Doctor Reacts to Medical TikTok Controversy
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There has been a lot of news covering a few Tik Tok videos made by medial professionals. They have been accused of having poor taste and even mocking patients. Some responses went as far as saying that Doctors shouldn't be on social media. I thought this would be a great opportunity to discuss this delicate subject and chat medical some! Huge thank you to Sarah Mojarad for chatting with me about her findings and experience!
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The second one was just mean, there wasn’t even a joke.
J Mireles I’m a studying nursing so you could say I’ve dipped my foot into the medical industry and I still couldn’t find the joke, I think it was just a bad tik tok hahah. I found the first one funny because it was executed well (only appropriate if kept as an inside joke away from patients though of course)
J Mireles I can completely understand why medical professionals become jaded, I’m not against you don’t get me wrong, but there’s always going to be those people who are actually going through something serious, and because their symptoms might show a certain way, they aren’t treated appropriately by someone who is jaded. So you can see both sides with this issue. I guess I can see the patient side a little bit more as I was someone who seeked medical attention and was treated poorly cause the doctor assumed one thing when it wasn’t the case at all. But I have also I’ve been working in pharmacy for over 7 years so I’m seen my fair share of idiots / drug abusers etc so I can definitely understand being jaded too. Sorry I hope that made sense, again I’m not trying to argue one way or the other, just trying to light up the other side to what you’re talking about.
@J Mireles No joke just showing how desensitized people working on medical field are. Yes people can be difficult or annoying but doctors freaking took an oath and you're supposed to be truly concerned about others health and well being so the first attitude should be of compassion and understanding not being freking condescending POS who are too tired or too busy or under the wrong perception of being too "smart". The "I know it all and I'm better than you" attitude is very dangerous and can cost people's lives. Plus patients shouldn't be judged by the decisions they made, just because the patient does drugs it doesn't mean he or she deserves a lesser quality medical attention. You don't know what happened to that person that made them took that path.
I want to give the perspective of a patient with an invisible chronic illness. This is not an attack on anyone.
I can find a lot of dark things funny, but when it comes to a person's health you have to take it seriously. Both of these tik toks show medical professionals disregarding patients' complaints right in front of them. I've had that happen enough to me that I'll never find such behavior funny. That behavior pushes people away from getting help, and if my primary doctor had ignored me due to age I would no longer be able to function.
Ngl...
What I’ve learned: common sense isn’t that common after all
Trueee
I call it noncommon sense cuz it really isn’t common at all
Pfffttt...fhahahahah
Lol you just learned this?
My sister always says that to me when I ask her a dumb question lol
The "we know when y'all faking" one is heartbreaking. Three of my family members went to the doctors with pain and were told to just take painkillers.
They are all dead now because by the time they were actually looked at and found that they had cancer it had become untreatable.
You are not the only one... I am a Ph.D. (officially a science doctor) and I had been treated really bad. If you are interested, check my comments above... they might be interesting for you...
Rest In Peace. It truly breaks my heart to read this.
Condolences
I had similar experience. Doctor telling my dad to eat certain fruits and serums would make his intestines work better. He was admitted at a public hospital and booked for a hernia operation and was in hospital for weeks. Turns out he had stomach cancer and they only told us a day before my dad passed away.
My grandad went to the doctors in horrible pain. They sent him home with paracetamol. He had cancer through his entire body. They took scans before his appointment, scan that would have showed the cancer. They never looked, and now he's gone because a doctor didn't look at a scan. It sucks to know that I'm not the only one who has lost someone this way. It's even worse that doctors think it's funny to dismiss people's problems.
Someone I know had a stroke at 19 and no one believed him. One of my best friends in middle school complained for months about chest pains but no one believed him because he was too young to be dealing with that. He ended up passing away during basketball tryouts of heart failure. He was 12. No one is too young to be having a life threatening medical issue, and we should give them the same care we would give to older patients with those issues.
That is heartbreaking, may he rest in peace.
This sounds like something out of a horror movie.
May he rest in peace.
Saw a schoolmate have a heart attack at fifteen as well, thankfully in my case the boy was safe but you're right, this is absolutely horrible.
@@murderoustendencies It really is. I’m so glad he was safe though! I know I’ve definitely also experienced having issues (even cardiovascular ones) brushed off by doctors because I was “too young” to be dealing with it. It does make me wonder at what point you’re no longer “too young” to be dealing with something.
My dad died of a heart attack at age 34. Because he had an issue with white blood cells his heart was calcified like it was 85 years old. He was slim, didn't smoke or anything so they didn't even consider his back pain to be anything serious until it was already too late. I like to think that medicine got smarter in that regard in the last 25 years but I guess not
Can you imagine if teachers made tiktoks imitating students with disabilities or struggling readers, and posting them on social media? Completely unprofessional.
As far as I can tell these guys are from the US. So I fear it's the old private v public sector thing, if health care was provided by the state there would a whole army of people and media organisations ready to destroy them.
Naa... us teachers take out our frustrations in the teachers lounge, not on the Internet.. as often.
@@thegorgon7063 stfu. They will get their punishment by ppl refusing them and choosing a different doctor
@@davidreljanovic5675 go to r/teachers on reddit, and you'll find the teachers taking their frustration out on the internet there. Not all of them though, a lot of them post good stuff, but just letting you know they exist.
@@Defrap22 They're not saying that this people won't face consequences because they're in private hospital. What it means it's that public health care it's the government responsibility, so if videos like this went viral there would be a lot more work done to condemn their actions publicly and maybe (promises of ) new rules to prevent this from happening again
I remember the nurse didn't write down that I was allergic to analgin, because "It's impossible." Guess who almost suffocated after the injection?
Did she get her license revoked, because you could have died of that!
I’m allergic to a type of vitamin. Everyone refused to believe me but every time they put the drip up, I would start shaking, come out in hives and everything else. Finally my family doctor saw me and agreed with me. I know have a low vitamin count but it’s better then being ill.
Джейн Рут I’m so sorry that happened! I hope she got her license taken away or something!
Was it the doctor? I know if that had happened to my child I'd have strangled him
It happened to me, in the but, i though i was going to die, i was sweating heavely (High fever) and losing consciousness, vomiting and i even peed myself in the bed, boy was that terrifying, The doctors didn't do nothing because they said it was normal on some children to experience.
My friend literally walked into the ER saying they were having a heart attack, and they weren't taken seriously because they were walking. It wasn't until they went pale and clammy that they were taken seriously, and was stuck in the waiting room for over 20 minutes. They sued and won, thank goodness.
not "literally"
@@iknowexactlywhoyouare8701 I mean… literally isn’t technically wrong here. She did literally walk
My mother walked into the ER after suffering a week of severe discomfort from what she thought was indigestion. Triple bypass the next day.
I have never heard of a heart attack being taken lightly. My dad walked in a hospital saying he got a sharp chest pain after a run, he immediately got rushed into an ambulance to be relocated to another hospital where 4 nurses were waiting to rush him to a doctor to check for a heart attack.
@@SwaggMessiah69 Same. Every single hospital I've ever been in, if you're complaining of heart-attack symptoms, you're taken in immediately. Even if they're full, they'll run an EKG and bloodwork immediately just to (hopefully) rule it out.
"We know when yall are faking ".
I heard variations of this so many times before my bone disease was diagnosed. I got called crazy, drug seeking, attention seeking, and on and on. Doctors and nurses with this kind of attitude need to seek other employment.
Right? They need to leave their bad days at the door, because the people they're seeing are usually having it much worse.
These are the mean girls in high school who become nurses
Caitlin Hurley - EXACTLY!
My high school offers technical programs. Nursing is one of the programs. Literally, it consists of all the most superficial girls who lack intelligence and are completely ditzy and the 1st girl actually looks like one of them.
They are going to kill someone by giving a patient the wrong medicine bc they were too busy gossiping.
Alot of nurses are "mean girls" unfortunately, idky honestly, I don't mean to be judgmental but I had to deal with a lot as a little kid because of health issues and some were downright rotten to me and my parents. My theory is that because they are used to seeing a lot of pain they become desensitized to it and they don't realize the way they are acting could be interpreted as apathetic or rude towards the patients. Sorry to anyone that is a nurse or has nurse family but that's just been my experience on the matter.
I believe in good nurses but I've came across with really bad ones. My mom was about to gove birth and the nurses told her to "hold it in".
It was a baby and it was coming. My mom said the nurses kept telling her that and that they were unprepared bc they were too busy gossiping. She lost a lot of blood, but it wasn't fatal, but sue could've died on their watch. Some only focus on the $ rather than the appreciation to help others.
FAX
“We know when y’all are faking” is exactly why it took me 5 years to be diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. I wasn’t faking, but so many thought I was just being a lazy 10 yr old.
EDS?
I've gone through something similar, too. The doctors just said they couldn't find anything, and to practice regular healthy living practices, but other people in my life thought I wasn't really trying, or was being lazy, or was trying to get out of something. It is very difficult to deal with--especially when very young. I was close to the same age.
I've also had doctors not believe me. It's very frustrating. But I have better doctors now, and I've had some really great doctors & nurses, etc.
Some people thought I was a whiny 9 year old faking stomach ache to avoid school, I had to get my appendix removed a day before it nearly collapsed because it was incredibly inflamed. Some health professionals deserve to have their license terminated,
Fortunately, I was diagnosed, and have also had very good doctors.
It took me over a year of constant doctors and pain to get a doctor to actually take me seriously. Just because I’m a minor doesn’t mean I matter less as far as health
yikes, the first one really hit home for me. I had breathing issues and the dr pretty much said I was faking it. Luckily, my boyfriend at the time had a sister that turned out to be really great friends with the dr I saw. She asked him to take my seriously. Turned out that I had a blood clot in my lungs.... I could have died because of his neglect.
My mama did die from lung cancer because our doctor never took her concerns serious. She always sent her home with antibiotics, never referring her to a clinic to have tests run. This same doctor also misdiagnosed me, saying I was just having allergies when I actually had PNUMONIA and was working at a place where I was taking care of young children under 5 and was around the elderly often, risking exposure to them. She continues to show her incompetence by prescribing my dad medicine that he shouldn't have as the side effects include making glaucoma worse, vomiting and anorexia. My dad is diabetic, the meds are keeping him from getting any kind of nutrients. He's quit taking them, but the doctor is just playing with his life it feels and my dad is too stubborn to find a new one.
You know sociopath can work anywhere and it's scary af.
My prayer every day is never to be at the mercy of any healthcare provider cos these people are usually heartless.
I once visited an ER and after explaining to the A&E doctor, he told me I looked too calm to be as sick as I said. At that point, I started thinking maybe I was overreacting.
But thank God for RUclips, I saw a video that perfectly diagnosed my problem and proffered non-drug solutions.
Thanks to RUclips, I've been able to manage my ailment without ever going to waste my precious time with them.
If it was me in that situation? I’d get a pulse-ox(you can buy at Walgreens Walmart etc.), and use it anytime I had an episode, and DOCUMENT it. They’re more likely to take you seriously, I’m sure your oxygen level drops when/if you have one. Just something that hopefully will be helpful.
@@PepTalkTillYouDrop I’m sorry that happened to you, it shouldn’t have. A lot of us aren’t heartless, just VERY jaded, understaffed, and overworked.
I've seen so many nurses make fun of patients on tiktok and I think it's disgusting
It's reaffirming my distrust of nurses.
Mean girl to nurse pipeline
Yes and have no clue that they could be that patient one day or there family member
Lesson: *Professionalism* is very valuable and important
Wut
Well, professionalism is out the window nowadays.
Sad.
Imagination anime and those two nurses lack the ability to be able to show that or don’t have any idea what they are doing
Don’t be a nurse if you don’t care about people.
This is why i hate human
@@niggogado you hate humans?
@@skeletonkin8945 problem?
@@niggogado what do you mean "problem"? also you should not hate humans
@@skeletonkin8945 yeah this is the reason why i hate human.
The age discrimination is what gets me. Spent months and months and months being told my back pain was bad posture. Finally got an xray when I said "no I can barely move and my back pops a lot and five mins later it will again!" Lo and behold I have arthritis and scoliosis! But kept getting written off because I was in my early 20s at the time!
Yeah, I was diagnosed with minor scoliosis at the age of 16.
Sadly, mine probably is because of my chronically bad posture since I was a child.
My sister has been going to rehab for back issues (mainly scoliosis) once a year since she was ten years old. My grandma needed to get her hips replaced when she was 40. I have chronic joint pain since I can remember, the doctor assumes it's rheumatic but they're not sure and want to "wait till it gets bad enough to be sure", which is very helpful.
So definitely, age might be an indicator sometimes, but it doesn't exclude illnesses.
You are not the only one... I am a Ph.D. (officially a science doctor) and I had been treated even worse. If you are interested, check my comments above...
They are half right, scoliosis is derived from a bad posture
Edit: I’ve been informed, 3 months later, that you can have scoliosis even if you have a good posture
Was diagnosed scoliosis at 12 😑 sucks, they believe it was because posture, but I didn’t really have bad posture until after the fact
Years ago, in a small town we were new to, my 16-year-old daughter started having a “racing” heart. This child absolutely loved school, she always had. The school nurse kept calling me day after day to pick her up because, “her pulse is so fast, I can’t count it!”
I took her to cardiologists. One was a nasty man who said she was faking cuz she just wanted out of school!!!! My daughter was in tears and disbelief over that comment.
Finally, someone told me about a pediatric cardiologist that came to town ever so often. I got an appointment for her to see him. Upshot was, she had Wolfe-Parkinson-White syndrome and ended up having her heart ablated. She told this Dr. what the other one had said. He wrote a scathing letter back to the ignorant cardiologist! It made him a hero in our eyes.
Thank you for your fine videos, as a former nurse, I enjoy them!!
I have a friend. She was 20 years old, Rock climber, mountain runner, only drank water, like the perfect example of health. She had a full blown heart attack. She didn't do drugs. Turns out she had a pre existing unknown heart defect that was hereditary. Yeah, young people can have heart attacks.
Please tell me she's alive? And if she had cardiac myopathy, I'm not sure the doctors could have done anything..
Something similar happened to my neighbor. She was 25, very fit and was in the health field (paramedic). Sad stuff
@@abdulhakimahmed3262 I think so, they said have, not had
I read a book about this guy, he did so much running in his teens so he joined the Navy. The Navy makes him run a track, easy, he'd been running his whole life. He collapses on the track because his heart had mutated from all the running.
hiitzriri bye In some sentences they say “Had” “Was” and “Drank”
"It was not done with ill intent, but it was in poor taste"
Amen doctor
A lot of people conflate those 2 things in the social media age. It was perfectly said.
Never attribute malicious intent to that which can be attributed to incompetence.
@@nathangifford897 sounds like something from a law book
That particular lady seems to have a firm grip on poor taste.
I have a seizure disorder, so I regularly (about 1-2x a month now) have seizures. I had gone away to college, and was 17 years old. I felt an aura come on, so I got myself down to the ground before I went into the seizure. Well, it was in the lounge in my dorm and was late-ish at night on a Saturday. Come to following the seizure, and I’m surrounded by EMS and University Police. Once I’m a bit more with it, they’re talking to me and asking “what drugs did you do?” and I said, “none, I haven’t done anything since I started school” and the police officer rolled his eyes. I felt so small. on my way to the hospital, they continued to ask, continued to say things like, “we need to know, and we’ll find out soon enough anyways.” I. Felt. Awful. Of course they need to know if someone has done something, but it felt so shitty to repeatedly be questioned and not believed. Anyways, sorry for rambling but this video was really validating.
I feel for you as I have had doctors assume things with me as well (never thinking I was on drugs but that I just wanted drugs). Especially when you have had a long history of medical issues it feels degrading when they judge you by your appearance (age - but if you look younger than you are, that is why I say appearance) instead of looking up your history to get more of a full picture.
I went to the hospital because I had chest pain, extreme stomach pain, and the inability to keep food or fluids down for a week. The head nurse kept making comments about drug use. She kept writing me off. The went to give me a drip bag because i was beyond severely dehydrated and I had little pimples in my inner elbow bc I work fast food and I sometimes break out, while I was on the phone with my grandmother who was a nurse, she goes "are these track marks?!" Yelling it to where people turned and looked. Then when she inserted the iv she immediately walked out. My arm started hurting, increasingly bad. Another nurse came in 2 minutes later to check and she could tell I was hurting. I asked if the butterfly was supposed to hurt and if my arm was supposed to tense. The new nurse rushed over and saw my arm was locking up and it hurt so bad. She pulled out the iv and water seeped out the hole. My grandmother started snapping and said the ignorant nurse pierced through my vein and the drip was filling my arm. The old nurse was removed from my care. Later on, I look at my test results online and see she administrated a drug test on my urine sample (never administered one before on previous tests,) which obviously came back negative. Hope she feels stupid and karma get her
I'm sorry you had to deal with such unprofessional people. I can sympathize about supposed professionals assuming things. I passed out in the cafeteria in middle school and an ambulance had to come get me. Of course they asked if I could be pregnant then assumed I must have used drugs and said they would pump my stomach. I don't remember much between that and getting to the hospital, but they must have done tests to make sure because my stomach was thankfully left alone. Turns out I was just lacking quite a few necessary nutrients.
I understand this I have seizures and other issues. I have one er dr who test me for all drugs everytime he is there and then just sends me home
Don't feel bad, it's good to hear other people's experiences with not being believed by medical professionals, police, etc. I passed out in the shower in college and woke up to practically the same situation as you. They assumed i was on drugs and were being complete jerks about it, to the point where i was rolled out of my dorm naked under a thin sheet on the stretcher because i couldn't stand to get clothes and the public safety officer wouldn't grab me something. It was humiliating. Really what was going on was i had been totally broke for a long while and not really eating as a result, so i passed out in the shower. They were convinced i was lying to them. Hearing about your experience makes it a little easier to deal with.
Honestly that bit about googling symptoms to avoid trips to the ER is so real, especially if you have a history of not being taken seriously by doctors. You get so scared of going in and finding out your symptoms aren't due to a serious health issue, that you start googling things just to avoid going in and having the doctor treat you like you're some hysterical hypochondriac who's just wasting resources.
You think someone who went to school to be a doctor or nurse would be smarter than posting something like that on social media. Book smart but not common sense smart.
Lol
Daniel G She was a vine star. I think that kind of explains her intelligence level
You don’t need to be all that smart to be a nurse. Some of the dumbest girls I went to hs with are in nursing school lol
Angie true. You don’t event have to be that smart to be a doctor tbh. I work with them and it’s shocking how stupid one of these people are
I was in nursing school and the amount of common sense people lost during that time is astounding
The thing that's so ironic to me is she rolls her eyes and laughs and says "cocaine" as if cocaine and other drugs haven't been linked to heart failure including...heart attacks.
Makes you wonder just what kind of education she got... I mean I learned the medical risks of drugs in high school.
becuse that stupid doctor thinks she's cool & edgy
I the key point being 24-year old who thinks they’re having a heart attack - she’s guessing cocaine-related. My brother-in-law has a spontaneous heart attack- doctors asked him if he had done cocaine - we all learned together that he was using.
Yeah even if they are on drugs, the doctor should still try to help them and make sure they don’t die from a heart attack
Or as if drug addiction isn’t a serious thing??? Like...?
"We know when y'all are faking" really hit me hard, i have been struggling with panic attacks and really bad anxiety lately, when my first panic attack happened my mom rushed me to the hospital, i could barely breath, when the doctor came to examine me, he said that i was just doing it for the attentions, a few minutes later he walked away to go look at a chart and i started having another one, a nurse ran over to me and started helping calm down, when the doctor cam back over after my panic attack was over he just rolled his eyes and said - "you really have to stop faking it, your in a hospital we have real lives to save" he sent us home after that. A couple hours pass by and start having another one, it was worse than ever before, i couldn't breath, talk and my face was pale as a ghost, so my mom brought me back to the same hospital, same nurse but different doctor, this time the doctor actually looked at me and diagnosed me with anxiety and panic disorder, now when i go to the hospital for some of my worse and longer panic attacks i don't see him at the hospital, im so happy he got fired and is not blaming people for "faking". ever since that day i have still have panic attacks but they gave me medication to help with them.
@Free Palestine 🇵🇸 kinda? They're a huge problem. Dont underestimate. They can kill if not treated properly.
@Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Many heart attacks are caused from a panic attack reaching a breaking point.
“We know when y’all are faking.”
I almost went into septic shock and died (literally) 3 years ago because nurses and doctors didn’t believe me when I told them something was wrong.
The amount of people in the comments who have stories about witnessing or experiencing neglectful medical staff is truly heartbreaking.
For real. I've read so many already
Ik it’s really sad, I’ve been told by my mum, I’ve been told by several teachers, by doctors that I was faking it. But HA! to them y’all were wrong
I was diagnosed w a chronic illness
I was faking it huh? Doctor?
Pff
Sad times
Medical staff are still just human beings tho.
enlightendbel Yes but they must have integrity and respect when dealing with peoples lives. Just being human isn’t an excuse to disregard someone’s wellbeing
@Mou khles. this is sarcasm right?
You know its serious when dr.mike doesn’t crack a smile in the beginning..
Biena Veselaj Right! Did we get a beewoop???
@@lisascrochet713 nope 😔
I'm worried
ikr
Lmao
As a cardiac ICU nurse, I will never joke about a patient’s symptoms. I have seen quite a few patients who were young and they had a life threatening condition . I take everything my patients say seriously.
Since no one has thanked you yet, lemme speak for the (currently) 12 likes, thank you for taking your patients seriously. I’m sure they appreciate it. 👍
Thank you as someone who came into the hospital at 12 years old for cardiac arrest risk I appreciate you for not just saying your to young for that to happen cause do to people telling me that I almost died
I'm a registered nurse. The fact that anyone is ever told "we know when you're faking it" drives me nuts!! The implication of someone faking anything, without actually digging deeper into what may actually be going on, makes me so angry.
My brother spent YEARS trying to get a diagnosis for transient, non-specific symptoms- fine tremors in his fingers, random core temperature drops, episodes of severely elevated heart rate, fatigue, muscle wasting in his arms, weight loss, recurring thrush infections in his mouth and throat... then went as far as developing allergies to foods he had never been allergic to before- like beef, grains, some veggies, and almost all fruits. I went with him many times to see many doctors (mostly as an advocate, but also as medical terminology translator, and also- he's my brother!!) He saw almost every specialty you could imagine, had more blood work & imaging exams than you could ever count. And I heard more than one doctor tell him it was all in his head and he needed to see a psychiatrist.
Finally found a fantastic physician who believed him and ran tests other physicians REFUSED to do. Turns out he had an invasive fungal infection, partially brought on by flouroquinolone toxicity (toxicity brought on by a specific class of antibiotics, also known as cipro poisoning). He is now in treatment, and we are praying for his recovery.
The "you're faking it" mentality almost killed my brother. I am sorry beyond words to anyone who has dealt with this kind of treatment from the medical field! You know your body best!! Not everyone is a textbook case!! If you think something is wrong or off, you are most likely right! Keep fighting for yourself!! Don't take no for an answer!! Find a care team that takes you seriously, and is willing to work with you!
That's actually so crazy. Like you went with him as a trained professional saying: hey, he has a real issue and they still went like: nope, I don't think so. Shocking, really.
@@veens1399 It happens far too much these days, sadly. Honestly makes me cringe a little to be included in the medical community when they do such a disservice to so many people!! (Don't get me wrong- I love what I do & wouldn't trade it for the world!) And there ARE STILL great providers out there! But sometimes it takes a little of your own legwork to find them!!
Your brother is lucky to have an advocate. Not everyone is so lucky and so many people are too scared out shy to advocate for themselves. Sometimes it just takes a friend who can go to appointments and provide emotional support.
@@phaedrapage4217 I am thankful that I can help him. Many people don't even know that they *can* advocate for themselves! They think they have to go along with whatever a provider says. They don't realize they have the right to say "yes", "no", or to get another opinion. My job as a nurse is to advocate for my patients. I make sure they know they have a voice in their treatment plan. I pray that others find someone who is willing to be that advocate, and that listening ear when its needed!
twice as a kid i broke a bone and twice was i told by the nurses "if it was broken you'd be screaming and crying" 🤡 not everyone reacts the same please.
gosh, kids react anywhere on the spectrum - from "I'm fine" ...when they're not to "I'm dying" ...when it's probably quite less dire. Either way, treating them with respect and treating their concerns as well as their illness/injury is needed. I'd think, same with adults.
I had a teacher tell that to my 10 year old son after he fell in the school yard. The nurse called me because the teacher thought and he didn’t want to be bother. I took my son to the emergency room. He had a hairline fracture in his forearm and was in pain. The next day the school hid the teacher from me. The hospital emergency room staff was awesome.
I went a whole year with a broken leg (was in a car accident) and constantly complaining that my ankle was hurting (because it was taking on extra stress) but the doctors didn't believe me and thought I was trying to get out of school.
When I broke my arm I didn’t feel it. I did blackout for a few minutes (I fell off a ladder) but when I woke up I had no pain. When I went to the hospital they did an X-ray and they said they would send the pictures to me but they never did (they probably sent them to my mom but my mom never showed me) and I’m still salty about it.
when i broke my arm i didnt even notice (because i was in shock or something lmao) and i casually walked up to the teacher saying i fell. my arm was deadass shaped like an "S"
Dr. Mike not smiling is anxiety inducing, it’s like disappointing your favorite teacher. 😭
Why r there no replies?
Turtle Cuddles
There is now
Yes! That's the worst feeling ever
Out of Office absolutely true
I HV THE SAME THOUGHTS
As a Psychiatric RN, a lot of my patient’s symptoms are passed aside as somatic or they are placed in the “mental health” box and often get pushed aside. This is where the RN has to advocate for the patient. My unit has fought numerous times for our patients only to find that some of their complaints are actually medical and not psych!!
Im a 28 year old woman and a year ago i began to experince very real symptoms that made me feel crazy…Confusion, chest pain, dizziness and i had visited the er on several different occasions even to the point they did a psych evaluation. My brother had passed away around the time so everytime i felt weird id write it off as anxiety. Well shortly we found there was a massive gas leak coming from our furnace and i was working from home.
As a Registered Nurse... I wouldn’t be posting anything in relation to the hospital / patient care!!
B T me either! I dont even have any
i’m a cna and i wouldn’t either!
I wouldn't post anything related To my job on the internet, whatever the job.
I appreciate that.
B T right!! Like why tf are they even making Tik toks at work anyways???
"you are the person who is supposed to be taking care of people when they are in their most insecure moments and when they are the most frightened"
THANK YOU
He said that while I was reading this comment XD
@@ninja0022z same 🤣🤣🤣
It was very discouraging to be a 13 yr old with migraines and hearing the adults around my parents say “she’s just faking it for attention” well my dad was a Dr and mom suffered from migraines so the people that mattered did believe me and took care of me. I can’t imagine being ignored when I was in such horrible pain because “we know you’re faking it”
I can definitely relate to the upset over the second video. A few years ago, my right leg was swollen and painful. Within a few short days, it developed a bruise-like coloring and was painful to the touch. Doctor asked if I was active, which I was, then dismissed it as a sprain and sent me home. Two days later, I could barely walk, I was in sheer agony, and my lower leg was swollen to the point I couldn't put pants or socks on. I returned to the doctor, showed them my leg, which was now three times its normal size and mottled black and purple, and asked if they could take another look at it. They looked at me with expressions much like that girl in the video and said "well, we can X-ray it if you want," in a tone that clearly indicated they had no desire to deal with me. "If I want"? I declined, and left feeling like I must have somehow been imagining how bad it was. Like surely a bunch of doctors and nurses wouldn't be acting like this if it was actually bad, right? I must just be a drama queen.
When two more days passed, and I was dizzy and nauseous and it felt like my shin would splinter in half underneath me, I went to the ER. The nurse walked in, took one look at my leg, and said quietly, "I'm going to go get the doctor." Turned out I had necrotizing fasciitis. As many as 1 in 3 patients with necrotizing fasciitis die from infection. And the first clinic dismissed me and actually left me feeling like I was crazy. And I remember, very clearly, their faces making expressions just like that.
Holy Moly! That would cause major trauma and distrust the rest of my life, easily. I'm so
glad you survived!!
My gosh I can't believe that.. Your leg swelling up should always ALWAYS be evaluated 😢 I was thinking maybe it was a compartment syndrome with how it kept swelling and turning necrotic after being ignored. Necrotizing fascitiis makes sense too. Probably started as a simple cellulitis which got superinfected with flesh eating bacteria and guarantee if someone looked properly at your leg it could've been treated and far less harm done 🙏
"We know when you're faking" is so harmful to so many people. My doctor did for a long time disregard my pain due to 'my lack of emotion' and belittling it because I would not 'look in pain'. I have chronic pain, my reaction to intense pain is pretty calm.
I had the same!
I had my appendix removed just in time, if they had waited any longer I would've ended up with a ruptured appendix and quite possibly sepsis.
They dismissed my assessment that it must be my appendix because I was not screaming in pain as most people, by the time I came back to the ER I couldn't stand or sit from the pain and I was vomiting profusely. They wasted almost 6 hours with their know it all attitudes, I went to the ER and they sent me home with something for my "indigestion" and 6 hours later I was in the operating room.
Me too!
if your blind how are you typing?
it's a joke don't harass me
Kiem Gallagher i had that exact situation happen to me as in exactly
My friend fell down and broke part of her jaw, lost a few teeth, and had to get wire put in.
She didn't want nor need any pain medicine for any of it. According to her "It was discomforting but not painful."
"Your supposed to be taking care of people, when they are in their most insecure moment, and when they are the most frightened"
*You dropped this -> 👑*
He needs another one 👑
What is that symbol?
@@FuryOfTheSwarm it's a crown
Nyraxx Gaming, in case it isn’t showing up, it’s an emoji of a crown
@@lovelykitty42 Thanks! I was getting a weird haunted text script
As a female I hate dr and medical in general. I’m always told I’m being dramatic or what ever. It’s frustrating. My husband has to go with me to ensure the dr and nurses actually listen and don’t ignore me. When I describe pain it’s hard. I’ve walked on a broken leg for a month with no medication. So my gage of pain is a bit harder to explain. Especially when I start to just shut down due to my dissociation because I start getting triggered and just go into auto.
So when I see the disrespectful videos that nurses and such post it’s even more upsetting and makes me even more hesitant to see medical professionals.
When I was 26 I was at a healthy weight and suddenly gained 30lbs within a month. When I went to my doctor and asked her to run tests she smiled at me and told me I was too young for thyroid issues and that instead I depressed. She gave me pills that nearly caused me to become suicidal. 100lbs and a year later I found a different doctor (and the depression) who told me I just needed to lose weight and my other symptoms would go away with diet and exercise. 16 years later I’m 130lbs up and still struggling to lose the weight I gained. This year!! This year!! I’m 42 and finally found a good doctor who didn’t blow off my symptoms. I have the correct medication, losing weight (40lbs in 6 months) and feel so better! Doctors blowing off symptoms is crazy common. And for those of us who are over weight all of our issues are blamed on weight regardless if we were at a normal weight before the issues started. I wish we had more doctors who actually listened to their patients. I was made to feel like a slob and a hypochondriac for 16 years of my life.
the same has happened to several women in my family
at 20 i found small nodes growing in my thyroid after choosing to investigate simply cause of my family history, all doctors want to completely ignore it and not run any more tests on these growths, nor give any reccomendations, im getting blood tests done from time to time of my own choice, managed to catch an abnormality once, and my thyroid generally only produces the bare minimum, but still, the consensus is that it should be ignored until it becomes extremely severe
im lucky im aware that my thyroid is going to cause me more problems and what those are, because doctors will not educate the patient about it, they just say everything is okay (even though its just for now) and leave it at that
I cringe seeing nurses, doctors, paramedics, cops and teachers "mock" patients, regardless of the circumstances. Be professional, in any job. Not every person responds the same to everything. Individuality exists.
Stop making sense, common sense doesn't make you internet famous
@@rubeno_2463 doesn't seem to nowadays haha.
Also you can't compare how one behaves when you're in pain and frightened. I mean it's basic empathy. Think about how you would feel if you were the patient?
@@Sileithel but they don't think that way, it's sad.
The same can be said with teachers mocking students. I'm a highschool teacher and sometimes I've seen other teacher mock students that have some mental problems or that are living a very hard situation that can perfectly explain their difficult behaviours. I hate that. If they really tried to understand their students they would realise how they are suffering and how that specific behaviour they are mocking is caused by that much suffering.
No beewob and dumb tiktokers: THIS IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE
its p not b
Pewoop*
He was mad mad
Big pharma Mike says vaccines dont cause autism.
Well tell us what do they cause. Mmr has listed hundreds of side effects, some fatal and extremely serious much worse than autism.
And tell us corporate puppy what did vaccines cause that 4,5 billion dollars had to be paid to vaccine massacred people mostly children?
For realll
I actually know of 3 20-25 year olds who’ve had heart attacks. So annoying when you’re judged by doctors by your age. I’ve had that happen to me, not a heart attack situation but other things… thank you for addressing the issues Dr. Mike!
I went into the ER once with significant difficulty swallowing. It felt like I was trying to swallow shards of glass. .... I felt so sick and needed immediate care as my fever and other symptoms were getting worse.
I went in with a girlfriend as I didn't feel safe driving. The doctor who I believe was a resident, came in asked me two or three questions and without even a physical or visual exam then pronounced he thought I had syphilis........ did not ask me about my sexual history or anything. As a married woman of over a decade at that time, I was not only extremely shocked but mortified.
My friend and I looked at each other in such a dramatically shocking way the doctor got so flustered and started back peddling....
Turns out I had an extremely bad strep infection..... not syphilis....
That second video definitely reminds me of that visit. I felt so judged and dismissed... I immediately asked for a different doctor.
“Misinformation is thriving”
Quote of a lifetime
sooo true
1000 years from now. This will be known as the era of misinformation..
Johan Öhgren or the plastic age after bronze and Iron Age
1000th comment
Let me tell you how weird this was. I read your quote LITERALLY as he said it. Lol
You know it’s serious when Dr. Mike doesn’t *bee-whoop*
i've seen your channel everywhere, inform overload, just some bigfoot with internet access, we watch so much of the similar content lol
So true lol
Actualy its pee-woop but its the same thing
Yup but still great info
this comment wins
I had a massive pulmonary embolism and hemorrhagic stroke at the beginning of this year. I am so thankful that my amazing doctor was ready to take my call, listen to my symptoms, and immediately send me to the ER instead of writing things off because I am in my early thirties. I am alive today because of him.
I was having severe chest pain one night after work at age 28 and went to the ER. My heart rate was over 140 for multiple hours, even while laying in a dark, quiet room. I was seen by several doctors, who while they each did ask if I had taken any substances, treated me kindly and took my symptoms seriously. They kept me for a few days and I had a fully workup including an ultrasound of my heart and some various other scans. Ultimately it was determined that it was likely a result of mental illness, and was my first panic attack. They kept me because they were concerned that such a high heart rate for such a prolonged period had a risk of damage to my heart, so even though the cause was mental illness, it was still something to be taken seriously. There are situations where, even if something is "all in your head", it's still very real and can have very serious consequences.
One time when I was a kid I hurt my foot playing sports. When I went to the doctor I was complaining about how much it hurt and he mocked me basically calling me a wuss and said if it was as bad as I said then I wouldn't have been able to walk on it. A couple days later my mom found me crawling to the toilet in the night because I couldn't stand on it. Foot was so swollen it split my skin. It turns out my foot was very badly broken in 4 places and I was walking on it for days because, in my child mind, I didn't want to seem like a wussy
sherpaderp dingo
I have no wprds
That sounds awful
SCREW THAT DOCTOR!!!! HE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT!!!! I hope u r feeling better (im sure you are 👍) and i hope ur parents filed a complaint or something
omg, I feel so sry for u. btw what did the doc say when he/she knew what actually happened
I know the feeling. I hurt my wrist at work and was forced to drive over to the ER to get it checked on the spot. The doctor felt and bent said wrist and when I asked him to take it easy he replied "Not a big deal, you just have a low pain tolerance". Went to get it Xrayed and come to find it was a "Severe Sprain Close to Fracture" which basically means I hurt my wrist so bad it almost broke but it didn't. Wore a brace and couldn't use my dominant hand for a month and it will never be at full strength again
I actually thought the first video was kinda funny until I read the tweet...
Same I thought it was really funny, but The comment was in poor taste
I didn't. It was obvious that the woman was imitating patients who have trouble breathing, I've been in that position. You have no idea how terrifying it is.
@@107frenchy Don't worry, looking at your profile picture just made me chocked while eating, no offense or anything but it looks scary
Siege Fall what?
@@h_cr8._426 Oh she's a character from an anime named Demon Slayer. She's the exact opposite of scary.
"We knew when y'all are faking " almost killed me. Thank goodness i make them get me a new doctor and nurse who actually came in and listen to my concern.
Very recently a family member of mine died because the hospital thought he was just looking for drugs, he wasn't feeling well and went to see a doctor but they told him he was fine and sent him home, two days later he went back with septic shock and was put on life support this likely could have been prevented if the staff didn't just look at him and assume drugs :( wish more docs had a good mind and soul like yours Doctor Mike
Nurses dismissed my grandmother's discomfort and pain, she was having a heart attack and her lung collapsed before that, she passed away last week. I admire their work but when they are not doing it right they get on my nerves.
Sorry for you lose
I'm so sorry for your loss 💔
Sorry for your loss ❣️
Sorry for your loss 😐🙂
Rip Miranda Medina's grandmother. I am certain that she lived a very long and peaceful life.
When I was 8 years old, I was watching TV with my sister, and my heart suddenly started racing. My chest and jaw started hurting, and I felt like I couldn't breathe. I was too weak to stand. I was really scared. I begged my mom to take me to the hospital (I was usually terrified of doctors so this was a big deal), so we got in the car and started driving.
While we waited in the ER, my symptoms suddenly stopped. We saw the doctor anyway, just in case.
So the doctor comes in, spends less 2 minutes examining me. He basically told my mom that I was faking for attention, that if I 'started up' again, to punish me.
This became a regular thing. My heart would suddenly start racing, and I would feel aweful. If I told my mom, she would punish me, so I hid it. Sometimes these episodes would last for HOURS, and I would feel horribly exhausted after. As I grew up, they would get worse and worse. Sometimes they would wake me up from a dead sleep. I kept it to myself.
By the time I was 20, I was having an episode every 2 weeks or so. They would last for hours (my longest episode lasted 13 hours and I thought I was dying), the average was about 5 hours.
One day I was visiting my aunt when an episode started. I didn't say anything, but it was really noticable I wasn't ok. I was flushed, gasping for breath, and my aunt told me later she could see the veins in my neck bulging. She thought I was having an anxiety attack. Despite me trying to say "I'm ok!", she helped me to her car and drove me to a clinic nearby.
Barely able to stand, she half carried me inside and told the nurse she thought I was having a full panic attack.
The sat me in a chair, and the nurse put the pulse oximeter on my finger.
My heart rate was 230 bpm.
They called an ambulance and rushed me to the ER, where I was treated. (Adenosine, ECG, overnight monitoring)
I was diagnosed with SVT (supraventricular tachycardia)
It's something I was born with and can usually be fixed very easily.
The doctors were horrified that I had been suffering with this for so long. A heart rate that high is really dangerous and can kill you if it goes on for too long.
I had surgery less than a month later to fix it, and haven't had an episode since.
I spent 12 years in pain because of one doctor, and still have a severe distrust of any medical professional. I could have had a stroke, or a heart attack, or just straight up died.
Those tik-toks made me feel physically ill. Anyone who mocks or completely disregards a patient like that should NOT BE WORKING IN THE MEDICAL FIELD. PERIOD.
This is such a crazy thing to be hearing what a horrible doctor to be telling your mother this, and then your mom actually listening and taking that in. I feel so bad that you had to go through that and I’m glad you found out what the issue was before it was too late
edit: OH MY GOD HOW DID I GET SO MANY LIKES-
Had similar.Glad you ok xx
Hannah I had SVT too!! You wouldn’t happen to be on my moms Facebook group for people with SVT, they found mine early because I stepped on a lotion bottle and it made my foot bleed, when they took my heart rate it’s was something over 200 bpm I was on the medicine for 5 ish years and I had the Ablation when I was in second grade
I'm actually more upset by your mom. That doctor doesn't deserve to be called a doctor obviously, but your mom should've believed you and look for a second opinion. Not judging, it just makes me sad. Glad you're finally all better now 👍
That's horrible!! But wow, you are strong to be able to go through all that for years! I am glad you're okay now 💕 Indeed, those type of doctors shouldn't be a doctor! Doctor should care about patients.
Your right, I had a friend age 24 who had signs of a heart attack and died of a heart attack. She was to young. No matter how young, it affects all ages.
My dad died of a heart attack at age 34, it was misdiagnosed until it was already too late. Just because a person is very young doesn't mean they can't have a heart attack
"I'm not the only doctor on social media making videos."
No you're just the best one
Well said, sir
Nathan M yes exactly
100% agreed
Hmm... He stole the concept of reacting to tv shows with a medical educational approach from another dr on RUclips and didn’t credit him or mention that it wasn’t his original idea. When questioned about it, he was very dismissive. Ever since then I’ve been sceptical.
Btw the RUclipsr is Dr Hope’s Sick Notes. Highly recommend
"We know when y'all faking"
Yeah...that's why so many chronic illnesses go undiagnosed. Because. All the patients are just faking, right? 😒
Many do... so it hurts the ones that aren’t. Can’t throw meds at everyone and say : if it doesn’t kill them makes them stronger ...
The USA is using more drugs then the rest of the world combined...
so it’s a problem that doctors are over diagnosing.
It's disgusting and scary that doctors don't believe their own patients
@Mees Mattijssen oh of course, exactly
@@HappyMarshmallowGamingComedy i had a lot of patients that lied. when you see them everyday with time you will stop believing everyone
I have a condition called Osgood slatter (please search it up) the amount of people who told I was faking till i couldn't get out bed because of the pain... ugh (I can walk now)
I've had that problem with therapist. It took over 15 years to accurately diagnose my ptsd from Intimate Partner Violence. They all told me I was over reacting and that it couldn't have been that bad because I'm still alive. I'm only alive because I refuse to die and I did what it took to live.
That is horrible. I hope you are doing well now.
This video really struck a cord with me. After the birth of my 7th child, I developed extreme swelling, shortness of breath and chest pain. As moms we are terrible at putting ourselves first, so by the time I went to the ER I was in active heart failure. I was air lifted to a different hospital where I spent a week, figuring out meds and being educated on what it means to live with a heart failure condition. I would love to say that every medical professional I encountered along the way has taken me seriously and not dismissed based on the fact that I was 28 and claiming to be in heart failure! Unfortunately I did have some bad experiences, but making sure I could be here to raise my kids drove me to push through any negative experience and be so grateful for the people who did help save my life! Thanks for having real, and entertaining content that not only makes a difference, but keeps us giggling too 😆
Patient: Doctor I have chest pai-
Doctor Mike: CHEST COMPRESSIONS CHEST COMPRESSIONS CHEST COMPRESSIONS
Yesssss. 😂👌
*AGGRESSIVELY PUNCHES CHEST*
...NOW you really do have chest pain!
lavatreum 😂
LMFAOOO THIS ACTUALLY MADE ME LAUGH
"we know when y'all faking" attitude ,is why it took me 4 years to get diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.
^^ I accepted pain as a way of life because I believed the doctors that brushed me off. I've now been diagnosed with crohn's disease and endometriosis.
Yepppp....
3 years for me, and the kicker was, at the start of my diagnostic hell journey my family doctor figured it was psoriatic arthritis, cause I have psoriasis, like 40% of psoriasis patients or something like that get psoriatic arthritis and I was sitting there with joint pain and psoriasis and the rheumatologist I got sent to literally just looked at me and decided I didn’t have it, and that’s why it took 3 years to convince anyone to test for it, and now I’m in my 20s with permanent joint damage including a broken spine, I didn’t need to be physically disabled, but here I am, it was not a hard diagnosis to make ffs, it should have been the most obvious thing to test for for any doctor, but nope, 3 years, I saw dozens of doctors, where am I supposed to put that kind of rage? I’m a calm spirit I don’t want to have it
2 years for me. I was pretty much on my deathbed when they diagnosed me. In those years my general practitioner told me and my mom it’s just a fever or something minor. It was only the last 2 months or so that we got to see a doctor and could diagnose me. Months after my recovery turns out our general practitioner brushed us off coz “a lot of people from my race, come to him for minor stuff like headaches” 🥰🥰🥰🙃
It took me 11 years for 1, 4-7 for all the rest. I’m 20 and I’ve had symptoms since kindergarten
I love how compassionate you are towards your patients. It’s what makes people comfortable with their doctor. I had a really bad experience with a doctor, and once I found one who was empathetic and caring it changed everything.
Before I was diagnosed with MS in my early twenties I spent a lot of time going to clinics trying to figure out what was wrong with me. Once I was taken to the exam room by an older nurse I hadn't seen before, and when I was describing my symptoms she angrily snapped at me "you won't be getting any drugs!" I was just dumbfounded. I don't drink, smoke or do drugs, and I never have.
You know Dr. Mike is serious about a video when he pulls out his glasses
@@janis08 yess!! That's what I was thinking!
Emma C. Yup
Janis Leung
We need the beewoop
you know Dr Mike needs glasses when he is wearing them 😑
That's was my first thought when I turned on this video.😅
Gadda show the audience you're serious.
The second one is really just rude. She’s stereotyping this person and that’s wrong.
@@EO-jr7li that’s not the point though. This patient came in complaining of a problem, and instead of examining them and figuring out if they had a clear EKG, they were mocked. It wasn’t a funny joke. If you think it’s funny, get out of medicine. Sincerely, a member of the human race.
That's nothing compared to a senior doctor who got caught saying that it would be better to throw people suffering from covid 19 into the jungle and let them die, and treating them in a covid ward was just an appeasement on them.
@@farazalam3325 wait someone really said that? That's horrible
@@brishtisamaddar8179 after her video went viral and was shown in the news, she issued an apology letter though.
and not even considering that the patients symptoms is congruent with possible heart attack in woman.
My symptoms were dismissed. Doctors tried to tell me they were anxiety induced. I didn’t believe that, so I kept pushing. Turns out my gallbladder was severely under-functioning and needed to be removed. Always advocate for yourself even if you’re not taken seriously or being dismissed. You know your body the best.
Only just seen this. I had my symptoms dismissed from 14-28 years old… finally diagnosed. This is literally what doctors were like for half my life. It ruined my life, relationships, family, what I was able to do with my son. And now I can get help. Wish I’d been taken seriously from the get go and not taken my teenage years and 20’s away from me
I've dealt with the "I think I have a heart attack" patients. 95% of them do not have a heart attack. A good chunk of them are lonely or suffer from anxiety.
Still, you bet your butt, I'm treating all of them as serious issues.
Aren't we told better to be safe than sorry? I've went 2 times for chest and jaw pain, ended up hospitalized for both. First time was very bad gallbladder and blood infection. Second time was get this... abscessed tooth. I was so embarrassed. No gum or tooth pain, just jaw pain.
If it happens again should I not go in fear of being wrong or worse yet adding to the already overwhelmed hospital?
@@jerrichurch right?
I'm glad you got help both times and hope you go and seek help if you have serious symtoms to rule out or treat anything acute.
@@twistedbambi2370 thank you, this crazy time made me put off my regular care as a diabetic, which caused my levels to go out of control. Slowly getting it back down.
Mammogram cancelled
Colonoscopy cancelled
Labs cancelled
Yearly exam by video call
But, get call to come get my flu shot.
This is why I have basically given up.
@@jerrichurch I've had on an off chest pain for about 5 years, but didn't see a doctor because I knew they wouldn't take it seriously. Until one day it was so severe I did have to go to an ER. Turns out it was asthma. Not a heart attack, although i had such severe chest pains at that point they did test for it too.
@@valerieprema9432 asthma is very serious.
When I was giving Labor to my son, nurses were coming into my delivery room and were stating “oh your room is the most peaceful ... we are going to come hang out in here, the other women are so loud!” Just because i internalized my pain. This did NOT mean I was not in pain.... 30 mins later my heart was failing in delivery for no explained reason. Don’t just assume your patients are “fine” when really they may not be.
Dr. Mike we need more doctors like you!
What the hell?! The nurses really thought they could go into a patient's room and treat it like a gathering while said patient is in labor? Do they not understand that popping out a baby will most likely hurt really bad, hence the screaming? 🤦♀️
These type of people shouldn't be working in hospitals if they can't handle the least stressful situations.
Yeah I kinda didn't like the "we know when you are faking" one because even if the woman is "faking," she is probably just using whatever she is doing to distract her from the horrible pain! I know I did that kind of thing when I was in labor!
Aww your baby on your profile picture is so cute
At least you had all those nurses in with you😉
Whiner.
My doctor constantly wrote my symptoms off as depression. I said I wasn’t feeling that way and that there’s something wrong and I have a feeling it’s ADHD because I’ve done my own research and tried to see if the symptoms matched mine and they did. Perfectly. She made me try 3 different antidepressants over 2 years which ruined me. Destroyed my relationships with a lot of people because I was so messed up on these meds and they just made me fall behind on life in general. I finally booked a private psychiatrist appointment and he diagnosed me with ADHD, PTSD and emotional dysregulation disorder. That doctor just told me that depression can cause ADHD like symptoms, but every single medical case study that I read, said the opposite and that ADHD is commonly mistaken for depression. I know hearing patients say that they’ve googled things can sound annoying, but if it’s based on real studies and if they genuinely relate to an issue then please pay attention. We know we’re not doctors. That’s why we’re sitting in your office.
I always learn so much by watching your channel Dr. Mike. Thanks for being an inspiration to Medical RUclipsrs and everyone.
"We know when y'all faking." This is one of the many reasons why im studying to be a nurse. To help the patients that are being ignored.
I was once told by a nurse that she didn't belive I had chest pain and shortness of breath. I told her to F herself shortly before passing out.
I had Pleurisy and had it for about 2 weeks before went to A&E. And my breaths were so short due to the pain that I had oxygen deprivation. My doctor was great though. He was angrier than I was that she had dismissed my complaints.
So thank you for getting into the medical field for the right reason. To help people. I'm sure you'll come across people who are faking, but that is no reason for them to not be tested. The tests will prove one way or another, and could potentially save a life.
People like you are the real ones
That’s awesome!
That's amazing
You’re already a great role model!
i went to my eye doctor after googling my symptoms that matched up with a detached retina, he didn't take me seriously because i was only 20 years old and retina detachments are common in older people. 3 weeks later i went to a different doctor for a second opinion because the symptoms were getting worse, i was rushed into emergency surgery for a detached retina. if it fully detached i'd be blind in that eye. i appreciate doctors and their work so so so much but nothing irks me more than when they don't listen to you
Makenzie Reynolds I had surgery for a detached retina when I was 19!!! All of the doctors were shocked bc I was so young!
Oh god I was having those symptoms, but it turned out I was having visual hallucinations due to stress.
Some Doctors get really annoyed to hear that you googled your symptoms. And refer to it as “google doctor”.
Pro tip:
Instead of saying "I googled my symptoms" or "I researched this and-", say "I saw a doc thought I might have this but I wanted a second opinion"
or if it's a long standing issue or pain that's lasted multiple days you can say "I saw a doc who was thinking it might be this, but said to first give it a day or two to see if it goes away then come back"
Doctors can disagree with each other, especially when it's a very early diagnosis so it's not going to force them to believe that your initial thoughts are correct, but will at least make them take the concern seriously.
Worst case is if it's totally wrong they might just assume the other doctor was tired or rushed and made a mistake.
I had something similar happen to me Makenzie, I had a family history of diverticulitis and I ended up forming the pouches in my lower GI tract and my GP who I admire and love a lot, kept blowing me off saying I was too young to have diverticulitis, when I ended up in the ER, from one of these pouches getting severely infected, when I had to follow up with him he apologized profusely for not believing me, and I told him don't let age rule something out, even if it's outside the norm; if the patient has all the symptoms of something, don't discount it.
I literally went to hospital with those same symptoms, pain radiating through my left arm and my heart hurting. The doctor told me my heart hurting was 'growing pain' and that I should only come back if it doesn't stop when I'm 18, because that's when you 'stop growing' he also said that I was having a 'panic attack' when I was perfectly calm. AND told me that my left arm hurting was 'psychological' and it was coming from the panic attack that I was having. Years later I was told that it was the muscles between my ribs are spasming, pressing against my heart and that it could've killed me
I hate the "we know when ya'll are faking" as a young chronically ill system we get fakeclaimed a LOT but medical professionals also accusing people of faking is a whole other level of fucked -Hunter
As an ER nurse: we had a 2 year old feeling short of breath and complaining of pain in his chest area and he was having a heart rate of 220bpm. Age is not an indicator of cardiac problems alone
my dad has had 3-4 heart attacks and about 18 angina attacks from the age of 40-46
half the doctors didnt believe him because he was super fit as a kid (its also why they didnt notice he had his cancer cause its typically found in people 65+)
so yeah AGE DOESNT INDICATE HEALTH
@@kaelin8775 we do ECGs on practically everybody. SPECIALLY if it is abdominal or chest pain, non specific malaise or non specific pains. Even if we are almost certain it is anxiety.
Simply because all those are subjective and can indicate MIs. I remember a woman with abdo pain that had "nothing wrong" until the blood indicators showed MI and the second ECG started showing then a STEMI, that is how insidious they can be
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I'm glad I moved to CO in time. I used to live somewhere where the medical care was just horrible. If me and my family didn't get to CO in time, I would've died of heart failure at 9 years old
I had heart attack @ age 20 I was in good shape just over stressed in my life
My mom, around 3 days after having me, went to the ER with a headache in her temples. She said she heard something pop in her head, but doctors, without any testing or vital checks, told her that she was fine, she was tired from being a new mom, and that she should take a nap. Turns out what she heard was an aneurysm that bursted. She had a stroke and became paralyzed from the neck down. It'll be 21 years in March....
I've never been able to see my mom walk, have my mom drop me off at school or even cook me a meal just because the incompetent staff felt like her problems weren't that big of a deal.
Edit: I forgot to mention my mom was a newly naturalized citizen from Nigeria.... She's African American so that alone says alot
Edit 2: I wasnt expecting anyone to read my comment, but sheesh I was wrong. To all that shared kind messages, thank you so much.
Edit 3: Alot of people are pressed that I mentioned my mom's race. This happened in 1999. Race as we have it now wasnt the same in the late 90's. I was reminded to mention race because Doctor Mike mentioned it in the video. I was also reminded to mention race because it was mentioned in the lawsuit. To protect my privacy, I will not be sharing my real name, but all you FBI peeps can find the case online
DiDi DiDi I’m so sorry to hear this ❤️😔
American healthcare is so weird -- assuming first the most usual (at the time) causes and only going and testing fir the worst theories after things go beyond visibly critical. In my country, the worst is assumed and tests are done to quickly rule out the easiest-to-check and worst possible causes on top of complete vital signs (cbc, urinary, ecg, etc). The only times I get delayed is if someone is obviously already dying, which I myself understand as I would like all attention on me if I was sent nearly dead to the ER.
In my country, emergency rooms are crowded in public hospitals and empty in private hospitals. I always go to private hospitals so it's always empty and all their attention is on you.
That's how you get sued and maybe even arrested
And then you lost some credibility by making it a race issue. I was just fine, but seeing it a race issue is just not my thing. Yes, of course I’m white and male, so just ignore me because I’m suuper racist..
I can't tell you what I'd give to have a decent doctor that actually tries to help. That would be worth more than my weight in gold. I've had so many bad doctors and bad nurses, I have lost almost all my trust in healthcare.
The “we know when you’re faking it” almost killed me and my baby. I went to the er at 22 weeks pregnant complaining of stomach pain. They made me wait 4.5 hours in the waiting room and treated me like a hysterical 1st time mother. Turns out I had pancreatitis and a liver infection caused by a massive amount of gallstones, one of which was blocking a bile duct. My kidneys were starting to shut down as well. The way I was after they got imaging and blood results back was an extreme difference from when I first walked in. I had to go into emergency surgery and risk losing the baby.(thank god I didn’t and he is a very healthy and happy 4 year old now). I will never forget how small the nurses and staff at that hospital made me feel. The entire medical system as a whole needs to do better.
Dr. Mike: *doesn't say bee-whoop*
Me: *intense sweating*
Alex 😂😂
CopyCat 😊
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Long story here, but relevant.
When I was 16, I got a razor nick on my shin. A week later, it was red, swollen, hot to the touch, and I couldn't even walk due to how painful it was. My parents planned to take me to our PCP the next morning. Well, later that evening, I started feeling really terrible. I was now having flu-like symptoms in addition to the swelling in my leg. I barely touched my dinner because I was too nauseated. So I went to get ready for bed. As I walked to my room it was like everything started spinning... and I passed out in the floor. One of my sisters saw it happen and ran to get my parents. They put me in bed as I was coming to. My mom touched me and said, "Oh my god, she's burning up." She took my temp, which, if I recall, was over 104...
About 6 hours later, when my mom and I were at the ER, they triaged me. I groggily listed my symptoms... severe pain, especially in my leg near the week-old scratch, high fever, dizziness and weakness, body aches, head was pounding, and lastly, nausea. And as though my other horrible symptoms didn't matter, the nurses all jumped on the nausea I was experiencing and immediately assumed I was pregnant. "When was your last period? Are you on birth control?... You're sure you aren't sexually active?" No. No I'm not. Of course once my mom left to sign paperwork, they pressured me to "be honest, we won't tell your mom". And I was just like... "Lady, I feel like I'm literally dying, and you are questioning whether I'm telling the truth about my virginity???" Obviously, they made me do a pee test. Not pregnant. Duh. And after I vomited multiple times they finally gave me something for the nausea, and left me in a room for what felt like ages, while I slipped in and out of consciousness. At last, at 2am, a doctor finally showed up. My mom, pissed off at this point, told him she believed whatever was wrong with my leg is what was making me so sick. He looked at it for about 3 seconds and said, "Eh, just a spider bite. I'll send you in some meds and you'll be fine." Despite my weak protesting that, no, it was a razor cut, he treated me and my mom like we weren't worth his time and had us discharged.
Back at home, I kept getting worse. I can barely remember the day because I was so out of it. But I do remember at one point lifting my shirt to scratch an itch and being shocked to see that my abdomen was completely red, like a sunburn. My parents freaked out, called my PCP, and after they listed my symptoms he said, "Get her back to the ER immediately, tell them to lance the wound and do a blood count test."
Lo and behold... I was suffering from TSS, and was about 24 hours away from catastrophic organ failure due to bacterial infection. If you know something is wrong, don't back down until you get an answer. It could cost you your life.
Ugh, that sounds so horrible! Hope you're doing well now.
I’m literally crying stuff like this is real! I’ve experienced it first hand
The nurses were right in their pressuring, in cases like these they NEED to make sure you're pregnant or not so it doesn't contraindicate with the diagnosis and treatment it's their job ... As for the doctor well he isn't a good doctor now is he.. You never NEVER discharge a patient with such high fever and extreme allergic reaction without at least doing a cbc.. In here if he did that that's a red mark on his record
@@lanamcdwell7765 A red mark? Does that mean something like 3 red marks and you're fired?
@@lillyc7861 I'm not sure what they call it where you live.. But here it's ethical questioning session with head units as judge and the verdict get recorded on your medical license
Mursimedical triggered me. I was having heart-attack scares in my early 20s, but you know what that was? Panic attacks. It happened so often that whatever nurse or ER doctor was around back then knew me by face and name and threatened to put me on the 2nd floor (the ward). Some few years later, after I got diagnosed with PTSD and night-time visual and audio hallucinations due to the PTSD, I went before a "doctor" on a screen at the mental health building and she asked me if I did cocaine, or as she put it, "cocaine? You know, the good stuff?" because I was having a full blown panic attack in the little room they had me in and the nurse in there was concerned for my blood pressure.
IT IS NOT ALWAYS DRUGS! If they're not actually having a heart-attack, regardless of AGE, check their mental health and see if PANIC ATTACKS are causing the issue!!!
i’m 21 years old with supraventricular tachycardia (resting heart rate between 130-150, it sits at about 100 with medication) and i’m not believed 99% of the time when i have chest pain and it actually is so frustrating. i just want someone who is understanding
Dr.Mike: No beewoop. No funny jokes in the beginning. No Smiles at the start.
Me: Oh this is serious. 😲😐😶
Lol
Oh here you go PEEWOOP *funnyjoke* 😁😁😁
I was thinking the same, no peewoop.
Off topic: y can u see likes but not dislikes (just remove it then)
On topic: N O J O K E S H E R E (not the right place/time)
Thanks Doc
people who brush off the possibility of a young person having a heart attack seriously make me upset. Kid at my high school had a heart attack at 17, it's rare but can happen at any age. symptoms need to be taken seriously
One of my teachers had a stroke at 26
I had a cousin who died of heart attacks at only 15 years old! He was healthy and active and only child . He went to sleep, closed the door and the next day it was late and his mother thought he was just over sleeping till it got weird. The door never opened. So yes it can happen and it is sad if someone who could help you avoid it just ignores it like that.
Northern Roots yep, I was 12 when I had a heart attack
A kid ar my high school had a heart attack at 14 and passed away she was a freshman
My friend's father passed away in his mid 30's because even though his family had a history of heart complications, and he went in for heart related symptoms he was sent home and told it was nothing to worry about. He left behind a 9 year old son who was the one that found him dead simply because a doctor didn't think to take it seriously that a man in his 30's might have a heart attack.
I’ve had occasional heart palpitations throughout my life that cause me to become incredibly dizzy, fatigued, and extremely weak in my upper body. It’s like when you stand up too quickly- except more painful as my heart is beating hard for up to 20 minutes. I literally struggle to lift anything during this period, its like my muscles are giving out completely. Many of my family members have heart issues, so when I was around 10 we went to the doctor. Doctors immediately dismissed my symptoms saying “it happens to everyone when you workout/run” and ”it’s ok to have anxiety sometimes”, despite me explaining that it happens out of nowhere, is nothing like the high pulse you get from working out, and that I never felt anxious/stressed in those moments. Now ~I~ don’t believe my palpitations are dangerous (even as a child they didn’t really scare me), but it still would’ve been nice knowing for sure instead of being patronized and disbelieved.
“We know when y’all are faking” it took me literally years to be diagnosed with HPD (Histronic Personality Disorder) because to doctors I was just some dramatic faker who’s never had a hard day. Forever grateful to the one doctor who finally took me seriously and got me treatment.
I love how sensitive he is to his patients. Doctors and nurses should be more concerned and empathetic like him
I agree. I have gone to 5 plus doctors for my sleep and all they did was blame me "you drink to much coffee" "you choose to stay up". Yup so I stopped even trying with doctors and just deal with not sleeping at night.
@@gracealexandrea2150 maybe, you may just drink too much coffee. Have you tried not
@@fabienmuhire596 3 months straight of no caffeine and no sugar.
I had a heart attack almost a year ago at 21. I’d be so hurt and mad if my nurse or doctor thought it was drugs... heart issues aren’t anything to joke with.
A 25year old guy had a heart attach last summer and died it shouldnt be seen as impossible and just hide it under the carpet
I have a friend who had a heart attack at 21. She had an undiagnosed congenital heart defect and has an implanted defibrillator now. Just because someone is young doesn't mean what they're experiencing isn't real.
Its not common for young ppl to have heart attacks. They should be professional about it. Thinking its drugs isnt meant to insult.its meant to bring the most common thing up but they should do whatever tests to make.sure ur om
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They knew I was born with Aorta valve problems. They had my records showing that my heart was getting worse and worse. It’s uncommon for younger people to have heart attacks, yes. But, they happen more than you would think.
I went to the hospital with a heart rate of 200bpm. A nurse came in the middle of the night to tell me I'm rising my own heart rate by hyperventilating (she woke me up to tell me this) then a Dr came in the next morning with 5 students to tell me my heart rate is due to me coming of my mental health medication (3 years prior) which went against Dr's orders so I've done this to myself and sent me home. 2 years later found out I have a heart condition and because it wasn't caught early my heart has grown and is as weak as a 70yr old. I'm 23.
I'm glad this video exists. I felt the "don't make fun of patients" part personally. I have psychiatric issues that affect what I do and say, and during a particularly bad episode in the ER, I heard the doctor I just saw quoting some of the crazy things I said to their coworkers just down the hall, where other staff and patients were. I don't know if they were venting or making fun of me or what, but I didn't appreciate it nonetheless. This was months ago and I'm still a little salty about it. I hope this video helps people realize that they shouldn't do that.
I will NEVER forget how one time I went to the ER with my family member who was in the middle of having a heart attack and the cardiologist IMMEDIATELY ASSUMED without looking at her chart that she was doing cocaine and disdainfully talking down to her. That’s how dangerous assumptions are because once I insisted he read the chart, he changed course reallll quick...
That’s disgusting!!! Even if they HAD taken something, they could still be having a heart attack!
So messed up to think they didn’t even read their chart!
I have Spina Bifida, so lots of back and nerve issues. A couple years ago my back started to hurt more than normal. Over the next two weeks it got worse and worse until I could barely feel my legs and I couldn't put any weight on them. I went to the ER and the doctor just wanted to fight with me and accuse me of drug seeking behavior even though I had not asked for any. So I started demanding to see another doctor or get sent to another hospital. A little while passed and the head of nursing came in and and told me several employees had told her to speak to me. I told her what was going on and she called for a Neuro surgeon. He did some nervous response tests and sent me for an MRI. 4 badly compressed discs and an impingement of the spinal cord.
He asked the ER doctor why I wasn't sent for tests. ER doctor says because I just there to get drugs. Surgeon says "he has Spina Bifida and is complaining of a low amount of sensation below the waist. Hello, you need to get some images and run tests when that's happening!"
I spent a month in in patient physical therapy and I am now waiting approval for surgery.
What the hell was a cardiologist even doing in the ER? I call bs on this story, If someone had a heart attack an ER Physician will be the first to respond and get it under control, after the patient is stabilised will they call the cardiologist.
Aku Tenshi other doctors do work in the ER sometimes. I went to the ER and needed stitches and the doctor working that evening happened to be a plastic surgeon 🤷🏻♀️
Aku Tenshi yeah sorry bro that isn’t true
I was taken to the er when I was 24 because I thought I was having a heart attack. 😂😭 Turned out I was having a bad anxiety attack. The ER doctor that took care of me was so nice and knew how to get me calmed down and explained to me what had happened. He never made me feel stupid thankfully.
That's super common so don't feel bad. Panic attacks often have very similar symptoms to heart attacks, which usually exaggerates the panic attack because you think you're dying.
I have a vsd as well and I always have sharp pains in my hearts where it feels like it locks up almost, it hurts to move or to breath so🤷♀️😂
i had so bad heartburn i thought i was having a heart attack the residents and the nurses took such good care of me, and explained what was going on. My mom was mad tho
Yikes,that's tough
My anxiety gives me chest pains too,it sucks
I have heard of this many times. My father in law did the SAME thing! Thought it was a heart attack, but it was actually a panic attack. You arent alone OR stupid!
I'm a German ambulance driver. Every trainee gets brieft with one and the same true story about a young lady. To prevent us from not taking patients serious. One day a 28 year old woman called 112 (911 in the US). She said 'I think I have an heartattack'. The dispatcher just told her, she would be to young for heartattacks and that she would be fine. She went to the riding stable and collapsed there. Her friends called again. When the ambulance arrived, they already did cpr. The ambulance team tried everything. The dispatcher lost his job and this 28 year old woman her life.
Dr. Mike, your humility, compassion, and drive to educate the public about health never ceases to amaze me. Thank you so much for doing what you do. As a woman of color who's been told I "don't look sick" and that "it doesn't hurt as much as you think it does, it's in your head," I'd like to heap on even more praise for acknowledging our additional struggles within the medical system. You've got a loyal fan and subscriber in me! ❤
"Yes patients get their illnesses wrong; They're not doctors".
More doctors should now that :)
You rock Dr. Mike!
Big Jack Gameplays yes. And more doctors should talk to your other physicians before prescribing med changes. Hubby’s Psych had him to try a different med promised rare to gave side effects. Well turns out the med is known to cause an increase in seizures who have epilepsy. I was so angry! 😡 thank goodness hubby’s neurologist was able to get back to us within a day when we called about our concern in his increase in seizures. Been 4 months and still dealing with the consequences of him being on that medication for a few days. 😭
Not all doctors are correct in a sense that not every doctor is a professional, especially doctors being transferred in rural areas,for instance a dermatologist cannot identify the cause of your skin disease through skin sampling,it's a win/lose situation
Yes, doctors get their illnesses wrong; their not patients. ( Most don't know what being a patient is like. I'm a nurse and a patient.)
Know*
25 years of my doctor getting my illness wrong. Me doing research, approaching my doctor and asking for a referral to a specialist and what do you know... My suspected diagnosis, as a PATIENT who had lived with this for years... was right.
Doctors aren't always right.
If Dr.Mike skips the "pEeWoOp" part and wears glasses its serious.
Def
yea it’s *serious* serious
H e y . . . I L i k e T u r t l e s hey I like turtles too :D
And a shirt and tie vs scrubs
Truth.....! It's professional Doctor time.
My mom was basically denied treatment for her kidney stones just because she smokes weed. She was left screaming in pain on a hospital bed. Luckily I didn't have to see it first hand because I was at school clueless of what was happening. I only know because of a video posted on Facebook by my grandmother who took her there, and the story my mother posted.
Wow the 2nd one just really grinds my gears! I was that 24 year old who went to the ER for shortness of breathe, chest pains, and just a few days after my C-Section. It took them 8 hours before I finally got to a room to find out I was in Acute Congestive heart failure. Doctors & Nurses should ALWAYS take any complaint seriously.