Doctor Reacts To Dangerous TikToks

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Another TikTok reaction, this time with some fascinating, funny, and brutal videos. Today we look at doctors who do musical theater, OnlyJayus' human body hacks, what Gen Z doctors will be like, chest compressions on ipads, surgery on a grape, q tips in your ears, boiling water with your mouth, Buzz Lightyear, some Guiness World Records, acupuncture, keto diets, the most important organ, the function of your ears, ganglion cysts, farting babies, nausea, blood donations, menstrual cramps, necrotizing fasciitis, and some dog videos :)

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[erinrachelcat]

Yep. Almost died at 13 because a male doctor insisted my pain was caused by cramps. In fact, my appendix was bursting. My mom insisted they operate and it saved my life (it was a close call though).

[musaviki]

GenZs as doctors : " so we found something in your brain that be looking hella sus, you might have a brain tumour"
" go live your best life bestie "

[Rose-nbbw]

My appendix ruptured when I was 12 and the doctor told me it was just period cramps. My appendix was ruptured for a week, and I had made 3 trips in to see him before he finally checked anything. By that point several other organs were infected and I was in surgery for 8 hours. I flatlined during surgery for 6 minutes. I still struggle with the aftermath. I now have severe period cramps… so the doctor predicted the future 😂

[awkwardpaulie]

So glad I had my appendix removed when I was 10. My cousin threw me onto the ground, I landed funny, & then there was pain.
Told my mom it hurts but she said it’s bc I was rough housing. After taking a bath like an hour later, she angrily took me bc I couldn’t stop crying.
I no longer share anything with my mom, especially anything health related bc she kept dismissing it.

[rekasztaray]

“Big fax no printer” is the best worst dad joke ever

[jermm]

“I like the brain, I think the brain is magic”
- the human brain

[sydneyrouse]

While still in the OR after my c-section I felt extremely nauseous and they had me smell alcohol. I didn't throw up, and the nausea went away. Hadn't heard of this trick prior, but was thankful for it!

[jacquelinekenknight]

Right after Christmas 2013, I had the most unimaginable pain. I can’t describe it. I thought I was dying. My boss called 911 but by the time I arrived at the ER, my pain has subsided. They told me I had bad gas and sent me home.

Later that week my doctor examined me and ordered a scan of my gallbladder. It was full of gallstones and functioning at 12%. It was removed Jan 9th. I’m still so frustrated by that ER that did nothing and sent me home.

[maddogdisorder]

Literally almost died for appendicitis. Went to emerge three times and was only admitted the last time because a nurse argued with a doctor tooth and nail over admitting me. There was no sympathy either. I couldn't stop shaking and they kept asking me to stop to draw blood and I tried so hard but it was like massive uncontrollable shivers. Even after the ultrasound they thought it was a ectopic pregnancy and didn't believe me when I told them I was a virgin (highschool at the time) now I have a massive scar running from my palvic bone to about an inch or two below my belly button and drainage scars where tubes were left in for some time after the surgery. Not fun but super thankful for that female nurse! She literally fought for my life

[flawlix]

Actually, anecdotally, a number of women who have experienced both appendicitis and bad menstrual cramps have said they ignored the appendicitis at first because they either (1) assumed it was period cramps, or (2) their period cramps were so much worse that they assumed it couldn’t be anything serious. But the part about doctors ignoring them also is true.

[occheermommy]

So true story about doctors treating women different than men. My mother in law went to doctor with a sore back. They basically told her she was fine and she could take aspirin. My father in law goes to the same doctor a month later because he was actually hung over but his work required a note if he missed work. This was like 30 years ago. So he told the doctor his back hurt and asked for a note for the day. The doctor gave him pain meds and took him off work for 3 weeks.
It has been proven that women have a higher pain tolerance than men because we have to go thru childbirth. So why do male doctors act like we run to them crying when we get a pin prick. If we say it hurts it’s because it hurts. I have fibromyalgia so this hits home for me because getting a doctor to actually treat it is difficult. Most want to tell u it’s in your head.

[meatball]

my crohns was called period cramps for almost 10 years and now its too severe to do anything with lol and im only 22! got diagnosed last year on my 21st birthday, was finally sent to the hospital and they thought i was dying due to my appendix bursting and almost sent me into emergency surgery but no it was crohns disease, like my bio father

[laney]

I got necrotizing fasciitis when I was 9 years old in my foot inside my cast when I broke it! I thought it was a normal amount of pain for a break so I waited for it to heal, but when pools of blood soaked through my cast, I was rushed to the ER and had it immediately taken off. The most I remember from that experience would be my skin practically being melted off, but I was very fortunate and luckily I didn’t have to have anything amputated. Now I just have a fun story and some sick scars and nerve damage which I am VERY thankful for!

[Joe___R]

The easiest way to prove the brain is the most important organ is that medical science has figured out ways to at least temporarily replace every organ except for the brain.

[thugnificendo]

I laughed way to hard at that little patient joke.... I like puns

[getjiggywitityk]

Actually, someone who I went to elementary school with could make vapor come out of their mouth without drinking water. They got in trouble in 8th grade twice, accused for smoking. It's really odd how that happens. I've always wondered what made actual "vapor" and how it ends up out of their mouth.

[phoebthepancake]

“My stomach is so painful doc”
“Yeah that’s period cramps”
“But I haven’t started my periods yet”
“I’m the doctor I should know”
“I’ve never been to see you before, you don’t know my medical history, I haven’t had a period before”
“Who went to medical school out of the two of us?”
“Well right now it looks like neither of us”

[passiontheory]

Women DO sometimes ignore appendicitis pain thinking it's period cramps. A girl in my college psych class took the whole class in pain thinking it was just her cramps. When it didn't let up after 12 hours she went to get it checked out. Told us all when she came back that if the pain had fluctuated and let up from time to time she would have died because it felt less bad overall then her regular cramps.

[karratkake]

Fun fact: when my appendix got removed, my doctors originally thought it was a twisted fallopian tube, because I was on my period that week. I insisted that it wasn't and I was almost certain it was appendicitis, but after doing an ultrasound, they didn't see anything wrong with it.
Turns out it wasn't my uterus, but it was a rare case where my appendix was only infected on the inside, and showed almost no cosmetic damage. If I hadn't kept insisting that it was my appendix, it would've ruptured in a matter of hours following the surgery.
Moral of the story, not all abdominal pain is period pain :)

[Iconic_grl]

Around June 2021 started having severe chest pain. My mom got me an appointment at Nemours Childrens Hospital. They said it was muscle spasms. Around August that year they started getting worse. Afraid it was my heart, my mom scheduled another appointment with Nemours with a different doctor. He diagnosed me with severe pectus excavatum. Turns out my sternum wall was pressing on my main arteries. July 14, 2022 I went in for MIRPE. Since then, I’ve had a fricking metal rod inside my chest to correct the depression.