- I asked 20 doctors from YouTube to give me one health tip
they give their patients as it relates to their medical specialty. This video might actually
save your life one day. I'll go first. My name is Dr. Mike.
(air whooshes) I'm a family medicine doctor, which means I am one
of the only specialists qualified to treat most ailments and provide comprehensive healthcare for people of all ages. One health tip
(air whooshes) I give my patients (air whooshes)
is to never stick anything smaller than your elbow in your ear canals.
(air whooshes) This's because too many people are using tools like Q-Tips
(bubble pops) to pull out earwax.
(tone sounds) When in reality,
(air whooshes) they're only packing earwax deeper in and even damaging the skin, potentially leading to an infection. (air whooshes)
- Hi, my name is Dr. Glaucomflecken. I'm an ophthalmologist. (light tone sounds) It's eyes. Eyeballs. If you think you've lost a contact lens or an eyelash in your eye,
(bubble pops) don't worry, it cannot
migrate back into your brain. That's something a lot
of people worry about. It's most likely just stuck
underneath your eyelid. You have tissue layers
(air whooshes) that prevent things from moving further back.
(bell tings) - Hello, my name's Ed Hope.
(air whooshes) I'm an NHS doctor working over in the UK in the emergency department. Or, as you may know it as, the emergency room.
(air whooshes) It's super useful for us,
(bubble pops) if you ever end up in
the emergency department, if you bring a list of your medication (air whooshes)
and any diagnosis you have, and the dates of any significant
illness or operations, (bubble pops)
and be prepared for a long wait, so, it's always good to have
your phone charger too. (air whooshes)
- I'm Dr. Danielle Jones, known online as Mamma Dr. Jones, and I am an OB/GYN physician. That means I specialize in pregnancy and gynecologic problems. Stop throwing out your favorite undies because of period stains. After an initial rinse, grab some powdered meat tenderizer, sprinkle it on the stain,
(air whooshes) and let it sit for about 30 minutes. (air whooshes)
Throw it in the wash as usual and when you take it out, the stain will be gone.
- Wow! - Bromelain, the active ingredient in most powdered meat tenderizers, is actually a proteolytic enzyme. This means that on the steak, it breaks down proteins to
make the cut more tender. But on a blood stain, it breaks down proteins
to pull the stain out. It sounds like magic, (bubble pops)
but it's actually science. (air whooshes)
- Hi everybody, I'm Dr. Winters, also known as
The Bentist on social media, and I am actually a dentist who specialized further
to become an orthodontist. And we deal with moving teeth
with braces and aligners. Little hack for you,
because you've probably been brushing your teeth
wrong your entire life. Most people brush their
teeth completely flat, side to side,
(air whooshes) side to side, like that. What you actually wanna do is angle it up at a 45-degree angle and get up underneath the gum tissue as well as the tooth, because some of your teeth hides up underneath the gum tissue and you never clean it. So turn that 45-degree angle,
(air whooshes) brush your teeth for two minutes, and your teeth will be cleaner than they've ever been
in your entire life. (air whooshes)
- My name is Dr. Dana Brems and I'm a podiatrist, which is a foot and ankle surgeon. One crazy foot hack is one of the most effective
topical medications you can use for toenail fungus is actually just Vicks VapoRub. It has eucalyptus and menthol,
(air whooshes) which're both antifungal. (air whooshes)
- My name is Dr. Anthony Youn, and I'm a board-certified plastic surgeon. One simple and natural
way to plump your lips is to put a drop or two of
food-grade peppermint oil into your lip gloss. (air whooshes)
And then mix it up and then apply the
gloss onto your lips. It should create
(bubble pops) a very mild tingling sensation and your lips will gently plump up a bit. If you're not tingling, then put a drop or two
more in and try again. (tone sounds)
But if your lips start to burn then wipe it off, throw it away, and start over again
with less peppermint oil. (air whooshes)
- Hey hey, my name is Dr. Alok Patel. I'm a pediatrician, specifically a pediatric hospitalist. So I take care of babies, kids, and teens who have been hospitalized for a variety of different reasons. (air whooshes)
Suck up some snot! For real, it's not that gross.
(light tone sounds) Babies and toddlers (bubble pops)
tend to have runny noses, a lot of mucus,
(air whooshes) during cold and flu season, which lasts forever. (air whooshes)
And you can help them out with a nasal aspirator or a nasal-suctioning device. It clears their nose, helps them sleep better, eat better, improves their mood, and potentially prevents a
problem from getting worse. (air whooshes)
It's also kinda satisfying. (air whooshes)
- Hello, my name is Dr. Austin Chang and I'm a gastroenterologist, otherwise known as a GI specialist. One important hack I can offer for the gut
(bubble pops) is that colorectal cancer, which is the second leading
cause of cancer deaths when men and women are combined, is often preventable. (air whooshes)
We have ways to prevent this cancer. And it's often with a
procedure called a colonoscopy, where we can actually take a look inside the colon, find these pre-cancerous growths before they turn into
cancer, and remove them. And that can actually help
prevent cancer from happening. (air whooshes)
- I'm Dr. Karan, and I'm a general surgeon in the NHS. My job has me dealing with basically anything you can find when you rummage around someone's abdomen. One day it could be
cutting out bowel cancers, the next day slicing out
badly-behaved gallbladders. The most underrated life hack
(bubble pops) for optimized bowel health is probably just eating more fiber. Just increasing your fiber intake by 10 grams of fiber a day
(bell tings) reduces your colon cancer risk by 10%. It's not a bad exchange.
(air whooshes) 10 grams of fiber is a banana and two slices of bread, easy.
(whip cracks) - My name is Dr. Michael Cellini and I'm a dual board-certified diagnostic and interventional radiologist. One secret I'd like
(bubble pops) to let you in on regarding
my field of radiology is that we see everything.
(air whooshes) If you swallowed a
chicken bone, we see it. Put something somewhere? (drumbeat resounds)
We're gonna see that too. - Hey there, my name is Dr. Sanjay Juneja. I am a hemospecialist, otherwise known as hematology
and medical oncology, which specializes in blood
disorders and cancer. One of the biggest tips
(bubble pops) that relates both to
hematology and oncology, and it's not very provocative, is that we need to register for bone-marrow transplants.
(air whooshes) People are waiting,
and hoping, and praying that somebody swabs their
mouth and sends it in, because they have a short amount of time in which they'll live and
have control of their cancer, the leukemia or whatever else, and they're just hoping this random person in the United States,
or Germany, or wherever actually is a match that
will save their life. (air whooshes)
- Hey guys, I'm Dr. Shereene Idriss, a board-certified dermatologist. And I am wearing sunglasses indoors because I just had LASIK eye surgery. One tip that I really think
(bubble pops) you guys have to think hard about, especially when it comes to cosmetics and laser procedures is the following.
(air whooshes) Would you go to the dentist
and get your teeth cleaned without brushing your teeth every day? The answer's probably no. A solid skincare routine is the anchor to any sort of cosmetic procedure that you get in office. (air whooshes)
- Hi, I'm Rena Malik, a urologist and pelvic surgeon. (air whooshes)
That requirement of drinking eight glasses of water a day is a myth. (light tone sounds)
This was recommended by the US Food and
Nutrition Board in 1945. However, it wasn't based in any sort of evidence-based
scientific research. And they noted that most of these fluids are found in prepared foods. So unless your doctor tells you otherwise, (air whooshes)
drink when you're thirsty. If you are outdoors in hot
temperatures or exercising, consider drinking a little bit more. The trick is to look at your urine. If it's a light yellow
color like lemonade, that means you're drinking enough. If it's any darker than that,
(air warbles) consider drinking a bit more. (air whooshes)
- Hello, my name is Rohin. I'm a consultant interventional
cardiologist from the UK. Every adult should know
(bubble pops) their blood pressure and
their resting heart rate. I'm not saying you should
check it obsessively, but I think they can be
really useful sources of encouragement if you're embarking on an exercise program. You can track both of them getting better particularly your resting heart rate coming down in just a few weeks. And that's important because the more you can lower
(bubble pops) your resting heart rate through exercise, the longer you live. They actually correlate with one another. So if you can, get out there and exercise regularly. - My name is Dr. John Patton, Docjp3, and I'm a board-certified anesthesiologist and a regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine specialist. This tip goes out to all my
pregnant patients out there. At the end of the day,
(air whooshes) it's totally your choice if you wanna have epidural
as part of your labor plan. But if you do, it can be very difficult
to place an epidural in someone who's in labor. You have the baby who's kicking, and punching,
(whip cracks) and ready to come out; you have your uterus that's contracting and doing its thing; then you have Mom who's
screaming, oftentimes, "Where's the anesthesiologist? Get them in the room now, I'm ready for my epidural." And for us, really
getting into that position that we need you to get in to allow us to place that epidural and get you more comfortable is extremely, extremely important. We need you to have your head down, your shoulders down, all right? You're gonna be forming the letter C, you're curving your back out
towards the anesthesiologist like almost, like, you know,
(bubble pops) a shrimp or an angry cat.
(bubble pops) That really allows
(air whooshes) for those spaces back there
between the spinous processes to open up so that we can get that epidural needle in
and place that catheter into the epidural space so we can start giving you the medication and getting you comfortable. (air whooshes)
- Hi, my name is Dr. Antonio Webb. I'm a board-certified
orthopedic spine surgeon here in San Antonio, Texas. I know a lot of people have back pain. (air whooshes)
One tip is to keep your weight down. The more weight that you have being applied to the cushions,
(air whooshes) or to the disc in the spine, can lead to degeneration. And that can cause back pain. It's said that each additional
pound of extra weight leads to four additional
pounds of pressure across your discs. So if you have 200 extra pounds of weight, you have about 800 extra pounds of force that has been applied to your spine that can wear down your spine, the discs; cause arthritis, degeneration, and lead to pain. - Hi, my name is Dr. Brian Sutterer, and I'm a nonsurgical
sports medicine doctor who focuses on treating orthopedic and musculoskeletal
injuries in athletes. If you have a new injury
like a sprained ankle where there's a lot of swelling, a good way to help reduce
the pain and inflammation is through the use of ice. (air whooshes)
A great way to do this is to actually take a
bag of frozen vegetables like peas or corn and use that to help ice the area. You can throw it back in the
freezer when you're done, and it helps to really conform to the joint you're trying to ice. Just don't eat it afterwards.
(tone sounds) - Hi everybody, this's Dr. Jessi Gold. I'm a psychiatrist, which means I look at the brain-body connection. Or really, I'm a feelings specialist. The tip that I would give
(bubble pops) is the tip I give myself, which is take time to ask
yourself how you're doing. And don't just, like, do it occasionally,
(air whooshes) do it every day. It's really important
that we give ourself time to recognize our own feelings and emotions and not judge them. Feelings're not good or bad, they're just feelings. And we need to give ourselves space to have, to acknowledge
them, and deal with them. Literally everyone can
benefit from therapy. I'm well aware that that
is a privileged response and access isn't available for everyone, but don't just see therapy as something you do
when you have a problem. Think about how it can make you better and look at it from that perspective. I go to therapy every week and I really find benefit to it. It makes me better at my job, it helps me care for patients better, and helps me in all aspects of my life. (air whooshes)
- What's going on, everybody? My name is Dr. Cedric
James Franklin Rutland, and I'm a pulmonary
critical care specialist. Which means, I focus on
diseases of the lung, and I take care of individuals who're admitted to the
intensive care unit. The number-one tip
(bubble pops) that I have for individuals, don't smoke and pay attention
to your environment. I know sometimes we can't
control where we live, but we can control what
we put in our mouths. And if you're putting a cigarette, or a vape pen, or a marijuana
cigarette in your mouth, it is going to cause some degree of inflammation in your lung. I don't care what anybody
else tries to tell you. That is 100% true. (gentle tone sounds)
- Click here to learn how I gained
10 million subscribers, and maybe pick up some
YouTube tips for yourself. Huge thank you to all the doctors who helped me make this video. Their channels are linked down below. As always, stay happy and healthy. (upbeat percussive music)
