- Is this something that I want you at home thinking about?
Absolutely not.
My God.
We as doctors learn a lot about the world from our patients.
Sometimes it's not so useful information
but sometimes it's absolutely necessary for our survival.
Today, we're going to go through a Reddit thread
that talks about just that.
Different specialties talk about their own experiences
and takeaways that they've incorporated
into their own lives.
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Dermatology consultant,
"Refusal to wear a normal swimsuit for outside swimming
instead uses a full wetsuit
and wears maximum factor sunscreen
on face hands, feet, et cetera."
My advice where some high SPF
as long as it's not super pricey,
cover up when possible and stay in the shade.
You don't need a wetsuit.
Although it kinda looks cool.
Michael Phelps. (water bubbles)
There are actually three predictive values
that I use in my office for a skin cancer risk.
One is do you go indoor tanning? Very high risk.
Do you have over 50 moles in your body? High risk.
And if you've had over five sunburns in your life
as you get more of each of these,
the higher your risk
but if you can avoid them altogether, do it, just do it.
- Do it! (static buzzes)
- Back to Reddit in just a second
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All right, let's get back to Reddit posts.
Pulm,
"Won't ever pick up another cigarette."
Critical Care,
"Will always tell my loved ones
what my wishes are and update them if they change."
Oh my God. These are so right.
Never smoke a cigarette.
Out of my third year rotations as a medical student,
I was working in Coney Island Hospital
on the internal medicine floors.
Any time I was taking care of patients,
almost all of them who were admitted,
had a significant smoking history.
But if there's something you could do, one thing immediately
to improve your life, stop smoking.
It will improve
your skin,
your sex life
your athletic performance,
your cognitive abilities.
Stop smoking, and you get all these benefits.
Please do it, stop. Stop for me.
Stop for you. Stop for your family.
Stop for Dan. (bell tings)
And as far as critical care goes, this is also a must.
There's been so many times where I saw family members
doing something for a patient
that I would not want done to me.
That was happening
because there wasn't good communication
about end-of-life care.
So whether you're 20 years old or 120 years old
make your wishes known.
If not to your family, put it in your will,
put it in your power of attorney,
make sure it's down somewhere,
be in control of your medals choices.
(nut whoops)
(nut whoops) (nut crunches)
General Surgical Resident,
"Always pee before getting in a car."
What they're saying here is
if you have a full bladder
and you get into a traumatic accident,
your bladder can rupture
and you actually are going to have urine all across
the inside of your abdominal cavity
and you're going to have to have a bladder rupture repair.
Is this something that I want you at home thinking about?
Absolutely not.
My God.
Can you imagine you're about to get in a car
or you're in a car
and that health anxiety creeps up on you.
And you're like, "I need to pee right now
because if we crash, my bladder will rupture."
No, don't think about that.
Think about focusing on the road.
Don't hold your urine for too long, in general,
there's a video about that down below
but focus on the driving.
TheodoraLynn, "I once asked a pediatrician
how his profession influence the way he raised his kids.
He said that it only changed one thing:
he wouldn't let his kids near dogs when they
were babies/infants.
He said he had seen way too many cases
of little kids getting bitten by dogs
that people swore were completely gentle and harmless.
I guess little kids don't recognize cues as well
when the dog gets angry."
Absolutely true. Bear's a sweet dog, I love Bear.
(tongue slurping)
Will I leave Bear unattended around an infant
or a toddler?
Never
and it has nothing to do with Bear's personality.
He's a great dog.
He's super gentle.
But at the end of the day, he's a dog
and he may not know
or he may not be fully competent to know
how gentle you have to be with a toddler.
So never, never, never
leave your child unattended with a dog.
Jaralith, Public Health, "Wash your hands,
get your vaccines, stay active
and don't listen to a damn thing Gwyneth Paltrow says."
Goop is poop.
Don't listen to anything that is said on that website.
Do not buy any of their products
'cause you are literally supporting a misinformation front.
They have somehow created a multimillion,
if not billion, dollar industry,
selling you products that are useless, potentially harmful,
that distract you from real, meaningful treatments
for your conditions.
There is no shortcut to good health.
Goop is poop!
"Everyone's got good answers here.
I'm just trying to make sure my belly button's clean."
General rule, before you go in to get cut open
you wash yourself with soap,
any brand, unbranded
(hands squeaking)
and get inside the belly button, there's stuff in there.
"Many neurosurgeons I know are absolutely nuts
about maintaining good posture."
(nut whoops)
(nut crunches)
I'm nuts about nuts.
"My kids have never been allowed on a trampoline.
I've had to deal with way too many liver
and spleen injuries.
I will always live close to a tertiary level hospital.
Never let my kids play American football."
There's a lot to say here.
Tertiary level hospital. Cool.
The problem is you can get into accidents
and stuff, not near your home.
What are you going to do then?
The trampoline thing is too much.
That's the equivalent of me saying I will not live
near an area where my child has to cross the street
'cause I've seen way too many car accidents.
Yes but at the same time, why?
Football. Tough subject.
New evidence coming out that
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy does happen.
What that means for you is a personal decision.
Do you want your child to face those risks
or can you have them
or encourage them to play another sport
where they don't have to hit their heads?
Just know that there're risks that you're facing,
like educate yourself on those risks
and also know that the risks
aren't perfectly yet well established.
We still have a lot more research to do
before we know what's what.
Psych/addiction medicine, "Smash your sleep cycle."
Smash?
"Keep in touch with five important people
even if you have set calendar alerts
and schedule phone calls.
Only take mind altering substances, yes including coffee
and alcohol, I'm that boring, for a specific purpose."
Who lives life like that?
"Ooh, should I have a coffee today?
What is the purpose of this beverage?"
"Ooh, a wine with dinner.
Ooh, what is the purpose of this beverage?"
We cannot all live lives in such a structured,
detail-oriented manner.
It just won't work for everybody, it's not really practical.
So while good advice.
(arms whooping)
A little too.
I don't even know what I'm doing right now.
And I still don't know what smasher sleep cycle is.
Now keeping in touch with five important people,
setting alerts, I absolutely dig that.
Forensic pathology,
"Just enjoy your life, it can be over very soon."
Oh my God, yes.
"I'm an internist
and the same for me,
I've seen patients of mine die so many ways
over the past 20 years I learned to do my best
but don't obsess over health-"
Which is what I've been saying this whole time.
"Car accidents, a bear, in their asleep, aneurysm."
Bear?
In their sleep?
God, I hope Bear doesn't do me in in my sleep.
I have a couple of my own
that have changed based on me actually being
a family medicine doctor.
One is never be afraid to ask the doctor that you're seeing
how much experience they've had
in treating someone with your diagnosis.
If you have diabetes,
ask them how many diabetic patients they've seen.
If you're getting a surgery,
ask them how many times
they've performed this given surgery.
It's really important to gauge
the competence level of the doctor that you're seeing
'cause otherwise you're just sort of taking a chance.
Second is to never become sedentary.
When you don't move, when you're constantly seated
or lying down, not moving around or exercising,
a lot of things start to go wrong.
Mental health starts to suffer,
aches and pains start to begin, stiff back,
difficult to move arthritic knees, weight gain.
All of these things start happening all at the same time
and it's very difficult to break out of that
once you've already established a sedentary lifestyle.
So do everything in your power
to at least go for a walk several times a day.
If you're sitting for like 30 minutes to an hour,
just get up and go get a glass of water.
Movement is the treatment for many, many, many
of my patients' complaints.
It's incredible but it actually works.
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