Doctor Reacts To Worrisome Medical Memes

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A fresh crop of memes have been harvested! Today we discuss croissants, cross fit, appendectomies, exercise, sore throats, essential oils, trans fats, stethoscopes, med school, parachutes, back pain, sneezing, herniated disks, Spongebob, fruit, sugar, yoga, acupuncture, boxing training, eyesight, q-tips, pierced nipples, heartbeats and pain scales!

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-Doctor Mike Varshavski

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[poojamohanty]

Love how Dr Mike balances himself out by explaining difficult medical terms yet failing to understand a class 5 meme.

[catherinebond]

Dr. Mike: "I don't know why my eyesight is getting worse." Everyone: "You should probably see a doctor about that!"

[lindwurmchen]

I love how Sam is not just explaining the joke, but asks Mike questions so he can find out for himself like talking to a toddler. Peak parenting.

[wordslvr]

No one:
Mike: stay happy and healthy
Me while laying in my bed at like 3 am on a school night crying and eating an entire container of frosting: yes

[SpitefulPixieee]

I like that improved pain scale. As an autistic person I have a hard time defining my pain based on pictures of faces. The improved one puts my pain in perspective.

[maggiequinncloud]

I️ will say as a chronic pain patient I️ prefer the “improved pain scale” to the faces. It can be interpreted easily on fold out pamphlets, and when you’ve lived with excruciating pain for 17 years “bees, lots of bees, can’t stop crying, and unconscious” are a FAR more accurate way of expressing the amount of pain than “smiling, straight faced, frowning, and crying.”

[rexperverziff]

“Eat the fruit that is within the sugar” 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[bigbrowntau]

Hi, here in Australia, we just call them "Absence seizures"...no need for absaaaance. No confusion here. Also, I've found the improved pain scale gets through to people far better, especially the ones who complain of 11 out of 10 pain while doomscrolling on their phone

[zgclgfq]

Mike: "Not lunch, lunge"
His doctor, writing in chart: *not sexually active*

[explorer]

Dr Mike: Don't do anything that will seriously injure yourself!
Also Dr Mike: Starts hitting people for a hobby

[TheFrugalVideoGamer]

The issue with the Pain Scale with faces is that, like Scrubs pointed out, the *feeling* of pain can be subjective. One person may feel debilitated by a cut in their foot, but a different individual with the same type/depth of laceration in the same spot might just go "It kinda hurts." Putting it to an outside source (bee-stings level of pain, mauled by a bear levels, etc.) is honestly kind of useful as an alternate tool.

[annehonime]

Well your prononciation of « croissant » is actually one of the greatest I’ve ever heard from someone who’s living in US and as a french person I’d say the first croissant you said is the more accurate (si vous voyez ce que je veux dire…😅)

[juliarunn]

Lmao dr. Mike’s pick-up line. Lowkey insulting the girl before asking her out 💀

[ElusiveAvocado]

"Life needs things to live" -Taliesin Jaffe
"Without life, you can't need" -Dr. Mike

Truly Inspirational

[enbyharvey]

The faces pain chart seems like a great invention used for kids all the time although backfired for my sister. mum had to convince nurses and doctors that she as a young kid was just picking the happiest face because she liked it best wasn't until she was crying and showing all non verbal signs of pain they finally believed it

[nesquick]

When he mentioned the seizures and all, I was kind of happy because I have epilepsy and just hearing people talk about it makes me feel better for some reason. Plus, made me proud to understand what he was talking about.

[kilwom]

dude can still inform people about their health and wellbeing while reacting to memes

[readtheroom]

“Without life, you can’t need.” - Dr. Mike’s Words of Knowledge 2022

[vibhorjambhulkar]

You can never go wrong with Selmon bhai's clickbait

[legoeszombiesetc.]

5:19 I was actually born with that condition. The doctors at CHKD mainly recommended posture exercises, as well as side planks and push ups. They also gave me a suction cup with a pump to wear on my chest for an hour in the morning and evening. Finally, on June 24th, 2020, they put two surgical bars in my chest under the dent to push it out. Now I'm just waiting a year for them to get the bars out. But that plunger cracked me up!