Doctor Reacts To Bizarre Health 'Hack' Videos

I’ve reacted to bizarre health posts I’ve found on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok... you name it. Today I decided to dive head first into YouTube’s ocean of clickbait and see what medical videos existed out there. Oh boy, are there a lot. Channels like Brightside and Craft Panda are regularly putting out videos with “health hacks” and “medical tips” that aren’t based in any reality or verified by an ounce of evidence. Today I set the record straight regarding things like heart attacks, brushing your teeth, sneezing, bruises, fevers, colds, pressure points, going to the bathroom, headaches, arm numbness, and the truth regarding love’s impact on your body.

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[StevenHe]

I LOVE your channel. You are literally what my mom wants me to be

[GardeninGrace]

Fun fact: sun sneezing is a thing and it’s believed to be due to a difference in certain genes

Update: Thanks for all of the likes. This happened to me all semester during my 8:30AM classes as soon as the professor turnt on the projector and there was a blast of blue light. Has artificial light also caused you to sneeze?

[Transphantasmagoricalmutations]

Panic attacks share so many similarities with the symptoms of a heart attack, that it definitely doesn't help someone who just has anxiety 😅 I pretty much had every symptom you listed here and more! Lol, but everytime they did the tests, nothing was found 🙅‍♀ Still to this day, I have pain in my chest, that has not gone away, and has no diagnosis.

[charmanderlover]

7:57 Kind of a funny story. So in late November last year, I was in the ER, and in my discharge paper work, it said that my blood pressure was high and that I may want to see my primary doctor about hypertension. I looked at this and laughed. When they took my blood pressure, I was in the ER, with a broken AND dislocated ankle, by myself, in a crazy amount of pain, and learning from personal experience that adrenaline and fear are some crazy pain-killers. But my blood pressure was high. Gee, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY???

The nurses and all were actually really nice, no shade towards them whatsoever. I just thought it was funny that in the given circumstances I was told I may want to talk to my doctor about hypertension.

[destroyeverything]

Sneezing due to light is a real thing. It's called Photic Sneeze Response. About 1/4 of the population has it, including myself. Some studies have even found a CORRELATION between Photic Sneeze Response and migraines, which I also have.

[theinternettrashcan]

the sneeze/bright light one works 😂 every time my sneeze won’t come out i’ll look at the sun or ceiling light lmao

[JackiJinx]

Besides how pleasant of a real person you are to listen to, how entertaining you can be while still being VERY educational, I just truly love how you explain things in a way that makes sense. I do software tech support and understand how to diagnose technical things while explaining them in laymens terms to others, and seeing you do that same/similar funneling down process of figuring out issues is that I do is very gratifying. That WHOLE thing I said probably came off as weird, but I'm okay with that as long as I didn't weird anyone out. Truly mean this all as a compliment! Thank you for all your videos

[tony-gpdo]

Person:"lost a foot, their arms were disintegrated, they got radiation poisoning, they lost one lung, they lost part of their intestines, they got third degree burns all over their body"
Doctor:alr let me test your health in one minute
"Spoon goes out clean"
Doctor:alr you're in perfect shape

[mrsmack]

The sneeze thing is real. It's a photosensitivity thing. Not everyone is like that but I know some people that sneeze any time they're in too bright of light.

[gracenerve]

You can tell when Doctor’s Mike frustrated if his neck vein pops out or his hair actually moves.

[Hadassa]

"hack" videos are the only things that can make food look horrifiying.

[itsangel]

The blinking for sleeping one is true! It helps me fall asleep every night and it makes your eyes heavier

[pricklycactus]

So Dr Mike is clearly not one of those people who sneeze from the sun. I am, and I can confirm that staring at bright lights helps me sneeze when I'm on the verge.

[briannarichardson]

The "mind-gut-brain connection" made the infamous "gut feeling" make more sense. Like, why it's called a gut feeling/why the bad feeling when something is wrong but you don't know what it is.

[DeathMetalDerf]

I have terrible migraines pretty often, and that map of where the headache should be is almost right. For me, it's a flaming ball of pressure right behind my eyes that's trying to push my eyes out of my head. It's a severe and steady throbbing in time with my heartbeat, and it causes the worst vertigo.

[lifeaddict]

The sneezing whilst looking at bright light is called “photic sneeze reflex”, some people have it some don’t. I do and trust me it’s satisfying when u sneez

[Airblader]

"Patient has no pulse"
"Check his thumb"

[blackkittenb]

I will say that the sinus headache one is actually nice, cause in my experience it can help encourage drainage a bit and kinda lessen the pressure a bit (so it hurts less) but to be fair what I call "sinus" headaches are mostly just inflamed sinuses/congestion where the pressure is enough to make my head hurt.

[SakuraCherryKiss]

One thing I love about medicine is that you can know full well what you're talking about, but it always sounds like you're making stuff up. It's beautiful.

[amandagoodwin]

I love that he's angrily explaining how heightened anger is bad for your organs as his veins pop out of his neck. 😆