TikToks Only A Doctor Can Explain

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There is a lot of misinformation and curious medical content on TikTok, so today I dove in head first to set the record straight. Today we talk about shins, human pyramids, concussions, neck spasms, testicular injuries, spiders, Daniel Thrasher, dizziness, garlic, antibiotics, natural cures, cinnamon, yogurt, alzheimer's, strokes, helmets, drinking urine, caffeine, salt, worms, cleanses, parasites, clean skin, massages, eye strain, Manon Mathews, alarm fatigue, Adin Ross, subconjunctival hemorrhage, neck rollers, pitting edema, hyperextension, blisters, ayuverdic medicine, and mouth taping. Tag me in more TikToks that you'd like to see my reaction to!

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[adamwalcott_official]

I knew a girl who'd eat raw garlic in the morning and I once asked her, "you know you can chop that up and throw it in an omelet right?" She was flabbergasted.

[estrobart]

Honestly respect to this man for fighting misinformation with such enthusiasm and persistence.

[HSithis]

"You immediately know whats wrong with you when you drink your own pee in the morning"
He aint wrong there.

[Kenneth-jynzd]

Garlic as an antibiotic immediately followed by a probiotic is also unintentionally hilarious

[im_just_vidu]

"We don't fix patients. Patients fix themselves"
This is why I like Dr. Mike

[kaitlinannwright]

I love how passionate Dr. Mike gets about his patients with insomnia. As someone with awful insomnia, it's so nice to hear a doctor say that it's not something you can just fix with a life hack or two

[rosered]

imagine the confusion on a robber's face when they break into your home and see that you taped your own mouth shut.
like, I know there are other concerns in that moment. But can you just...imagine?

[sgtsongbird]

7:00 - 7:25 "Alarm fatigue" almost got me killed once. I used to live in a fairly seedy neighborhood, I was in college and broke and it was all I could afford, and I didn’t have a car so I walked everywhere. All summer long it was 90°+ so I wore shorts/skirts, and all summer long people were constantly honking their horns and catcalling me. Eventually I ended up learning to tune out the sound of car horns and yelling from cars. One day I was walking and someone started honking and yelling, and ofc I ignored it thinking it was just another catcall, but it turned out they were trying to warn me a drunk driver had jumped the curb and was driving very fast up the sidewalk behind me. The only reason I didn't get hit was because they hit a light pole before they could hit me. It was very scary and very eye-opening, and it's one of the major reasons why I yell at people so ferociously for honking and catcalling now

[alec]

What I learned today:

-- the stomach is in your cheeks
-- potatoes are bad
-- garlic is good
-- avocadoes should go on your feet

Thanks doctor Mike! ☺

[violetdusk]

"We don't fix patients they fix themselves" most honest thing I ever heard out of a medical professionals mouth.

[twentyonethirteen]

I have that neck roller thing and it feels really good. My skin doesn't get pinched, but sometimes my hair gets caught. You just have to make sure your hair is completely out of the way. It's definitely worth a try.

[B.Harper]

4:37, that's my friend Prescott!!! It's awesome every time we find a YouTube or Tik Tok clip of I think it's been 5-8 years and we're still finding them.
For the questions that always come after:
yes, he still has the helmet for sentimental value; no, he did not suffer long-term damage from the fall; yes, he does wear a helmet EVERY SINGLE competition, but not always for basic road, yes always for ramps, bowls, tricks etc..; yes he still skates religiously today.
Other videos you can find of him are fun skate and hand slide videos, pretty roads and steep hills type; so, sorry, but no there aren't a bunch of Steve-o style videos of trying to hurt himself 😆

Really cool dude and is the first to tell people not to be an idiot, and wear your helmet so you can keep skating longer.

[Punkydoodle]

Dr. Mike, thank you for shedding light on the crazy quackery that is unfortunately everywhere. When I was diagnosed with Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma my neighbor tried very hard to talk me out of doing chemotherapy and try some weird concoction using apricot seeds. She was adamant that I was likely going to die if I went with conventional western medicine. I didn't listen to her and I'm happy to say 13 years later I'm here cancer free.

[shelly]

I love your comment “We don’t fix patients. They fix themselves.” I went to the doctor six moths ago and found out I had very high blood pressure and was at risk for heart attack or stroke. I started actually paying attention to what I ate, started eating 1, 500 mg of sodium a day and only 25 grams of added sugar a day, started eating healthier and stopped eating out, started walking daily and going to the gym three days a week. Now I’ve lost 45 pounds and my blood pressure is excellent. Without the doctor though I wouldn’t have known there was an issue.

[alexaleblanc]

the amount of enthusiasm mike has when correcting misinformation is amazing, also his yelling is hilarious

[jambalie]

I wish any doctor I've ever been to in my life had had even 10% of the logic skills and care for people's health of Dr Mike.

[kiwibepper]

5:35 I love how she included DEPRESSION as a PARASITE or a symptom thereof. Thank you tiktok lady, I had no idea 80% of people have depression caused by parasites. Turns out, I've probably been taking the wrong medication, and taking therapy for no reason since the problem is that I have parasites.

[Lifeofrileynt]

My dad could not breathe through his nose for a prolonged period of time. Luckily, his friend is an ENT and had him come in for an exam. He had a cancerous tumor that was blocking his nasal passage. Luckily he listened to doctors instead of TikTokers and got it checked out.

[mikalatracy]

the video at 9:04 is likely someone getting a scleral/gas-permeable rigid contact removed. Since they're hard like glass/plastic, they need a special suction tool to remove and sometimes the suction can be so set that trying to remove the lense pulls on your actual eye. In this case, you're supposed to take the plunger and angle it at the bottom of the contact so you can break the seal against your eye.

Source: I have Keratoconus and use scleral contacts to see.

[Bubbadrew]

I haven’t watched your videos in a long time and I don’t know why. They are genuinely hilarious. Good job man.