- I asked 20 doctors from YouTube
to give me one health tip they give their patients
as it relates to their medical specialty.
This video might actually save your life one day.
I'll go first.
My name is Dr. Mike. (air whooshes)
I'm a family medicine doctor,
which means I am one of the only specialists
qualified to treat most ailments
and provide comprehensive healthcare
for people of all ages.
One health tip (air whooshes)
I give my patients
(air whooshes) is to never stick
anything smaller than your elbow
in your ear canals. (air whooshes)
This's because too many people
are using tools like Q-Tips (bubble pops)
to pull out earwax. (tone sounds)
When in reality, (air whooshes)
they're only packing earwax
deeper in and even damaging the skin,
potentially leading to an infection.
(air whooshes) - Hi, my name
is Dr. Glaucomflecken.
I'm an ophthalmologist.
(light tone sounds)
It's eyes. Eyeballs.
If you think you've lost a contact lens
or an eyelash in your eye, (bubble pops)
don't worry, it cannot migrate back into your brain.
That's something a lot of people worry about.
It's most likely just stuck underneath your eyelid.
You have tissue layers (air whooshes)
that prevent things
from moving further back. (bell tings)
- Hello, my name's Ed Hope. (air whooshes)
I'm an NHS doctor working over in the UK
in the emergency department.
Or, as you may know it as,
the emergency room. (air whooshes)
It's super useful for us, (bubble pops)
if you ever end up in the emergency department,
if you bring a list of your medication
(air whooshes) and any diagnosis you have,
and the dates of any significant illness or operations,
(bubble pops) and be prepared
for a long wait, so,
it's always good to have your phone charger too.
(air whooshes) - I'm Dr. Danielle Jones,
known online as Mamma Dr. Jones,
and I am an OB/GYN physician.
That means I specialize
in pregnancy and gynecologic problems.
Stop throwing out your favorite undies
because of period stains.
After an initial rinse,
grab some powdered meat tenderizer,
sprinkle it on the stain, (air whooshes)
and let it sit for about 30 minutes.
(air whooshes) Throw it in the wash as usual
and when you take it out,
the stain will be gone. - Wow!
- Bromelain, the active ingredient
in most powdered meat tenderizers,
is actually a proteolytic enzyme.
This means that on the steak,
it breaks down proteins to make the cut more tender.
But on a blood stain,
it breaks down proteins to pull the stain out.
It sounds like magic,
(bubble pops) but it's actually science.
(air whooshes) - Hi everybody,
I'm Dr. Winters, also known as The Bentist on social media,
and I am actually a dentist
who specialized further to become an orthodontist.
And we deal with moving teeth with braces and aligners.
Little hack for you, because you've probably been
brushing your teeth wrong your entire life.
Most people brush their teeth completely flat,
side to side, (air whooshes)
side to side, like that.
What you actually wanna do is angle it
up at a 45-degree angle
and get up underneath the gum tissue
as well as the tooth,
because some of your teeth hides
up underneath the gum tissue
and you never clean it.
So turn that 45-degree angle, (air whooshes)
brush your teeth for two minutes,
and your teeth will be cleaner
than they've ever been in your entire life.
(air whooshes) - My name is Dr. Dana Brems
and I'm a podiatrist,
which is a foot and ankle surgeon.
One crazy foot hack
is one of the most effective topical medications
you can use for toenail fungus
is actually just Vicks VapoRub.
It has eucalyptus and menthol, (air whooshes)
which're both antifungal.
(air whooshes) - My name is Dr. Anthony Youn,
and I'm a board-certified plastic surgeon.
One simple and natural way to plump your lips
is to put a drop or two of food-grade peppermint oil
into your lip gloss.
(air whooshes) And then mix it
up and then apply the gloss onto your lips.
It should create (bubble pops)
a very mild tingling sensation
and your lips will gently plump up a bit.
If you're not tingling,
then put a drop or two more in and try again.
(tone sounds) But if your lips start to burn
then wipe it off, throw it away,
and start over again with less peppermint oil.
(air whooshes) - Hey hey, my name
is Dr. Alok Patel.
I'm a pediatrician,
specifically a pediatric hospitalist.
So I take care of babies, kids, and teens
who have been hospitalized
for a variety of different reasons.
(air whooshes) Suck up some snot!
For real, it's not that gross. (light tone sounds)
Babies and toddlers
(bubble pops) tend to have runny noses,
a lot of mucus, (air whooshes)
during cold and flu season,
which lasts forever.
(air whooshes) And you can help them
out with a nasal aspirator
or a nasal-suctioning device.
It clears their nose,
helps them sleep better, eat better,
improves their mood,
and potentially prevents a problem from getting worse.
(air whooshes) It's also kinda satisfying.
(air whooshes) - Hello, my name
is Dr. Austin Chang
and I'm a gastroenterologist,
otherwise known as a GI specialist.
One important hack
I can offer for the gut (bubble pops)
is that colorectal cancer,
which is the second leading cause of cancer deaths
when men and women are combined,
is often preventable.
(air whooshes) We have ways
to prevent this cancer.
And it's often with a procedure called a colonoscopy,
where we can actually take a look
inside the colon,
find these pre-cancerous growths
before they turn into cancer, and remove them.
And that can actually help prevent cancer from happening.
(air whooshes) - I'm Dr. Karan,
and I'm a general surgeon in the NHS.
My job has me dealing
with basically anything you can find
when you rummage around someone's abdomen.
One day it could be cutting out bowel cancers,
the next day slicing out badly-behaved gallbladders.
The most underrated life hack (bubble pops)
for optimized bowel health
is probably just eating more fiber.
Just increasing your fiber intake
by 10 grams of fiber a day (bell tings)
reduces your colon cancer risk by 10%.
It's not a bad exchange. (air whooshes)
10 grams of fiber is a banana
and two slices of bread, easy. (whip cracks)
- My name is Dr. Michael Cellini
and I'm a dual board-certified
diagnostic and interventional radiologist.
One secret I'd like (bubble pops)
to let you in on regarding my field of radiology
is that we see everything. (air whooshes)
If you swallowed a chicken bone, we see it.
Put something somewhere?
(drumbeat resounds) We're gonna see that too.
- Hey there, my name is Dr. Sanjay Juneja.
I am a hemospecialist,
otherwise known as hematology and medical oncology,
which specializes in blood disorders and cancer.
One of the biggest tips (bubble pops)
that relates both to hematology and oncology,
and it's not very provocative,
is that we need to register
for bone-marrow transplants. (air whooshes)
People are waiting, and hoping, and praying
that somebody swabs their mouth and sends it in,
because they have a short amount of time
in which they'll live and have control of their cancer,
the leukemia or whatever else,
and they're just hoping this random person
in the United States, or Germany, or wherever
actually is a match that will save their life.
(air whooshes) - Hey guys,
I'm Dr. Shereene Idriss,
a board-certified dermatologist.
And I am wearing sunglasses indoors
because I just had LASIK eye surgery.
One tip that I really think (bubble pops)
you guys have to think hard about,
especially when it comes
to cosmetics and laser procedures
is the following. (air whooshes)
Would you go to the dentist and get your teeth cleaned
without brushing your teeth every day?
The answer's probably no.
A solid skincare routine is the anchor
to any sort of cosmetic procedure
that you get in office.
(air whooshes) - Hi, I'm Rena Malik,
a urologist and pelvic surgeon.
(air whooshes) That requirement of drinking
eight glasses of water a day is a myth.
(light tone sounds) This was recommended
by the US Food and Nutrition Board in 1945.
However, it wasn't based
in any sort of evidence-based scientific research.
And they noted that most of these fluids
are found in prepared foods.
So unless your doctor tells you otherwise,
(air whooshes) drink when you're thirsty.
If you are outdoors in hot temperatures or exercising,
consider drinking a little bit more.
The trick is to look at your urine.
If it's a light yellow color like lemonade,
that means you're drinking enough.
If it's any darker than that, (air warbles)
consider drinking a bit more.
(air whooshes) - Hello, my name is Rohin.
I'm a consultant interventional cardiologist from the UK.
Every adult should know (bubble pops)
their blood pressure and their resting heart rate.
I'm not saying you should check it obsessively,
but I think they can be really useful sources
of encouragement if you're embarking
on an exercise program.
You can track both of them getting better
particularly your resting heart rate
coming down in just a few weeks.
And that's important
because the more you can lower (bubble pops)
your resting heart rate through exercise,
the longer you live.
They actually correlate with one another.
So if you can,
get out there and exercise regularly.
- My name is Dr. John Patton, Docjp3,
and I'm a board-certified anesthesiologist
and a regional anesthesia
and acute pain medicine specialist.
This tip goes out to all my pregnant patients out there.
At the end of the day, (air whooshes)
it's totally your choice
if you wanna have epidural as part of your labor plan.
But if you do,
it can be very difficult to place an epidural
in someone who's in labor.
You have the baby
who's kicking, and punching, (whip cracks)
and ready to come out;
you have your uterus that's contracting
and doing its thing;
then you have Mom who's screaming, oftentimes,
"Where's the anesthesiologist?
Get them in the room now,
I'm ready for my epidural."
And for us, really getting into that position
that we need you to get in to allow us
to place that epidural
and get you more comfortable
is extremely, extremely important.
We need you to have your head down,
your shoulders down, all right?
You're gonna be forming the letter C,
you're curving your back out towards the anesthesiologist
like almost, like, you know, (bubble pops)
a shrimp or an angry cat. (bubble pops)
That really allows (air whooshes)
for those spaces back there between the spinous processes
to open up so that we can get
that epidural needle in and place that catheter
into the epidural space
so we can start giving you the medication
and getting you comfortable.
(air whooshes) - Hi, my name
is Dr. Antonio Webb.
I'm a board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon
here in San Antonio, Texas.
I know a lot of people have back pain.
(air whooshes) One tip
is to keep your weight down.
The more weight that you have
being applied to the cushions, (air whooshes)
or to the disc in the spine,
can lead to degeneration.
And that can cause back pain.
It's said that each additional pound of extra weight
leads to four additional pounds of pressure
across your discs.
So if you have 200 extra pounds of weight,
you have about 800 extra pounds of force
that has been applied to your spine
that can wear down your spine, the discs;
cause arthritis, degeneration,
and lead to pain.
- Hi, my name is Dr. Brian Sutterer,
and I'm a nonsurgical sports medicine doctor
who focuses on treating
orthopedic and musculoskeletal injuries in athletes.
If you have a new injury like a sprained ankle
where there's a lot of swelling,
a good way to help reduce the pain and inflammation
is through the use of ice.
(air whooshes) A great way to do this
is to actually take a bag of frozen vegetables
like peas or corn
and use that to help ice the area.
You can throw it back in the freezer when you're done,
and it helps to really conform
to the joint you're trying to ice.
Just don't eat it afterwards. (tone sounds)
- Hi everybody, this's Dr. Jessi Gold.
I'm a psychiatrist, which means I look
at the brain-body connection.
Or really, I'm a feelings specialist.
The tip that I would give (bubble pops)
is the tip I give myself,
which is take time to ask yourself how you're doing.
And don't just, like,
do it occasionally, (air whooshes)
do it every day.
It's really important that we give ourself time
to recognize our own feelings and emotions
and not judge them.
Feelings're not good or bad,
they're just feelings.
And we need to give ourselves space
to have, to acknowledge them, and deal with them.
Literally everyone can benefit from therapy.
I'm well aware that that is a privileged response
and access isn't available for everyone,
but don't just see therapy
as something you do when you have a problem.
Think about how it can make you better
and look at it from that perspective.
I go to therapy every week
and I really find benefit to it.
It makes me better at my job,
it helps me care for patients better,
and helps me in all aspects of my life.
(air whooshes) - What's going on, everybody?
My name is Dr. Cedric James Franklin Rutland,
and I'm a pulmonary critical care specialist.
Which means, I focus on diseases of the lung,
and I take care of individuals
who're admitted to the intensive care unit.
The number-one tip (bubble pops)
that I have for individuals,
don't smoke and pay attention to your environment.
I know sometimes we can't control where we live,
but we can control what we put in our mouths.
And if you're putting a cigarette,
or a vape pen, or a marijuana cigarette in your mouth,
it is going to cause
some degree of inflammation in your lung.
I don't care what anybody else tries to tell you.
That is 100% true.
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Huge thank you to all the doctors
who helped me make this video.
Their channels are linked down below.
As always, stay happy and healthy.
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