As someone who has also "broken their ass", I can confirm it is extremely painful. They checked me out and gave me a prescription for pain meds. I was a kid, and I remember lying on my stomach all day while it healed because it hurt less. 30 years later and I'm still climbing on stuff I shouldn't.
I bounced down an angled slate cliff, which was worn smooth like a slide. Broke my coccyx. No jeans or trousers with a tight seam at the back. It meant lots of codine and only very loose trousers for over a year. Plus a rubber ring so I could actually sit down. It healed fully after a year and a half, but the bone is still a bit sensitive four years later. You’re always conscious of it and it can be every bit as annoying as toothache at times. Definitely a bit more than a little inconvenience. 😅
@@Emily.R.W Oh yeah. Missed a lot of school. And I developed arthritis in the area in my 20s. I get flare ups several times a year, and it gets worse as I get older.
UA-camrs: “I’m about to perform this incredibly dangerous, ill-conceived stunt with no safety precautions in place or medical personnel on sight. What could possibly go wrong?” Everything. Everything could go wrong.
Especially with Jeff because the main youtuber, forgetting his name right now, just did it without him knowing, he said okay to a bit of swinging but not full speed
I just met Dr. Mike at a convention in Chicago this last weekend. He is just as genuine in person as he is in his videos! Meeting him was completely unexpected and I was fully star struck when shaking his hand! I cannot believe he became a doctor at age 24. A remarkable individual here to change the world for the better ❤ thank you Dr. Mike for all you do!!
I think he became a resident at 24 not to sure but with his actual degree maybe Did he say that he got his proper medical license or if he got his residency at 24
Fun fact, if you have all the symptoms of appendicitis and then all of a sudden your right lower quadrant pain goes away or suddenly becomes much less severe, you need to het to the hospital asap. When the appendix ruptures, it can relieve the pressure from being inflammed and enlarged, leading to a short period of relief from the pain. It can trick you into thinking you're getting bettter, when in fact things just got much worse. I watched this happen to a kid in my school clinic years ago and had to call an ambulance instead of waiting for his dad to pick him up to take him to the ER. His appendix had ruptured right in front of me, and he jumped up wanting to go back to class because the pain had suddenly subsided. He made a full recovery luckily,but spent much more time in the hospital because of the rupture and subsequent infection
My sister was in so much pain in the appendix area. Like, she was crying. She regularly gets abused by horses and never cries. She couldn't even stand. Refused to go to the hospital. She's perfectly fine now. Idk what happened
@@lovely__shadow9305 I'm not a doctor (I am a certified hospital pharmacy tech), but from personal experience, she may also have had an ovarian cyst rupture. I had that happen once and had that same immense pain in the same general area - I doubled up at work and could barely stand/walk. They did a scan in the ER for appendicitis and found the ovary instead. Still took a couple days and some good meds to totally get over the pain, but yeah, it was that bad. Some years later, I actually did get appendicitis. Very similar pain - but this one came with nausea. Immense, vomiting, sweating nausea. That was a major defining point I recall as a difference between the two. Dunno if that helps anyone, but yeah. Always get it checked out just in case, because a ruptured appendix, untreated, can literally kill you with sepsis (infection traveling through bloodstream) - but for biological females of sexually mature age, it can apparently also be an ovarian cyst.
I went to the ER because I was having classic appendicitis symptoms. The doctor refused to even do any kind of scan, because I "wasn't sick enough." He told me to come back when I had a high fever & was REALLY sick. I said "so I should wait until it bursts & I'm dying of peritonitis? Great idea!" He just left the room, telling me to leave. Greatest health care in the world, my fanny.
The wanting to continue part after sustaining an injury in athletics takes me back, when I was a teenager I broke my wrist playing basketball and just got back up and kept playing since I didn't feel any pain. Let me tell you I felt it when I caught the next pass and made the injury 10x worse.
6:04 This video by Ice Cream Sandwich is very cut- in the full video, Andy describes how he threw up twice before deciding to leave the workshops early. He then walked all the way home because he had no vehicle, and during that walk his abdominal pain worsened dramatically and he nearly vomited again (his sheer willpower and not wanting to barf in front of a random car stopped him) as well as almost blacking out. He finally made it home and went to bed, passing out almost immediately. A couple hours after *that* is when his roommate and his girlfriend got concerned and made Andy get his ahh to the ER.
Second this ! They left out the important part in between him having his bowel movement and his roommate calling his then gf about what was going on which would've answered Mike's concerns about whether or not it really was appendicitis
So happy to see a fellow ice cream sandwich viewer, also thanks for pointing this out! His full vid definitely has more information that Dr Mike left out.
A while ago my mom started having chest pain. She went to the doctor and they gave her pain meds and told her it was probably nothing. They wouldn’t do much for her. She was still in pain for days and days. She kept telling him she could feel something in her chest. When she ran out of meds and wasn’t getting better she went back, the doctor refused to help her. Told her she wasn’t giving her anymore pain medication. Thinking my mom was making it up. She was so rude. My mom finally went to a different er and they took her in immediately. When they looked at her lungs, she had blood clots in them!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was lucky to be alive. Still makes me furious to this day.
@@aryella7107 Happy to see a fellow Scar viewer. Dude is way too wholesome and positive, we can all take him as an example for the human spirit encountering hardship.
7:04 My aunt is a nurse and pulled over, called her colleagues to say she thinks her appendix burst and she might not make it there. Then she farted. A *long* fart. She had to call them again and say now she feels chipper and shes coming into work
In the fifth grade, my best friend fell off a platform in the playground, and he was laying on the ground and told me he was fine. I told him to lift his head up so I could see. It was about a 2 inch cut, and I immediately knew he needed to go get stitches. After I ripped my jacket off of my waist and used it to soak up some of the blood, he ended up needing 14 stitches.
iJustine's story got to me because my sister has May Thurner syndrome. She was diagnosed at 16 years old because a couple weeks after we'd returned home from a trip which involved a few long-haul flights she was having pain, swelling, and redness in her leg. She went to emergency with our Mum and they discovered a METRE LONG BLOOD CLOT starting in her groin and going down her leg. She had two intense surgeries in which she has a filter placed, the clot dissolved and removed, and a stent put in her vein. It was a horrible experience for her (both the medical emergency, and the surgeries themselves in which she was not taken care of the way she should've been which unfortunately leaded to her developing a pulmonary embolism) and left her with bad medical PTSD. She's 23 now and has since had *another* metre long blood clot (this time in the other leg) after a very, very bad experience with a 'specialist' who majorly fucked up and put her life at risk, leading to the placement of a stent in her other leg. And has had some partial blockages which were resolved more easily, as well as two more stents which were put in place to essentially reinforce the other two, leaving her with a total of four. She's so resilient and brave and I couldn't be more proud of my little sister. I'm really glad Justine was able to get the help she needed.
@@randyx3976Thank you for saying so, and I agree wholeheartedly! Unfortunately, the second clot came about as the result of the ego of a specialist that replaced her original one when he moved. My sister went in for a routine check-up, which was her first appointment with the new doctor, and he told her that she was young and that he didn't see 'any reason' why she would develop a clot, and told her not to continue taking her blood-thinners... Within a few months she had developed the second huge clot. My mum and sister developed enough evidence to suggest that her doctor either only skimmed her medical file, or possibly did not read it at all. This is why he said what he said and took her off her medication. We recently found out that the hospital decided not to renew his contract with them after several complaints from other patients and their families, as well as other doctors and nurses who had worked with him. So even though his malpractice led to my sister developing the second life-threatening clot, the silver lining is that her complaint contributed to his being let go.
First let me hasten to say that I very much admire DoctorMike & wish he was my doctor. And iJustine is an excellent YT’er. That said, what you describe with the case of your sister is just an all too common tale of “Western Medicine” and its referrals to “specialists” (let’s always spell that with quotes). As a family doctor, Mike’s a generalist, so he tends to be big-picture oriented. He even mentions the very significant risk of pulmonary embolism in patients prone to these large/long clots. Whereas, a surgeon (some of whom famously have God complexes) might want to go in to try to get it out ASAP. Thanks for sharing your sister’s scary story with us. 😉
He’s the reason I’m so happy I didn’t choose to go into the medical field. Every time he explains something my anxiety just shoots of the roof. I would be so scared to even move if I was a doctor. Would not be alive or mentally well for long.
I am a ballerina with thoracic outlet syndrome! I am on anti-inflammatories at the moment to reduce the risk of a clot and to help with pain. The doctors did discuss shaving down my first rib if it becomes too problematic but we are trying to be as non-invasive as possible and I am managing it well! Hi from Australia btw!
The same thing happened to me! The only difference is that I don't take medication for my T.O.S. since it's not to that degree. The discussion about shaving down my rib was only if I can't do my job in the future. Funny how the same thing can be treated differently.
As an equestrian, having your foot stuck in the stirrup is extremely dangerous. You have a chance of getting stepped on because the horse expects you to fall not to still be there. Also, you should do a video on horseback riding injuries ❤😊
As a horseback rider, I can tell you anyone who rides will stress the importance of only having your toe in the stirrup so it’s easy to slide out so you don’t injure your leg. Even worse, when being dragged by a horse it can step on your or you could get a concussion… Horseback riding equipment is made with the expectation you will fall.
As a horseback rider as well, I can also attest that proper riding form is toe in stirrup! The expectation when riding on ANY horse, is that you will eventually get thrown off of one or fall off. Thankfully safety equipment and proper teachings help reduce serious injuries
And footwear without heels = strictly forbidden, for a reason. I cant count how many times that small heel has saved my bacon. You dont need brandname products or gear made for riders, especially if youre just starting, any boot or shoe with some heel will do. No sneakers!
My second daughter was an emergency forceps delivery. I'd been on bedrest for over a month already w PIH and was developing preeclampsia. The delivery fractured my coccyx. Fourteen years later and it hasn't healed, and likely never will. I love reminding her about she'll always be a pain in my ass, and she's absolutely worth the pain. Also, was a teaching hospital. About 25 OB/GYN residents, ~10 peds residents, plus the NICU staff with their crash cart, my L&D Nurses, my OB, adult crash cart, etc... It wasn't a huge hospital room either. Forceps aren't terribly common so makes sense. When they finally left our room it looked like a damn clown car emptying out.
Lost one of my oldest & dearest friends to a blood clot going into her lungs, at the age of 34, after an outpatient day surgery. She passed away at home in her own bed, we never had a chance to say goodbye. ALWAYS tell your people that you love them, never EVER wait. 💕💕
I’d love to see Dr Mike do a deep dive with Jeff Wittek into his life changing injuries on the podcast!! As someone who has also suffered a life altering head injury I’d love to hear Dr Mikes opinions on Jeff’s treatments and subsequent depression 🖤
I'd really like that too because it's actually a very complex situation. The head trauma isn't visible but I'd love to see him analyze it. And also Jeff is just an awesome dude and he deserves to learn more about the situation
Having fractured my coccyx, I can attest to how painful it is. I was thirteen, took a hard fall on a hardwood floor in gym class, and my teacher kept downplaying it, saying I was fine, I was just being dramatic... I couldn't sit down straight, could hardly walk, I was screaming in agony. She still *refused* to believe anything was wrong. Went to the doctor, sure enough, it was fractured, almost to the point of it coming apart. My parents were *furious*, and rightly so! I had to sit on a rubber inflatable donut, which I was teased relentlessly for and actually had another student unscrew the air valve so it went flat on me during class 🙄 That same teacher tried to fail me because I had to take a couple weeks off from gym to recover and then go back to just light exercise. It healed, but I still have back pain to this day, and it ruined my ability to play soccer, a sport I *love*. Anywho, thank you for the video, Doctor Mike! Hugs and love from California!
I broke my coccyx and sacrum and L4 & L5 from a 20 foot fall onto the metal deck of a boat… most painful thing I’ve ever experienced… and I’ve stood on Lego!
I suffered a really terrible sprain some years ago and if I didn't want to get kicked out of my college quarter (and lose all that tuition money of course) I had to continue to attend class in person, including having to walk and drive on it as well as not being able to elevate it while in class. 20 years later and it's full of scar tissue and bone spurs because I simply wasn't permitted to take care of it properly. So I know all about schools not giving a damn about medical needs.
I almost certainly broke mine about 10 years ago when I fell down the bare wood stairs and landed directly on my tailbone. I didn't get it checked so I can't be absolutely sure I broke it, but it was excruciating for months, and I built a chair out of a chair frame and a toilet seat to use when I was working. Even a donut pillow wasn't enough to keep the pressure off it. It still pops if I tense my butt.
6:45 when I had, what doctors thought to be appendicitis, they did not scan or do anything at all to confirm, they just put me in surgery and removed my appendix… They removed a perfectly healthy appendix and my intense stomach pain persisted.
I have gone through TWO episodes of DVT/PE, in 2007 and early 2009. The first one started with calf pain right after a Sunday ride on my dirtbike, (my first ride in 14 years) and I did not recognize it for what it was. The following Sunday I felt an odd sensation, like a "Hiccup/burp combo" in the center of my chest. It happened twice, about 30 seconds apart. The following Thursday the pain in my calf spiked, and I finally went to the ER. That's when I found out what had happened.. When I told the doc about the sensation on the previous Sunday, he literally dropped my chart in shock and said "Why didn't you call 911 when that happened?" He asked if I had heard of The Widowmaker (I replied yes, my dad passed due that in 1999.) He explained that what I felt was a piece of the clot jamming my heart valves, TWICE. I am one of the 1.2% who survived such a thing. In 2009 shortly after getting off Warfarin, my leg started hurting again, so back to the ER, found THREE blockages in my leg, and a cat scan (which the doc had originally not ordered) revealed ANOTHER episode of PE. I am now on Warfarin for the rest of my life, as they were not able to draw for the tests to figure out why I clotted in the first place. As of today, still stable on Warfarin and I still ride motocross.
14:19 yessss!! I called PE right away when she c/o SOB and chest pain. Thanks Dr Mike for keeping me up on my medical knowledge. RN of 24 years here. Great video!!
I have TOS & my thoracic surgeon told me that due to the huge line of people needing treatment in BC, they can't do anything until I lost circulation in my arms at rest and told me if one of my arms ever swells up, that I am to go immediately to the ER and tell them I have a DVT. Interestingly, my MRI showed that my TOS is in both vein and artery on both sides of my body, and when at rest both vein and artery have a small dip in them - much like if you bent a straw and then straightened it out - there would be a divot. He said I was likely born with this or I slept with my arms up a lot when I was a kid.
Just wanted to pipe in that I appreciate the tidbit about "urgent care" being a level of care between primary care and emergency room. My PCP is AFC Urgent care and they take walk-ins as well as scheduled appointments. So drastically different time-wise with seeing a specialist.
the fact that this youtuber 4:57 provided uncensored version of his banged up eye on patreon like bruh 😭😭😭 pretty sure people who enjoy ur content and like u dont want to see that. Glad he made a good recovery 🥰
Dr. Mike, have you reacted already to the incident where that hockey player got his throat slashed? Would be awesome, educational and cool to watch you react to it. You could invite a hockey player to talk about rules and stuff too or something
10:10 one time while casually fighting with my dad I feel on the corner or a chair and hit my tailbone. I was in tremendous pain and could not sit up for more than a week. I told my parents but they didn't believe me and didn't take me to a doctor. I still get teary eyed when I think about that
8:52 something really interesting about this is that people used to be far more sensitive for motion sickness before, when the first automotive vehicles were made for the military they had to go though extensive training to get used to motion sickness because most people had never been in a car before and got horribly sick in bumpy rides
Same! I've studied so much about medicine. Read almost all of the medical books at the library. I couldn't remember the smaller parts of anatomy or the tricky words. My brain seems to have chosen remember the more important stuff.
@@archmage7813 I can always remember major stuff. It's smaller or less known info that doesn't seem to stick with me. Or some completely random thing that I'm never going to need.
I really feel like I shouldn’t watch theses videos with my fairly bad anxiety about my health but I can’t stop myself cause dr mike explains stuff so well and that does help
Had a bilateral pulmonary embolism in 2019. They told me if I'd gone back to sleep instead of calling an ambulance, I'd never have woken up again. The clot, they say, stretched all the way from my ankle to my thigh. I'll be on Xarelto for life.
Dr Mike, please make a video on the horrific situation that happened recently in hockey where a player died. A breakdown of what happened and why it was so lethal along with how someone at the scene should try to help. Is it even possible with that bad an injury to save someone? It would also be good to have a trusted source weigh in on neck guards and if they truly help. Thank you for your great content and your time. -Coen
I get it, I understand. I also live with kyphoscoliotic Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (98th in the world diagnosed). My body however does not allow me to run. Had I argued I would be permanently in a wheelchair. It is very important to get a proper diagnosis and not just go off of feelings.
9:59 My grandfather broke his coccyx years ago. Slipped down some stairs. He was a truck driver and continued to drive truck afterwards. How the hell he managed to spend 10 hours a day driving truck with a broken coccyx is beyond me.
I was 21 when I developed a DVT and ended up with multiple PE. I have a family history of both with my father. Birth control was a contributing factor but not enough to explain why I developed a DVT. I was a very healthy young woman and I had to fight a little to be seen by my family doctor who took one look at me and my symptoms and told my mother to take me to the hospital because he believed I had a blood clot. I should have never been prescribed the birth control but the doctor who gave me the prescription was not my family doctor and failed to do a family history. I have been on blood thinners since then and not had any repeated incidents while my father has had an additional DVT. There has been talk of getting me off the blood thinners, but I have not seen a specialist for the proper testing to see if they can find the factor now.
I have motion sickness so bad. I cannot be a passenger in a car 99% of the time. Mine is activated by my anxiety. If I don't feel any anxiety, I am fine. I talked to my PCP about it, as I was experiencing motion sickness while I drive, and he prescribed me Zofran. Zofran has been a life saver for me. I also get nausea with my IBS and GERD, so it works for that, too.
That second video reminds me of why my stirrups are made to slide off the saddle if there is any drag. Also, helmets. In general. I'm so glad he's still alive and able to walk.
I had the most mild pain in my lower right quadrant and my mom made me go to the ER thinking I had apendicidis. I was so embarrassed bc I was 100% convinced it was gas pain and it turned out I had ovarian torsion and needed emergency surgery lmao.
Hi Mike, My name’s Leo and I come from Sweden. I just wanted to say that my 12 year old cat died last Friday because of cancer and your videos really cheer me up, keep it up, much love!!❤
I have Lupus and several years ago I started having severe chest pain after a bad case of bronchitis. After it got to the point where I had to scream just to lay down or sit up, I finally went to the ER. (I know I should have gone MUCH sooner!) They did a CT scan and it turned out that both lungs were full of blood clots. The doctor said he didn't know how I was able to walk and talk at all. I was treated with aggressive blood thinners while being in the hospital for about a week. I still have to take a medication called Warfarin (generic Coumadin), which is another blood thinner, every day. Thank goodness, I have fully recovered with no lasting damage. The doctors have said it's a miracle. That was some of the WORST pain I've ever had in my life. While I wish I didn't have to take the medication, I would much rather do that than go through that again, it was terrifying. I'm glad the lady with the clot is ok!
I have just finished watching a video showing injured children in a hospital in Gasa. And to be honest, though I am a doctor who is, perhaps, supposed to be stronger, I couldn't finish the video for the 1st time. The injuries were so brutal and heart touching. I wonder what would be the future of those children. I couldn't express myself well since English is my 4th language. But my message is destined to my colleague, Dr Mike, and doctors understand each other!
I’ve worked as ancillary staff in IR suites before, and it truly is amazing what they’re capable of doing using guide wires and catheters through arteries and veins. It sounds weird but is such a powerful tool for treating vascular illness and issues.
I’m a guitarist who plays guitar for some famous musicians/actors and always a good time even riding the tour bus hours upon hours and I can honestly say Dr Mike makes the miles go a lot faster and is one of the only tubers I watch, also the current guy who is a major actor watches and loves Dr Mike too
I got an umbilical hernia once, and my primary care doc and another family medicine doc were like “we don’t recommend getting it fixed unless it’s an emergency - besides your stomach still looks attractive so don’t worry about it,” but also “don’t do strenuous exercise or lift weights or any ab stuff again.” I went to a surgeon and he was like “I can fix this in ten minutes. Here are the risks. Here are the benefits. It’s your body. You choose.” I got the surgery. If something is going to affect my life so much that I cant do a ton of the stuff I love, I’m willing to take the risk. Never appreciated a doctor being so blunt before. I appreciate the internal medicine doctors trying to warn me away from surgery that wasn’t absolutely necessary. But I appreciated the surgeon more for clearly laying out all of my options and letting me choose without judging me for it.
Pain doesn't always happen right away. I crushed my middle finger off and it didnt hurt at all until the next day when i woke up. When the pain did finally kick in it was awful. What made it worse was i turned down the pain medicine that the doctors offered then when the pain kicked in the next day i called the doctor back to get pain medicine and they wouldn't give it to me. It hurt really bad for a week or two. It especially hurt when i had to change out the bandages and clean it. Tylenol, ibuprofen, and naproxen didnt touch the pain.
I have a hiatal hernia (basically a pocket that semi-digested food van get trapped in) and if I eat too much too close to when I go to bed, I'll wake up after almost exactly an hour (when all my muscles relax in sleep and the trapped food can be released) coughing and choking on food and bile. THANKFULLY I'm on multiple meds that are managing that, and I'm fairly careful about spacing my meals before sleep, so it happens rarely now. But it used to be once or twice a week, and I kept getting upper respiratory infections because of it. It fuckin SUCKS. Stomach acid in your lungs hurts. Coughing stomach acid out of your lungs and into your throat and mouth also hurts. It also tastes AWFUL. 0/10 fo NOT recommend
@@zekenelsons2069 Sorry to hear that, I was quite fortunate (in a weird way) in that I aspirated vomit during a seizure so I didn’t actually experience it first hand but came around in ICU a couple days later and just remember the pain/discomfort of the damage it did.
I had the worst abdominal cramps when I had appendicitis, no other symptom. No vomiting, no fever, and the typical pressure sign was not definitive. Doctor decided to take it out either way. It was inflamed and full of pus. If my sister hadn't had a burst appendix the year before, they wouldn't have operated on me. But as they were cautious (she did not have typical symptoms either), they said 'better safe than sorry' and I said goodbye to my appendix.
As a high schooler, Dr Mike has really inspired me to learn more about the human body. It has always made me so curious, and I will keep that in mind when thinking about a job in the future. Thank you Dr Mike. Being a doctor might just be my dream now
Been there and done that with the dvt's and pulmonary embolisms. Not fun at all. When the clot travels through your heart, it feels like it stops beating. I'm now classed as high risk, and have to take blood thinners for the rest of my life. Very scary.
4:33 Reminds me of when my boyfriend was in sixth grade and he got punched in the face by an eighth grader shattering his eye socket and giving him 17 facial fractures. I was feet away when the big kid hit him. I told the teacher. I ran, terrified because I thought the kid was coming for me. The kid got suspended for a bit and couldn't walk down the aisle for graduation.
Dr. Mike, I would like to see you make a video about people who are basically immune to local anesthetics. I am one of the few who can't be numbed it has been a problem my whole life. Botox also has no effect on me for some reason. I have had large doses of botox injected into my legs as an attempt to treat clonus, but it hasn't worked at all. They even put a little in my face to see if I was immune to it, and the botox didn't paralyze any of my forehead muscles either.
i love watching your videos because I find them so helpful and entertaining because I just finished my 1st year of college and i’m doing my pre reqs for nursing school. so i think it’s super cool that I actually know most of the things you explain and it’s awesome!
Had a near fatal pulmonary embolism from a DVT in my left leg (worked iut as it left varicose veins behind) when i was 17 that left me in hospital for 10 days. Was put down as unprovoked & not have to be on warfarin for life. Docs said if i got to the hospital an hour later I'd have been DOA. I don't remenber much from the 24-48hr period after the attack which out my heartrate at 220 & 70% oxygen as well as troponin levels 5x normality. What freaked my mum out was she drove past the ambulance on the side of the road - turns out I passed out & the ambo needed help to revive me. Have since been diagnosed with PTSD from the whole ordeal.
The story about appendicitis really struck home for me. When I was 10 years old, I had my appendix removed. I had the pain, but I never had any fever or nausea. The first thing I remembered was sitting in school and getting a severe stabbing pain in my lower right side. I started crying and when the teacher asked what the problem was, the pain was so severe I could barely speak, and when he said I may be dismissed, I collapsed in class and had to get support to walk to the office. Before I woke up post-surgery, the surgeon informed my dad of the situation and said that my appendix was so swollen that it had wrapped around my ribs, and could only speculate that had I waited less than a day later, it would have burst
10:30 it couldve been the fact that hair bands women wear on their hair and arms, wearing it for a extended time might caused it. Some hair bands can be pretty tight.
Hi, survivor of a serious head injury here. Yes. Your head bleeds a lot, like a lot a lot. And stables are used more than u'd think when it comes to open head injuries. I got... I think.. 8 stables and 7 stitches? I knocked out a molar(s), broke my left canine tooth, had a serious concussion, and the break was above my right eye. Im not sure if my orbital was broken, as I was very young when it happened (about 5), but i remember bleeding, and it still freaks me out to this day. Remember to wear helments when you go sledding. Could save ur life... Shout out to my dad, who is an EMT. His quick thinking and medical skills/training probably saved my life that day. Love you dad, ur my hero
I would like to argue the appendicitis statement. I was quite ill with severe nausea every single day for over three months, severe constipation and diarrhoea in turn, several flares of gastritis but no pain on my right side. One day, I woke up so nauseous I could barely move, took my third trip in the last month to the hospital. Rushed in for a laparoscopic appendectomy. So many people end up having theirs burst because their symptoms don’t fit with the ‘typical’ appendicitis symptoms. Same goes for my mother, no pain but nausea, rushed in as hers was about to burst.
My shoulders naturally sit rolled forward a bit, and when I'm doing squats or anything with my arms out straight at chest height or higher my fingertips start to go numb like there is a blood constriction, ive always been a but worried. This last story is providing a whole lot of clarity as to why. *Edit watched 20 more seconds of video and now i also know to watch out for the same kind of blood clot issue in the future
Thanks for this channel and all the information you provide. I sincerely hope you inspire the next generation of MDs, something I wish I would have done.
I think it would be interesting if doctor mike were to go more in-depth into Jeff’s accident bc of how traumatic it was for him and how he was able to come to terms with what happened
In relation to the Pewds one, I once accidentally slammed the top part of my rear on the very pointed corner of a shoe cubby. I was trying to crouch down to fill up my dogs water, didn't realize how far back my body was, and oh my god That corner hit me right at the top of my crack--right against the coccyx If you have _never_ gotten hurt there, thank god or whatever deities you want for that. Because I have literally broken my bones SEVERAL TIMES, and not even that was as painful as hurting that teeny tiny bone. As far as I am aware, I'm fairly certain I hadn't hit it hard enough to fracture anything, and I've been fine in relation to that area to that day, but dear god it was so painful. At most bruised, or akin to have slammed a car door on your finger. I remember just slowly standing back up, in so much pain not I couldn't even physically show my reaction on face aside from abject horror/shock, and I very stiffly walked back over to the main couch, and very slowly sat down, mostly because I wanted to check and was not at all sure if I was going to struggle with sitting. I did. Ice packs were a constant, and I swear the pain took a full month to actually dissipate. If only I had known about the donut seat during that time...
i would love to see you react to the entire Jeff story now that he has talked more about the specifics publicly, including the many surgeries subsequently and the longer term issues associated with his injuries
That first guy. Man, my knees are stiff and painful EVERY MORNING. When I say painful, I mean I CRY until I move them around for a few before getting up. Once I’m up moving around they’re fine. X-rays say they’re fine. But now I’m wondering if I should get an MRI. Then again, it’s better to not know sometimes 😂
As someone who has also "broken their ass", I can confirm it is extremely painful. They checked me out and gave me a prescription for pain meds. I was a kid, and I remember lying on my stomach all day while it healed because it hurt less. 30 years later and I'm still climbing on stuff I shouldn't.
I bounced down an angled slate cliff, which was worn smooth like a slide. Broke my coccyx. No jeans or trousers with a tight seam at the back. It meant lots of codine and only very loose trousers for over a year. Plus a rubber ring so I could actually sit down. It healed fully after a year and a half, but the bone is still a bit sensitive four years later.
You’re always conscious of it and it can be every bit as annoying as toothache at times. Definitely a bit more than a little inconvenience. 😅
@@Emily.R.W Oh yeah. Missed a lot of school. And I developed arthritis in the area in my 20s. I get flare ups several times a year, and it gets worse as I get older.
Hell, even just bruising your coccyx hurts for months!
my best friend has done so multiple times now I think. She can also confirm. 0/10 she does not recommend. :P
Never broke anything in my ass but I've had a lot of anul fissures
UA-camrs: “I’m about to perform this incredibly dangerous, ill-conceived stunt with no safety precautions in place or medical personnel on sight. What could possibly go wrong?”
Everything. Everything could go wrong.
"But I just did this other thing that's also dangerous and nothing happened, so there's no way something can happen here!"
“I’m trying to think if there’s anything that CAN’T go wrong; nope, I’m certain that literally EVERYTHING can go wrong.”
true though
Especially with Jeff because the main youtuber, forgetting his name right now, just did it without him knowing, he said okay to a bit of swinging but not full speed
@@rosecitytid1631David dobrik
I just met Dr. Mike at a convention in Chicago this last weekend. He is just as genuine in person as he is in his videos! Meeting him was completely unexpected and I was fully star struck when shaking his hand! I cannot believe he became a doctor at age 24. A remarkable individual here to change the world for the better ❤ thank you Dr. Mike for all you do!!
I think he became a resident at 24 not to sure but with his actual degree maybe
Did he say that he got his proper medical license or if he got his residency at 24
Fun fact, if you have all the symptoms of appendicitis and then all of a sudden your right lower quadrant pain goes away or suddenly becomes much less severe, you need to het to the hospital asap. When the appendix ruptures, it can relieve the pressure from being inflammed and enlarged, leading to a short period of relief from the pain. It can trick you into thinking you're getting bettter, when in fact things just got much worse. I watched this happen to a kid in my school clinic years ago and had to call an ambulance instead of waiting for his dad to pick him up to take him to the ER. His appendix had ruptured right in front of me, and he jumped up wanting to go back to class because the pain had suddenly subsided. He made a full recovery luckily,but spent much more time in the hospital because of the rupture and subsequent infection
My sister was in so much pain in the appendix area. Like, she was crying. She regularly gets abused by horses and never cries. She couldn't even stand. Refused to go to the hospital. She's perfectly fine now. Idk what happened
@@lovely__shadow9305 I'm not a doctor (I am a certified hospital pharmacy tech), but from personal experience, she may also have had an ovarian cyst rupture. I had that happen once and had that same immense pain in the same general area - I doubled up at work and could barely stand/walk. They did a scan in the ER for appendicitis and found the ovary instead. Still took a couple days and some good meds to totally get over the pain, but yeah, it was that bad. Some years later, I actually did get appendicitis. Very similar pain - but this one came with nausea. Immense, vomiting, sweating nausea. That was a major defining point I recall as a difference between the two.
Dunno if that helps anyone, but yeah. Always get it checked out just in case, because a ruptured appendix, untreated, can literally kill you with sepsis (infection traveling through bloodstream) - but for biological females of sexually mature age, it can apparently also be an ovarian cyst.
OK so when i running soon much but in my left part of my belly it all hurt so MUCH 😅😢 ALL THE TIME😅 BUT WHY
I went to the ER because I was having classic appendicitis symptoms. The doctor refused to even do any kind of scan, because I "wasn't sick enough." He told me to come back when I had a high fever & was REALLY sick. I said "so I should wait until it bursts & I'm dying of peritonitis? Great idea!" He just left the room, telling me to leave. Greatest health care in the world, my fanny.
The wanting to continue part after sustaining an injury in athletics takes me back, when I was a teenager I broke my wrist playing basketball and just got back up and kept playing since I didn't feel any pain. Let me tell you I felt it when I caught the next pass and made the injury 10x worse.
6:04 This video by Ice Cream Sandwich is very cut- in the full video, Andy describes how he threw up twice before deciding to leave the workshops early. He then walked all the way home because he had no vehicle, and during that walk his abdominal pain worsened dramatically and he nearly vomited again (his sheer willpower and not wanting to barf in front of a random car stopped him) as well as almost blacking out. He finally made it home and went to bed, passing out almost immediately. A couple hours after *that* is when his roommate and his girlfriend got concerned and made Andy get his ahh to the ER.
Second this ! They left out the important part in between him having his bowel movement and his roommate calling his then gf about what was going on which would've answered Mike's concerns about whether or not it really was appendicitis
So happy to see a fellow ice cream sandwich viewer, also thanks for pointing this out! His full vid definitely has more information that Dr Mike left out.
love seeing ICS, his animations and stories are awesome :>!
A while ago my mom started having chest pain. She went to the doctor and they gave her pain meds and told her it was probably nothing. They wouldn’t do much for her. She was still in pain for days and days. She kept telling him she could feel something in her chest. When she ran out of meds and wasn’t getting better she went back, the doctor refused to help her. Told her she wasn’t giving her anymore pain medication. Thinking my mom was making it up. She was so rude. My mom finally went to a different er and they took her in immediately. When they looked at her lungs, she had blood clots in them!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was lucky to be alive. Still makes me furious to this day.
I would be furious as well. Hope you filed a complaint about that doctor
Omg
Did you sue?
@@vxngxla2494I would
Chest pain is automatic fast track into a room and stat blood work and EKG
Markiplier probably holds the record for the most times a youtuber had to go to the hospital lol
What happened to him?
@@alexisb3829 Everything.
Nope. Pretty sure GoodTimesWithScar holds that titel....unless we count in the doctors loool
@@alexisb3829 Tumor, intestinal blockage, heart attack, etc.
@@aryella7107 Happy to see a fellow Scar viewer. Dude is way too wholesome and positive, we can all take him as an example for the human spirit encountering hardship.
7:04 My aunt is a nurse and pulled over, called her colleagues to say she thinks her appendix burst and she might not make it there. Then she farted. A *long* fart. She had to call them again and say now she feels chipper and shes coming into work
I have had this! Trapped wind is HELL. I had appendicitis and the pain was only slightly worse than trapped wind.
In the fifth grade, my best friend fell off a platform in the playground, and he was laying on the ground and told me he was fine. I told him to lift his head up so I could see. It was about a 2 inch cut, and I immediately knew he needed to go get stitches. After I ripped my jacket off of my waist and used it to soak up some of the blood, he ended up needing 14 stitches.
Dang
Dang
iJustine's story got to me because my sister has May Thurner syndrome. She was diagnosed at 16 years old because a couple weeks after we'd returned home from a trip which involved a few long-haul flights she was having pain, swelling, and redness in her leg. She went to emergency with our Mum and they discovered a METRE LONG BLOOD CLOT starting in her groin and going down her leg. She had two intense surgeries in which she has a filter placed, the clot dissolved and removed, and a stent put in her vein. It was a horrible experience for her (both the medical emergency, and the surgeries themselves in which she was not taken care of the way she should've been which unfortunately leaded to her developing a pulmonary embolism) and left her with bad medical PTSD. She's 23 now and has since had *another* metre long blood clot (this time in the other leg) after a very, very bad experience with a 'specialist' who majorly fucked up and put her life at risk, leading to the placement of a stent in her other leg. And has had some partial blockages which were resolved more easily, as well as two more stents which were put in place to essentially reinforce the other two, leaving her with a total of four. She's so resilient and brave and I couldn't be more proud of my little sister. I'm really glad Justine was able to get the help she needed.
wow two blood clots that are meter long each? your sister is a very strong woman
@@randyx3976Thank you for saying so, and I agree wholeheartedly! Unfortunately, the second clot came about as the result of the ego of a specialist that replaced her original one when he moved. My sister went in for a routine check-up, which was her first appointment with the new doctor, and he told her that she was young and that he didn't see 'any reason' why she would develop a clot, and told her not to continue taking her blood-thinners... Within a few months she had developed the second huge clot. My mum and sister developed enough evidence to suggest that her doctor either only skimmed her medical file, or possibly did not read it at all. This is why he said what he said and took her off her medication. We recently found out that the hospital decided not to renew his contract with them after several complaints from other patients and their families, as well as other doctors and nurses who had worked with him. So even though his malpractice led to my sister developing the second life-threatening clot, the silver lining is that her complaint contributed to his being let go.
First let me hasten to say that I very much admire DoctorMike & wish he was my doctor. And iJustine is an excellent YT’er. That said, what you describe with the case of your sister is just an all too common tale of “Western Medicine” and its referrals to “specialists” (let’s always spell that with quotes). As a family doctor, Mike’s a generalist, so he tends to be big-picture oriented. He even mentions the very significant risk of pulmonary embolism in patients prone to these large/long clots. Whereas, a surgeon (some of whom famously have God complexes) might want to go in to try to get it out ASAP. Thanks for sharing your sister’s scary story with us. 😉
so your telling me that she had 2 3 foot long blood clots in her life?
I hope she is doing better now sorry Justine That feels painful just one of mg classmates dying of brain damage😢
This man is the only reason I am SLIGHTLY interested in the medical field. Keep up the great work dr Mike!
Same! He makes it so interesting to things I wouldn't find interesting at all in a generic textbook. Hope he continues being epic
He’s the reason I’m so happy I didn’t choose to go into the medical field. Every time he explains something my anxiety just shoots of the roof. I would be so scared to even move if I was a doctor. Would not be alive or mentally well for long.
This man is the only reason I am SLIGHTLY interested in the medical field. Keep up the great work dr Mike!
I got interested in medicine from watching House when I was younger back when it was still running.
@@werdwerdus I loved that show, and it’s genius anti-hero.
I am a ballerina with thoracic outlet syndrome! I am on anti-inflammatories at the moment to reduce the risk of a clot and to help with pain. The doctors did discuss shaving down my first rib if it becomes too problematic but we are trying to be as non-invasive as possible and I am managing it well! Hi from Australia btw!
I'm a ballerina too! You are incredible!!
The same thing happened to me! The only difference is that I don't take medication for my T.O.S. since it's not to that degree. The discussion about shaving down my rib was only if I can't do my job in the future. Funny how the same thing can be treated differently.
@@violetnorwen8491thank you all the best ❤
@@ChasetheArts2410it is interesting!
Have you tried OMM? It’s a treatment modality that US DO doctors like Dr. Mike are taught
Casey looked so happy whenever the doctor said he could run, warms my heart so much!
As an equestrian, having your foot stuck in the stirrup is extremely dangerous. You have a chance of getting stepped on because the horse expects you to fall not to still be there. Also, you should do a video on horseback riding injuries ❤😊
that's actually such a good idea
My mom has a massive scar on her knee from falling off a horse and getting stepped on. I can't even imagine how scary that must've been.
Mike is the only online doctor I have watched and has not turned out to be a criminal
Edit - omg time for me to right " ma I am famous"
medlife crisis too
BAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA WHAT
Wait what
Yet....
Yet
As a horseback rider, I can tell you anyone who rides will stress the importance of only having your toe in the stirrup so it’s easy to slide out so you don’t injure your leg. Even worse, when being dragged by a horse it can step on your or you could get a concussion… Horseback riding equipment is made with the expectation you will fall.
As a horseback rider as well, I can also attest that proper riding form is toe in stirrup! The expectation when riding on ANY horse, is that you will eventually get thrown off of one or fall off. Thankfully safety equipment and proper teachings help reduce serious injuries
Only your toe, the proper boots and heels down! HEELS DOWN!!!! 😮
@@sunnyscott4876 I hear “PUT YOUR DAMN HEELS DOWN” in my dreams istg
And footwear without heels = strictly forbidden, for a reason. I cant count how many times that small heel has saved my bacon. You dont need brandname products or gear made for riders, especially if youre just starting, any boot or shoe with some heel will do. No sneakers!
@mygerbilprince9759 Yessss exactly right ✅️. 😊😊🤯🤯😊😊
There could be an entire episode on Markiplier alone.
not everyone is that bored or obsessed
@@bloodlove93 Not everyone is that obsessed with any topic he's done or person he's interviewed or talked about. Troll better.
@@bloodlove93lol L take bozo
Pretty sure it already exists
@@bloodlove93honestly mark’s hospital stories are interesting. Both funny and kinda inspiring? He tells them well
My second daughter was an emergency forceps delivery. I'd been on bedrest for over a month already w PIH and was developing preeclampsia. The delivery fractured my coccyx. Fourteen years later and it hasn't healed, and likely never will. I love reminding her about she'll always be a pain in my ass, and she's absolutely worth the pain.
Also, was a teaching hospital. About 25 OB/GYN residents, ~10 peds residents, plus the NICU staff with their crash cart, my L&D Nurses, my OB, adult crash cart, etc... It wasn't a huge hospital room either. Forceps aren't terribly common so makes sense. When they finally left our room it looked like a damn clown car emptying out.
Lost one of my oldest & dearest friends to a blood clot going into her lungs, at the age of 34, after an outpatient day surgery. She passed away at home in her own bed, we never had a chance to say goodbye. ALWAYS tell your people that you love them, never EVER wait. 💕💕
I’d love to see Dr Mike do a deep dive with Jeff Wittek into his life changing injuries on the podcast!! As someone who has also suffered a life altering head injury I’d love to hear Dr Mikes opinions on Jeff’s treatments and subsequent depression 🖤
I'd really like that too because it's actually a very complex situation. The head trauma isn't visible but I'd love to see him analyze it. And also Jeff is just an awesome dude and he deserves to learn more about the situation
Having fractured my coccyx, I can attest to how painful it is. I was thirteen, took a hard fall on a hardwood floor in gym class, and my teacher kept downplaying it, saying I was fine, I was just being dramatic... I couldn't sit down straight, could hardly walk, I was screaming in agony. She still *refused* to believe anything was wrong. Went to the doctor, sure enough, it was fractured, almost to the point of it coming apart. My parents were *furious*, and rightly so! I had to sit on a rubber inflatable donut, which I was teased relentlessly for and actually had another student unscrew the air valve so it went flat on me during class 🙄 That same teacher tried to fail me because I had to take a couple weeks off from gym to recover and then go back to just light exercise. It healed, but I still have back pain to this day, and it ruined my ability to play soccer, a sport I *love*. Anywho, thank you for the video, Doctor Mike! Hugs and love from California!
If the injury had occurred outside you could have just rubbed some dirt on it and it would have been fine.
I broke my coccyx and sacrum and L4 & L5 from a 20 foot fall onto the metal deck of a boat… most painful thing I’ve ever experienced… and I’ve stood on Lego!
@@robo5013 Why don’t more moronic gym teachers recommend that miracle fix? 😏
I suffered a really terrible sprain some years ago and if I didn't want to get kicked out of my college quarter (and lose all that tuition money of course) I had to continue to attend class in person, including having to walk and drive on it as well as not being able to elevate it while in class. 20 years later and it's full of scar tissue and bone spurs because I simply wasn't permitted to take care of it properly.
So I know all about schools not giving a damn about medical needs.
I almost certainly broke mine about 10 years ago when I fell down the bare wood stairs and landed directly on my tailbone. I didn't get it checked so I can't be absolutely sure I broke it, but it was excruciating for months, and I built a chair out of a chair frame and a toilet seat to use when I was working. Even a donut pillow wasn't enough to keep the pressure off it.
It still pops if I tense my butt.
I love how Dr Mike lets the people he is reacting to talk while also contributing solid oppinions
I love how Dr Mike lets the people he is reacting to talk while also contributing solid oppinions
@@Theunicorn2012?
@@Theunicorn2012dude what are you doing
6:45 when I had, what doctors thought to be appendicitis, they did not scan or do anything at all to confirm, they just put me in surgery and removed my appendix… They removed a perfectly healthy appendix and my intense stomach pain persisted.
These are my favorite videos. Not that I want people to be injured, but it’s fascinating to see Dr Mike analyzing them
These are my favorite videos. Not that I want people to be injured, but it’s fascinating to see Dr Mike analyzing them
he's teaching us in the most fun way possible!love this man!
I love watching Dr. Mike talk about medical things! He is sooo informed and knowledgeable. Any patient that has him as a PCP is so fortunate.
I have gone through TWO episodes of DVT/PE, in 2007 and early 2009. The first one started with calf pain right after a Sunday ride on my dirtbike, (my first ride in 14 years) and I did not recognize it for what it was. The following Sunday I felt an odd sensation, like a "Hiccup/burp combo" in the center of my chest. It happened twice, about 30 seconds apart. The following Thursday the pain in my calf spiked, and I finally went to the ER. That's when I found out what had happened.. When I told the doc about the sensation on the previous Sunday, he literally dropped my chart in shock and said "Why didn't you call 911 when that happened?" He asked if I had heard of The Widowmaker (I replied yes, my dad passed due that in 1999.) He explained that what I felt was a piece of the clot jamming my heart valves, TWICE. I am one of the 1.2% who survived such a thing.
In 2009 shortly after getting off Warfarin, my leg started hurting again, so back to the ER, found THREE blockages in my leg, and a cat scan (which the doc had originally not ordered) revealed ANOTHER episode of PE. I am now on Warfarin for the rest of my life, as they were not able to draw for the tests to figure out why I clotted in the first place.
As of today, still stable on Warfarin and I still ride motocross.
14:19 yessss!! I called PE right away when she c/o SOB and chest pain. Thanks Dr Mike for keeping me up on my medical knowledge. RN of 24 years here. Great video!!
0:07 - Casey Neistat
2:14 - Jesser
3:29 - Jeff Wittek
5:20 - Ice Scream Sandwich
8:26 - PewDiePie
10:17 - iJustine
Now I know the editors of the video made a mistake, but Andy's called Ice Cream Sandwich. Without the scream, just cream. Just saying :)
Thanks. I recognize two of the names, but never would have guessed who was who in the video
@@Licketer_AH ah ok, idk him so i just copied the text
I have TOS & my thoracic surgeon told me that due to the huge line of people needing treatment in BC, they can't do anything until I lost circulation in my arms at rest and told me if one of my arms ever swells up, that I am to go immediately to the ER and tell them I have a DVT. Interestingly, my MRI showed that my TOS is in both vein and artery on both sides of my body, and when at rest both vein and artery have a small dip in them - much like if you bent a straw and then straightened it out - there would be a divot. He said I was likely born with this or I slept with my arms up a lot when I was a kid.
Just wanted to pipe in that I appreciate the tidbit about "urgent care" being a level of care between primary care and emergency room. My PCP is AFC Urgent care and they take walk-ins as well as scheduled appointments. So drastically different time-wise with seeing a specialist.
the fact that this youtuber 4:57 provided uncensored version of his banged up eye on patreon like bruh 😭😭😭
pretty sure people who enjoy ur content and like u dont want to see that. Glad he made a good recovery 🥰
Dr. Mike, have you reacted already to the incident where that hockey player got his throat slashed? Would be awesome, educational and cool to watch you react to it.
You could invite a hockey player to talk about rules and stuff too or something
Wait What!
The famous one was Clint Malarchuck (or something similar). It has happened a couple of times, though.
I appreciate that you always add the images and animations of body parts that are discussed. They are of very good quality and very helpful.
I was rushed to the hospital once with what we were sure was appendicitis. Turned out to be an ectopic pregnancy. So scary.
Doctors being kinda dumb with the human body again
10:10 one time while casually fighting with my dad I feel on the corner or a chair and hit my tailbone. I was in tremendous pain and could not sit up for more than a week. I told my parents but they didn't believe me and didn't take me to a doctor. I still get teary eyed when I think about that
8:52 something really interesting about this is that people used to be far more sensitive for motion sickness before, when the first automotive vehicles were made for the military they had to go though extensive training to get used to motion sickness because most people had never been in a car before and got horribly sick in bumpy rides
I don't understand how doctors remember all those random terms
Same! I've studied so much about medicine. Read almost all of the medical books at the library. I couldn't remember the smaller parts of anatomy or the tricky words. My brain seems to have chosen remember the more important stuff.
That's what studying does
@@feraltaco4783Reading books from the library is not studying medicine
@@archmage7813 I can always remember major stuff. It's smaller or less known info that doesn't seem to stick with me. Or some completely random thing that I'm never going to need.
Eventually patterns start to emerge in the words, and once you know those you know a bunch more
I really feel like I shouldn’t watch theses videos with my fairly bad anxiety about my health but I can’t stop myself cause dr mike explains stuff so well and that does help
Had a bilateral pulmonary embolism in 2019. They told me if I'd gone back to sleep instead of calling an ambulance, I'd never have woken up again. The clot, they say, stretched all the way from my ankle to my thigh. I'll be on Xarelto for life.
Dr Mike, please make a video on the horrific situation that happened recently in hockey where a player died. A breakdown of what happened and why it was so lethal along with how someone at the scene should try to help. Is it even possible with that bad an injury to save someone? It would also be good to have a trusted source weigh in on neck guards and if they truly help. Thank you for your great content and your time.
-Coen
I have such bad anxiety and watching these videos doesn't help at all, I always get nervous, but I love Doctor Mike's videos too much 😅
I put a hole in my head from a marble counter top after a shower and let me say, the scalp bleeds a lot 😂
I get it, I understand. I also live with kyphoscoliotic Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (98th in the world diagnosed). My body however does not allow me to run. Had I argued I would be permanently in a wheelchair. It is very important to get a proper diagnosis and not just go off of feelings.
9:55 “i wanna know what the.. ass crack is”☠️☠️
9:59 My grandfather broke his coccyx years ago. Slipped down some stairs. He was a truck driver and continued to drive truck afterwards. How the hell he managed to spend 10 hours a day driving truck with a broken coccyx is beyond me.
Omg! That’s one tough SOB!
I was 21 when I developed a DVT and ended up with multiple PE. I have a family history of both with my father. Birth control was a contributing factor but not enough to explain why I developed a DVT. I was a very healthy young woman and I had to fight a little to be seen by my family doctor who took one look at me and my symptoms and told my mother to take me to the hospital because he believed I had a blood clot. I should have never been prescribed the birth control but the doctor who gave me the prescription was not my family doctor and failed to do a family history. I have been on blood thinners since then and not had any repeated incidents while my father has had an additional DVT. There has been talk of getting me off the blood thinners, but I have not seen a specialist for the proper testing to see if they can find the factor now.
I pay more attention to Dr. Mike's videos than I do to my biology teacher...
I have motion sickness so bad. I cannot be a passenger in a car 99% of the time. Mine is activated by my anxiety. If I don't feel any anxiety, I am fine. I talked to my PCP about it, as I was experiencing motion sickness while I drive, and he prescribed me Zofran. Zofran has been a life saver for me. I also get nausea with my IBS and GERD, so it works for that, too.
That second video reminds me of why my stirrups are made to slide off the saddle if there is any drag. Also, helmets. In general. I'm so glad he's still alive and able to walk.
I had the most mild pain in my lower right quadrant and my mom made me go to the ER thinking I had apendicidis. I was so embarrassed bc I was 100% convinced it was gas pain and it turned out I had ovarian torsion and needed emergency surgery lmao.
Hi Mike, My name’s Leo and I come from Sweden. I just wanted to say that my 12 year old cat died last Friday because of cancer and your videos really cheer me up, keep it up, much love!!❤
I’m so sorry for your loss! I bet they had the best life a cat could ask for❤️
I have Lupus and several years ago I started having severe chest pain after a bad case of bronchitis. After it got to the point where I had to scream just to lay down or sit up, I finally went to the ER. (I know I should have gone MUCH sooner!) They did a CT scan and it turned out that both lungs were full of blood clots. The doctor said he didn't know how I was able to walk and talk at all. I was treated with aggressive blood thinners while being in the hospital for about a week. I still have to take a medication called Warfarin (generic Coumadin), which is another blood thinner, every day. Thank goodness, I have fully recovered with no lasting damage. The doctors have said it's a miracle. That was some of the WORST pain I've ever had in my life. While I wish I didn't have to take the medication, I would much rather do that than go through that again, it was terrifying. I'm glad the lady with the clot is ok!
Wow that’s crazy!
I have just finished watching a video showing injured children in a hospital in Gasa. And to be honest, though I am a doctor who is, perhaps, supposed to be stronger, I couldn't finish the video for the 1st time. The injuries were so brutal and heart touching. I wonder what would be the future of those children.
I couldn't express myself well since English is my 4th language. But my message is destined to my colleague, Dr Mike, and doctors understand each other!
Your videos are always so entertaining and so educational at the same time. Been following this channel since 2019. Keep up the good work 🎉
I’ve worked as ancillary staff in IR suites before, and it truly is amazing what they’re capable of doing using guide wires and catheters through arteries and veins. It sounds weird but is such a powerful tool for treating vascular illness and issues.
The way my heart sank into my gut when I saw David’s face. Poor Jeff, I’m so glad he’s doing okay now!
2:40 this is why schools and other public places which utilize standing arm nets have foam cushions around their bases a lot of times
I’m a guitarist who plays guitar for some famous musicians/actors and always a good time even riding the tour bus hours upon hours and I can honestly say Dr Mike makes the miles go a lot faster and is one of the only tubers I watch, also the current guy who is a major actor watches and loves Dr Mike too
8:56 That's funny that Pewds and Markiplier both have broken their ass before lol
14:34 Same! I have bilateral TOS (nerve and vascular compression) that's complicated by CRPS.
Watching this really makes you wonder how your body is doing right now…
I got an umbilical hernia once, and my primary care doc and another family medicine doc were like “we don’t recommend getting it fixed unless it’s an emergency - besides your stomach still looks attractive so don’t worry about it,” but also “don’t do strenuous exercise or lift weights or any ab stuff again.”
I went to a surgeon and he was like “I can fix this in ten minutes. Here are the risks. Here are the benefits. It’s your body. You choose.”
I got the surgery. If something is going to affect my life so much that I cant do a ton of the stuff I love, I’m willing to take the risk.
Never appreciated a doctor being so blunt before. I appreciate the internal medicine doctors trying to warn me away from surgery that wasn’t absolutely necessary. But I appreciated the surgeon more for clearly laying out all of my options and letting me choose without judging me for it.
Pain doesn't always happen right away. I crushed my middle finger off and it didnt hurt at all until the next day when i woke up. When the pain did finally kick in it was awful. What made it worse was i turned down the pain medicine that the doctors offered then when the pain kicked in the next day i called the doctor back to get pain medicine and they wouldn't give it to me. It hurt really bad for a week or two. It especially hurt when i had to change out the bandages and clean it. Tylenol, ibuprofen, and naproxen didnt touch the pain.
I aspirated vomit once and can vouch for the fact that the recovery is uncomfortable
I have a hiatal hernia (basically a pocket that semi-digested food van get trapped in) and if I eat too much too close to when I go to bed, I'll wake up after almost exactly an hour (when all my muscles relax in sleep and the trapped food can be released) coughing and choking on food and bile. THANKFULLY I'm on multiple meds that are managing that, and I'm fairly careful about spacing my meals before sleep, so it happens rarely now. But it used to be once or twice a week, and I kept getting upper respiratory infections because of it. It fuckin SUCKS.
Stomach acid in your lungs hurts. Coughing stomach acid out of your lungs and into your throat and mouth also hurts. It also tastes AWFUL. 0/10 fo NOT recommend
@@zekenelsons2069 Sorry to hear that, I was quite fortunate (in a weird way) in that I aspirated vomit during a seizure so I didn’t actually experience it first hand but came around in ICU a couple days later and just remember the pain/discomfort of the damage it did.
I broke my tailbone and basically got told to "walk it off" alongside pain meds. Was not a pleasant time.
I had the worst abdominal cramps when I had appendicitis, no other symptom. No vomiting, no fever, and the typical pressure sign was not definitive. Doctor decided to take it out either way. It was inflamed and full of pus. If my sister hadn't had a burst appendix the year before, they wouldn't have operated on me. But as they were cautious (she did not have typical symptoms either), they said 'better safe than sorry' and I said goodbye to my appendix.
Sounds like a scary close call; glad it worked out for you and your sister.
Well it sounds like your doctor did a good job.
As a high schooler, Dr Mike has really inspired me to learn more about the human body. It has always made me so curious, and I will keep that in mind when thinking about a job in the future. Thank you Dr Mike.
Being a doctor might just be my dream now
I have bilateral Thoracic Outlet Syndrome - vein and brachial plexus compression. Its very rare! Even more rare to have it both sides!!!
Dr Mike: Someone medically certified right
Also Dr Mike: Plays a Gif of Jimmy Fallon
😂lol
That would be his editors lol
And so? Not everything educational needs to be boring
Jimmy Fallon is actually a certified combat medic. He served briefly in Afghanistan. Little known fact
@@rylanyoung2018wait really?
This whole video could've honestly been about Markiplier, and I would've loved it 😂😂 he's hurt himself so many times.
Omg ikr
I would love to hear Dr Mike respond to a Distractible story, like the animated version of the parkour story
@bryannab2703 that would be awesome
Been there and done that with the dvt's and pulmonary embolisms. Not fun at all. When the clot travels through your heart, it feels like it stops beating. I'm now classed as high risk, and have to take blood thinners for the rest of my life. Very scary.
I love you so much Dr. Mike! I have learned so much from you and it’s so fun!
4:33 Reminds me of when my boyfriend was in sixth grade and he got punched in the face by an eighth grader shattering his eye socket and giving him 17 facial fractures. I was feet away when the big kid hit him. I told the teacher. I ran, terrified because I thought the kid was coming for me. The kid got suspended for a bit and couldn't walk down the aisle for graduation.
Perfect timing for an upload, I was just about to go to bed and I like to fall asleep to your videos haha
I finally know why my elbow pops when I do push-ups.
Your videos are very informative
Dr. Mike,
I would like to see you make a video about people who are basically immune to local anesthetics. I am one of the few who can't be numbed it has been a problem my whole life. Botox also has no effect on me for some reason. I have had large doses of botox injected into my legs as an attempt to treat clonus, but it hasn't worked at all. They even put a little in my face to see if I was immune to it, and the botox didn't paralyze any of my forehead muscles either.
i love watching your videos because I find them so helpful and entertaining because I just finished my 1st year of college and i’m doing my pre reqs for nursing school. so i think it’s super cool that I actually know most of the things you explain and it’s awesome!
I learn more from doctor mike than all of my years in high school
5:25 ICE CREAM SANDWICH!!! I love his videos :)
Dr Mike you're the best dude even your videos are the best you always give up professional medical advice it's helped me a lot thank you😊
Love these segments! I learn so much.
I love it when you actually explain everything rather than skipping stuff sometimes.
Had a near fatal pulmonary embolism from a DVT in my left leg (worked iut as it left varicose veins behind) when i was 17 that left me in hospital for 10 days. Was put down as unprovoked & not have to be on warfarin for life. Docs said if i got to the hospital an hour later I'd have been DOA. I don't remenber much from the 24-48hr period after the attack which out my heartrate at 220 & 70% oxygen as well as troponin levels 5x normality. What freaked my mum out was she drove past the ambulance on the side of the road - turns out I passed out & the ambo needed help to revive me. Have since been diagnosed with PTSD from the whole ordeal.
The story about appendicitis really struck home for me.
When I was 10 years old, I had my appendix removed. I had the pain, but I never had any fever or nausea.
The first thing I remembered was sitting in school and getting a severe stabbing pain in my lower right side. I started crying and when the teacher asked what the problem was, the pain was so severe I could barely speak, and when he said I may be dismissed, I collapsed in class and had to get support to walk to the office.
Before I woke up post-surgery, the surgeon informed my dad of the situation and said that my appendix was so swollen that it had wrapped around my ribs, and could only speculate that had I waited less than a day later, it would have burst
10:30 it couldve been the fact that hair bands women wear on their hair and arms, wearing it for a extended time might caused it. Some hair bands can be pretty tight.
Doctor mike never seems to age😂love doctor mike❤
Hi, survivor of a serious head injury here. Yes. Your head bleeds a lot, like a lot a lot. And stables are used more than u'd think when it comes to open head injuries. I got... I think.. 8 stables and 7 stitches? I knocked out a molar(s), broke my left canine tooth, had a serious concussion, and the break was above my right eye. Im not sure if my orbital was broken, as I was very young when it happened (about 5), but i remember bleeding, and it still freaks me out to this day.
Remember to wear helments when you go sledding. Could save ur life...
Shout out to my dad, who is an EMT. His quick thinking and medical skills/training probably saved my life that day. Love you dad, ur my hero
I would like to argue the appendicitis statement. I was quite ill with severe nausea every single day for over three months, severe constipation and diarrhoea in turn, several flares of gastritis but no pain on my right side. One day, I woke up so nauseous I could barely move, took my third trip in the last month to the hospital. Rushed in for a laparoscopic appendectomy. So many people end up having theirs burst because their symptoms don’t fit with the ‘typical’ appendicitis symptoms. Same goes for my mother, no pain but nausea, rushed in as hers was about to burst.
My shoulders naturally sit rolled forward a bit, and when I'm doing squats or anything with my arms out straight at chest height or higher my fingertips start to go numb like there is a blood constriction, ive always been a but worried. This last story is providing a whole lot of clarity as to why. *Edit watched 20 more seconds of video and now i also know to watch out for the same kind of blood clot issue in the future
You should do a podcast interview with Jeff. I think it would be good to hear the medical side of things.
Pure scientific conclusion: This video proves again, why men live shorter.
Thanks for this channel and all the information you provide. I sincerely hope you inspire the next generation of MDs, something I wish I would have done.
This is the only doctor that I can ever understand ❤😊
I think it would be interesting if doctor mike were to go more in-depth into Jeff’s accident bc of how traumatic it was for him and how he was able to come to terms with what happened
Love the explanations!
In relation to the Pewds one, I once accidentally slammed the top part of my rear on the very pointed corner of a shoe cubby. I was trying to crouch down to fill up my dogs water, didn't realize how far back my body was, and oh my god
That corner hit me right at the top of my crack--right against the coccyx
If you have _never_ gotten hurt there, thank god or whatever deities you want for that. Because I have literally broken my bones SEVERAL TIMES, and not even that was as painful as hurting that teeny tiny bone.
As far as I am aware, I'm fairly certain I hadn't hit it hard enough to fracture anything, and I've been fine in relation to that area to that day, but dear god it was so painful. At most bruised, or akin to have slammed a car door on your finger.
I remember just slowly standing back up, in so much pain not I couldn't even physically show my reaction on face aside from abject horror/shock, and I very stiffly walked back over to the main couch, and very slowly sat down, mostly because I wanted to check and was not at all sure if I was going to struggle with sitting. I did. Ice packs were a constant, and I swear the pain took a full month to actually dissipate.
If only I had known about the donut seat during that time...
i would love to see you react to the entire Jeff story now that he has talked more about the specifics publicly, including the many surgeries subsequently and the longer term issues associated with his injuries
That first guy. Man, my knees are stiff and painful EVERY MORNING. When I say painful, I mean I CRY until I move them around for a few before getting up. Once I’m up moving around they’re fine. X-rays say they’re fine. But now I’m wondering if I should get an MRI. Then again, it’s better to not know sometimes 😂