My dad is 90+ and remembers the pre-polio vaccine days. Every year when polio season rolled around, all the moms in the neighborhood would be panicky and there would be this sense of fear that even the kids could feel. My friend's mom has a permanent limp because she got it as a child. People don't value vaccines enough because they didn't experience or hear about life before them.
I'm pro vax because in 1993, when my oldest son was just 5 months old, his father died at age 20 from hepatitis b... He didn't have those vaccines. Ridiculous not to give your child proven vaccines. I have anti vaxx friends who appear to believe autism is a real risk from vaccines (I don't agree) and is a worse outcome than a child dying from a vaccine preventable condition. 😢
Polio was so widespread and life ruining that everybody knew someone affected by it. That's why the vaccine, despite its flaws, was easy sale for people
I watched a video about the last guy in an iron lung when I was about 11 where he told his story and it scared me for years with a mix fear and anger over anti-vaxers, because even though I was young and just watching a video I could feel the of polio and that has stuck with me since so everyone just get the vaccine.
Right we are so fortunate that we are blind to why they are wonderful. It's like they say strong men make good times which makes weak men which make bad times which create strong men. All the anti vaxxers only are able to do that because the majority is vaccinated and there is no real threat
That guy who lives in the Iron Lung is an inspiration, really. His story is incredible, he nearly died when his machine malfunctioned and they had to work so hard to find someone who could potentially repair such an antique device. Polio was a different time!
I've seen two documentaries talking about and with him about what his life is like in the iron lung. Apparently when the part malfunctioned he had to find an auto mechanic who was willing to try to fix it using the original factory instructions that were in the machine. The guy who helped originally died, but his apprentice at the time took over and basically built the guy a brand new iron lung. His original iron lung was getting so badly worn out that they had to scratch build a new one apparently. The documentary talked about a lot more, but its been so long since I've seen the two I watched that I can't remember a lot of specifics.
The problem I have with the stories around Paul are the exact things Dr. Mike mentions. No, an iron lung isn't the only thing he could use. He CHOOSES to stick with what he grew up using. So, no, his life wasn't really threatened when his machine needed fixing. He could have been moved to newer therapies, but he doesn't want to. It's even shown in the photo of him (I assume) after he passed the bar. No iron lung in that picture. He could use new software for writing, but chooses not to. His story is constantly being used to promote the polio vaccine and it is a nightmare getting people to understand that NO you won't automatically end up in an old iron lung. That people do still suffer from this kind of effect from polio, but they're not using old style iron lungs. I still admire his story, but I hate the misconception that there is no other option for him.
@@Terahnee "It's even shown in the photo of him (I assume) after he passed the bar. No iron lung in that picture." You are also painting a misconception. He could leave the iron lung but he was still paralyzed and had to think about breathing instead of it being automatic like the rest of us. Yes, there were other options for him the breath (i.e. positive pressure breathe) but it was still a struggle even if he utilized those options.
There was a MonsterTalk episode a few weeks or so ago that had a guest on that was bitten by 1 bullet ant. He had also broken a bone or dislocated a joint, when asked what level of pain he was in he replied 9. This impressed the doctors who were used to everyone with this injury going to 10. He said he ranked the bullet ant's bite as the 10.
I’ve had maggot therapy for the slough created by Pyoderma Gangrenosum (think MRSA but it doesn’t respond to antibiotics). They were well bandaged so you couldn’t see them, and the most I felt was a ‘tickling’ sensation. They really kick started my healing after just a day and got all the dead necrotic tissue off.
@@atashgallagher5139MRSA takes a stronger antibiotic that's run through an IV. My dad had 2 different types and he would have to have an IV of Vancomycin for about a month or 2 to treat it.
When my son was born, I took him to the pediatrician for his vaccines. She went through the list and mentioned the polio vaccine. Without thinking I said “Why does he need that? People don’t get polio anymore.” She responded with “Exactly, that’s why he needs it.” Boy did I feel silly after that comment 😂😂
this is why uneducated people refuses vaccines, they think it's poisonous and has the same asking as you, but unlike you, they didn't change their mind, sadly
The woman that was getting the melanin treatment done needed to have it done in order to get a job there in India. She said in that same interview that she was rejected from all the jobs she applied for because she didn’t have the “right look.” Even though she had all the right credentials. It’s crazy how the world works sometimes.
@@evilsharkey8954she would have to put A LOT on wich would be expensive also her pores would show if she sweats wich is unavoidable in india. Also she would stain her clothes on the neckline etc. Make up usually doesnt wash out especially if its full coverage. Not to mention skin needs to breathe, her skin would absorb so much foundation into her pores and i dont think there is make up that stays ln the hands all day.
@@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500 More so colorism. A lot of lighter skin people in India bully people who have darker skin. They discriminate against other Indians and foreigners. If a black person had lighter skin, they’d be treated better than a darker skinned person. Sad how they are over there
I would love to see Doctor Mike make a video addressing health anxiety! I know he's made some about anxiety in general, but as someone who has made multiple trips to the ER in the past year, all false alarms, it would be amazing to hear some coping mechanisms for dealing with constant panic about health issues!
Most well known for the Sting pain index for starters, but his work on insects is very well cited, and his dedication to the study of insects (and some other creatures) was inspirational as hell.
The last guy in the iron lung really made me emotional, that’s a perfect example of never giving up. He’s been in an iron lung for most of his life and he still managed to become a lawyer and wrote a book. Absolutely incredible!!!
I watched a documentary on the polio virus outbreak & iron lungs. It had the last remaining survivours included Paul, that said Iron Lungs are currently the ONLY breathing machine that uses negative air pressure. All modern ventilators/breathing machines use positive pressure & when they tried to move these last known survivors to the new tech, it actually caused them too much pain to use and had a poor/more negative outcome than using the Iron Lungs.
This is actually not true! I don't know how old that documentary was, so maybe it didn't exist back then, but we do have something called the chest cuirass nowadays. It is a negative pressure ventilator that works by basically creating a seal around your chest and sucking the air out to expand the muscles and help you breathe in a much more natural way. The issue with the chest cuirass is the people who use the iron lungs say it just doesn't work as well. It works, they can use it, but the iron lung is more efficient and helps them breathe better. Hopefully the technology continues to improve because personally (as a respiratory therapist) I love the chest cuirass and wish it were used more often. But obviously it comes with its difficulties and drawbacks too.
Rest in peace, Paul! You seemed to have been a real gem. I read on you often and your loss is tragic much like life you had to endure but hope you’re free in spirit.
Paul Alexander was such an enormous inspiration of hope. He never let his disease define him. A wounderful man that lived a fulfilling life despite the horrible disease he had to live with. His story moved me to tears. Unfortunately he passed not too long ago. May he rest well. ❤
The man in the iron lung says he still uses it because the negative pressure chamber essentially allows him to breathe normally with his own efforts. Modern systems mostly use positive pressure to force air into the lungs which can be unpleasant.
We do have modern negative pressure ventilators, even though they are less used. Could be a good replacement as they struggle to find people repairing a very old machine
Another problem I can see is switching to another device. It could take several minuets where he is without oxygen to take his out of the old machine and set up the new one
Actually, there's a simple reason why Paul is still in an iron lung: he prefers it. Ventilators feel too uncomfortable too him and according to him puts too much strain on his breathing. If his iron lung breaks or if something happens though, he has a trilogy ventilator on stand-by.
That's because, to my knowledge, he's only used ventilators that function through positive pressure, basically FORCING air in (Imagine mouth-to-mouth. Wouldn't feel great). There are some that work the same way that the iron lung does, but obviously modern
@@KryptoKn8 Yeah, but those are (apparently) still way too uncomfortable. Maybe if there was a negative pressure ventilator that didn't require you to have a face mask and millions of cords and wires, then that could be an option. But visually, I kinda have to agree with Paul. He's spent most of his life in an iron lung, so to him, I'd imagine that switching to a whole new ventilator would be really strange.
@@eoeaoe12e I can imagine that it would be such a difficult choice. He feels more comfortable in his Iron long but when he is in there he is stuck in it, can't go anywhere and only has his head sticking out. With other machines he would be more mobile, though still in some kind of wheelchair since he is paralysed. But he would have things on his head and face, making it difficult or even impossible to speak, eat and drink while using that machine. Since his head might be the only part of his body that isn't paralysed and still functions well, I can imagine it would be hard to choose to inhibit that in order to be more mobile.
Both my parents remember going down to the local elementary school in their respective cities and getting the polio vaccine. I think my dad said it was in a sugar cube. It came out about a year after a family down the street from him was quarantined because of polio. He grew up in a very small town and all of this was big news. On another note, I will be an enthusiastic anecdotal voice for animal therapy. I’ve battled depression and anxiety most of my life, and all my betta fish, rats, and dogs have all helped tremendously in their own ways. Even their passings over the years, though tremendously hard, help me see that I’m stronger than I think I am and can do hard things.
There are two types of polio vaccine. The first to be developed was the inactivated polio vaccine, which is injectable; Jonas Salk introduced it in 1955. The other is the oral polio vaccine; it's a live attenuated virus vaccine, introduced by Albert Salbin in 1961. The OPV is the one that was often dripped onto a sugar cube and then given to children that way. Today, most children worldwide get the Salk vaccine instead. The two vaccines are preferred in different settings. If you have endemic polio in your country, the oral vaccine is more effective. It's cheaper, it's easier to distribute, it is more effective, and it's actually somewhat contagious which acts as sort of a force multiplier effect -- you'll end up vaccinating a few more people than you actually deliver the vaccine to. But polio has a weird effect: it becomes much deadlier once it is no longer in active circulation, and this actually goes for the vaccine strain as well. Consequently, although the IPV is slightly less effective and somewhat more expensive, the fact that it is substantially safer means that once you've beaten polio down below a certain level to where there isn't a reasonable expectation of exposure anymore, you must switch to IPV.
@@calliarcale Love the details! Thanks for the info!!! I knew some of that, but definitely not all. I’m so glad they developed those vaccines! Polio is a horrific disease. I had an elderly neighbor several years ago who had polio as a kid, recovered (seemingly), and then developed this creeping paralysis later in life due to the polio he’d caught as s child. Imagine being symptom free for 60 years and then slowly losing all mobility because of a childhood infection over half a century ago. He was confined to a wheelchair when I met him. His legs were completely paralyzed. I think it’s called post-polio syndrome.
Yas pets make happier people something to focus on love and take care of when they die so freaking rough but you cared for them and they had the best lives because of you emotional support animals
When I first saw Paul Alexander about a year ago, I showed the video to my family. We all thought it was crazy that this dude is in the iron lung and doing so much and we are here sitting on our lazy butts doing nothing. Honestly a really inspiring story.
Fun fact: My dad had diverticulitis and he was hospitalized recently because of an attack. He got 1-3 feet of his intestines removed and now he can eat strawberries. He spent 9 years of his life unable to eat strawberries.
@@stay_curious the seeds are so small that it’s almost impossible and extremely painful for the body to digest. Many fruits with small seeds could be dangerous and damaging. Of course you can SKIN the strawberry, but it takes a lot of time and effort and isn’t worth it in the end. I suggest being careful with certain fruits that you eat.
People, who are of a certain generation, remember iron lungs. Polio was a disease that had no known cure or prevention (pre-vaccine). Now, the few people in the US and UK who are in iron lungs are concerned because of the scarcity of the machine parts that are no longer made and finding someone with the skills to perform maintenance and repairs is dwindling by the year. Thank you, Dr. Jonas Salk for your wonderful invention.
Actually as of right now, only two people are known to use the iron lung. Because we have other techniques to help but both of them choose an iron lung as they say it is the most comfortable to them. It makes sense that it's rare to find someone who can repair them if it's only those 2 people but of course for those 2, it means their life
@@twig5543they cant, iron lungs are the only machines that use negative air pressure so moving them to a ventilator or something with positive air pressure would present a bigger threat than just staying in an iron lung
The man in the iron lung is incredible. I looked into his full story and it’s amazing how much resilience he has and how he was able to write actual books and even still suffering, he is able to be happy and accomplish brining so much light to others.
I cut my eyebrow when I was doing color guard in college. I remember going to the ER and the med student thought I should be glued, but the ER dr thought I should have stitches because of the movement in the area. The ER doctor actually asked ME (a 19-year-old freshman in college) what MY thoughts were as a teaching mechanism for the med student.
Hey dr mike, I have a video topic suggestion for you. Could you please make a video in which you dive deep into the differences between DO and MD? In the video you could highlight the special things about each degree (Maybe this could be a collab with an MD doctor). And please teach us about the special things you learn about osteopathic manipulation. Maybe show us how it works or teach us about some of the basic principles of osteopathic manipulation so that we understand what it is. I find it so interesting and I don’t know much about it yet and you are perfect for teaching us about it. I’m just so curious about what DO really is (I am from Europe so we don’t have DO doctors here). You’re great! Keep up the good work!❤
As someone with chronic health issues, the last video and commentary was quite inspiring. I hope for days where I can feel good again. Thank you for the video Doctor Mike ❤
Same…I have interstitial cystitis and vulvodynia and I’m having a very hard time finding someone able to help me. I’ve tried almost everything..I hope we find healing ❤️
@@nmike8057 it’s more disabling than you might think. Bladder pain is no joke. I have tried getting treatment but the pain medications commonly used make me sick. I also get pain in my sit bones, and my tailbone. I tried physiotherapy but unfortunately insurance wanted me to be done within six months, so I didn’t get the care I actually needed. Also, the physical therapist in question wasn’t very experienced. I promise you, it’s something you don’t understand unless you have it
Same. I'm finally getting treatment for my Ulcerative Colitis after so many years, but I'm in the process of attempting to get a treatment for my arthritis, we're still narrowing down what kind it is to make a treatment plan. It's tough, and debilitating. But we can only take it a day at a time. Through good days and bad ones, we work with what we got. I only wish the best for you and anyone like us.
The iron lung always scared me. Ive learned so much from the infographics show that I greatful that I live a life where I will never have to deal with that.
@@mcjavabelike8320 it is a result of sin being created by man & its corrupting nature, for God to get rid of it he'd either have to get rid of us or implement his plan to rid us of sin
Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking about commenting. I'm glad that at least one person decided to reply to that question, because I can't even begin to say how many times I have had someone try to make that argument when it comes to God. But honestly, it's possible to believe in God, and Jesus, and then when something negative happens to you, or a loved one, to then say, "if he is real and almighty, then why does bad stuff happen and why does he just let it happen?" Which I do get and totally understand why someone would want to say something like that. At the same time though, you also just have to just remember that, first of all, it's not our fault, obviously, and second, like the other comment already said, its all pretty much happening because of sin being created, due to the first humans, which were; Adam and Eve, who made the bad choices involving corruption, that occurred with the evil snake/satan. Trust me, if anyone out there would know just how unfair, cruel, traumatizing, punishing, and evil, this world is, and can/will always be, its me. But, despite all that being said, I still have love for God, and Jesus, and choose to put my trust, and faith, in them.
I love that you mentioned freckles! Growing up I was horribly insecure and embarrassed that I had freckles and everyone else had unmarked fair skin! I would make concoctions from the internet or magazines to apply to my face to try and remove the freckles and I’d beg and beg my parents to let me get them removed! I’m so glad they said no because now like you said people are dying to have fake freckles! They’re imitating what I always perceived as a flaw! It’s really exciting and wholesome to see that shift
Doctor Mike is probably the best youtube doctor, he's trustworthy and incredibly helpful when learning random medical things, it's entertaining and fun to watch.
During my time as a personal support worker (CNA; I'm now a nurse) I got to take care of someone who has polio. These people still exist, this isn't just a disease of the generations before us. They live as active of a life as they can, with no use of the body from the waist down.
Getting the chance to help them live comfortably was fantastic. Please folks just vaccinate your kids. It really isn't worth the hardship to them, but also hardship to the people who have survived them.
@AutumnFalls89 I live in The Netherlands. Last polio outbreak we had was in 1992-93. Mainly in the bible belt among people who don't vaccinate because of religious reasons. Most children in my church were not vaccinated either. Me and my brothers were among only a handful of fully vaccinated kids in our community. I remember that there was fear during the last polio outbreak (I was 5 at the time). And I know people who contracted it. I've also seen how devastating measles can be. One girl in our church got encephalitis from measles and was left with severe mental disability because of it. The painful part was that her parents were in favor of vaccinations, but she was a baby at the time and still too young to be vaccinated... Not contracting polio, measles, whooping cough, mumps and rubella while seeing the effects of these diseases on children around me, made me pro-vaccine for life
I’m so glad we have a safe and effective vaccine for polio, I have a awful phobia of needles and syringes but will always get vaccinated because it not only keeps me safe but the people around me who can’t get vaccinated safe.
Someone I know peripherally had her nose bitten off by a dog, but they were able to reattach it and restore blood flow to it using leeches! This was in Denmark around 10 years ago. I was mind blown when I learned this!
Justin Schmidt and his pain index were great for the classification of stings related pains. And because of his index, people learned about new insects they had never heard of.
We use leech therapy in hospitals all the time for amputations and re-attachments to bring additional blood flow to the re-attached tissue (finger amputation and re-attachment for example) combined with blood thinners. We use it a lot with traumatic pediatric amputations too, like lawnmower accidents. Works great! They’re grown in lab or pharmacy and are “sterile.” Once they are full they let go and fall off on their own and a new one is attached.
And the full leeches are dropped into a jar of isopropyl alcohol and disposed of like any organic tissue matter in the hospital once they’ve served their purpose.
@@artchic528If I had to have leech therapy I’d ask if I could keep my leeches. They’d probably say no, but I feel they’d earned their chance to be a gross pet.
@@evilsharkey8954 haha same! It makes sense that they can't be reused, but why do the little guys have to get tossed 🥺 I used to watch a pet RUclipsr who got a giant leech as a pet. Different species than the ones they use in hospitals, but there is at least some precedent out there for keeping them as pets so you'd know how to care for them. The only issue is that you'd have to keep feeding them lol.
@@suchnothingits probably because bodily fluids count as biowaste and in a hospital setting, they wouldnt want a patient running around with potential contaminants? If you can prove that you can care for leeches and maybe bring your leech habitat alongside you, I bet they'd be more willing to keep them
My parents both remember being lined up at elementary school to get the polio vaccine. And my mom went to school with a couple of friends who had to wear braces because of polio. Thank heavens for vaccines and modern medicine!!
currently experiencing some health issues that has made me stop being able to work. Seeing Paul helped give me a little bit of hope because I have been really down lately. I'm sad to see he passed away in early March this year. May he rest in peace
I have had the laser treatment for mask of pregnancy. It brought all the pigment to the surface and it washed off. but it was very expensive and would take many treatments to keep it gone for good and it was quite painful.
I saw an ep of Untold Stories of the ER where a homeless guy supposedly came in with a carpet of maggots on his foot and after they let him take a shower and gave him some clean clothes they examined the foot and it had healed perfectly from whatever wound it originally had. I've also heard it's a really good burn treatment.
It's good that you brought up the colour insecurities one faces in India. Dusky girls were always bullied and called out. If you are Indian just like me, and you are dusky, and people play with your self esteem, know that you are beautiful ❤ the way you are. ❤
I personally never understood why skin color was something to bully someone about or even judge them for I mean I could understand if someone was unusually dark, like pitch black one could make a friendly comment on it but just because someone is darker or lighter than someone else or even if they have vitiligo sure it might be a little alarming at first but you can't judge someone on something as petty as a skin color or birth defect or mental disorder. People can be born an infinite number of different ways with different features I mean I have an uncle that's red, never seen anyone like him before and I'll probably never see anyone like him again but I never judged him for it, just simply wondered why his skin was that color. Anyway sorry, I didn't mean to rant I always get like this when I see these types of comments lol
I don’t understand why everyone wants to look lighter except white people. Light skin wrinkles faster, gets sunburn more, shows off spider veins and blemishes, and is more prone to skin cancers. Look at an old white person who hasn’t had a lot of work done. We age horribly! Why do people keep pressuring each other to have pasty skin when white people have to slather ourselves with sunscreen and/or hide in the shade to avoid turning into leather handbags. From a white person: y’all look fine the way you are. I saw an Indian couple in the store. Her husband was very handsome. He looked like he could be the standard of Indian male perfection. He was also very dark, which only made him look better.
@@spencersinclair2239 a lot of people tend to have darker skin in the Indian subcontinent which was colonized by the whites . In India the British empire treated the Indians as less civilized and barbaric. White ideals of beauty were imposed. So long after independence the mark of these beauty standards weigh on us.this is mostly speculation based on facts and there may be more reasons for the judgements on colour in other parts of the World
@@spencersinclair2239so while I do believe ur sentiment holds in the fact that people are born diverse, it is important to make the effort to change the beauty ideals. And change only comes when we acknowledge and appreciate differences as you do with ur uncle and as the original comment did with dusky skin tones, not ignoring them
Hi doc, I was wondering if there's an opinion that you strongly believe but that other/a lot of doctors might disagree on? Thanks, love the channel and I'm really grateful for what you do on your channel. Hugs to Bear and Roxy, by the way ❤️
The knife therapy sounds cray cray but it works so well! I had tried it out at this same centre in Taiwan before COVID hit. Partly because the blade is very narrow compared to a person's finger for a massage, it hits all the right spots. The video might have cut it out but they do an assessment of your health using "magnetic energy" from your body, to know which area to target. And you are right, this concept definitely has some form of cultural significance and not at all a western one. We had to do some exercises before the massage to "open" these spots for the "energy" to flow too. Its interesting. But most importantly it was the best massage i ever had
Hi mike, as a animal nerd, tarantula hawks are black wasps with orange wings and are considered the largest wasp in the United States but they only live in the west coast area so you’re good in New York
@@eryxsky they usually live in forests or arid areas so if you’re literally by the sea or a remotely urban area I’d say the chances are really low(but never zero)
My brother researched a dermal adhesive in his chemical engineering program in college. It was centered around hydrogen peroxide infused products that would increase essentially aeration whilst maintaining an antibacterial environment. They found for many surface wounds it would lead to massively increased healing rates compared to many ointments
A few years ago, when my mother was still alive, she had a large infection on her leg, and the doctors applied maggots to the area, and wrapped a loose bandage around them. When they took the maggots off a couple days later, her infection looked a lot better.
@@macabrehimself The maggots are feasting on the dead/ill flesh that occurs with such an infection so that the body can focus on healing with the living cells underneath.
@@macabrehimselfThe wound wouldn’t heal naturally. It would rot and get bigger. They use maggots when there’s necrotic tissue. They clean the wound better than a doctor can and without the pain or damage to healthy tissue.
Dr. Mike has a great ability to look like he's holding back a laugh even at the most emotional moments during a video, I applaud you, Dr. Mike. 14:08-14:16 case in point
When I was in nursing school in Canada, I did a month internship on neurovascular surgical floor and we used leeches on re-attached fingers to provide blood irrigation in the newly attached finger. We had this whole sterile leech tank and we had to count them at every shift start.
I am a physio and I had an interesting encounter with a woman having an epicontilitis. It was very inflamed so doing excersises or trying to treat it passively was not really improving the pain or at least very slowly over time. So the patient went to some doc who tried to put leeches on the spot where her inflammation was and she came back with absolutely no pain. The doc explained that the leeches are not only preventing the blood from clotting they also suck out the inflammation fluid to an extent. Since then she was fine and never had problems. has now three little scars where the leeches where drinking. This is not medical advice if people read this here. its just one anectodal example of them being used.
I worked in an ICU at a very big healthcare system in FL a long time ago. It was pretty cool to see them using leach and maggot therapy to heal wounds 😊
i seriously cannot tell you how much you inspire me! I used to want to be a pathologist like my mom because i couldnt fine any other job but when I started watching you, I realized family medicine would be best for me. Thank you Doctor Mike! Thank you for your videos!!
My grandmother had quite extensive surgery to remove skin cancer from her face and they ended up having to remove her whole chin. So they took skin from her thigh to create a new chin. They attached the strip of skin to her shoulder to keep it alive, they put leeches on it for a few days to keep the blood flowing.
Thank you - love history of medicine. I worked at the Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop in Fredericksburg, Virginia. It was a living history museum depicting medical practice from the 18th century. We got our leeches from a company in Swansea, Wales.
A friend's son in the UK had maggot therapy for an infected wound that just wasn't healing. Sounds icky at first, but if it works when other treatments don't then hats off to those industrious maggots!
Good to hear that it worked. My uncle as a child got srapnel in his abdomen during wwii. My father used to say that a surgeon on a motorcycle rode to the house to wash it out every day. (He also said my uncle started sceaming when he heard the motorcycle )but he survived and grew up! Toughtimes before antibiotics.
I found your channel recently ... and started watching your reacts and other videos. I have to say, you are hilarious. Your screen presence is fantastic and your voice is very pleasant to listen to!
The species of maggots used in a medical setting is specific, because not all maggots only eat necrotic tissue. There are some that eat healthy tissue and/or cause the wound to necrose further.
The cut sealer mention would have been beneficial after my neck surgery when my cut/scar did not heal straight. My husband who has diabeties had to go to a wound care center for a wound that would not heal. But their treatment didn't help he ultimately had to have his toe amputated maybe he wouldn't have if there was the option of the maggots.
I watched a documentary a few years ago about Iron lung users in current day and the aftermath of polio (I believe it was on Prime Video). And the company that did the maintenance on the machines gave the users a couple of options when they stopped covering/doing maintenance on them. I can’t remember everything, but the people who didn’t take the other options (like trachea ventilators) said they kept the iron lung because nothing worked as well as it did. (They did end up having to agree to do their own maintenance/sign wavers etc). I wish I could remember the name of the docu cause it was very interesting.
My grandma cared for June Middleton who had the guiness world record for the longest time spent in an iron lung until Paul Alexander (featured in the video) surpassed her. Gran was one of her nurses when June was admitted and they got to know each other well, as for many decades the iron lung patients were permanent residents in the infectious disease hospital. They continued to be friends until June's death in 2009. My understanding is that for many the iron lung was a preferred method for many, and that some were unable to be transferred to modern positive pressure options due to other health reasons. I guess it became a part of them, it was safe, trustworthy and an extension of themselves.
Unrelated, but I recently saw a Halloween costume video you did, and the round device on doctors' heads were a head scratcher. Well, I learned that prior to using otoscopes doctors would pull the reflector over one eye and visualize through a pinhole in the center. Light would be reflected onto the area being examined. Who knew??
About the leeches; my mom used to work in a pharmacy at a huge hospital and she would prepare leeches in a sterile solution for treatments! They used them on burn victims, and different wounds. Also! When I was 3, I fell in the shower and busted my face open the metal track for the shower door. Went to the hospital and they glued my face back together. No scars, and no infection!
Theres videos on the guy with the iron lung, he says he can spend time out of it and last like an hour without power until someone comes to help. He said he would go to court to do lawyer things. Also he said the iron lung is the only negative pressure device everything else is positive pressure or something like that so the old iron lung is the only thing for him or the best for him. Its actually pretty interesting.
Thank you Dr. Mike for being one of the most prolific RUclipsrs out there. You definitely got me when making references to " skin lightening". Very interesting sociological study. Handsome, rich, and well respected🤯. Dr. Mike has the whole package. He's perfect 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Just wanna say thank you, Mike. This channel brings a lot of learning and love to the world and we need that. Medical knowledge is getting slimmer and slimmer these days.
As far as I know the metal supply in feudal japan was pretty limited, so knives out of meteorite was not that uncommon. It was a source of pretty high quality iron.
i always love watching doctor mike's videos because not only are they entertaining, it's also educational. he always teaches us lots about medical stuff and i think that's cool. though i tend to forget most of the things he's explaining, i still think it's very cool.
Saw the medical maggots in action once. My intern nearly threw up and dashed out of room. Wound doc did great job explaining process and how the wound was improving with the maggots. I’m an RD and loved learning about this when I worked in hospitals!
i watched this video like 5 times(not in a row) and i constantly see new things in it. im pretty sure yall changed the title and added a clip cuz i always remember when i rewatch.
Hi Dr. Mike, I'm a fan of your channel. My region that I live in has dangerous air quality right now, I was wondering if their are any major health risks that I should be aware of?
In basic training I while out in the desert I was stung by a tarantula hawk. It hurt like hell and I’m allergic to stings so I was med-evaced. My arm was swollen for a week in that spot.
They’re one of the most painful stings out there. The other crazy fools who deliberately get stung don’t all agree on whether the tarantula hawk or the bullet ant is worse.
What’s not mentioned is I passed out in there I came to at the hospital-ED. Left with prednisone and Benadryl for the next week. As to bullet ants saw those in El Salvador, had a Lt. put on a boot without checking it. Morphine didn’t control the pain, it wasn’t, until we got to the MASH and got him dilauded, that they had some pain control.
I work at a major US hospital and we use leaches in specific cases of skin grafts if they aren’t healing well, the leaches increase blood flow to the surface of the graft!
I'm 39 years old and I'm proud to say, I've never taken antibiotics, sure I've had the usual infections, tonsillitis, UTI's, Bronchitis, I've had infected cuts, and not once did I take percribed antibiotics, I've used natural unmodified treatments such as honey, garlic, onions, aloe Vera, willow bark for pain, cloves for tooth ache, lavender for headache and many more....not because I don't trust man made medications, but because my body has never required it, if say, I got a sore throat and it didn't get better I would have gone to the doctors, however my parents and grandparents never used over the counter or percribed medication. And I've got a pretty good immune system. I very rarely get colds or flu, my nan controlled her blood pressure with beetroot, I've seen so many people get really bad side effects from medications yet the only side effects I've ever noticed from natural remedies, slight bowel discomfort, as natural antibiotics still kill off good bacteria as well as the bad and yes, ginger and peppermint are really good for nausea. Coconut is brilliant to increase your electrolytes after dehydration from diarrhea. A tea made from honey, garlic and aloe works great for a sore throat, add lemon or orange for vitamin C, or turmeric. Our planet gives us what we need, but doctors are still important if and when your in need off extra health care. What I'm saying is, don't just rely on one method, use everything available....how many people know why chicken soup is good when your ill.... first because it's fluids and that's important if you have a fever, secondly chicken has an enzyme that helps with chest infection and inflammation. However, if your symptoms do not improve or get worse, then go see a doctor. I've only been in hospital twice, first, on the day I was born, and when I had a ganglion removed from my wrist, because despite what you see on TV, never hit a ganglion with a book lol. The world give us everything we need, and as morbid as it sounds natural selection is part of life, it's been that way since life on this planet started, only the strongest survived humans have found a way to mess with rhe natural order I embrace that one day my journey will end. Hopeful not for many years but no one knows so I live life...I don't waste it worrying about how I look or what people think of me. My ancestors survived for thousands of hears without "modern medicine" everyone alive today has a genetic link to the past, our ancestors live through some really rough times but your here because of them, because they survived because the knew how you treat the earth and use what it offered without spoiling it. Humans have created the problems of today, GMO foods, weird health trends, unnecessary medication (not all medicines) take some time you watch the history channel on RUclips, learn how people lived before hospitals and doctors, the 1940s, not so far in the past, people were healthier because they lived normally, more or less, but over crowding caused a spike in diseases, which then mutated, people relied more on modern medicine and now children are getting asthma, autism, ADHD and norovirus is spreading more and more each year, along with measles, chicken pox and a great number of other nasty illnesses. Humans will be thier own end
My dad is 90+ and remembers the pre-polio vaccine days. Every year when polio season rolled around, all the moms in the neighborhood would be panicky and there would be this sense of fear that even the kids could feel. My friend's mom has a permanent limp because she got it as a child. People don't value vaccines enough because they didn't experience or hear about life before them.
I'm pro vax because in 1993, when my oldest son was just 5 months old, his father died at age 20 from hepatitis b... He didn't have those vaccines. Ridiculous not to give your child proven vaccines. I have anti vaxx friends who appear to believe autism is a real risk from vaccines (I don't agree) and is a worse outcome than a child dying from a vaccine preventable condition. 😢
I need to give a qualifier
... I don't believe in having the general population be a guinea pig for an UN proven vaccines, such as the 'Vid 19....no.
Polio was so widespread and life ruining that everybody knew someone affected by it. That's why the vaccine, despite its flaws, was easy sale for people
I watched a video about the last guy in an iron lung when I was about 11 where he told his story and it scared me for years with a mix fear and anger over anti-vaxers, because even though I was young and just watching a video I could feel the of polio and that has stuck with me since so everyone just get the vaccine.
Right we are so fortunate that we are blind to why they are wonderful. It's like they say strong men make good times which makes weak men which make bad times which create strong men.
All the anti vaxxers only are able to do that because the majority is vaccinated and there is no real threat
That guy who lives in the Iron Lung is an inspiration, really. His story is incredible, he nearly died when his machine malfunctioned and they had to work so hard to find someone who could potentially repair such an antique device. Polio was a different time!
Uhuh
I've seen two documentaries talking about and with him about what his life is like in the iron lung. Apparently when the part malfunctioned he had to find an auto mechanic who was willing to try to fix it using the original factory instructions that were in the machine. The guy who helped originally died, but his apprentice at the time took over and basically built the guy a brand new iron lung. His original iron lung was getting so badly worn out that they had to scratch build a new one apparently. The documentary talked about a lot more, but its been so long since I've seen the two I watched that I can't remember a lot of specifics.
The problem I have with the stories around Paul are the exact things Dr. Mike mentions.
No, an iron lung isn't the only thing he could use. He CHOOSES to stick with what he grew up using. So, no, his life wasn't really threatened when his machine needed fixing. He could have been moved to newer therapies, but he doesn't want to. It's even shown in the photo of him (I assume) after he passed the bar. No iron lung in that picture.
He could use new software for writing, but chooses not to.
His story is constantly being used to promote the polio vaccine and it is a nightmare getting people to understand that NO you won't automatically end up in an old iron lung. That people do still suffer from this kind of effect from polio, but they're not using old style iron lungs.
I still admire his story, but I hate the misconception that there is no other option for him.
The man is a lawyer also, pretty wild that he had to deal with all of this while going to law school.
@@Terahnee "It's even shown in the photo of him (I assume) after he passed the bar. No iron lung in that picture." You are also painting a misconception. He could leave the iron lung but he was still paralyzed and had to think about breathing instead of it being automatic like the rest of us. Yes, there were other options for him the breath (i.e. positive pressure breathe) but it was still a struggle even if he utilized those options.
Rip Justin. That man single handedly figured out the pain index of almost every single sting on the planet. What an inspiration
He was the Alexander Shulgin of stings. Rest in peace.
Not all stings but certainly all insect stings.
@@evilsharkey8954 the worst ones are the emotional ones.....like back when the funny teacher shouted at me.....still traumatised to this day
@@akashchatterjee2004 yess that situation hits you right in the gut 😭
There was a MonsterTalk episode a few weeks or so ago that had a guest on that was bitten by 1 bullet ant. He had also broken a bone or dislocated a joint, when asked what level of pain he was in he replied 9. This impressed the doctors who were used to everyone with this injury going to 10. He said he ranked the bullet ant's bite as the 10.
Sadly, the man in the iron lung has died maybe a couple weeks ago. Very sad, but it’s amazing that he survived for so long and became a lawyer
i cried when i heard about his passing, such an amazing man.
I’ve had maggot therapy for the slough created by Pyoderma Gangrenosum (think MRSA but it doesn’t respond to antibiotics). They were well bandaged so you couldn’t see them, and the most I felt was a ‘tickling’ sensation. They really kick started my healing after just a day and got all the dead necrotic tissue off.
Isn't MRSA literally named after its antibiotic resistance? Are you saying it was more antibiotic resistant?
@@atashgallagher5139MRSA takes a stronger antibiotic that's run through an IV. My dad had 2 different types and he would have to have an IV of Vancomycin for about a month or 2 to treat it.
When my son was born, I took him to the pediatrician for his vaccines. She went through the list and mentioned the polio vaccine. Without thinking I said “Why does he need that? People don’t get polio anymore.” She responded with “Exactly, that’s why he needs it.” Boy did I feel silly after that comment 😂😂
This is how it was explained to me aswell 😂
this is why uneducated people refuses vaccines, they think it's poisonous and has the same asking as you, but unlike you, they didn't change their mind, sadly
😂😂😂 you squared up with yourself, we appreciate it!
Too right, but no need to feel silly. Asking your doctor medical questions and listening to the answers is a great thing to do.
other than small pox most diseases have non human reservoirs. you need it because its not gone. thats how it was explained to me
As an entomology hobbyist, one of my favorite things is watching people react to learning there's such thing as a tarantula hawk 😂😂
They are scary.
I learned about them from coyote Peterson lol
They are the stuff of nightmares, the way they hunt... 😵
It's so cool. Such a terrifyingly fitting name
Definitely cool. I also like hummingbird hawkmoths but they aren’t predators. Name is still cool tho.
The woman that was getting the melanin treatment done needed to have it done in order to get a job there in India. She said in that same interview that she was rejected from all the jobs she applied for because she didn’t have the “right look.” Even though she had all the right credentials. It’s crazy how the world works sometimes.
Can’t makeup do the same thing?
@@evilsharkey8954she would have to put A LOT on wich would be expensive also her pores would show if she sweats wich is unavoidable in india. Also she would stain her clothes on the neckline etc. Make up usually doesnt wash out especially if its full coverage. Not to mention skin needs to breathe, her skin would absorb so much foundation into her pores and i dont think there is make up that stays ln the hands all day.
Colorism at its finest. 😒
*_✨Racism✨_*
@@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500
More so colorism. A lot of lighter skin people in India bully people who have darker skin. They discriminate against other Indians and foreigners. If a black person had lighter skin, they’d be treated better than a darker skinned person. Sad how they are over there
I would love to see Doctor Mike make a video addressing health anxiety! I know he's made some about anxiety in general, but as someone who has made multiple trips to the ER in the past year, all false alarms, it would be amazing to hear some coping mechanisms for dealing with constant panic about health issues!
Mike: *Is a certified doctor*
Also Mike: "KNIFE THERAPY OR SECRET ASSASSIN?!"
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That's why we ❤ him lol
Justin Schmidt is actually legendary in the Entomology world, super legit and a very nice guy.
He passed away this year, RIP to a great guy.
How?
Most well known for the Sting pain index for starters, but his work on insects is very well cited, and his dedication to the study of insects (and some other creatures) was inspirational as hell.
@@Fanrasyfan Parkinson's.
Entomology not etymology. Etymology is the study of words and Entomology is the study of bugs
@@NewVis1onMusic thanks, definitely was a late night response both times, fixing
The last guy in the iron lung really made me emotional, that’s a perfect example of never giving up. He’s been in an iron lung for most of his life and he still managed to become a lawyer and wrote a book. Absolutely incredible!!!
I watched a documentary on the polio virus outbreak & iron lungs. It had the last remaining survivours included Paul, that said Iron Lungs are currently the ONLY breathing machine that uses negative air pressure. All modern ventilators/breathing machines use positive pressure & when they tried to move these last known survivors to the new tech, it actually caused them too much pain to use and had a poor/more negative outcome than using the Iron Lungs.
Thank you for explaining that
yeah thats why i dont get people who say "oh hes just stuck in old ways" or "ermm theres new stuff for that.."
This is actually not true! I don't know how old that documentary was, so maybe it didn't exist back then, but we do have something called the chest cuirass nowadays. It is a negative pressure ventilator that works by basically creating a seal around your chest and sucking the air out to expand the muscles and help you breathe in a much more natural way.
The issue with the chest cuirass is the people who use the iron lungs say it just doesn't work as well. It works, they can use it, but the iron lung is more efficient and helps them breathe better.
Hopefully the technology continues to improve because personally (as a respiratory therapist) I love the chest cuirass and wish it were used more often. But obviously it comes with its difficulties and drawbacks too.
Rest in peace, Paul! You seemed to have been a real gem. I read on you often and your loss is tragic much like life you had to endure but hope you’re free in spirit.
Paul Alexander was such an enormous inspiration of hope. He never let his disease define him. A wounderful man that lived a fulfilling life despite the horrible disease he had to live with. His story moved me to tears. Unfortunately he passed not too long ago. May he rest well. ❤
The man in the iron lung says he still uses it because the negative pressure chamber essentially allows him to breathe normally with his own efforts. Modern systems mostly use positive pressure to force air into the lungs which can be unpleasant.
We do have modern negative pressure ventilators, even though they are less used. Could be a good replacement as they struggle to find people repairing a very old machine
Another problem I can see is switching to another device. It could take several minuets where he is without oxygen to take his out of the old machine and set up the new one
Actually, there's a simple reason why Paul is still in an iron lung: he prefers it. Ventilators feel too uncomfortable too him and according to him puts too much strain on his breathing. If his iron lung breaks or if something happens though, he has a trilogy ventilator on stand-by.
That's because, to my knowledge, he's only used ventilators that function through positive pressure, basically FORCING air in (Imagine mouth-to-mouth. Wouldn't feel great). There are some that work the same way that the iron lung does, but obviously modern
@@KryptoKn8 Yeah, but those are (apparently) still way too uncomfortable. Maybe if there was a negative pressure ventilator that didn't require you to have a face mask and millions of cords and wires, then that could be an option. But visually, I kinda have to agree with Paul.
He's spent most of his life in an iron lung, so to him, I'd imagine that switching to a whole new ventilator would be really strange.
@@eoeaoe12e I can imagine that it would be such a difficult choice. He feels more comfortable in his Iron long but when he is in there he is stuck in it, can't go anywhere and only has his head sticking out. With other machines he would be more mobile, though still in some kind of wheelchair since he is paralysed. But he would have things on his head and face, making it difficult or even impossible to speak, eat and drink while using that machine. Since his head might be the only part of his body that isn't paralysed and still functions well, I can imagine it would be hard to choose to inhibit that in order to be more mobile.
@@eoeaoe12ealso even if he did switch to a smaller machine, its not like he can do much because he is paralyzed everywhere but his head and neck
Both my parents remember going down to the local elementary school in their respective cities and getting the polio vaccine. I think my dad said it was in a sugar cube. It came out about a year after a family down the street from him was quarantined because of polio. He grew up in a very small town and all of this was big news.
On another note, I will be an enthusiastic anecdotal voice for animal therapy. I’ve battled depression and anxiety most of my life, and all my betta fish, rats, and dogs have all helped tremendously in their own ways. Even their passings over the years, though tremendously hard, help me see that I’m stronger than I think I am and can do hard things.
There are two types of polio vaccine. The first to be developed was the inactivated polio vaccine, which is injectable; Jonas Salk introduced it in 1955. The other is the oral polio vaccine; it's a live attenuated virus vaccine, introduced by Albert Salbin in 1961. The OPV is the one that was often dripped onto a sugar cube and then given to children that way. Today, most children worldwide get the Salk vaccine instead. The two vaccines are preferred in different settings.
If you have endemic polio in your country, the oral vaccine is more effective. It's cheaper, it's easier to distribute, it is more effective, and it's actually somewhat contagious which acts as sort of a force multiplier effect -- you'll end up vaccinating a few more people than you actually deliver the vaccine to.
But polio has a weird effect: it becomes much deadlier once it is no longer in active circulation, and this actually goes for the vaccine strain as well. Consequently, although the IPV is slightly less effective and somewhat more expensive, the fact that it is substantially safer means that once you've beaten polio down below a certain level to where there isn't a reasonable expectation of exposure anymore, you must switch to IPV.
@@calliarcale That's super interesting, I knew there were two types but I didn't know some of those other details.
@@calliarcale Love the details! Thanks for the info!!! I knew some of that, but definitely not all. I’m so glad they developed those vaccines! Polio is a horrific disease. I had an elderly neighbor several years ago who had polio as a kid, recovered (seemingly), and then developed this creeping paralysis later in life due to the polio he’d caught as s child. Imagine being symptom free for 60 years and then slowly losing all mobility because of a childhood infection over half a century ago. He was confined to a wheelchair when I met him. His legs were completely paralyzed. I think it’s called post-polio syndrome.
Just a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down...
Yas pets make happier people something to focus on love and take care of when they die so freaking rough but you cared for them and they had the best lives because of you emotional support animals
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*YOU ARE A DOCTER CMON*
But it's not like blood or gore. It's a scary looking creature
When I first saw Paul Alexander about a year ago, I showed the video to my family. We all thought it was crazy that this dude is in the iron lung and doing so much and we are here sitting on our lazy butts doing nothing. Honestly a really inspiring story.
Fun fact:
My dad had diverticulitis and he was hospitalized recently because of an attack. He got 1-3 feet of his intestines removed and now he can eat strawberries. He spent 9 years of his life unable to eat strawberries.
Khbh😊😊😊😊😊😊
May I ask why he was unable to eat strawberries? I've recently been diagnosed and some foods make me feel so ill, but I don't know why
@@stay_curious the seeds are so small that it’s almost impossible and extremely painful for the body to digest. Many fruits with small seeds could be dangerous and damaging. Of course you can SKIN the strawberry, but it takes a lot of time and effort and isn’t worth it in the end. I suggest being careful with certain fruits that you eat.
@Startificer13 thank you for the reply, I never considered the seeds 🤔 I'll bare it in mind!! Appreciate it!
People, who are of a certain generation, remember iron lungs. Polio was a disease that had no known cure or prevention (pre-vaccine). Now, the few people in the US and UK who are in iron lungs are concerned because of the scarcity of the machine parts that are no longer made and finding someone with the skills to perform maintenance and repairs is dwindling by the year. Thank you, Dr. Jonas Salk for your wonderful invention.
Can these individuals not be moved to more modern equipment? Or is there some technical reason it would be impossible?
Actually as of right now, only two people are known to use the iron lung.
Because we have other techniques to help but both of them choose an iron lung as they say it is the most comfortable to them.
It makes sense that it's rare to find someone who can repair them if it's only those 2 people but of course for those 2, it means their life
@@dragonixheli5474 how interesting. Thank you for posting this as nowadays, polio is such an abstract disease.
Anyone who's seen that Breathe movie (it's a good movie) would know what an iron lung is.
@@twig5543they cant, iron lungs are the only machines that use negative air pressure so moving them to a ventilator or something with positive air pressure would present a bigger threat than just staying in an iron lung
The man in the iron lung is incredible. I looked into his full story and it’s amazing how much resilience he has and how he was able to write actual books and even still suffering, he is able to be happy and accomplish brining so much light to others.
I cut my eyebrow when I was doing color guard in college. I remember going to the ER and the med student thought I should be glued, but the ER dr thought I should have stitches because of the movement in the area. The ER doctor actually asked ME (a 19-year-old freshman in college) what MY thoughts were as a teaching mechanism for the med student.
Hey dr mike, I have a video topic suggestion for you.
Could you please make a video in which you dive deep into the differences between DO and MD? In the video you could highlight the special things about each degree (Maybe this could be a collab with an MD doctor). And please teach us about the special things you learn about osteopathic manipulation. Maybe show us how it works or teach us about some of the basic principles of osteopathic manipulation so that we understand what it is. I find it so interesting and I don’t know much about it yet and you are perfect for teaching us about it. I’m just so curious about what DO really is (I am from Europe so we don’t have DO doctors here).
You’re great! Keep up the good work!❤
This sounds interesting!
As someone with chronic health issues, the last video and commentary was quite inspiring. I hope for days where I can feel good again. Thank you for the video Doctor Mike ❤
Same…I have interstitial cystitis and vulvodynia and I’m having a very hard time finding someone able to help me. I’ve tried almost everything..I hope we find healing ❤️
It made me tear up a lot, I have Multiple Sclerosis and can't stand or walk, but hearing him and what he has made of his life is truly inspiring.
@@nmike8057 it’s more disabling than you might think. Bladder pain is no joke. I have tried getting treatment but the pain medications commonly used make me sick. I also get pain in my sit bones, and my tailbone. I tried physiotherapy but unfortunately insurance wanted me to be done within six months, so I didn’t get the care I actually needed. Also, the physical therapist in question wasn’t very experienced. I promise you, it’s something you don’t understand unless you have it
Is someone with chronic illnesses, I’d like to thank you. I never thought of trying to get attention for it like this
Same. I'm finally getting treatment for my Ulcerative Colitis after so many years, but I'm in the process of attempting to get a treatment for my arthritis, we're still narrowing down what kind it is to make a treatment plan. It's tough, and debilitating. But we can only take it a day at a time. Through good days and bad ones, we work with what we got. I only wish the best for you and anyone like us.
The iron lung always scared me. Ive learned so much from the infographics show that I greatful that I live a life where I will never have to deal with that.
@@nmike8057bruh
@@nmike8057 bruh
@@nmike8057if god truly was almighty and all good than why would god allow the disease to exist in the first place
@@mcjavabelike8320 it is a result of sin being created by man & its corrupting nature, for God to get rid of it he'd either have to get rid of us or implement his plan to rid us of sin
Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking about commenting. I'm glad that at least one person decided to reply to that question, because I can't even begin to say how many times I have had someone try to make that argument when it comes to God. But honestly, it's possible to believe in God, and Jesus, and then when something negative happens to you, or a loved one, to then say, "if he is real and almighty, then why does bad stuff happen and why does he just let it happen?" Which I do get and totally understand why someone would want to say something like that. At the same time though, you also just have to just remember that, first of all, it's not our fault, obviously, and second, like the other comment already said, its all pretty much happening because of sin being created, due to the first humans, which were; Adam and Eve, who made the bad choices involving corruption, that occurred with the evil snake/satan. Trust me, if anyone out there would know just how unfair, cruel, traumatizing, punishing, and evil, this world is, and can/will always be, its me. But, despite all that being said, I still have love for God, and Jesus, and choose to put my trust, and faith, in them.
As a current nursing student I love your videos. You make learning random medical things fun :)
@@nmike8057bruh STOP 🛑
Same. Starting nursing school in August.
I stated following Dr. Mike for Roxy, the medical info is just a plus!
@@p-__What the hell?
@@nmike8057 i see yo replies to every comment.
I love that you mentioned freckles! Growing up I was horribly insecure and embarrassed that I had freckles and everyone else had unmarked fair skin! I would make concoctions from the internet or magazines to apply to my face to try and remove the freckles and I’d beg and beg my parents to let me get them removed! I’m so glad they said no because now like you said people are dying to have fake freckles! They’re imitating what I always perceived as a flaw! It’s really exciting and wholesome to see that shift
0:10 - Knife therapy
1:30 - Sting sommelier
2:25 - Skin lightning
3:35 - Bonobos are herbalists
5:30 - Leech for surgeries
6:25 - Nature healing program
7:30 - MeTro
9:15 - Live maggots
10:45 - Charplin therapy
11:40 - Iron lung man
bonobos are herbalists sounds like something youtube would name a youtube made chapter
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Doctor Mike is probably the best youtube doctor, he's trustworthy and incredibly helpful when learning random medical things, it's entertaining and fun to watch.
Ok, but how much did he pay you to post this? 😉😉😉
@@carolehirsch7315are people not allowed to enjoy content
This is high riding level
mate this is the same doofus who demanded mask wearing be a mandatory law and then went to parties with no social distancing or mask wearing.
@@carolehirsch7315 I can’t say
During my time as a personal support worker (CNA; I'm now a nurse) I got to take care of someone who has polio. These people still exist, this isn't just a disease of the generations before us. They live as active of a life as they can, with no use of the body from the waist down.
Getting the chance to help them live comfortably was fantastic. Please folks just vaccinate your kids. It really isn't worth the hardship to them, but also hardship to the people who have survived them.
I could go on forever. I would love to provide insight to the channel as a Canadian nurse.
That surprises me. I thought Polio was eradicated in industrialized societies. The only person I knew with polio was a woman my grandparents' age.
@AutumnFalls89 I live in The Netherlands. Last polio outbreak we had was in 1992-93. Mainly in the bible belt among people who don't vaccinate because of religious reasons. Most children in my church were not vaccinated either. Me and my brothers were among only a handful of fully vaccinated kids in our community. I remember that there was fear during the last polio outbreak (I was 5 at the time). And I know people who contracted it.
I've also seen how devastating measles can be. One girl in our church got encephalitis from measles and was left with severe mental disability because of it. The painful part was that her parents were in favor of vaccinations, but she was a baby at the time and still too young to be vaccinated...
Not contracting polio, measles, whooping cough, mumps and rubella while seeing the effects of these diseases on children around me, made me pro-vaccine for life
I’m so glad we have a safe and effective vaccine for polio, I have a awful phobia of needles and syringes but will always get vaccinated because it not only keeps me safe but the people around me who can’t get vaccinated safe.
RIP Justin Schmidt man. This one man has the bravery to go through intense pain for the betterment of global knowledge. Rest well hero.
Someone I know peripherally had her nose bitten off by a dog, but they were able to reattach it and restore blood flow to it using leeches! This was in Denmark around 10 years ago. I was mind blown when I learned this!
Justin Schmidt and his pain index were great for the classification of stings related pains. And because of his index, people learned about new insects they had never heard of.
We use leech therapy in hospitals all the time for amputations and re-attachments to bring additional blood flow to the re-attached tissue (finger amputation and re-attachment for example) combined with blood thinners. We use it a lot with traumatic pediatric amputations too, like lawnmower accidents. Works great! They’re grown in lab or pharmacy and are “sterile.” Once they are full they let go and fall off on their own and a new one is attached.
And the full leeches are dropped into a jar of isopropyl alcohol and disposed of like any organic tissue matter in the hospital once they’ve served their purpose.
Yes, I'm a retired hospital pharmacist and we've used leeches since the 1980s. They even have their own "housing" called the Leech Hotel.
@@artchic528If I had to have leech therapy I’d ask if I could keep my leeches. They’d probably say no, but I feel they’d earned their chance to be a gross pet.
@@evilsharkey8954 haha same! It makes sense that they can't be reused, but why do the little guys have to get tossed 🥺 I used to watch a pet RUclipsr who got a giant leech as a pet. Different species than the ones they use in hospitals, but there is at least some precedent out there for keeping them as pets so you'd know how to care for them. The only issue is that you'd have to keep feeding them lol.
@@suchnothingits probably because bodily fluids count as biowaste and in a hospital setting, they wouldnt want a patient running around with potential contaminants?
If you can prove that you can care for leeches and maybe bring your leech habitat alongside you, I bet they'd be more willing to keep them
My mom contracted polio the year prior to the vaccine being founded. She was in an iron lung for several months.
My parents both remember being lined up at elementary school to get the polio vaccine. And my mom went to school with a couple of friends who had to wear braces because of polio. Thank heavens for vaccines and modern medicine!!
2:10 I love how the stinging guy named the pain scale after himself. Rightfully so!
currently experiencing some health issues that has made me stop being able to work. Seeing Paul helped give me a little bit of hope because I have been really down lately. I'm sad to see he passed away in early March this year. May he rest in peace
Paul Alexander has me in tears. What an admirable and inspiring man.
I have had the laser treatment for mask of pregnancy. It brought all the pigment to the surface and it washed off. but it was very expensive and would take many treatments to keep it gone for good and it was quite painful.
I saw an ep of Untold Stories of the ER where a homeless guy supposedly came in with a carpet of maggots on his foot and after they let him take a shower and gave him some clean clothes they examined the foot and it had healed perfectly from whatever wound it originally had. I've also heard it's a really good burn treatment.
My pet just died and I always watch your channel to make me happier and I chat thank u enough for being you and making content❤❤❤
“Your past or even disability, doesn’t have to define your future” very true and poignant sentiment. Paul Alexander is an inspiration for the ages.
It's good that you brought up the colour insecurities one faces in India. Dusky girls were always bullied and called out.
If you are Indian just like me, and you are dusky, and people play with your self esteem, know that you are beautiful ❤ the way you are. ❤
I personally never understood why skin color was something to bully someone about or even judge them for I mean I could understand if someone was unusually dark, like pitch black one could make a friendly comment on it but just because someone is darker or lighter than someone else or even if they have vitiligo sure it might be a little alarming at first but you can't judge someone on something as petty as a skin color or birth defect or mental disorder. People can be born an infinite number of different ways with different features I mean I have an uncle that's red, never seen anyone like him before and I'll probably never see anyone like him again but I never judged him for it, just simply wondered why his skin was that color.
Anyway sorry, I didn't mean to rant I always get like this when I see these types of comments lol
I don’t understand why everyone wants to look lighter except white people. Light skin wrinkles faster, gets sunburn more, shows off spider veins and blemishes, and is more prone to skin cancers. Look at an old white person who hasn’t had a lot of work done. We age horribly! Why do people keep pressuring each other to have pasty skin when white people have to slather ourselves with sunscreen and/or hide in the shade to avoid turning into leather handbags.
From a white person: y’all look fine the way you are. I saw an Indian couple in the store. Her husband was very handsome. He looked like he could be the standard of Indian male perfection. He was also very dark, which only made him look better.
@@spencersinclair2239 a lot of people tend to have darker skin in the Indian subcontinent which was colonized by the whites . In India the British empire treated the Indians as less civilized and barbaric. White ideals of beauty were imposed. So long after independence the mark of these beauty standards weigh on us.this is mostly speculation based on facts and there may be more reasons for the judgements on colour in other parts of the World
@@spencersinclair2239so while I do believe ur sentiment holds in the fact that people are born diverse, it is important to make the effort to change the beauty ideals. And change only comes when we acknowledge and appreciate differences as you do with ur uncle and as the original comment did with dusky skin tones, not ignoring them
Love how doctor mike is making medical content with making it fun 😶
True this how we need to be taught in school
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Hi doc, I was wondering if there's an opinion that you strongly believe but that other/a lot of doctors might disagree on? Thanks, love the channel and I'm really grateful for what you do on your channel. Hugs to Bear and Roxy, by the way ❤️
@@nmike8057 Who are you? Don't pretend to be Dr. Mike.
@@nmike8057 Please don't pretend to be him. It's useless and just weird.
@@nmike8057Dr. Mike omg it's you!! MAKE ME A CHILD
O0ooo that's a good question! I always love asking this of the doctors/NP/PA I work with.
The knife therapy sounds cray cray but it works so well! I had tried it out at this same centre in Taiwan before COVID hit.
Partly because the blade is very narrow compared to a person's finger for a massage, it hits all the right spots.
The video might have cut it out but they do an assessment of your health using "magnetic energy" from your body, to know which area to target. And you are right, this concept definitely has some form of cultural significance and not at all a western one. We had to do some exercises before the massage to "open" these spots for the "energy" to flow too. Its interesting. But most importantly it was the best massage i ever had
Rest in peace Paul. Truly an inspirational person.
Hi mike, as a animal nerd, tarantula hawks are black wasps with orange wings and are considered the largest wasp in the United States but they only live in the west coast area so you’re good in New York
me who lives in the west coast: oh naur....................
@@eryxsky they usually live in forests or arid areas so if you’re literally by the sea or a remotely urban area I’d say the chances are really low(but never zero)
@@dragonmajesty7923 so like 90% of California.
eh, it's fine ig, I use 8ga for roaches to begin with.
@@dragonmajesty7923 suburban area near a mountain. i think that's good, i hope it is anyway sjdhfsdhfs
@@eryxsky it is
My brother researched a dermal adhesive in his chemical engineering program in college. It was centered around hydrogen peroxide infused products that would increase essentially aeration whilst maintaining an antibacterial environment. They found for many surface wounds it would lead to massively increased healing rates compared to many ointments
If anyone wants the research article i can provide
@@ashtonparrishim interested!
A few years ago, when my mother was still alive, she had a large infection on her leg, and the doctors applied maggots to the area, and wrapped a loose bandage around them. When they took the maggots off a couple days later, her infection looked a lot better.
what if the infection healed naturally and the maggots had nothing to do with it?
@@macabrehimself The maggots are feasting on the dead/ill flesh that occurs with such an infection so that the body can focus on healing with the living cells underneath.
@@macabrehimselfThe wound wouldn’t heal naturally. It would rot and get bigger. They use maggots when there’s necrotic tissue. They clean the wound better than a doctor can and without the pain or damage to healthy tissue.
And they leave the healty flesh alone! Quite amazing
@@macabrehimselfit would’ve taken a lot longer than a few days. sure it could’ve healed on it’s own but it also could’ve never healed at all
Dr. Mike has a great ability to look like he's holding back a laugh even at the most emotional moments during a video, I applaud you, Dr. Mike. 14:08-14:16 case in point
When I was in nursing school in Canada, I did a month internship on neurovascular surgical floor and we used leeches on re-attached fingers to provide blood irrigation in the newly attached finger. We had this whole sterile leech tank and we had to count them at every shift start.
Why did you have to count them? Were they escaping or getting stolen?
@@evilsharkey8954maybe it’s the same as the sponge count ? to make sure they’ve all been put back in the tank
@@email471 They dispose of the “used” leeches in alcohol. They’re considered a single use medical device.
Thank you Doctor Mike for teaching me proper chest compressions. ❤
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I am a physio and I had an interesting encounter with a woman having an epicontilitis. It was very inflamed so doing excersises or trying to treat it passively was not really improving the pain or at least very slowly over time. So the patient went to some doc who tried to put leeches on the spot where her inflammation was and she came back with absolutely no pain. The doc explained that the leeches are not only preventing the blood from clotting they also suck out the inflammation fluid to an extent. Since then she was fine and never had problems. has now three little scars where the leeches where drinking. This is not medical advice if people read this here. its just one anectodal example of them being used.
This is a weirdly pertinent piece of information I never would have expected, thanks
The last story brought me to tears but in the best way. Bless that man!
He truly was an inspirational guy. Sadly we lost him in March.
RIP man in the Iron Lung.
RIP Justin O. Shmidt, he will be remembered for giving us the pain index for all insect stings
I worked in an ICU at a very big healthcare system in FL a long time ago. It was pretty cool to see them using leach and maggot therapy to heal wounds 😊
i seriously cannot tell you how much you inspire me! I used to want to be a pathologist like my mom because i couldnt fine any other job but when I started watching you, I realized family medicine would be best for me. Thank you Doctor Mike! Thank you for your videos!!
Ur Welcome bro I gotchu
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The man in the iron lung brought me to tears. He's more than simply amazing
He truly was. However sadly we lost him in March.
@@Shaosprojects losing a legend like him is so sad. His story is so inspiring
@@marahhomsi6424 He really was. He was proof that even with disabilities, you can achieve your dreams.
Hii Zoe , urs is the best I’ve seen and I love how there deferent people ❤❤
My grandmother had quite extensive surgery to remove skin cancer from her face and they ended up having to remove her whole chin.
So they took skin from her thigh to create a new chin. They attached the strip of skin to her shoulder to keep it alive, they put leeches on it for a few days to keep the blood flowing.
1:50 "who is the audience for this book?" that would be Coyote Peterson lol
The descriptions of the stings was actually really good - i fully understood how that sting felt by the words
I used to have a Egyptian gold scorpion. Never got stung but it was supposed to be very painful.
Thank you - love history of medicine. I worked at the Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop in Fredericksburg, Virginia. It was a living history museum depicting medical practice from the 18th century. We got our leeches from a company in Swansea, Wales.
RIP Michael Moseley... a great guy bringing science and health information to the masses.
You made me want to be a doctor when k grow up! I absolutely love how you you make medical stuff interesting ❤
Good luck!
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Can you expand more on bibliotherpy in a future video? I am a librarian and I would love to practice this in the future!!
A friend's son in the UK had maggot therapy for an infected wound that just wasn't healing. Sounds icky at first, but if it works when other treatments don't then hats off to those industrious maggots!
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My uncle as a child got srapnel in his abdomen during wwii. My father used to say that a surgeon on a motorcycle rode to the house to wash it out every day. (He also said my uncle started sceaming when he heard the motorcycle )but he survived and grew up!
Toughtimes before antibiotics.
I just want to know if he could feel them inside him
I found your channel recently ... and started watching your reacts and other videos. I have to say, you are hilarious. Your screen presence is fantastic and your voice is very pleasant to listen to!
The species of maggots used in a medical setting is specific, because not all maggots only eat necrotic tissue. There are some that eat healthy tissue and/or cause the wound to necrose further.
The cut sealer mention would have been beneficial after my neck surgery when my cut/scar did not heal straight.
My husband who has diabeties had to go to a wound care center for a wound that would not heal. But their treatment didn't help he ultimately had to have his toe amputated maybe he wouldn't have if there was the option of the maggots.
One of the only RUclipsrs I actually learn something from ❤
Paul is such an inspiration, what an incredible human being.
That part at the end hits different now with RKF Jr suggesting the FDA revoke the Polio vaccine.
Your illustrations and explanation of the negative pressure for breathing was excellent, thank you!
I watched a documentary a few years ago about Iron lung users in current day and the aftermath of polio (I believe it was on Prime Video). And the company that did the maintenance on the machines gave the users a couple of options when they stopped covering/doing maintenance on them. I can’t remember everything, but the people who didn’t take the other options (like trachea ventilators) said they kept the iron lung because nothing worked as well as it did. (They did end up having to agree to do their own maintenance/sign wavers etc). I wish I could remember the name of the docu cause it was very interesting.
I'd watch that.
My grandma cared for June Middleton who had the guiness world record for the longest time spent in an iron lung until Paul Alexander (featured in the video) surpassed her. Gran was one of her nurses when June was admitted and they got to know each other well, as for many decades the iron lung patients were permanent residents in the infectious disease hospital. They continued to be friends until June's death in 2009.
My understanding is that for many the iron lung was a preferred method for many, and that some were unable to be transferred to modern positive pressure options due to other health reasons. I guess it became a part of them, it was safe, trustworthy and an extension of themselves.
Your like the doc that anyone can say anything to and not feel weird.
Also bear is adorable ❤️
Unrelated, but I recently saw a Halloween costume video you did, and the round device on doctors' heads were a head scratcher. Well, I learned that prior to using otoscopes doctors would pull the reflector over one eye and visualize through a pinhole in the center. Light would be reflected onto the area being examined. Who knew??
Watching this in 2024 and Paul Alexander has passed away recently at the age of 78. RIP 🙏
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@@QuitoMusMosquito iron lung guy dawg
@@QuitoMusMosquito did you even watch the video?
About the leeches; my mom used to work in a pharmacy at a huge hospital and she would prepare leeches in a sterile solution for treatments! They used them on burn victims, and different wounds.
Also! When I was 3, I fell in the shower and busted my face open the metal track for the shower door. Went to the hospital and they glued my face back together. No scars, and no infection!
Theres videos on the guy with the iron lung, he says he can spend time out of it and last like an hour without power until someone comes to help. He said he would go to court to do lawyer things. Also he said the iron lung is the only negative pressure device everything else is positive pressure or something like that so the old iron lung is the only thing for him or the best for him. Its actually pretty interesting.
Thank you Dr. Mike for being one of the most prolific RUclipsrs out there. You definitely got me when making references to " skin lightening". Very interesting sociological study. Handsome, rich, and well respected🤯. Dr. Mike has the whole package. He's perfect 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I had subtitles on and when he laughs at the meteorite part, it said Dr.Varshavski laughs, I couldn't stop laughing lmao
Just wanna say thank you, Mike. This channel brings a lot of learning and love to the world and we need that. Medical knowledge is getting slimmer and slimmer these days.
As far as I know the metal supply in feudal japan was pretty limited, so knives out of meteorite was not that uncommon. It was a source of pretty high quality iron.
Meteorites are riddled with impurities. They’re not good iron, at all.
i always love watching doctor mike's videos because not only are they entertaining, it's also educational. he always teaches us lots about medical stuff and i think that's cool. though i tend to forget most of the things he's explaining, i still think it's very cool.
My grandmother had polio back before WWI. She was lucky she just came out of it with a really bad limp after a few surgeries.
Saw the medical maggots in action once. My intern nearly threw up and dashed out of room. Wound doc did great job explaining process and how the wound was improving with the maggots. I’m an RD and loved learning about this when I worked in hospitals!
i watched this video like 5 times(not in a row) and i constantly see new things in it.
im pretty sure yall changed the title and added a clip cuz i always remember when i rewatch.
It’s amazing to see how differently things are done in other parts of the world.
Yeh we’re all different that’s what makes the world go around right???
Hi Dr. Mike, I'm a fan of your channel. My region that I live in has dangerous air quality right now, I was wondering if their are any major health risks that I should be aware of?
In basic training I while out in the desert I was stung by a tarantula hawk. It hurt like hell and I’m allergic to stings so I was med-evaced. My arm was swollen for a week in that spot.
They’re one of the most painful stings out there. The other crazy fools who deliberately get stung don’t all agree on whether the tarantula hawk or the bullet ant is worse.
What’s not mentioned is I passed out in there I came to at the hospital-ED. Left with prednisone and Benadryl for the next week. As to bullet ants saw those in El Salvador, had a Lt. put on a boot without checking it. Morphine didn’t control the pain, it wasn’t, until we got to the MASH and got him dilauded, that they had some pain control.
I work at a major US hospital and we use leaches in specific cases of skin grafts if they aren’t healing well, the leaches increase blood flow to the surface of the graft!
I'm 39 years old and I'm proud to say, I've never taken antibiotics, sure I've had the usual infections, tonsillitis, UTI's, Bronchitis, I've had infected cuts, and not once did I take percribed antibiotics, I've used natural unmodified treatments such as honey, garlic, onions, aloe Vera, willow bark for pain, cloves for tooth ache, lavender for headache and many more....not because I don't trust man made medications, but because my body has never required it, if say, I got a sore throat and it didn't get better I would have gone to the doctors, however my parents and grandparents never used over the counter or percribed medication. And I've got a pretty good immune system. I very rarely get colds or flu, my nan controlled her blood pressure with beetroot, I've seen so many people get really bad side effects from medications yet the only side effects I've ever noticed from natural remedies, slight bowel discomfort, as natural antibiotics still kill off good bacteria as well as the bad and yes, ginger and peppermint are really good for nausea. Coconut is brilliant to increase your electrolytes after dehydration from diarrhea. A tea made from honey, garlic and aloe works great for a sore throat, add lemon or orange for vitamin C, or turmeric. Our planet gives us what we need, but doctors are still important if and when your in need off extra health care. What I'm saying is, don't just rely on one method, use everything available....how many people know why chicken soup is good when your ill.... first because it's fluids and that's important if you have a fever, secondly chicken has an enzyme that helps with chest infection and inflammation. However, if your symptoms do not improve or get worse, then go see a doctor. I've only been in hospital twice, first, on the day I was born, and when I had a ganglion removed from my wrist, because despite what you see on TV, never hit a ganglion with a book lol. The world give us everything we need, and as morbid as it sounds natural selection is part of life, it's been that way since life on this planet started, only the strongest survived humans have found a way to mess with rhe natural order I embrace that one day my journey will end. Hopeful not for many years but no one knows so I live life...I don't waste it worrying about how I look or what people think of me. My ancestors survived for thousands of hears without "modern medicine" everyone alive today has a genetic link to the past, our ancestors live through some really rough times but your here because of them, because they survived because the knew how you treat the earth and use what it offered without spoiling it. Humans have created the problems of today, GMO foods, weird health trends, unnecessary medication (not all medicines) take some time you watch the history channel on RUclips, learn how people lived before hospitals and doctors, the 1940s, not so far in the past, people were healthier because they lived normally, more or less, but over crowding caused a spike in diseases, which then mutated, people relied more on modern medicine and now children are getting asthma, autism, ADHD and norovirus is spreading more and more each year, along with measles, chicken pox and a great number of other nasty illnesses. Humans will be thier own end
I'm part Taiwanese and I have never heard of knife therapy and honestly I think it just looks really funny