The World’s Weirdest Medical Mysteries

Discover the fascinating world of Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) and its impact on individuals' speech. Explore real-life cases and the therapeutic journey to restore natural speech patterns. Join us on this captivating exploration of a mysterious medical condition.

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[dougzellers]

I find it adorable that Simon doesn't realize that American hospitals are businesses ...

[MrThedrachen]

Simon says "It's okay to sue a business, but not a hospital." Brah, this was in the US. Hospitals *are* businesses here.

[devilsadvocate]

Babe, wake up; new Simon tangent just dropped

[ozzyangel]

That had me laughing hysterically at Simon getting giddy with his hopes up, only for Danny to crush him again with death and despair. Bravo, Danny! 🎉

[catherinedonaldson]

Danny's scripting of the Australian speech has to be one of the best pranks played on Simon. No australian would ever use so many slang words, or phrases, in one conversation if ever at all! Throwing a shrimp on the barbie is about as authentic as drop bears.

[Rebecca_English]

Dude, in the US, hospitals are a business. The corporate part of the hospital can be incredibly shady, from hiding charges to overbilling to hiding liability. Medical suits and malpractice suits are rather common. A lot of medical suits are brought against insurance companies who refuse to pay.

[jormungand]

I had a hospital nearly kill me after ignoring my calls for a nurse for 6+ hours. their excuse was "we had the wrong room number"... so then.. why didnt they check for the right room number after 2 dozen plus calls for help...
turns out its nearly impossible to sue a hospital even if they kill someone. you basically sign away all your rights when you ask them for "treatment"

[d.p.]

I love Danny's new hobby, it's exactly how you construct a joke, just opposite outcome, it's brilliant.

[TheyCallMeNewb]

Danny's stories are always relevant - even intertwined - and most entertaining. As to how he has lived so fully so as to have a related story every time, well, that's the great mystery.

[kodyschmidt]

Simon: Oh Danny's written an exccesive intro with personal stories again.

Also Simon: *starts a tangent less than sixty into the video.

[puellanivis]

So, when I was 14, I had appendicitis, except we didn’t catch how bad it was at first. I spent the first Monday night puking up “coffee grounds”, on Wednesday, I finally got in to see a doctor. They did an exploratory surgery, and… well… let’s just say there wasn’t an appendix left to remove. It had burst that Monday and the “coffee grounds” were actually blood. So anyways, there I am stuck in the hospital for a month hooked up to an NG-tube removing my stomach contents, because my intestines had just shut-the-fuck-down. After the month in hospital, I didn’t get hungry anymore. This is a form of anorexia, which just means “does not feel hunger” but is not anorexia nervosa, but primary anorexia.

I think I’ve mostly recovered now. I do actually get hungry now? But throughout my teenage years, it really was a struggle to eat something. I had to get into a habit of eating at regular intervals as a chore, much like one might need to take medication. It would be frustrating in college, to suddenly realize I hadn’t eaten in like 24 hours, and that’s why I’m all light-headed.

[jeremyborder]

17:46 This reminds me a bit of the Batman the Animated Series villain “Baby Doll”. Baby Doll was a beloved child actor who stopped physically aging around 5 or 6 but continued to age mentally. 30 years after her sitcom had ended, she kidnapped her former co-stars who had gone to lead (relatively) normal lives. Batman is only able to stop her after a funhouse mirror makes her look her age.

[thesleepingone]

I’m a medical mystery myself. Was throwing up for two weeks straight as a kid with abdominal pain. Closest explanation they had was my appendix. Had to be on an IV for about a day from being dehydrated before they could operate. Appendix looked good but they took it anyways. Started recovering after a week in the hospital. Stomach pains come back sometimes. Now I also deal with chronic migraines and nausea with widespread body pain. The last 6+ years has been tonic-clonic seizures that are creeping closer together and range in violence/number per episode. Started as fainting once a year in my early 20’s and changed to seizures every 3 months. Now it’s once a month. Have also slowly lost my hunger. Eat about one meal a day. Some days I don’t get hungry at all and force myself to eat. Generally if I eat before noon I throw it up.

[drdoofenshootz]

DMSO is not an "industrial degreaser". It's commonly used for joint pain and as a solvent to help other medicines more easily absorb into the skin. Used appropriately, it's safe and effective for minor aches and pains.

[the_once-and-future_king.]

As someone who has had some hazmat experience, the signs & symptoms of the hospital staff are highly suggestive of a chemical incident. If there had been excessive salivation as well I'd have thought organophosphate poisoning.

[Greg-TC]

In other things that I've watched about the toxic lady, they said that the intern or nurse or whoever who ended up in intensive care had muscle necrosis or something like that which is far beyond psychosomatic. But also the people in the ambulance with her had no symptoms and the hospital itself had multiple cleanliness violations. Idk what happened there but it may have been a real physical thing, at least partially

[victorialovatt]

I’ve had 4 cardioversions in the last few years (heart condition- atrial fibrillation- get zapped). Get heavily sedated first. Had a ketamine sedation on one occasion and I thought I was a pixel. Very strange. Love the tangents, Simon! ❤

[karenneill]

As someone with a difficult to diagnose condition, I urge everyone to trust themselves. Just like the resident who didn’t accept the psychosomatic condition, neither did I. I had so many doctors tell me it was all in my head. In hindsight, I could easily have died, as I was in a constant anaphylactic state, and eating would tip me into hell. I know people who have in fact died, with doctors refusing to explore further. It seems that the answer to “I don’t know.” in modern medicine is ‘It’s all in your head.’. Always, ALWAYS trust yourself over what anyone else says.

[zarasbazaar]

DMSO is occasionally used in veterinary medicine, although I think it's pretty rare now, because the staff sometimes reacts badly to it. I've been present when it's used and have never had a bad effect. I've smelled what the nurses are describing on the breath of patients in kidney failure.

[robertharrington]

Best BB in a while, definitely more like the old ones