I do ALOT of martial arts, been at it since 1996. As a side effect the sole of my feet are very thick, almost like nails. I once stepped on my ex gfs earring and it got stuck through my foot, like 2cm pin straight in. I thought I stepped on something, So lifted my foot and nothing was on the floor. I got my socks on and went to work. That evening when I got in the shower I noticed it and couldn't stop laughing, when my gf saw it she fainted😂
Haha in Italy when I was 4 I slid on the marble floor while my dad was putting on my shoes and I was singing, so I didn't hear him say "Be careful, you could fall" to me, and landed on my elbow, and from then on I was so embarrassed and grumpy to everyone (unless they made my favorite octopus salad heheh) for literally four months :( lol
The final voice crack when the stickers were relevant, love it. He doesn’t judge anyone, but explains how the health of someone could improve or even decimate
I love that he has such a wholesome, innocent quality to him and then reminds you of how boss he is by spitting wisdom like "a vagina smells like a vagina, it's not supposed to smell like peaches"
I mean, if people wanna smell peaches, they can smell some peaches. Seems a lot healthier to associate parts of the body with what they actually smell like, though, yes.
middle schools lost to mike with that one, never heard of anything about and beyond those things in genitalia expect on youtube or professionals sex ed means what is sex, not how to sex
One thing I like about Dr Mike is that he enunciates so well! Haha I am not a native English speaker and would most of the time have a hard time understanding a whole video without subtitles but for some reasons I understand evrything Dr Mike says 99% of the time.
So glad you pointed out how hyper mobility, while sometimes not a problem, is usually a disorder and not a super power. If any of you are hyper mobile, let your doctor know.
Yep my hypermobility causes me to have migraines, I have TMJ dysfunction, have dislocated wrists, knees and elbows from the silliest of things. The other week I dislocated my right elbow lifting a shopping bag up 😫 Still experiencing the pain of that one.
@ꙮwꙮ Marta ꙮwꙮ so funny you mentioned your legs being ostrich-like ...I often say that my legs are trying to flamingo when I stand up up longer than 20ish minutes at a time 🤪😅😹😅😹😅😹😅😹🤪
I’ve got a pretty extreme case of hypermobility too, and it definitely lead to problems down the line, seeing as I got diagnosed with polyarthritis at 16. Hooking my foot under my ribs was a cool party trick though, back when I was still allowed to do it :)
@Sarah Brownhill Nope, but it only affects my joints, not my skin, so I don’t think that’s what it is. My rheumatologist theorizes that my tendons are simply to loose, but we never did further testing, so who knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So happy to hear you talk about Lymphoedema and Lipoedema (Australian spelling] I have both conditi9ns and so many doctors have never heard of Lipoedema and many have very little understanding of lymphoedema
You're so cool man! If I had you as a study buddy, a mentor or a teacher, I would have probably pursued biology in school... Really endearing screen presence!
“Did you know that removing caffeine from your diet can help you lose...” *Dr. Mike: Please be accurate! Please be accurate!* “...Over sixty percent of your will to live.” I don’t see anything wrong here. That’s completely accurate.
I do okay on a relatively low daily dose of caffeine, like... one small spoonful of instant coffee powder to make a mug of coffee in the morning, and that's usually it. But when I tried going cold turkey for a few weeks, there was this highly distressing feeling of general misery which pretty much went away when I had another mug to test/confirm that it was, indeed, withdrawal. Caffeine is a drug, for those of you who were still on the fence. And a hefty chunk of the world's population is addicted to it. Scary, no?
About the "spice limit" tiktok, none of the things he ate were remotely even "moderately spicy" nor does the spice add up. The hot sauce he used was quite mild. The fresno pepper is less hot than a jalapeño, and the spiciest thing in there is probably a serrano pepper, which is only a bit spicier than a particularly hot jalapeño. The dude also wastes food and tricks people (children) into thinking he has this insane spice tolerance.
7:30 We saw lots of clubbing in the fingers of Cystic Fibrosis patients in my respiratory unit. The younger patients would also go clubbing occasionally, but that was a different problem.
Secondary clubbing of fingers/nails is often a symptom of a respiratory problem for example copd . It can also be a sign of cardiac issues. I always advise people to see there dr if I notice they have clubbing
The splinter take: When I was 4? Pretty sure I was 4. I was running up and down the hall of our home as it was a new home and I was one of those who stood up pretty early and walked rather well on my own pretty early. I was running, and with enough force, managed to get a sewing needle jammed between my first and second toe. There was so much force, to this day, a piece of that needle is still nestled between my bones.
I'd love to see more videos about stuff like the wood treatment debunking. There are so many random treatments on social media like that. I'd love to see which expensive ones are total bs
OK hold on; I have a medical question. Would Caffine headaches sometimes take the form of a Migrane? Been needing to go to my doctors about them but they're never allowing face to face visits anymore and I've had 3 over the phone chats with little to no help what so ever.
Yes caffeine withdrawal can cause migraines. Caffeine in itself can also cause migrajnes, I get migraines from having coffee so haven’t had coffee in 10 years now.
I had a needle in my foot for 2 weeks and I didn't know about it at all! It hurt and all, but I thought I just poked it with something. Turned out it was a needle, when I was showering and pushed on the swollen skin on my foot the needle just came out. Scariest moment in my life. Lol.
Ive got this weird thing with the anterior part of my right ankle where i can hold my foot in place and roll the joint around or like pop it out of place. You can feel and see the Fibula move independently. Its odd.
Hypermobility like in some of these videos can be a symptom of EDS. It might be helpful to mention that and that it's diagnosed through genetic testing. More awareness would save a lot of people a lot of pain.
I love Dr Glaucomflecken. Hearing about how his wife saved his life when he went into cardiac arrest inspired me to update my knowledge of CPR and what to do in a cardiac emergency. She's a freaking hero to have kept up effective chest compressions for as long as she did. My partner had a massive heart attack in March, and it helps me feel less helpless to at least know that I'd be able to do my best to give him assistance if, god forbid, he ever had another cardiac event.
My husband had a metal splinter on his finger that caused a pyogenic granuloma so large that while in the emergency room the doctor got another doctor to look at it and they took pictures to send to their doctor friends! He had to have it surgically removed. Edit: Had to edit because my dog hit the little blue arrow before I was ready. She wanted belly rubs... now.
Well, that talk about the vaginal fluids reminded me of a likewise story about the seminal liquid also changing taste depending on the diet. From what I've heard, having a lot of fruits (especially pineapples) in your diet makes it sweeter. I wonder if that's true, and if it is, what is the reason behind it.
I also had a painful experience of sliding on the floor with socks on. This was when I was quite young. I thought it was fun at first and decided to try to slide and turn into my parent's bedroom. I realised quickly that I couldn't turn in time and slammed into the wall. I fractured my left collar bone and that is the only time I've fractured a bone (never broken one).
9:57 He's actually making a really good recovery! The rod and pins are actually out of his neck at this point, and I've been following his journey the whole time!
I actually have hyperlaxity (aka joint hypermobility syndrome) in my joints and I can do certain strange movements however I have most of the signs and symptoms of this condition like fatigue, severe joint pain, sprains and strains and much more. I was actually diagnosed at age 4.
Capsaicin is also often a great way to treat nerve pain. You can buy cream even as a OTC. It is part of how I discovered the pain and paralysis in places all over my body was rooted in spinal nerves. Back pain started after the symptoms happened. Capsaicin almost completely relived problems from the neck to my toes. This caused me to hire a chiropractor which helped my GP and neurology order MRIs.
My wife was vegan for almost 40 years, she developed an alergy to soy and peet protein (I think what thats what it was). She's had to go back to fish, eggs, etc. She's not happy about it.
4:32 ACTUALLY THIS IS VERY ACCURATE!!!! coffee is one of my coping mechanisms and when I cut out caffeine I fall much deeper into my depression and I genuinely do lose about 60-70% of my will to live.
I had loiasis (worm in the eye) when I was six or so and my eyes were always itching. My parents treated it with onion. I remember I had onion juice pressed into my eyes 3 times a day directly from the onion. It was quite painful but it healed me.
wow.. you’re the first BRvid doctor to point out that hypermobility can cause problems in the future and how important it is for your doctor to know about and explain it to their patients. Thank you! ♡
I mean I can do that and my mom is officially diagnosed with EDS. We know that I have inherited her hypermobility and I most likely have EDS too. A lot of doctors don't even look for EDS. Like the only reason as to why I currently don't score full marks from the Bighton test/scale is because I sit most of my time and don't exersice/stretch (also my back is annoying most of the time so I don't even attempt doing back stretches. I don't have the money to have it massaged through frequently enough.) so I only score like an 8on a normal day. (The full score needs a 9, but you can be diagnosed with a read of 7 or up.)
Yep looks like EDS. It not only can affect the joints - as rhere are various types of EDS - to be very flexible, but also other tissues and even connective tissue and tissue connecting the walls of blood vessels, what can cause a higher risk for aneurisms etc. Also EDS ' ler are prone to gastric problems, mast cell activation ( the symptoms are similar to anaphylaxis but with any reason like a drop / elevation in temperature etc. )
That splinter reminds me of the needle I had in my big toe in second grade. We had moved into a place and for years there had been a needle just sitting in the carpet without us knowing until one day I stepped on it. It was an inch long and I had to get my toe cut open for that. I had it sitting in my foot for a day because the pinprick was so small that to my parents it looked like nothing so I sat all night crying because it throbbed and in the morning my mother finally said she was going to take me in because something didn't seem right. It's a good story, though. I don't remember any of the pain so that's a bonus.
"Doctor, we've got another emergency case in the ER. Male, age 10. Damage to the eyeball, apparently a playmate tried to snatch it out with his bare hand." "Freakin' Naruto, AGAIN?"
I have watched doctor mike for a bit, even though i'm a songwriter, i now enrolled in med school because i find medical practice interesting, thanks dr. mike!
I knew this kid in a high school geometry class that would stop by a convenience store every single morning before school and pick up a half-gallon of iced tea + lemonade that was caffeinated One day he apparently woke up late and didn’t get his iced tea, and he spent the day entirely silent with his head in his hands Could’ve been the sugar tho too, idk
I wish all the best for the guy with the jaw rod (good thing he seems to be doing well in the tiktok). I also hope he recovers from the trauma he probably got from being shot.
6:30 I can do this as well with my legs but it comes with a downside because I can actually break and dislocate my knees very easily. I actually broke my right knee very badly and I’m little scared to try it on that one anymore 😅 left one still does it just fine.
As soon as I heard you say don't pop your blisters I thought of the time I had a infection that caused a wart and the doctor over froze the wart causing a blood blister that would not stop getting bigger to the point I had to pop it. Luckily I got it popped by my wonderful aunt that's a nurse. I know pretty weird😬
I have a chronic subluxation of my tendons in my left and right hands, mainly on the knuckles under my middle, and ring fingers. It started slipping seems it happened so much they started splinting my fingers straight to hopefully calm it. Unfortunately, my doctor said "hopefully" and not "will" or "should" and it didn't get better. Now we are waiting on a surgery to get my tendons shortened on all my fingers to relieve the problem and stop any future issues happening
6:30 i was telling my friend about this and I said " it really freaks me out when people can move there legs like this" and I tried my best to explain it and she said " oh this " and I screamed and almost got yelled at by my buss driver
By the way, Dr Glaucomflecken's (that doc from 11:41) wife did not just do chest compressions, she did chest compressions FOR 10 MINUTES NON-STOP (usually people get switched after 2 minutes)... She's a champ 👏 Thanks for sending him a merch shirt 🥺
The excitement I felt, that you know and understand lipoedema… 🙌🏼🙌🏼 I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard ‘eat less and exercise more’ *Has gastric sleeve and 7ltrs of fat liposuction-ed from thighs with a size 8-10 waist but BMI is still obese with size 16 legs*
One of my elementary school friends had syndactyly and I just always thought it was really cool. I have a special ability and I don't know if anyone else can do it. I can hum and beatbox at the same time.
I was once running around barefoot on an old wooden dock and managed to get a huge splinter. I had to be carried back to my house by my brother because I couldn't walk. It was so painful. We tried removing the splinter at home but it just wouldn't budge. When I went to the ER they thought it was a joke that I went there to get a splinter removed so they sat me in a hallway and gave me a numbing spray while a nurse tried to pull it out. The nurse wasn't able to pull it out either. Finally, they had to cut my foot open and remove the 3-inch splinter.
My dad is a chiropractor and I’ve broken my arm twice(same arm different placesnot same time) had 2 concussions stung by a yellow jacket 3 times and since first broken arm (near my elbow) it bends past its point around a inch I’ve had bulletin impetigo I think Covid btw I’m not vaccinated
I wanted to be a Doctor in HS to help people. Like genuinely that was all I wanted to do was help people and that was the most direct way I could think of. Plus I have a very high tolerance for blood. Anyway I dropped out of college and I'm now a TA at preschool LOL
Doctor Mike, that double iris is actually a real thing I just don’t remember the name. It isn’t harmful (I’m almost certain. In other words I’m pretty sure it isn’t harmful)
The splinter story resonated with me. One time I was dancing across the floor in my new apartment and I stepped, hard, on a pin that was on the floor and it went into my foot, hit the bone and bent on the bone but kept going in. I started laughing, because it hurt but I felt really dumb for the way it happened. My boyfriend was freaking out as, with tears in my eyes I had to figure out a way to manouver the pin out of my foot. So painful lol
This video definitely activated my propensity for fainting! Being squeamish while having P.O.T.S. (thus chronically low BP) and vasovagal syncope isn't a good combination! 🤢😵💫☠️
That is not a splinter, my friend, that is a baby Xenomorph. 11:12 She is talking about the female ejaculate, and how what you eat and/or drink can change the taste and/or smell of your ejaculate. All I can say about that is that a lot of various sources online, including some medical websites I believe, have confirmed that the taste of your ejaculates - sperm in the case of the short research I did - can be altered by your diet.
I love how excited he gets about random medical tidbits. Also, wood splitters are nothing compared to fiberglass splitters. And you can’t even see the fiberglass to get it out so you just have to deal with it until it decides to come out.
that's if it comes out and doesn't just get buried deep inside covered in hard protective tissue. A big fibreglass splinter can leave more shards inside too?
Different material but one time I was helping rake a softball field and the rake was broken in half but I didn’t think much about it until one of the shards was shoved into my hand and it hurt so bad
The bluster pop will stay with me forever. I've had multiple blisters (bad I know) but have never popped one and will never pop one. I can feel the pain that the person felt oh my lord 😭
My youngest son got clubbed fingers from medication that stunted his growth. I live in the birthplace of Johns Hopkins "Experts" = it's safer to stay away from the "practice" until treatment is needed. You said it yourself - everyone has FABULOUS Uniqueness, so we should not have one size fits all healthcare
Look at you going on tour like a rockstar. You have come so far and deserve every ounce of each success you have achieved, and this is a big one. I wish you the best for your tour 😊❤️
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a funny thing is that i had a same splinter go all the way through, but that was the area under my thigh (idk if i said it right i dont speak english normally) and it hurt. at the time i was 10 years old.
Had a really long splinter when I was younger, I think like 10 or 11, and I had to go to the doctor like that. Yeah, I hate outside decks now. :/ I am so careful when I walk on em.
