Modern Medical Practices We Need To Stop

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@Notimp0rtant523 10 месяцев назад

“By the time we figure out what specific virus is making you sick, you’ll either be better or dead” -actual words from my doctor who I still trust

@cameronno6039 10 месяцев назад

Depends on the virus and where. Generally, this is probably good enough.

@gardenjoy5223 10 месяцев назад

But when we are talking about antibiotics, I hope by now everyone KNOWS, that those ONLY work against bacterial infections and never against infections, caused by a virus.

@zagrizena 10 месяцев назад

Well, we had a situation with our kids, that could have been significantly improved, had the dr bothered to test for a specific virus. Kids ended up contracting oral herpes virus and at the infection their mouths were covered in painful ulcers, to the point it was an issue getting them to swallow anything and they needed hospitalisation. The oldest showed symptoms first and was subsequently hospitalised. As he was being discharged from the hospital, the young one developed very similar symptoms, but not yet being able to speak and still nursing part time, doctors were convinced it was simply trush. They insisted even after I pointed out son's recent infection and similarity in symptoms and even directly asked for the test, since she could maybe be given anti-virus medication to lessen the outbreak. She ended hospitalised a day and a half later and was poked for IV canals to at least stave off dehydration and some pain.

@manishgoyal7677 10 месяцев назад

@@zagrizena The sheer absence of common sense of some doctors really surprises me.

@HercadosP 10 месяцев назад

@@zagrizenabut how else would the poor hospital be earning money? /s how much were the hospitalisations? 140k per day?

@beachnap 10 месяцев назад

The fact that insurance companies still deny or limit coverage for physical therapy even though it is often more effective than surgery is so frustrating. These insurance companies are dictating patient treatment, not the doctors and not the evidence-based medicine. We need to legislate to radically reform the medical system to get these companies out before they ruin the whole industry and bankrupt our nation.

@lordblazer 10 месяцев назад

It'll never happen because it would help people qhich is a evil thing to do in America and God hates when you help folks and not the rich.

@Oktokolo 10 месяцев назад

Maybe, operations are cheaper than physical therapy.

@walterroux291 10 месяцев назад

@@Oktokoloabsolutely not. The amount of high paying specialists required for general surgery is INFINITELY higher than that of physical therapy. But that's THE POINT, Insurance can charge through the roof.

@AnnoyingNewsletters 10 месяцев назад

Before they ruin it ⁉️ 😂 Isn't America the only country that allows this to happen?

@user-mc6dg6qe8l 10 месяцев назад

Or and hear me out please, we make medical coverage affordable for the average person so that they can say "lol then I'm not buying your insurance anymore ill just pay for it myself."

@aileenliu6611 9 месяцев назад

as a kid, my mom always had us “sweat out” fevers by making us drink a lot of water and piling on the blankets (given that our temperature was in a safe range ofc). always thought it was kinda funky that western medicine/culture typically encourages the opposite

@nicolad8822 9 месяцев назад

That’s quite Victorian, even then they gave them willow bark tea.

@Yamaazaka 9 месяцев назад

Yeah it really works well in my fam too. Someone would make sure they had a cold towel for the forehead and monitored the inner ear temp.

@naolucillerandom5280 9 месяцев назад

I'm about to do that because I don't have a thermometer but I just can't handle a fever that doesn't sweat 😂

@crying2emoji5 9 месяцев назад

I had a boyfriend who would literally hallucinate every time his fever went over 101. The first time it happened I was TERRIFIED. After he recovered he explained to me what happened and told me if it happens again, to cover his body in blankets and put ice packs on and around his head and neck. Worked like a charm.

@ogi22 8 месяцев назад

@@nicolad8822 I'm really glad at my home we used a lot of "home medicine". And that combo of aspirin and a lot of fluids, combined with a good blanket cocoon was normal to me. In fact i just do it now beacuse of legionella. I'll try without aspirin tonight, because last night my core temp was allover from 37,5 to 39,5 (measurements separated by just couple hours) and i didn't want to get under blankets like that. I like my brain raw ;) 6:30am, a change of sheets and blankets, light sleeping clothes were about 1kg heavier;) Morning temp 37,5

@frankenstein6677 8 месяцев назад

My family's always tried to push me off of my habit of just letting small fevers alone. Glad to see my line of thought of "if my body is causing it, maybe there's a reason for it" isn't as far off as people have been trying to convince me.

@Theunicorn2012 8 месяцев назад

My family's always tried to push me off of my habit of just letting small fevers alone. Glad to see my line of thought of "if my body is causing it, mabye there's a reason for it" isn't as far off as people have been trying to convince me.

@loreyxillumina 8 месяцев назад

@@Theunicorn2012why copy?

@nahbruh419 8 месяцев назад

@@loreyxilluminaI'm honestly convinced she's a bot

@loreyxillumina 8 месяцев назад

@@nahbruh419 yeah they prob are, looking through her comments on other vids

@Zoroaster4 4 месяца назад

I had an elementary school teacher that explained this to me. A bit of a tangent, but he was the best teacher I've ever had. He made learning interesting and taught kids all sorts of facts and stuff that he definitely wasn't required to by any means but was definitely way more helpful than just sticking with state requirements. Hope he's doing well in his old age.

@TheLycanthrope09 10 месяцев назад

Here's something really messed up: I once went to a doctor that wanted a pelvic exam to renew my prescription for anxiety medication. Not birth control, anxiety medication. I told her (truthfully) that I've never been sexually active, and she said "no, you're old enough that you have." I reported her and never went back, but good God.

@missouriprideusa6241 10 месяцев назад

So what was the outcome? Did she get fired or written up? Sounds like she got her specialists confused. A psychiatrist or a GP prescribes anti-anxiety drugs and a gynecologist dies or your GP does a pelvic exam. I'm really sorry you had to go through that.

@lexinicole4317 10 месяцев назад

Err, this sounds made up… A psychiatrist (which is who should be prescribing anxiety medication) wouldn’t even have the tools needed to do a pelvic exam.

@TheLycanthrope09 10 месяцев назад

@@lexinicole4317 Err, your reading comprehension is a little lacking here. It was a GP (family doctor/general practice) who wanted the pelvic exam, not the psychiatrist. I left that doctor (didn't let her do that exam) and found the psychiatrist afterward. The psychiatrist is awesome and has never caused any issues for me.

@zzzzx3 10 месяцев назад

@@lexinicole4317 You put way too much energy to die on this hill 😂

@TheLycanthrope09 10 месяцев назад

@@lexinicole4317 I did clarify all of that in my second comment, which was before you commented on this. You just didn't read the whole thread before commenting.

@tattd_snw_wht 10 месяцев назад

As a nurse, I scratch my head on why doctors immediately throw antibiotics at a patient only to require a culture later on. This prolongs the patient’s hospital stay and the process to narrow down what kind of bacteria is actually causing the problem. Antibiotics should be the last resort because as useful as they are, they often create more issues when overprescribed.

@TheSuperappelflap 10 месяцев назад

the only time ive ever been overprescribed medication is when i had a pretty bad case of hay fever one summer when i was 17. i had a bloody nose every time i went outside and couldnt work. i took one look at the side effects of the antihistamines and they included bloody nose, besides a bunch of other stuff. so i said no thanks. ten years later, sometimes i have to sneeze a bunch in early spring or get a runny nose, but most years i dont even notice. its really a problem doctors are willing to throw heavy meds at small problems. if i did take those meds, i likely would never have adapted to the situation.

@puglover7985 10 месяцев назад

Longer stay = more money... Duh..

@avenger5339 10 месяцев назад

What about some patients losing consciousness sometimes even their hearing or vision when their temperature goes way up how can u guarantee that the temperature would stay at a safe level

@Joshua-wc5oz 10 месяцев назад

@tatted_snw_wht what you said is definitely right and it should be what's actually done. But take a moment and think of it from the patients perspective. A culture takes a couple of days to show results. Especially with the cost of healthcare in the us, no one wants to spend a single moment more than necessary in hospitals. If for certain diseases, we wait for the culture results, and then begin an antibiotic afterwards, the whole process gets extended by 4-5 days. While prescription of antibiotics for everything is definitely discouraged, in some cases it becomes necessary to prescribe antibiotics for the most common organism, wait for the culture reports and then modify the treatment accordingly.

@TheNewbie78 10 месяцев назад

Those doctors care about money only so the patient can pay it

@somerandomparrot5101 9 месяцев назад

When I got covid, I got the chills and a fever, so I stayed under blankets most of the first day and tolerated the heat as long as i could, and soon after, I started feeling somewhat better until the fever went away the immune response worked

@marshallsweatherhiking1820 7 месяцев назад

I think fever itself is the most uncomfortable when its going up. That’s when the chills and pains are at their worst. If you feel hot your temperature is likely already going down. It makes sense to speed the process by getting warm intentionally. When I’m above 101.5 though I start to toss and turn really bad and feel restless and its hard to put up with that for more than a few hours at night. I don’t know if sacrificing good sleep for more than 24 hours straight is always beneficial.

@somerandomparrot5101 7 месяцев назад

@marshallsweatherhiking1820 In my case, I stayed in bed during most of the day, and by the time it was night, the chills had gone away.

@flamee23312 3 месяца назад

@@marshallsweatherhiking1820For me by far the absolute WORST part about being sick or having a fever are the fever dreams. I can deal with the uncomfort of being extremely hot because I can just sleep it off or lay in bed and just watch movies all day. But when I sleep and in my dreams I feel like I’m being thrown around like a basketball it is by far the WORST part of being sick.

@ariellev9185 3 месяца назад

I got Covid recently and had a fever of 104. I wanted to stay warm so bad but it’s incredibly dangerous when it’s that high 😭 it also lasted several days. So bad.

@MangindDerous 3 месяца назад

I live in Australia and unless my temp gets to 39-40C/102-104F I don't even bother going to my GP, I just wrap myself up in blankets and clothes, turn the heater on, have a couple of 1-2L water bottles within reach and let my body and my immune system do its job and i'll deal with the temporary uncomfortable state it needs to be in, now on the small number of occasions i've hit 41C/105.8F or higher I've always gone straight to Emergency because that's getting too high but lower than that let your immune system do its job.

@5goldrings1 9 месяцев назад

Getting birth control was always one of the most stressful visits. First interrogation as to why I needed it, the pelvic exam requirement and the shaming by doctors has made me hesitant to get medical care

@seandobbins2231 9 месяцев назад

While it's understandable for a provider to ask for the reason for wanting birth control since if it's due to a medical condition, knowledge of that condition for additional treatment is preferable, no provider should ever be shaming you for seeking birth control. I highly recommend filing a general complaint both with the medical facility and the board of health against any providers that treat you in such a manner.

@veganaktivisten 8 месяцев назад

As a swede, this is unheard of :O

@serendipity1274 8 месяцев назад

I developed white coat syndrome bc of stress over getting birth control.

@sendmorerum8241 8 месяцев назад

What kind of shaming?! Your doctor is messed up in the head. Mine is the nicest one ever. Edit: I was wrong about pelvic exams

@heulwenrhosyn9625 8 месяцев назад

@@sendmorerum8241in the UK you never have to have a pelvic exam to access birth control. How invasive! You only have a pelvic exam if there is something wrong or if you're due a routine test, like a cervical smear.

@gracieliznorris 10 месяцев назад

I’m a labor and delivery nurse, and my BIGGEST pet peeve is not letting people eat during labor. The risk for aspiration is SO incredibly low. It is not evidence based at all and can actually be harmful.

@saschamayer4050 10 месяцев назад

Yeah. And some hospitals even forbid drinking during labour. Drinking anything. So no water for hours. 😱

@triciabakker3308 10 месяцев назад

Thank you! Not being able to drink or eat in water made me dehydrated and weak. It was awful.

@lexinicole4317 10 месяцев назад

It’s so ridiculously stupid to me. Unless the PLAN is a c-section, or it’s VERY much expected, there is no reason we should be refusing patients food or drink on the basis of “well, you COULD need a surgery, if an emergency happens.” That’s the case for literally all things! We don’t tell people not to eat anything in case they’re in a car accident or fall down the stairs and require emergency surgery. We are just extra careful when an emergency surgery needs to be done and we know the patient has eaten recently. C-sections should NOT be treated like an inevitability for all labor and deliveries so much so that we don’t allow patients to eat. It’s insane.

@Leviatiemily 10 месяцев назад

Yeeeaaaah. I'd just drink like...an Atkins shakes or something. Idk if I could eat solids before giving birth but I gotta keep my blood sugar up.

@gracieliznorris 10 месяцев назад

@@saschamayer4050 where i work, once patients get an epidural, they can only have ice chips. At that point, we start IV fluids anyway, so dehydration is not likely. However, not allowing food or drink is STILL not evidence based in this scenario :(

@Abandonedmaul 10 месяцев назад

I’m so happy you talked about pelvic exams. Just a year ago I had a horrible experience with a medical prof insisted I have a pelvic exam before she would prescribe my birth control that I’d been taking for years. I refused because I felt uncomfortable and her continuing to pressure me into an exam was alarming. She also came out while I was checking out to sign some refusal paper and in front of everyone read it out loud. I haven’t cried so much after a dr visit in years. Do not let anyone touch you if you feel uncomfortable!! That is your choice!

@v3ru586 10 месяцев назад

I was raised to think the opposite, the doctor's job is to make you healthy, not comfortable. It's probably the reason why I did endured lots of bs without realising the harm it did to my mental health.

@ghyslainabel 10 месяцев назад

@@v3ru586 the origin of the "healthy, not comfortable" was probably about some procedures that are just unpleasant, like receiving a vaccine (a received a vaccine in 4th grade that hurt for hours). Unfortunately, it become understood as "doctors should not have bedside manners". Doctors should take care of the whole health of a person, physical and mental. That means that while some tests and procedure can be unpleasant, doctors should put us at ease before doing them.

@illbetherejk3212 10 месяцев назад

If they read my private and personal healthcafe information aloud in public, and youvlove in the USA, i probably would have taken them to court. There are laws against this.....

@Nefville 10 месяцев назад

@@illbetherejk3212 absolute HIPAA violation. I worked in health information mgmt for years, aka medical records, we were required to take a number of courses for certification in regards to private health information. It also can get the facility a HUGE fine. Big no no.

@Sisterlisk 10 месяцев назад

My new doctor (years ago, she's retired now) wouldn't prescribe me BC until I'd done an exam because I was in my mid 20s and had never been examined (pap smear) before. Despite only wanting the BC for reasons besides birth control, I agreed. That pap smear was soooo horrible. I had to resist the urge to scream and kick.

@benjamin.kelley 9 месяцев назад

When I was about twelve years old, the foot doctor suggested I get custom insoles. After about a year of wearing them, I realized it wearing them wasn't fixing the problem, and it didn't seem like there was a problem at all because I never had any issues with my feet, knees, hips, or back. Haven't used insoles for over 15 years and now I'm a marathoner, running a ton of miles on my flat feet.

@benjaminbaumgardner7620 4 месяца назад

Personally I tend to think of flat feet as more flexible feet. If you stay in good shape you can generate a lot of spring through a flat foot

@Psilomuscimol 3 месяца назад

@@benjaminbaumgardner7620you'd think the arch in a foot is like a lever?

@katiefrancis6067 8 месяцев назад

I get not wanting to over-prescribe antibiotics, but as someone who has needed them for an illness that wasn't getting better after weeks and every doctor saying no to antibiotics except the last one, it cost me a lot of money and extra time with the illness. I started getting better within two days after starting antibiotics. Usually a virus doesn't mean always, i wish there was better testing to figure it out earlier.

@GreenPenguin82 10 месяцев назад

This is why I stopped giving my daughter meds with a fever unless it's really high (and her Dr has directed me to give her something). A fever is a sign the body is doing it's job. As long as she's acting fine and eating and drinking normally, I let her body do it's job.

@kirashields7383 10 месяцев назад

Exactly. I had gastroenteritis a few months ago, never thrown up so much in a short space of time I swear, 30+ times, and was delirious with a high fever for about two days, barely slept, but after that, it broke, I started sweating it out and slowly recovered. First two days were the worst though. Never want to get that again. Fevers, unless like you said, they're really high, are just something you've got to bear with and get through, and then it gets better. It's just doing its job, getting your body to fight off and kill the infection/whatever made you unwell.

@TheSuperappelflap 10 месяцев назад

when i was a kid and i had a fever my mom made me chicken soup. im not even 30. is this like a weird american thing where you overmedicate every minor issue?

@vxlcarxhitexts4472 10 месяцев назад

You worded this exactly like my AP Biology teacher.

@crystalh450 10 месяцев назад

@@TheSuperappelflapno, but some random people are more neurotic than others.

@ashleysmith5001 10 месяцев назад

@@crystalh450 I agree there are a lot of parents and adults who immediately turn to Tylenol, and go to the doctor and get antibiotics or sometimes have some left over and take them.

@Official_Rz 10 месяцев назад

I can't reiterate how important it is for many of these outdated medical practices to be scrutinized publicly by both professionals and the general population. This is how change happens, not by letting it fester under the surface to create more problems later on, as times change.

@johnfrancis1925 10 месяцев назад

And if it's festering, don't put leeches on it.

@natevisuals4120 10 месяцев назад

This can be said for things far beyond medicine as well lol

@natevisuals4120 10 месяцев назад

This can be said for things far beyond medicine as well lol

@girlsdrinkfeck 10 месяцев назад

Sex change is now outdated

@heartminer5487 10 месяцев назад

sometimes you just need to use a bit of scientific common sense to know what to do

@seanwright1264 8 месяцев назад

Very cool, man. I've been frustrated by these myths for years. Thanks for standing up for medical evidence.

@denisegaylord382 8 месяцев назад

The study you cited for legal cramps specifically used magnesium oxide, a compound that we know is not easily absorbed by the body. Instead, try magnesium citrate, or other formulations that we know are absorbed. I personally combine magnesium breakthrough with a potassium citrate supplement. Works wonders.

@eileenhetherington3704 4 месяца назад

Yes. This is what I use. No more leg cramps.

@jenniferhenn2327 3 месяца назад

I use magnesium cream, it works fast. But I also need to up my hydration during the day.

@Psilomuscimol 3 месяца назад

There's one kind that crosses the bbb well and is the only kind I think I'd buy. Forget what it's called. Think it starts with an f?

@jiaswan22 10 месяцев назад

I had a doctor insisting that I needed a pelvic exam for birth control. I needed birth control for pmdd symptoms (I was nearly suicidal once a month), and was not sexually active at all. Explained all of this and asked her what she was looking for, she brushed me off and said she had to do it anyway. I persuaded her to give the prescription then, but she said she wouldn’t refill the prescription again without a pelvic. I sought a new doctor who told me the first doctor’s behavior was not good ir appropriate.

@bunhelsingslegacy3549 10 месяцев назад

That was standard when I was a teenager and not yet sexually active, and thanks to my doctor at the time, I have medical trauma about pelvic exams.

@Charlie-ib2ef 10 месяцев назад

exactly what happened to me (i live in germany). The most hilarious thing that the doctor said to me (a 15 year old) was: „Are you sexuell activ?“ Isaid no. Her answer was: „Really??? Not at all???“

@joshbull623 10 месяцев назад

I am not in any way arguing that you were not in the right. But in the last two decades especially, reproductive coercion and abuse has spiked significantly. Also, usually more common in opioids, but no medication is off limits if it has value on the streets, people come in all the time demanding medication without evidence, examination, and follow up to use as a substance abuse issue or to sell for money and most medical professionals are advised and taught to look out for such behavior. Point is, I don't believe the doctor was being obstructive, just cautious and likely consistent with their medical facilities policies which she probably has no choice but to follow whether she agrees or not and only has a little leeway with it which she seemed to offer you. Dr. Mike said it himself, old practices are hard to phase out even with rapid new discovery, could just be a stupid policy or standard. I could be wrong, just going off what was said and what I have found to be the case in similar situations.

@yazdhenab. 10 месяцев назад

I'm 38 and Ive pcos (discovered 15 years ago) and the first doctor I've seen for that send me to the ob/gy and she asked me that too, I've replied no, I'm not sexually active (and don't want it ever) and she didn't insist, only use the ultrasound and it works perfectly

@yazdhenab. 10 месяцев назад

@@joshbull623 usually, birth control can't turn into dependance, so I don't even know why we need a prescription for that, it's not deadly if you took too much (i've often took two pills one day because i've forgot the last one) and never got sick or even delayed the next month

@elizabethhazel2012 10 месяцев назад

I went to the ER after falling and hitting my head on ice (blacked out) and the ER doctor said I had pink eye because my eyes were red and messed up. I went to sleep on that concussion and tried to go to work the next day - the nurse I work with sent me to the emergency room. I ended up losing some vision in my eyes and was told by the optometrist if I hit my head again I could go blind. I should have never listened to the ER doctor (he didn’t even do an eye exam) and should have got a second opinion. Crazy how some doctors are so careless.

@chapenriley317 10 месяцев назад

so many questions I have for you regarding this lol. either you didn’t tell the doc why you were really there, or the doc suffered from mental retardation…

@user-oy3ok5vr4q 9 месяцев назад

@@chapenriley317 emergency medicine doctors will a lot of the times work too many hours and see too many patients

@thegingerrunner9448 9 месяцев назад

@@aleksadupuyWhat is "didth opinion "?

@tylarjackson7928 9 месяцев назад

@@thegingerrunner9448You know, didth, as in "I had a didth opinion"

@weasleman9603 9 месяцев назад

@@thegingerrunner9448d is next to f on the keyboard so he probably meant fifth

@hannahsalb4905 8 месяцев назад

My Appalachian mother used to have us sit in front of the fireplace to sweat out the flu. We were better in just 2-3 days when all the other neighborhood kids were out of school for nearly two weeks.

@lunaa764 6 месяцев назад

my highest fever was when i had covid, it was 102. while i get it’s my body’s natural response to fight off the infection, i felt so awful and disoriented that i reached for the tylenol immediately. feeling dizzy and like i was going to black out wasn’t fun either.

@gretchenseidelkottler6562 5 месяцев назад

At 102 you should that Tylenol, below that don't.

@keturahspencer1211 4 месяца назад

Mine got up to 104.5. 🥶 I was miserable.

@bout3fiddy 10 месяцев назад

I'm a pharm tech and we usually give the "just monitor and manage symptoms, don't treat the fever" advice. The exception was a guy who asked what his son, who had a "mild fever", should take. We asked him what the mild fever was. "Like, 104, 103. But he didn't start crying about it until a few hours ago " Our pharmacist told him to give his son a trip to the ER.

@deawinter 10 месяцев назад

LMAO. My parents had a “just sweat it out” approach, but they didn’t make a habit of monitoring my temperature. (They were the “just pray about it” brand of Christians.) Worked just fine my whole childhood, until one day I got sick enough that I was hallucinating, crying and barely conscious for almost a full day. My dad finally called his mom, a long-time nurse, and she told him in no uncertain terms that I needed to be hospitalized immediately or I could die. Not sure how to phrase the lesson here, except that if it seems like something is seriously wrong, it probably is.

@elliotgillum 10 месяцев назад

@@deawinterYou must of had a hell of a fever.

@deawinter 10 месяцев назад

@@elliotgillum is this a Christian joke. Because if so I approve

@fourcatsandagarden 10 месяцев назад

geezus what does he think severe is if that's 'mild'

@Raptorknight17 10 месяцев назад

@@fourcatsandagardenthey have caught on fire

@scottnufer3632 10 месяцев назад

As a Doctor of Physical Therapy...thank you. Just... Thank you. The knee surgery, the back aches, the non symptomatic flat foot...these are some of my major soap boxes

@mikacakes 10 месяцев назад

As a patient who regularly needs physical therapy (due to hEDS) thank you! The amount of times patients like me get pushed towards unnecessary bs procedures or aids and end up in way more pain with less mobility is sad. Almost everyone Ive ever spoken to who got knee surgery or started using a mobility walker/scooter or wheel chair ended up worse off than those who adhere to the PT long term. Everyone wants a quick fix but there is no shortcut to strong muscles and healthy ligaments.

@michele0324 10 месяцев назад

@@mikacakesThis 🦓 with hEDS agrees. :)

@adhdhamster 10 месяцев назад

Also a hEDS 🦓 here and I third this 😂

@psyche8187 10 месяцев назад

Tell me more about the knee surgery soapbox. Because I just busted my knee…

@papayafun7226 10 месяцев назад

My knee was messed up after a car accident when I was young. I suffered from the pain for years and doctors had a negative outlook. I was nevertheless determined to let it heal without surgery...and what do you know...after obtaining my physical therapy exercises and slowly getting back into sports...I can walk 15 miles a day without a problem. I will only feel the pain when I walk for miles on sandals with no arch support, which is a small price to pay. Thank God I was stubborn.

@alricfremanosrs1509 7 месяцев назад

This made me feel pretty good about my rather infrequent visits to the doctor. I have friends who think I avoid them too much, but I always just ask myself "is it pretty likely that they are just going to tell me to take it easy for a couple of days and maybe prescribe some high strength Tylenol?" And the answer is usually yes so I just do that myself.

@jonesnori 7 месяцев назад

Yes! When I had a cold, people at work used to always ask me, "Did you go to the doctor?" I'm like, "What for? They can't do anything for a cold." (Though I think what they really meant was, "Why are you still staying home instead of being miserable at the office and infecting the rest of the staff?")

@MNkno 4 месяца назад

I also visit my local doctor as infrequently as possible... but I track my temperature, food intake, etc. from the time I start to feel ill until just before I leave to go to the doctor's, taking a neat graph of the data and notes with me when I do visit. I'm not at my best, verbally, when I'm ill, and this can make the best use of everyone's time & intelligence.

@Psilomuscimol 3 месяца назад

I never need the doctor anymore. Not even the psych doctor for a while. I been using kratom, which is addictive but my mental health has been great for years on it.

@Psilomuscimol 3 месяца назад

It's good because it affects serotonin and also dopamine and norepinephrine* (I'm pretty sure)

@bobbiemason7912 Месяц назад

As somebody with cancer one of my side effects is high temperatures, I take medication the second I think I have a higher temperature because it gets so high I will throw up and if I throw up I always end up in hospital because I get dehydrated.

@reniefuwa 14 дней назад

Sounds like you're one of the exceptions (similar to those described by Doctor Mike)

@chrislords_dpt 10 месяцев назад

As a physical therapist, I really appreciate you using your platform to call out these outdated practices… especially regarding meniscus tears and back pain!

@marcovitturini9481 10 месяцев назад

Yess appreciate Dr Mike!!!

@maureenlaneski2802 9 месяцев назад

PT and therapeutic massage are so helpful, but so expensive if not covered!

@guysumpthin2974 9 месяцев назад

“Medical inertia “ = money

@guysumpthin2974 9 месяцев назад

Leg cramps = low potassium

@steamer2k319 9 месяцев назад

"Resting is rusting. Motion is lotion."

@amyscott9381 9 месяцев назад

My father was required to have a physical before cataract operation. His gp discovered he had an aortic aneurysm. It could have burst at any time and killed him instantly. The surgeon who repaired it said it was the biggest aneurysm he had ever seen. We are very grateful for this preoperative clearance that saved his life.

@nicko7238 9 месяцев назад

The GP should have ordered that test as a proactive measure anyway at the time of the yearly physical exam -assuming your father is relatively old, hence needed cataract surgery. It really has nothing to do with the actual surgery itself, it was just a lucky finding, so try to not to miss the point here.

@amyscott9381 9 месяцев назад

It was a physical exam that detected it, followed by an ultrasound to confirm. So yes, it would have been detected at his next checkup. It was indeed a lucky thing.

@guciolini123 9 месяцев назад

And my neighbor was ordered by his eye doctor to do the preoperative exam. On the way home he almost got hit by a truck, but he managed to survive. There is no real connection to cataract, but it is a nice story. It is exactly es relevant as your is. If possible people over 35 years old (specially men) should be screened for aortic aneurysm and it still has nothing to do with the cataract surgery.

@allym7059 9 месяцев назад

@@nicko7238Understand also that not all cataract patients are old. My family tends to require cataract surgery in their thirties, and it seems it's possible to have congenital ( born with) cataracts.

@nicko7238 9 месяцев назад

@@allym7059 also understand how much rarer those cases are. no reason to be a smartass on a youtube comment smh

@keksentdecker 7 месяцев назад

Usually without fever reducers and painkillers a common cold lasts about five days for me, but recently I had to study for an exam and so I just threw in those babies multiple times a day to keep cramming and the cold lasted an additional two weeks longer, I also had the feeling that it was “deeper” than usual like not in the nose but more in the throat

@kamo7293 3 дня назад

a few years ago, when I was visiting my late grandmother after she was sent to the hospital after a stroke, I saw signs in the elderly ward that said things like "don't bed rest" and "if you can, try to move around" which was good my family comes from a country that, until very recently, had doctors prescribing full bed rest for everything. and my parents have seen through their lifetime how this has negatively affected their siblings, cousins, and elder relatives. these days they have it less but in remote areas this thinking is still there.

@NCO1426 10 месяцев назад

I get sick a lot, and I’ve recently stopped taking so much medicine when I’m sick and I’ve noticed if you just simply drink water and sleep a lot you build a lot more immunity AND get better faster. Sometimes you need medicine but the more I’ve tried to just work through it naturally the more it’s helped me

@Imbatmn57 10 месяцев назад

Im terrified of overdosing on pain medication so i try not to take it unless i cant function.

@cristiep7377 10 месяцев назад

@@Imbatmn57as long as you take it as directed you should be fine, just don't armchair pharmacist your dosing on your own, that's what gets you in trouble.

@ThomasDdm 10 месяцев назад

Since I started eating a wide variety of foods and working out I don't get sick as often. Also when sick I used to not eat because I didn't have an appetite and sit a lot, I started eating by force and moving more and I get better sooner.

@Legendary_Starlight 10 месяцев назад

lol whenever I get sick, I do NOTHING about it, and it goes away on its own :>

@hotpinkkt 10 месяцев назад

Microbiologist/immunologist/virologist here: drinking water, and sleeping when you are sick WON'T make your immune system "better". You may get better faster sure but once you're sick, doesn't matter what you do, your immunity will be the same. When your body comes into contact with the antigen and you start showing symptoms your body is already making those memory T and B cells to help fight off the next time you get sick with that same pathogen. There's no such thing of "better" immunity. You either have immunity to a specific pathogen or you don't. Partial immunity happens when the pathogen is of the same species but different genus so you'll have SOME immunity if you have immunity to a similar pathogen but other than that, what you said is very false.

@chikaegbuna 10 месяцев назад

I'm Nigerian and it is unheard of to have a peanut/soy allergy in Nigeria. This is because by the time we are about six months old or even younger, it's already introduced into our diet. Soya and groundnuts are roasted, ground into powder and added to baby foods for nutrition.

@FirstLast-tp8bm 10 месяцев назад

I was going to say the same thing. International aid workers in Africa do not worry about giving peanut based nutrition to children because people in Africa actually know how to feed children real food...

@adamtrout7711 10 месяцев назад

@@FirstLast-tp8bm I mean... they dont

@lintunoo1394 10 месяцев назад

It's also not common in Myanmar.

@HenyMustikasari 10 месяцев назад

I am from Indonesia, peanuts (many kinda of them) is culture and parts of our food. Never heard of anyone with peanut allergy. Then I moved to Canada, and can’t pack lunch with any food containing peanuts for my daughter to bring to school. I think we are lucky to not have any allergy.

@aewtx 10 месяцев назад

That's not why it happens. I used to be able to eat soy products, then out of the blue one day I couldn't. A lot of allergies have sudden onsets too.

@checkyourfax 9 месяцев назад

My nocturnal leg cramps were simple: Not enough hydration. After I started drinking more water throughout the day, (note: not just before bed) these random cramps have all but disappeared.

@Psilomuscimol 3 месяца назад

I only have cramps when I stay up too long or it's cold and I stay up a little too long.

@Tomiply 22 дня назад

Hmm, I drink a ton of water, I even tell my gf to drink more water all the time, but I kept having cramps for the longest time. Started taking magnesium though and it went away. So weird if it supposedly does nothing.

@Gommez7 18 дней назад

Yeah. It's totally silly and disingenuous that he is citing a study to say magnesium supplements are proven not to work when muscle cramps can be a symptom of low magnesium or an electrolyte imbalance. One study doesn't tell the whole story.

@checkyourfax 17 дней назад

@@Gommez7 The problem isn't that low magnesium can't be an issue, the problem is that you should first figure out if you do have low magnesium or electrolyte imbalances by doing blood tests. Just randomly taking supplements is a bad idea.

@Gommez7 17 дней назад

This is not acknowledged in the video which is why I think it paints an unfair picture and dismisses what might be a solution for some people. As your first comment mentions, it could be the flip side of hydration. I think it is good to acknowledge that a layperson popping magnesium would be wise to also be considering other contributing factors.

@Cosette336 9 месяцев назад

Years ago, even planned parenthood would insist on a yearly pelvic exam before I could get my birth control. It was terrible. I’m so glad it’s so much easier now with all these apps that will even mail it to you.

@NaitomeIya 9 месяцев назад

Lol the back pain thing reminds me of something that my aging dad realized. He noticed that there's a thing such as resting too much, because he used to have back pains in the first few years of his retirement. However, ever since he began to deliberately put himself in situations where he must walk, he no longer got back problems.

@guciolini123 9 месяцев назад

You can't rest if you are not tired and if you are tired rest is beneficial. Your father found out that being lazy is bad for health witch sounds much less surprising.

@tylarjackson7928 9 месяцев назад

He probably has age-related arthritis. I've got arthritis (only 29, but I've got a disease that causes arthritis near age of puberty), and I've found that you have to alternate between rest and activity. Too much of either causes pain.

@beverlyarcher3744 9 месяцев назад

I only lay flat because my back comes from inflammation and sitting makes it worse so does standing I mean if I could sit or stand I would happily do it but it causes so much pain ik I really need to get it checked out but no insurance someone said it could be my discs

@beverlyarcher3744 9 месяцев назад

@@tylarjackson7928I have arthritis in my left foot where I broke it and I'm 32 luckily for me it's one of the few pains I can easily walk off but my back is another story someone told me once it might be my discs I hurt it back when I was in school felt like something moved really should have gotten it checked out back then

@curtisss 8 месяцев назад

@@beverlyarcher3744if it's your disks, do as much stretching as is comfortable. What helped me was hanging from a pull up bar, don't push yourself too much though if course

@doctorandrew04 10 месяцев назад

I'm a physical therapist and I truly appreciate what you said about meniscus surgery and what to do about back pain. Too many people run to surgery to try to fix their problem and don't try PT, when in reality what these patients really need, is to strengthen their muscles, stretch, and learn how to move properly. Everyone could benefit from physical therapy.

@darladay4766 10 месяцев назад

If I could find a physical therapist with late hours, I probably wouldn't have a still swelling ankle and foot arthritis 10 years later. It's definitely not a quick fix (like surgery claims to be) and is time, energy, and cost (if you need to be working during those hours) consuming. Most people just have surgery and end up having more issues later on

@Justanotherconsumer 10 месяцев назад

I did have surgery for my wrist, but we tried less intervention first. That it was healing at the wrong angle was what prompted surgery.

@joywebster2678 10 месяцев назад

Now PT is restricted to care paths only. So my neck pain from an old disc injury causing me a new 6week headache doesn't fit into anyone carepath for PT! This is new. So this is why people end up at chiropractors, I won't though since one caused a stroke last time I saw one.

@applepie6268 10 месяцев назад

@@joywebster2678Chiropractors are not physical therapists. In fact, Chiropracty is a Pseudoscience whereas, PT is an allied healthcare service. Moreover, chiropractors may not be licensed but a PT comes with a licence, as well as the required training and knowledge to know their patients and their conditions.

@whiteshadow7584 10 месяцев назад

@@applepie6268 pretty sure the person you're responding to knows that. They're just saying some people end up going to chiropractors because PT is not very accessible.

@ABC-rk3rx Месяц назад

I’ve always avoided lowering my fever when sick unless dangerously high, and when I told GP’s this they said I was medically wrong. Turns out I may be right!

@KekoKasane 9 месяцев назад

I used to never lower my fevers with medication, would just ride it out and be miserable, but I just can't anymore. Thank you for the pelvic exam one though! Will definitely keep it in mind

@wandervoltz 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for bringing up pelvic exams and birth control. I was prescribed birth control for my debilitating periods when I was 15, and they would not allow me the medication without a pelvic exam. I was not sexually active yet, and the entire experience was incredibly traumatic. That was 20 years ago. 😔

@Charlie-ib2ef 10 месяцев назад

exactly my story

@mattb1293 10 месяцев назад

0:23 Reducing fever 1:57 Avoiding food allergens to prevent development of allergies 2:48 Knee surgery 3:29 Pelvic exam for birth control 4:21 Rest for back pain 5:21 Magnesium for leg cramps 5:53 Antibiotics for pink eye 7:12 Custom orthotics 8:02 Excessive pre-op clearance 9:32 Viral panel testing for upper respiratory infections

@AlexStam 10 месяцев назад

thanks bro

@CybertroninfiniteOfficial 10 месяцев назад

not all heroes wear capes

@livskmj 10 месяцев назад

you literally ate that up

@Ellobuhbyehair 10 месяцев назад

🐐

@nyctilia 9 месяцев назад

Thank you. Especially about the fever thing. Once I learned that usually the symptoms of a cold are from my immune system fighting said cold and not the virus, I started questioning the practice of taking meds right away. I’m not sick very often but I try to put that kind of medication off. Also my fever rarely goes above 38.5 degrees celsius (101.3 F). Maybe I’m just lucky in that regard. Once, as a teen, I got above 103 and that was horrifying. When I have an unusual ache I try not to take anything too early so that I know how my body is actually doing and if it’s getting any better. Same with colds.

@ChalfantMT 7 месяцев назад

I’m glad you’re saying all this! Thank you! 🙏 People need more medical literacy.

@Apoplectic_Spock 10 месяцев назад

I've always suspected fevers need to be left alone to play out unless they become genuinely life-threatening. Thanks for the confirmation!

@panda4247 10 месяцев назад

yep. hot tea, lot of sleep, and get better in a some two days or so.

@Ironica82 10 месяцев назад

I have heard that unless it gets up around 102, you just make yourself comfy and let it burn it off. I learned quite early that for flu and colds (basically, common RNA viruses), the meds dont fight the illness but just reduces the side effects of said illness.

@alyssazuerchertritch5285 10 месяцев назад

Same! I always wondered why we tried to stop the natural healing process when the fever isn’t out of control

@katscratchfever3506 10 месяцев назад

@@Ironica82even at 102, it’s relatively harmless! Tho I will say that most are pretty uncomfortable by this point so treating the discomfort (which will also lower the fever) is recommended.

@watersk2013 10 месяцев назад

Same. I don't feel feverish often. If I do feel feverish, I climb in bed and sleep for hours on end. I wake up drenched in sweat wondering what year it is, but I get rid of the fever naturally. :)

@user-px9zy2pw5z 10 месяцев назад

To add onto the fever one I think that it is more than just being uncomfortable. Society has been pushing us through idea of no days off, so taking the meds might decrease the feeling so you can work (even though you are infecting everyone else).

@v3ru586 10 месяцев назад

Growing up, fewer was the only symptom that couldn't be dismissed. Pain, dizziness etc, I'm always told to srop pretending, but when a thermometer shows 38 °C, it got accepted. As a result, fewer is the only symptom the broken, emotional part of my brain can accept as definitely real.

@user-px9zy2pw5z 10 месяцев назад

@@v3ru586 which is really problematic to us and everyone around us. Plus even if In had a fever my mom would whoop me into next week if I missed school. I think the only time I missed school was when there was no school.

@isabellatheresemateo3961 10 месяцев назад

Was just looking for this comment on fever meds... so true that most people take it so they can keep up with their demands and tasks because they cant afford to miss work/school and that they haven't got any beneficial rest due to those demands; hence supplement with meds, to which prolongs recovery :

@Cmyers16 10 месяцев назад

The only time I’ve ever missed work for a fever was during COVID due to work protocol. And I’m not saying going to work sick is good- but you’re not necessarily infecting anyone unless it’s a contagious issue. I’m not making out or sharing bodily fluids with my co workers. Plus going to work usually distracts me from how gross I feel versus sitting at home miserable. But I don’t take fever reducing medications I just let my body sweat it out.

@jennyh4025 10 месяцев назад

Reading this, I am so glad I live in Germany, can have pretty much unlimited paid sick days (with doctors note) and my boss tells me to stay at home and not infect the rest of the staff whenever I have a cold or any other infectious disease.

@rinyotsu2.0 9 месяцев назад

The only time I ever got foot pain was when I went to a shoe store for athletes for shoes to get through 12000+ steps per day after going from a desk job to a delivery job. It actually went well, until I switched to the comfortable shoes. A year later and I've been working on fixing chronic plantar fasciitis which appears to be clearing up now that I've switched to barefoot shoes with a wide toe box

@Psilomuscimol 3 месяца назад

For a while I wore vans because they're flat and comfy. And then they came out with the ultra cush soles that are perfect. But my neighbor gave me a brand new pair of pumas and they are pretty comfy since I broke them in.

@Tomiply 22 дня назад

5:40 Huh, that is so interesting. I was struggling with leg cramps for ages. I did not understand why they happened, as I didn't do any sports or jogging. I started taking magnesium and the cramps went away. They haven't come back since.

@izzyd4940 10 месяцев назад

The OBGYN I saw when I was under 18 tried to convince me to do a pelvic exam for my birth control. She knew my history and why I couldn’t get one, and I wasn’t sexually active. She said once I turn 18 she’s not prescribing it to me anymore until I get a pelvic. Ended up leaving right before my 18th birthday and the next Dr had no problem prescribing it without one. And that was a children’s hospital! One of the best in the nation.

@emmaab888 10 месяцев назад

So messed up but anyway we were lied to about how "safe" and miraculous birth control is, I used to take it but I realised in my late teens that it can't possibly be good for me cause I'm just always skeptical about everything, 10 years later we're seeing a surge of gynae problems and even women coming off it and can't get pregnant naturally, there's no official research yet that I know of that actually shows the potential negative outcomes of being on birth control since tweens, or atleast any I've seen. I'm in no way telling anyone not to take birth control pills, it's just obvious though in my opinion that popping hormone meds for decades leads to an imbalance down the line. Your body needs to do its thing, and ceasing/altering any of the bodies' processes I believe will prove to be detrimental in the future just as all these things that were previously recommended turned out to be bullshit, simple as that.

@adamcorfman573 10 месяцев назад

I'm assuming the OBGYN who knew your history was most likely religiously biased and letting her bias interfere with her care for patients.

@downhomesunset 10 месяцев назад

@@adamcorfman573I have that problem. It’s been 12 years since I finally escaped my physically, mentally, sexually abusive husband. I have never gone on a date since and have no desire to. But my catholic dr won’t prescribe birth control! I have to see another dr in the clinic for it! He’s also suggested that a prayer group would help with my chronic pain condition!

@hdmaad 10 месяцев назад

That's so sad to see that no matter the country, many women and girls end up being raped during their gynecology consultation, either with unwanted pelvic exam or vaginal exam. All of that 'for the sake of the patient' BS. If there are parent reading, one advice : never let your child alone during a obgyn consultation, better safe than sorry

@mushu_beardie2556 10 месяцев назад

I'm 20, I've been on birth control since I was 16, not because I was sexually active, but to keep my PMDD (like PMS, but more severe and starts a week earlier) under control. I've never had a pelvic exam. The fact that your OBGYN said you would need one for birth control knowing you couldn't get one is insane. Edit: apparently the recommendation is to start pelvic exams is at age 21, although the American College of Physicians disagrees that they are even necessary because they can do more harm than good and aren't even good at detecting cancer. Although most organizations recommend PAP smears every 3-5 years starting at age 21 so they can catch cervical cancer early.

@tiarabrown9291 10 месяцев назад

Maybe others have mentioned this, but the reason people lower their fever with meds is probably because they have to keep it moving (go to work) and/or keep taking care of kids (who may also be sick), and it just helps you to have the energy to do so. I'm guilty of it myself (though I rarely get fevers), but I think a lot of people use it to cope with the fact that they can't take time off.

@martinajurickova5750 10 месяцев назад

Also, with small kids it is very dangerous because it can skyrocket very quickly and may cause seizures which most parents are unable / uneducated to handle.

@llamasugar5478 10 месяцев назад

Another reason: most schools have a policy that says students with a fever over ___F (it’s not the same everywhere) have to stay home until they’re below that temp for 24 hours. If I had a dollar for every time a kid was dosed with Tylenol, then sent to school only to have their fever return, I’d have enough to buy the supplies our classroom needs.

@tiarabrown9291 10 месяцев назад

@@martinajurickova5750 My kids haven't ever had a febrile seizure, but I think it would terrify me if it happened.

@tiarabrown9291 10 месяцев назад

@llamasugar5478 That is very true. I think it is 100.9 or something like that for my daycare. It becomes a real pain when the kid seems fine and is acting normal, but their fever remains. It just turns into a nightmare for parents. I have a ton of flexibility in the summer (as a teacher), but during the school year (when kids actually get sick because it's colder), that flexibility is not there.

@catherinespark 10 месяцев назад

Technically, that's top-down society being structured around a blanket obligation on people to abuse the intended purpose of antipyretic drugs.

@KathiEOSp 5 месяцев назад

1:56 My dad told me recently that he was born very premature and, for the first however many weeks of his life, was kept completely isolated from the outside world. My dad’s also allergic to A LOT of things - he basically has a constant allergy attack - and he’s often wondered if the isolation he endured so young contributed to this.

@Lich_huntress 4 месяца назад

That’s actually so interesting

@Giggleheaven 9 месяцев назад

Introducing children and babies to common allergens works with not just food. When I was little I went outside a lot and was exposed to a lot. Now at 17 I have zero allergies.

@pinheadlarry2921 9 месяцев назад

same but i’m 20

@kmarch6630 8 месяцев назад

It's the opposite for me. I've played and worked outside for years but the older I get the worse my allergies get.

@ingupin 8 месяцев назад

I thought the same was true for me but pollen allergies caught up at 25.

@unemilifleur 8 месяцев назад

That’s great, but your sample size of one isn’t really proof of anything.

@iriswaldenburger2315 8 месяцев назад

Having allergies is a consequence of parents being TOO CLEAN. Very rarely they are inherited but rather causes by lack of exposure to normal environments

@mrs.williams6758 10 месяцев назад

On the fever topic, my dad lost most of his hearing from a high fever as a child. Nerve damage in his ears. So I always take a fever seriously. My son was prone to high fevers as a kid, 105+. I explained the family history to one of his doctors and he said he had never heard of that, and was dismissive about it. At the end of the day, know your family's medical history and use your best judgment.

@totallyfrozen 10 месяцев назад

Yes, but you’ll also notice the doctor in this video spoke of low-grade fevers (approx. 100°). He also mentioned that high fevers can be dangerous. The point is that all fevers are not equal. Tough out a low-grade, but if you get to the 102+ take it seriously.

@thomasallen531 10 месяцев назад

Usually at my household we let fevers run their course if it stays below 101.5 once it gets close to or exceeds 102 we start fever reducers.

@siggyincr7447 10 месяцев назад

My mom used to just keep an eye on whether or not we could keep a normal conversation going. If we started getting loopy it was time to lower the fever. Seemed to work well for us but of course that's just anecdotal. As an adult, I've found that if I get a slight fever I will get better faster if I bundle up and sweat it out, i.e. keep my fever elevated.

@jhoughjr1 10 месяцев назад

yeah if ur fever hits 103, you seriously shold consider some cooling.

@jhoughjr1 10 месяцев назад

@@siggyincr7447 Me too, its how I beat covid in 2020 as a 4o something smoker with zero medical intervention. It was hell.

@kw7931 10 месяцев назад

I actually thought that I had pink eye in middle school because my eye was so itchy and it was swelling up. My mom took me to the hospital to get it checked out. We said we thought that it was pink eye and told them my symptoms. They immediately prescribed me eye drops to treat it without doing actual examining of my eye under a light or anything(it was dark in the room they had me in). I was using the eye drops as suggested but to my dismay my eye actually got WORSE!! It almost completely closed up and it was so itchy I would cry constantly. So we went back to the doctor and told them what was happening…….for them to finally examine my eye and tell me that I never actually had pink eye in the first place, that it was a bad eczema flare up around my eye, and I was actually allergic to the eye drops…….

@s.stinnett3972 Месяц назад

As a C.O.A. (Certified Ophthalmic Assistant) I’m SO glad you covered the clearance topic! I’ve worked with so many Ophthalmologists that insist their patients get cardiac clearance…when anesthesia is drops or a block. Never made sense to me. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@ThisIsMyYoutubeName1 Месяц назад

I don’t treat a temperature until it reaches 103. I brought my daughter to the acute care facility to see why she was sick and I was told I was I would be charged for not reducing a temperature of 100.6. My kids rarely get sick and when they do, I allow the fever to do it’s job and they are typically fine the next day

@OrdinaryEXP 10 месяцев назад

I was an undergraduate in biology; once I learnt that high body temperature makes immune system works more effectively, I let myself sweat overnight when I get a fever (sometimes with the help of a blanket), and it has been years since I adopted this strategy. Now I feel vindicated.😎

@nefertitimontoya 10 месяцев назад

Oh wait is this why people get more sick in the cold? Or is that unrelated/not a thing?

@Broockle 10 месяцев назад

Baffles me how this isn't common knowledge in some places 😨

@electrowave114 10 месяцев назад

@@nefertitimontoya If you get hypothermic (mild hypothermia is when shivering sets in, moderate hypothermia is when the shivering stops and confusion sets in), then that can weaken the immune system. But usually, people get more sick in "flu season" and the like because of the fluctuating temperatures, rather than the cold on its own - if your body is constantly exposed to temperature ups and downs, it isn't being given enough time to adjust to one or the other. In short, your immune system is at its best when you're at a good core temperature and the temperatures you expose yourself to are consistent ones, instead of constantly changing.

@tic857 10 месяцев назад

Same I remember reading it and I actually had went to school with a bad cold, twas a Friday. Went home threw all my blankets onto my bed climbed into that nest and stayed there for the weekend. Its worked every time I have been sick. The one time I was really sick with infection I had to be hospitalize and I was freezing the entire time and the docs and nurses were like "Not improving" and I'm just laying there, "can I please put on a sweatshirt or pants, I'm so cold how am I suppose to fight an infection when all my energy is going to shivering???????? I also need warm drinks" Dont know who the doc was, but it was a younger one and he was like "....good point, give more blankets and what kind of warm drink?" "Just hot water like you get from the cafe." I had never been so thankful in my life.

@michele0324 10 месяцев назад

@@Broockle I'd genuinely like to know why you think this is common knowledge. Where do people learn this and at what age?

@morganbertolino 10 месяцев назад

I had pretty severe case of the flu on study abroad in Italy and another girl in my apartment got conjunctivitis and consistently blamed me for giving it to her because I “wasn’t washing the doorhandles” and everything I touched. No matter how much I explained that wasn’t possible, she still HATED me for “giving” her an eye infection. Like my passion was infectious diseases, and I was the ONLY science major on this trip with art and history majors and they all kept telling me I was wrong about how diseases are transferred. Absolutely never again will I entertain that bs. I had a fever so bad I was hallucinating and got lost in Venice crying my eyes out because I had no idea where I was and had NO friends because they all thought I was making them sick. Will never trust anyone like that again

@anadd6195 8 месяцев назад

OMG that is insane. I am so sorry you went through that!

@Gireza64 8 месяцев назад

What do you mean ? You can give people the flu. Ok for the eye infection but you could have made them sick by giving them the flu. Anyway it's not great to leave someone alone in the street if they are sick. Not nice friends indeed.

@lvcifxr 8 месяцев назад

That's such bs, I hope you're doing well now

@justjoe1071 8 месяцев назад

Sounds like a wicked movie.

@ShoaibAsghar 8 месяцев назад

hope you ditched those friends, and people constantly tell them "what you think is art, isnt art".

@benjaminbaumgardner7620 4 месяца назад

Mike as a doctor of PT I appreciate your MSK approach greatly. Wish more MDs were up to date like you

@cindytrimblr 8 месяцев назад

This was very informative, thank you for sharing your opinions and research on these matters. A few days ago I had some kind of infection that was causing a mild fever but only at 100.5 so I decided not to take medication since my stomach is sensitive to NSAIDs anyway and I was hardly eating due to the nausea. Anyway I got extremely hot in the middle of the night and the next day I felt better. I think its important to treat each instance on a case by case basis like you said.

@kendrabeck3022 10 месяцев назад

I have a bad back and the amount of times I've been told to just rest is unreal. I listened to the doctors advice and I would always feel stiff and in even more pain. I've now just been exercising and doing exercises specially for back pain and my back pain now is almost non-existent

@orphious885 10 месяцев назад

I'm glad that you qualified "not reducing fevers" to those of 100.5°F or 101°F. I'd heard that sustained fevers of 103°F can cause brain damage. Heat is also indicative of swelling, and swelling inside the cranium is never a good thing.

@DavidD03820 9 месяцев назад

This Friday I was sent to Emergency by ambulance and found out I had 39.7°C. I couldn't even stand up, I was confused but I knew I needed an ambulance. Yes I am glad he specified a set temp, as 39.7°C is 103.5°F and requires meds immediately to lower your temperature. (the visit wasn't billed because I live in Canada but I pay over 50% taxes by the time it's all said and done)

@Drmikaeru 9 месяцев назад

@@DavidD03820103.5 is getting up there. Proteins don’t start denaturing until 105 IIRC. so 103 is usually a safe temp. The body is just going hard at the virus. I think getting medical advice once you hit 103 is a good idea across the board tho. 😊

@MrStarwulf 8 месяцев назад

I once had a fever that topped at 104 degres F before it broke and I was done with it. sure it was uncomfortable but well worth it as I avoided all chemicals and allowed my body to fight off the virus on its own. sure i know that's a high temperature but I didn't over react, i wasn't affraid to allow my body to what it needed to bring me back to homeostasis. if you haven't free of chemical medicine for years this will not work for you. I encouraged the fever by bundling up in bed and when I did wake up i drank only water. i was cured by lack of food and a temperature not enjoyed by viruses. today, years later, viruses I encounter don't stand a chance and my body wipes them out quickly without making me sick, 24-48 hours. we have the worst healthcare in the world becuse doctors know less than doctors in the 70s and before. today it is all about chemicals. it use to be about letting the body heal itself.

@kristianfagerstrom7011 8 месяцев назад

In Sweden we usually say that anything below 40/104 isn't worth getting worried over, but at that benchmark, contact a hospital/medical clinic

@LlyleHunter 8 месяцев назад

In the US we say 102* is when to start lowering

@ZigbertD День назад

When I was a teenager, I injured my lower back and for years afterward I had periodic flareups that left me in severe pain and unable to really move around. Every time I consulted a doctor they just said rest and stay off my feet, and maybe prescribed a muscle relaxer. Finally, a doctor told me that I should be exercising (not when I was having a flareup) to strengthen my core muscles. He recommended riding a bicycle as one exercise that would help. Since I started doing that, for a couple of decades now, I've never had a serious flareup like that and rarely have even a minor one. Cycling is now a major part of my daily routine for fitness and recreation, and I even commute to and from work on my bike.

@KaritaGR Месяц назад

I got a fever of 103.7 with a swollen kidney and 9mm kidney stone. I was dying. The chills body aches was so horrible. Tylenol and ibuprofen were my friends

@redkingrauri3769 10 месяцев назад

Funny story about back pain: At university I took a parkour course and I did a 10 foot jump that I landed badly on. I didn't notice it at first but my lower back gradually started getting worse and worse to the point I couldn't move. They sent me to the physical therapy students and they had me do what a mounted to isometric leg lifts and a quick stretch and suddenly I could touch my toes again. Felt like magic.

@S0FIATH3CL0WN 10 месяцев назад

I’m glad doctors are able to admit some practices could be better

@specialnewb9821 10 месяцев назад

Most aren't

@PeterDB90 Месяц назад

As soon as I learned that fever is not just a response but a tool my body uses to fight off illnesses, I stopped reducing fever. I still watch it in case it climbs too high (like 104, 105 or something) and only then try to reduce it, otherwise I just get under thick blankets (because I feel so cold when I have fever) and I "sweat it out". Normally one day/night of high fever like that, then I get something to eat and drink and I feel loads better - if not completely well, then at least well enough to function until I'm completely well.

@KimonFrousios 9 месяцев назад

I've already been avoiding to lower mild fevers, good to hear my reasoning for it is sound.

@bradbywater2907 10 месяцев назад

From an eye doctor, I’d like to thank Dr. Mike for speaking the truth about pink eye and antibiotics. I can’t count the number of times I’ve had patients come in after going to urgent care and been given antibiotics for pink eye when the problem is NOT bacterial! Most cases of conjunctivitis are viral, allergic, or inflammatory. Many cases aren’t even conjunctivitis at all, but really other inflammatory conditions such as iritis, keratitis, or dry eye syndrome. When anything happens to the eye, it gets red and inflamed. This does not mean it’s pink eye (conjunctivitis). Go see an eye doctor and get a proper diagnosis and treatment, and stop the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Please!

@Shtikface 10 месяцев назад

lol usually i just wash my eyes with water and hope it will be gone the next day

@user-sj3yv7hj2n 10 месяцев назад

Very interesting noticed

@Spencer-wc6ew 10 месяцев назад

I think it would be more ethical to just give people sugar pills in these cases. At least then you're giving them placebos with no side affects instead of placebos with potentially long lasting side affects.

@Stardust_and_Madness 10 месяцев назад

I didn’t even know there were such things as antibiotics for conjunctivitis. I usually flush my eyes with saltwater or use allergy eye drops to stop the itch.

@julieannanderson2228 10 месяцев назад

@writerontheedge7322 Yes there is. I've had pink eye twice. Once as a child and once as an adult (was working with three year olds). The doctor both times gave eyedrops to probably get rid of it before I spread it furthur

@Ellie-jl3vk 10 месяцев назад

I was so fortunate that my first OBGYN provider was a nurse practitioner who followed modern medicine. When I went for birth control she said an exam isn't necessary unless I wanted STD testing or had a specific concern like pain or unexpected bleeding - and this was 10 years ago! I felt so safe and comfortable going to her. Meanwhile my friends' doctor required an exam to get BC pills, she was petrified and almost backed out of it. It seems like a lot of providers withhold your BC so you'll be forced to get an exam.

@ghostratsarah 10 месяцев назад

I asked a pediatrician to give me birth control for PMS symptoms (I was 15, not diagnosed), and while he didn't believe that was my only goal, he handed me the prescription within seconds. He probably would have given me a thumbs up if it were appropriate. Got a very 'go spread your wings, blossoming young woman' vibe. He was an amazing doctor. Saved my life a few times, when no one else would listen to me, even though he wasn't my primary. Literally once had to call me an ambulance from the clinic.

@cour2knee 10 месяцев назад

There are serious conditions and things Docs need to look for that birth control could exasperate.

@Justanotherconsumer 10 месяцев назад

@@cour2kneeand are these things that a patient would not notice or otherwise need an exam to identify? My guess is that it’s mostly about padding billing with the charge for the exam because American medical payment systems are ridiculous and doctors are a business.

@cour2knee 10 месяцев назад

@@Justanotherconsumer Yes padding a bill is a very real thing but cervical cancer causing HPV, fibroids, growths, and some infections have NO symptoms. Birth control can worsen infections, encourage growth development and a so much more. We have been lead to believe birth control is basically harmless/ has little to no side affects when this couldn’t be further from the truth!

@Justanotherconsumer 10 месяцев назад

@@cour2knee seems like these are things that should be screened for anyway on a schedule determined by their own importance rather than using birth control as an excuse to justify screening. Can you point to specific research that identifies a causal link between worse outcomes and (presumably hormonal specifically) birth control from a non-hack source? Obviously there are political groups with a vested interest in pushing false narratives about brith control so a certain cynicism is warranted. It’s a topic just generally where the cultural issues make practicing medicine harder.

@bobbihancock5012 20 дней назад

Dr. Mike , I would love to ask a couple of basic questions because you seem like you are honest. But I won’t because that is not what your channel is for. I will say you have answered some of my other questions with your videos So Thank You! For providing that public service

@Manny_126 Месяц назад

I remember the first time I got the flu and they told me to not wear my jacket so my fever would go down. It's one of the reasons for why I don't want to go to the hospital cause it's cold and it pisses me off.

@amghinistar4582 10 месяцев назад

My mother got all kinds of criticism by the doctor and others in the 90s because she fed us peanut butter and other allergen foods as babies/toddlers. So glad she stuck to her gut, and fed us them anyways, think it really did help us not develop as many severe food allergies.

@MonkeyJedi99 10 месяцев назад

Also, kids need to eat a little dirt and (their own!) boogers early on. If you never build a foundation of antibodies, you're going to have a miserable life, and your laundry list of allergies will limit what you can do and where you can eat.

@rabbit_scribe 10 месяцев назад

When I was growing up half the kids in the school cafeteria were eating PB&J for lunch. And I knew exactly one kid who had a food allergy. over my entire school career, from kindergarten through college.

@darladay4766 10 месяцев назад

Just like building an immune system early... but now I have celiacs and autoimmune

@KnightNave 10 месяцев назад

Yeah. Had minor reactions to peanuts when fed it as a baby, but I played it safe and am close to being cleared.

@joywebster2678 10 месяцев назад

Yeah but my mother made me eat fish and shellfish with the family as a small kid even though I'd vomit severely after eating it. She assumed I was being naughty so they made me have bologna when they ate seafood, I felt way better. Limited allergy testing back then. As an adult i became a RN and got tested, yes I am allergic to shellfish, and very sensitive to fish. How many vacations to the shore I spent with a baloney sandwich while they ate lobster and snails. Could have gotten me an occasional burger!

@Suki-Tawdry 10 месяцев назад

Introducing allergens…my OBGYN and Immunologist both suggested the same thing. They also suggested being around pets (specifically dogs/cats).

@live.earthy 7 месяцев назад

this is pure gold and so much value... thanks for making this!

@linhasxoc4546 7 месяцев назад

I remember back in like 2011 or 2012, reading that knee injuries in the NFL have gotten easier to recover from because doctors have learned not every injury requires surgery

@ixchelssong 10 месяцев назад

I have MS, and for many people (including me) who have it, heat causes a lot of problems. In our case, reducing fever is very important. (This is an example of when to reduce a fever.) 🙃

@metro121482 10 месяцев назад

Yes, there are always exceptions. Doctor Mike usually gives general advice, so if you have a condition where even a low fever can be harmful, then by all means, reduce away!

@ixchelssong 10 месяцев назад

@metro121482 Yes, I know. He even mentioned something about exceptions, if I remember correctly. 🙂

@My2kittiesCG 10 месяцев назад

When I was in high school I had an incredibly swollen lymph node and a really really sore throat. I was extremely tired, and had very similar symptoms to strep. Before testing me for strep, I was given amoxicillin. A day later, my entire body was covered in red spots like a bunch of small welts. Turns out all my tests came back and I had mono, and the amoxicillin prescribed caused the rash I got because if you have mono, amoxicillin will actually cause an awful reaction like what happened to me!

@manastalksessions1053 10 месяцев назад

Omg! Same EXACT THING HAPPENED TO MY SON!!!!!!!!!!

@manastalksessions1053 10 месяцев назад

I'm was beyond pissed! Because the Dr just said strep and he didn't even do a strep test. My sons entire body was covered and those marks last for months! Come to fond out when we called the Dr she says that's a reaction to the steroids for mono. This is what happens when mono is treated as strep. It will go away on its own! Are you kidding me?! A different Dr had to tell us this! Hospital initially gave him the amoxicilllian. I thought my baby was allergic to the meds turns out he was allergic to the treatment! He's had amoxi since then no issues.

@KattoTang 10 месяцев назад

What the hell? The test for strep only takes like 10 minutes! Just test for it!

@misssissivoss 10 месяцев назад

I'm baffeld 😳 I had a soar throat to the point I almost couldn't swallow. Get Amoxoclin and get a rash everywhere + I didn't help. My tonsils were covered in white like a winter wonderland because of a soar which had now place to spread additionally.

@datmanydocris 8 месяцев назад

I have never reduced my fever when i get sick. I have always wrapped myself up in a blanket and try to keep myself warm as possible and this seemingly has always led to me getting better much quicker than my family who don't do the same.

@user-HellcatHemi 2 месяца назад

Thank you for these much needed video's especially since I have Spinal Stenosis & Narcolepsy w Cataplexy becoming fully disabled last yr before my 45th Bday & feel 5:17 he's completely rght about this & my pain is centered in BOTH calves that hurt more in bed, can't stand or sit in the same place & it's been a struggle finding a happy medium.

@_SweetJane_ 10 месяцев назад

I understand why it's not always necessary to lower a fever, but personally I was actually recommended by a doctor to lower my fever but for a good reason: I sleepwalk whenever I go to bed with a fever. One time I sleepwalked into my bathroom and fainted and fell onto the floor. It was scary. But this is a very specific reason to lower a fever haha

@rebeccahicks2392 10 месяцев назад

yes, that's a perfect example of why, in the end, medical advice has to be individualized.

@LauraTrauth 10 месяцев назад

Back around 1996 or so I sprained an ankle and the doc prescribed tracing the alphabet with my foot right off the bat. Healed quickly. In 2019, tore (re-tore) a meniscus. Had OA in the knee as well. My ortho said he wasn't going to even think about operating because it had a as much chance of not helping as helping. Prescribed PT. I added weight loss to his prescription and lost about 1/2 my body weight. Now at nearly 60 yrs old, I run 10k a day and have done 1/2 marathons and will do my first 25k run next month. Aiming for my first marathon before I turn 61. Thank you Dr. Mike for disputing these out-of-date treatments!

@penultimania4295 10 месяцев назад

Seriously stop. While movement and exercise is of course good for you, long distance running is not.

@Nu_Merick 7 месяцев назад

Very insightful, I subbed!

@miltonzinn8732 2 дня назад

I’m currently in nursing school and one of the questions I asked was why do we try to lower the fever with Tylenol if the fever is what fights infection. I couldn’t get a straight answer from either of them. One has a masters and is an NP, the other working on her PhD. It goes to show that common sense isn’t common.

@SamLee-tm6jn 10 месяцев назад

As a Physical Therapist, I greatly appreciated the info and shoutouts this vid. People are usually amazed how much progress they can have with PT for a huge variety of issues. It also helps weed out those individuals who truly are good candidates for surgery. Plus REGAEDLESS, doing PT in anticipation of a surgery has been shown to speed up recovery times after the surgery.

@TheWawa85 10 месяцев назад

100% agree. I’m a Massage and Lymphoedema Therapist and advocate for my clients to do Physiotherapy when they have an injury or surgery. Previously I was a Hospital Social Worker and I remember when I first started in that industry TKR patients would spend the first few days flat on their back after surgery and now they are out of bed walking around either the day of their surgery or the morning after and have much better recoveries and a quicker recovery time. Likewise with hip replacements and hip fractures.

@autumnatic 10 месяцев назад

As a teen and young woman in the Bible Belt, they always held birth control hostage behind pelvic exams. The medication was recommended to me before I was sexually active to regulate hormone problems, but those exams can be so scary, uncomfortable, and painful at times. I was raised believing that's not a place for strangers I've never met before to enter unless I really want them to, only for a special partner I love and trust my life with. So I found it extremely violating, and would sob profusely and shake through it every time. I tried not to because my rational brain knew they're professionals who mean me no harm, but I wasn't mentally ready for that. A couple of times they even asked if I'd been assaulted by someone else based on my reaction, but it was just them doing the procedure that made me feel that way. Imagine that... girls would rather not be penetrated with a cold metal object in a cold room by a cold stranger, under blinding lights, in a humiliating position wearing a humiliating fragile paper vest UNLESS IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

@ksenia5199 10 месяцев назад

If you decide to have kids, you’ll get over this quickly. Like, a dozen people will look at and stick fingers into your vagina.

@scholasticbookfair. 10 месяцев назад

@@ksenia5199she's probably over child bearing age seeing as she said "as a teen and young woman" in past tense.

@jhoughjr1 10 месяцев назад

Yeah that whole not having sex thing is just impossible. The original brith control free and available to all, no exam required.

@Serena-or7sl 10 месяцев назад

@@jhoughjr1 doesn't work to control HORMONE PROBLEMS. Read the post again.

@phueal 10 месяцев назад

Can anyone here answer why these pelvic exams are supposedly necessary for prescribing birth control? I’m from outside the US, but I’ve never heard of anyone performing that kind of procedure just to issue a prescription.

@JoeBidensDiaper 9 месяцев назад

They used to teach not to take fever reducers unless you absolutely had to in regular health classes. I'm glad people are finally starting to wake back up

@NichHustler 8 месяцев назад

The magnesium one is hard for me, I was having the nightly or more accurately stretching when waking up cramps, started taking magnesium tablets. It's been four months of no leg cramps since. Could be placebo or correlation but it's been helpful. It also reduced a different problem in my legs, I was having an issue where when I take off my socks after a day of work there was a huge indent where the socks were. Like I had little skinny ankles and stark line and then fat calves. That reduced massively after my first month of magnesium. Could all be correlation, I trust that what Dr Mike said is true. But here I am. I'm gonna stay on the mag pills for now.

@SDaulton 8 месяцев назад

Agree

@iriswaldenburger2315 8 месяцев назад

And I have had the opposite effect… took magnesium for YEARS and no improvement or change in the cramps… stopped taking magnesium and also no change

@NichHustler 7 месяцев назад

@@iriswaldenburger2315 our bodies are so weird. They're all so similar and then so intricately different.

@Tomiply 22 дня назад

Same here, and I don't feel like placebo could work for years. Placebo usually only works in the "honeymoon" phase when you first start taking something, and maybe not even then. I also stopped having cramps when starting magnesium.

@Gommez7 18 дней назад

The implications in the video that magnesium supplementation is "proven not to work" is misleading. Another commenter pointed out that the type of magnesium used in the study wasn't the best / most easily- absorbed form. Muscle cramps can happen due to low magnesium or imbalance of other electrolytes. There may be other causes as well.

@kaylee8315 10 месяцев назад

My mother is an epidemiologist. Whenever I had a high fever due to the flu or something, she used to PILE blankets on me. I mean, she will not stop until I tell her that I'm not feeling cold anymore. For parents, please do this!! It makes the kid feel more comfortable and it actually helps the body fight whatever is going on because of the increase in high temperature. Win-win!

@adhdhamster 10 месяцев назад

My mother did this too and I LOVED it lol it was the only upside to being sick 😂 now weighted blankets exist which is amazing but I just loved all the weight. It was so comforting

@Lili_1992 10 месяцев назад

What temperature should be lowered? 101 F (38 C) is fine, but my son was having 39.5 recently, I didn't risk to leave it like that

@rebeccacarter3016 10 месяцев назад

My whole family had the flu and my son spiked to 106. I threw the covers off to get the temp down (and, no, I couldn't take him to the ER because my whole family was sick and I couldn't drive like that!)

@VioletEmerald 10 месяцев назад

@Lily-gt7gr MayoClinic says for Adults, Call your health care provider if your temperature is 103 F (39.4 C) or higher. Children are at higher risk of fever induced seizures but idk the temperature point of that.

@Monika-mb6jh 10 месяцев назад

My parents used to do this except it would be to the point where I’d be uncomfortably hot and they’re like no! You have to sweat it out to fight off your illness! 🤦‍♀️ I guess it makes sense, but not to the point that I’m super uncomfortably hot!

@thegoodfootdoctor 10 месяцев назад

I'm a Podiatrist and the insole argument was well put sir. I never over prescribe orthotics unless they are really required.

@AestheticWaif 5 месяцев назад

Welcome back Dr Mike! This video has your inherent energy; awesome to see!

@jasonhawkins2717 4 месяца назад

Yes! thank you for setting the record straight on these, especially the fever one

@Cruznick06 10 месяцев назад

Hearing the pelvic exam requirement for birth control both surprised and angered me. I was 12 or 13 when I was first perceived hormonal oral bc for extreme periods. My doctor didn't require a pelvic exam. Because I had never been sexually active and she understood that I didn't need one at the time. Its so messed up other doctors and nurses still follow this bunk requirement. How many patients have decided against getting birth control because they didn't want to deal with the stress?

@Breeanna73 7 месяцев назад

Um why do you have to have a pelvic exam to go on birth control what is that just American thing?

@AmiCestLaVie 4 месяца назад

My gynec at a free women's health clinic wouldn't prescribe me birth until I agreed to a pap smear 😢 I understand a pap smear is important but I was young and it was really traumatizing for me at the time.

@MrMighty147 10 месяцев назад

As a physiotherapist: Yes just laying down when you have injured yourself isn't a good solution, but don't just ignore the pain and "work through it". A good physiotherapist will guide you on how to increase your mobility and resilience safely.

@seantlewis376 2 месяца назад

A lot of this hit my experiences. For example, I have some old injuries to my knees and ankles, but I refuse to stop moving (despite the fact that I'm currently sitting at my desk at home). I have a physical job, and the more I move, the better I feel. I also get leg cramps often. I don't take any supplements to decrease it. My doctor suggested that I drink more water to make sure my muscles are hydrated, almost eliminating sodas, and reducing alcohol intake. That has had a pretty good outcome for me, and has also reduced the symptoms of neuropathy.

@olimilo1402 9 месяцев назад

Hi, thanks alot for your advice. Whenever I feel the cold, the flue, the fever raising, I figured out myself it's best to stay in bed, wear your casual sweat suit, and on top covered with many soft pillowy blankets. Sleep for a few hours and sweat til you can't sweat no more. In germany we've been told you must lower the fever and do cold calf-pecking (=Wadenwickel). I hate calf peckings because it always made it even more worse and I got even more sick.

@nerd26373 10 месяцев назад

We appreciate Dr Mike. He genuinely stays true to himself.

@tyghe_bright 10 месяцев назад

About 20 years ago, someone told me she let her fevers burn and didn't take anything for them, because it helped kill the virus faster... and I thought it sounded nuts. But I looked it up and saw that she was right. Now, I rarely have a fever for more than a few hours. It does the job and then goes down on its own.

@Endor2001 10 месяцев назад

Yes and no. If a temp gets too high, it will cause damage to you. If the fever is not crazy high, then yes, let the body work, but if it is higher than 103 to 104, then take something to lower it.

@halatiny6537 10 месяцев назад

@@Endor2001are you a doctor. You don’t sound like one.

@Endor2001 10 месяцев назад

@@halatiny6537 no I'm not, but i have my opinion based on my experiences. I do know for a fact, that if a fever is really high, if you don't bring it down a little, it will be bad for your overall health.

@KatsuoAkimoto 9 месяцев назад

@@halatiny6537 you dont need to be a doctor you learn in school that proteins start to coagulate at 41 degress celsius and you body needs them for dna related stuff hence if you have a really high fever you will die because your dna cant work proprly anymore

@DaSilverJoker 9 месяцев назад

@@halatiny6537 I am, and the original comment is plain bad advice. In the vast majority of cases the benefits of letting a fever "burn" are statistically irrelevant or detrimental - the rare cases where it's really beneficial are easily found online nowadays so, through generalization, some people convinced themselves that preserving fevers is evidence-based medicine. The person in the original comment simply convinced themselves that the fever is the reason they are getting better, just like people convince themselves that antibiotics are the reason their self-limiting viral conditions got better.

@kingscroach 8 месяцев назад

I always just bundled up when sick and sweat that sickness out, never been a fan of medications for things my body could handle fine.

@bohemianfarm4467 2 месяца назад

Thank you for this video! I've been saying that about fevers for years! Its your bodies natural way of healing you. I also avoid antibiotics unless absolutely necessary.

@whisper4379 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for bringing up the issue about required pelvic exams for birth control access. You’re the only second doctor I’ve seen that recognizes this, which is really scary.

@thingone5487 10 месяцев назад

Agreed. It’s very sick and sad and scary all the way around especially with all of the negative news stories being brought to life regularly about these bad practices. I hope many many woman realize this as well and speak up!

@irinaindeikina4042 10 месяцев назад

I'm sort of confused, what's the big deal with getting an exam? Is it really expensive, or really invasive, or what? (I'm genuinely curious, I'm a girl and not in the US, so just not quite sure what is meant here)

@elliotdavis1103 10 месяцев назад

@@irinaindeikina4042 yes a pelvic exam is invasive and sometimes painful as it requires sticking things into the patient's vagina.

@editasim8391 10 месяцев назад

Which also doesnt show ANYTHING! Contraception is hormonal, what are you assessing in there?!?!?!?!

@bethanyjones3593 10 месяцев назад

I do wonder if a pelvic exam could be beneficial for other forms of contraception that are not the pill? I wasn't sexually active until 26 with one partner, and I knew I wanted an IUD because of its efficacy and my inability to remember pills consistently. Idk if everyone's body being different (because everyone's vagina is unique!) could necessitate an exam, or even just the doc taking a look inside without the pap smear/any testing, to see if one contraceptive could better suit someone. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I'm curious.

@karenpolansky9097 10 месяцев назад

When I learned in nursing school (back in the 80’s) how bacteria thrive in lower/normal body temperature, I stopped treating my family’s fevers, unless they were getting uncomfortably high. Glad to see you mention it here.

@shahfahad4790 9 месяцев назад

THANKS FOR YOUR MEDICAL INFORMATION I LOVE IT

@ilonafleischer924 8 месяцев назад

When I had CoViD, I tried just enduring the fever, but after a little while looked into it more and came to the conclusion that the benefits of a fever weren't worth the misery caused by the body aches and chills. So while there is a benefit to having a fever, there's also something to say for not being miserable.

@Erin49694 8 месяцев назад

this is my exact thinking right now. I recently tested positive for covid and next thing i knew i had a fever. as much as i wish i could tough it out, being comfortable was more important to me. an hour after taking advil i’m already breathing better, my body doesn’t hurt as much, my heart rate has lowered, and I don’t have any more chills. You’re right, it’s not worth being miserable.