Why Do We Get Hiccups & How To Stop Them

Why Do We Get Hiccups & How To Stop Them | RTC

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@laurainthesky3765 Жыл бұрын

As a mental health professional, I really appreciate you correcting inaccurate use of the term PTSD. PTSD is often be a debilitating chronic illness and hearing it used so casually hurts.

@sadyechester6934 Жыл бұрын

As a person with diagnosed cPTSD it definitely hurts when it’s used so loosely. I agree with you 100%. It’s invalidating those of us who do have it and suffer from it.

@JNL76 Жыл бұрын

As an abuse victim, I agree 100%.

@llewisdolphins Жыл бұрын

I agree. I do suffer from PTSD and seeing it thrown around so often is frustrating. People use it and the real understanding of it is lost. It affects every aspect of your life. I have found some of my triggers, and by voicing them to my children and fiancé I can avoid those ones. But since mine comes from childhood trauma and major abuse, I can't control every part of it. I have even peed the bed as an adult. I can't avoid every trigger and sometimes have awful panic attacks. Sometimes I have no clue what the trigger was, but find myself in a heightened state of fear and defensiveness. There is no "cure" I can only manage to avoid triggers I can control. PTSD is no joke and not fun to live with. You are so right, it should not be used so arbitrarily. Thank you for voicing that.

@Japan_of_Green_Gables Жыл бұрын

Really almost every mental illness this happens to. I hear people using OCD, depression, bipolar this way too. Sometimes I even hear people using schizophrenia that way too! Usually as an insult to someone, calling them schizophrenic (which is so mean given how stigmatized that illness is). But yes, as someone who was diagnosed with PTSD who fortunately is doing much better after seeing a good therapist who did prolonged exposure therapy with me, and having a good doctor, I appreciated it too. And I also appreciate YOU, laurainthesky, for doing very important work.

@cheesenugget3254 Жыл бұрын

Yea it made me cringe, especially because i Just finished a term about ww1 and ww2 and their struggles

@lavender0822 Жыл бұрын

Who’s watching with hiccups rn 🙋🙋

@JKL99100 4 ай бұрын

@TahitiLover 3 ай бұрын

@humansyay5613 3 ай бұрын

@user-fj9qp5zk1s 3 ай бұрын

Meh

@Chedda11 3 ай бұрын

mey

@onionbubs386 Жыл бұрын

As someone who did marching band for 4 years, it absolutely 100% is a sport, and an incredibly difficult one at that. You have to be an athlete and a musician at the same time.

@OhlalaBanana... Жыл бұрын

Yeah, my dad learned how to play drums in highschool and was part of different marching bands until I was like five and he lost weight from it and his mental health got better.

@eeveequeen15 Жыл бұрын

I was in marching band, too. I played bass drum.

@sennepepernoot Жыл бұрын

My first thought was no when i saw the question but when dr mike started calling out the effects, i changed my mind so fast!! Respect!

@vicfuentesluver Жыл бұрын

yes I play sousa and gosh its such a workout!!

@onionbubs386 Жыл бұрын

@@sennepepernoot respect right back to ya. not everyone is willing to change their mind after being presented with facts.

@ZeUberCharge Жыл бұрын

For the deal with losing a limb, here is my idea. Rigor mortis occurs because of intracellular Ca/K/Na concentrations getting spilled out because of cell death (and reaching the right tissues) which is why RM doesn't occur instantaneously. It also wears off when those ions are used or that nervous tissue itself breaks down (again, with time). It might just take a shorter time in limbs since they are not entire bodies (less tissue/ions to worry about)

@beautifulleaves8616 Жыл бұрын

Love when a doctor can say I don’t know, makes me feel safer. I’ve had doctors not admit it and cause me to suffer more

@k3qever413 Жыл бұрын

agree. That happened to me as well. My GI doctor accused me of being crazy and making things up. He even shamed me while my mom is with me. Turned out I am really sick and misdiagnosed multiple times.

@hassanshaadhih2532 Жыл бұрын

I agree. Honesty is necessary when our life is on the line. Especially in the medical professions we need more truthful people.

@sunnyaparece3532 Жыл бұрын

I agree. I feel better when a doctor can tell me that they don't know something. For one, they are admitting that they are human to, and don't know everything. For another, the way I see it, my doctors job is to help me figure out what's wrong with me, Not to be a walking database.

@maggiekelley259 Жыл бұрын

The only doctors I keep relationships with say this. I can't see a doctor who puts themselves at god status. They're humans who had the money and executive function to go to medical school. I was pre med but started having seizures and it ends up being a pissing contest. I have lived in this body for almost 40 years, raised by a nurse, and literally checked my dead father's vitals and eye dilation at 10 years old. I'm not paying someone to play god. I'm paying someone to make decisions with me or, I don't know... EXPLAIN ANY DECISION WITH A COMPLETE THOUGHT?

@Etherealzyo Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@joseabril9256 Жыл бұрын

I like that he’s honest and will admit when he doesn’t really know the answer to a question, not just give out an unnaccurate piece of information just to answer a question.

@Priya-cv3gx Жыл бұрын

I am from India. My grandfather had uncontrollable hiccups for days and a person known to our family suggested that Guava leaves paste mixed with milk (I don’t remember cold milk or warm milk) and when we gave it to my grandfather the hiccups stopped instantly.

@aRealAndHumanManThing Жыл бұрын

maybe due to the fat and sugar in milk + some medical usable ingredients in the leaves (sry for being vague as an antivaxxer but wikipedia didn't specify which ingredients in Guava could work, only that it was discovered that you can use it like an antibiotic and that Guava seems to be generally healthy)

@Dpm_2005 Жыл бұрын

@@aRealAndHumanManThing Hold up, you're an anti-vaxxer?

@rctvrose2631 Жыл бұрын

No he’s making fun of them saying that there proof is vague that vaccines give disease

@benhoward3865 Жыл бұрын

@@Dpm_2005 I'm pretty sure they were saying that they were being vague like one, not that they were one.

@sergiowinter5383 Жыл бұрын

@@aRealAndHumanManThing The majority of mankind never did a vaccine because they became a thing after the industrial revolution. Certified modern world moment

@charlenekatepinpin3921 Жыл бұрын

Whenever I have hiccups they're always so intense that they are so painful on the chest and jolts my entire upper body. It lasts for hours and it's so unbearable when you've exhausted most of the remedies you can think of until they go away on their own. Thanks Dr. Mike for explaining how they're happening. I've got a better understanding of what's going on when I have these pesky hiccups.

@marienoudoudou Жыл бұрын

I have the same kind of hiccups that you describe, and found that the best method to cet rid of them is drinking a tall glass of water, all in one go! If I don't have water available I hold my breath and swallow my saliva a couple times. I hope this can help you too!

@qpeluso Жыл бұрын

A tablespoon of vinegar gets rid of hiccups instantly. I grew up doing this and am so surprised that nobody knows this.

@brile5994 Жыл бұрын

I got rid of my hiccups by drinking water with my head tilted down. I watched a video from Insider Business.

@lazarmladenovic1742 Жыл бұрын

FUN CASE for hiccups. Last year on 2nd of may I got hiccups after vomiting, hiccups lasted 5 days non-stop. After 2nd day I was vomiting due to irritation caused by hiccups, and 3rd day I was colapsing every time I vomited and was out for 2-15 seconds. On 5th day I was admitted to hospital where I had 30ish episodes of losing consciousness and they say that my heart stoped for 10-15sec ( keep in mind, I'm vomiting and colapsing right after or in middle of ). They did all kind of tests on me , and I was book case of a healthy 28 year old. I was in a hospital for 14 days and in the end they said it was vasovagal syncope and I got pacemaker. Now I got ptsd for hiccups. ( This is a really short version of what had happened ). P.S. Vet student here and I love your videos, keep up the good work!

@leeann4743 Жыл бұрын

Holy mackerel. What a nightmare!

@qpeluso Жыл бұрын

A tablespoon of vinegar gets rid of hiccups instantly

@cathymckay5915 Жыл бұрын

😮😮😮😮😮😮

@lazarmladenovic1742 Жыл бұрын

@@qpeluso tried every *hack* for stopping hiccups that I found, nothing helped...in the end I had to take chlorpromazine and it's the only thing that helped, but vomiting ( and passing out right after) 2-3 times in every hour continiued for 10 days

@qpeluso Жыл бұрын

@Lazar Mladenovic you do what's best for you. I grew up having vinegar to get rid of hiccups and thought it was well known. I've surprised a few of my friends when I suggested them to do it.

@josiefike Жыл бұрын

My son was born with 2 inguinal hernias, one on each side of his groin. He was super sick and threw up everything he ate for the first 3 months. Finally, we figured out what was wrong after so many tests! Swallow studies, ultrasounds, blood tests, different formulas, endoscopy ect! He was failure to thrive and so tiny because he couldn't keep anything down. He had surgery at 3 months old and instantly started gaining weight! No more throwing up! He is now 6 years old and has had no problems since!

@EmEm78 Жыл бұрын

That must have been so stressful! Both of my sons had (much less serious) feeding and digestive issues in their early months, and it's such a scary, challenging and confronting thing to deal with. I'm glad that you finally got answers and the problem was rectified, but that must have been an awfully long three months. I'm glad that he's thriving now xox

@Schrodingers_kid Жыл бұрын

I had one of them and it was so bad it had to be removed even before it was safe to do such surgery

@keerthanas4144 Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad, kinda teared up when I read he's 6 now

@rokturi Жыл бұрын

i aint reading allat

@Schrodingers_kid Жыл бұрын

@@rokturi it's "a lot"

@waldo1248 Жыл бұрын

Fun bit about the cinnamon one. That very well might be the phenomena known as 'taste aversion'. It's likely something we developed very early on in evolution as a way to detect foods that could be poisonous. In terms of conditioning techniques, it's actually the fastest to take hold, often only needing one instance of it before you're fully conditioned. It's why people won't go back to a restaurant if they had one bad experience, will continuously say they don't like a certain food over decades, or have visceral reactions to medicines, just like in the case of the cinnamon medicine.

@jaynestrange Жыл бұрын

I think that sort of taste aversion is pretty common. A lot of people I know have a food or two that they hate cause they ate it & then puked once.

@Dbuofnolafb Жыл бұрын

I had acid reflux as a baby and threw up like SO MANY types of food. To the point that I developed an entire ED because there’s only a couple types of food I can eat without being stressed out 😢. Thankfully I’m doing much better now

@Nataliatg89PW Жыл бұрын

So this is why i get " _vietnam flashbacks_ " when i see mushrooms 💀

@princesspixel3151 Жыл бұрын

That explains why I keep getting nauseated when my family and I are having certain meals, especially steak and potatoes in the recent years. 🤢

@FenrirAldebrand Жыл бұрын

I'm also thinking it was the apple cinnamon Neo Citran that they were talking about. That stuffs just awful no matter what flavor it is.

@sabrinadavis7452 Жыл бұрын

This is the first time I’ve heard a KZfaqr talk about gastroparesis, and as someone with non diabetic gastroparesis it makes me super happy!

@petersavieri Жыл бұрын

As someone with diagnosed complex ptsd, I’m glad you clarified the difference between an isolated psychosomatic reaction to the memory of a banal experience, and the lifelong struggle against debilitating inhibition and avoidance, hyper vigilance, panic symptoms and even attraction to risk as a subconscious addiction, that are all part of the fun of real ptsd. Also… the brand is spelt Vaporub 🤔

@jess_ismore Жыл бұрын

It looks like in the screenshot from their website, it's VapoRub. But it's a screenshot, what are you correcting?

@petersavieri Жыл бұрын

@@jess_ismore Not so much correcting as remarking on how Dr Mike said “I love that you called it vaporub”. I wasn’t sure if he meant he thought the person got it right or wrong. A lot of people colloquially call it “vapor rub”

@Devin_Smile Жыл бұрын

“attraction to risk” is interesting. i was diagnosed with acute ptsd and have never heard of this symptom

@RinLikesDinosaurs Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I don’t have c-ptsd, I’m diagnosed with just ptsd instead of complex, but severe avoidance and paranoia/panic attacks are something I experience with stuff in every day life. I hope you’re doing well my friend, thanks for writing this comment 🫶

@diegoernesto396 Жыл бұрын

@@Devin_Smile yes it happens. When you haven't lost your mind and you can still think(probably thinking no good because of the PTSD) you tend to seek something that can make you feel just as bad to make you "feel better". For example, believing that alcohol is what helps reduce anxiety when in fact it increases it especially with medications. Alcohol tends to interact with almost everything. I've seen that specific example happen to people more than once and specifically from PTSD.

@sophiaisabelle0227 Жыл бұрын

Dr Mike never disappoints. His dedication and commitment is commendable.

@anon_rah01 Жыл бұрын

this video is reposted

@Sploot_sploof Жыл бұрын

@tjay2197 Жыл бұрын

@@anon_rah01 i thought it was, why?

@vanDKnaNL Жыл бұрын

@@tjay2197 I believe it’s because he’s moving from his apartment to his new house, so he doesn’t have so much time for filming new videos 🤷‍♀️

@levipeterken4020 Жыл бұрын

A nice generic comment to get to the top

@cheyenneshade50 Жыл бұрын

I don’t have diabetes, but I was diagnosed with gastroparesis! It’s nice and fun to see someone mention it because I never see it talked about

@bottle3124 Жыл бұрын

Gastroparesis is indigestion, people have indigestion all the times and you don’t need diabetes to have it.

@bottle3124 Жыл бұрын

But I understand the confusion

@delaneyromaniello2926 Жыл бұрын

Hi Dr Mike I’m a vet student and I think it would be really cool if you did a video with a veterinarian about one health and/or public health. There’s a surprising amount of veterinarians in federal population med/epidemiology and I think it would be really cool.

@zahraalhussein1912 Жыл бұрын

Idk why, but ever since the first time that I started watching Doctor Mike, I’ve always had this feeling that I could trust him, which is really something that I have rarely felt before, especially with social media influencers. I’ve been watching Dr. Mike for over a year now, and this feeling of trust has only increased more and more by the second. Thank you Doctor Mike for being one of the most genuine people that I’ve ever had the pleasure to come across.

@byuftbl Жыл бұрын

I think it’s cause he just goes by straight fact and knowledge instead of emotion

@WizDaPenguin Жыл бұрын

Plus he makes it clear when he doesn’t know the answer to something or is not well-informed about a topic

@llewisdolphins Жыл бұрын

Same here. Being a medical professional myself, not a doctor, I can verify a lot of the things he teaches. Being evidence based makes him even more trustworthy because he won't tell us anything that can't be proven and that is a breath of fresh air. No sugar coating and easy to understand language. School doesn't teach that kind of bedside manner, that's all him. 😊

@IDoABitOfTrollin Жыл бұрын

Its how he talks about stuff. He has good comfort skills

@Human_85 Жыл бұрын

That's called a parasocial relationship... also I agree

@williammiller6330 Жыл бұрын

I just wanna say, I personally suffer from multiple mental conditions. Watching your videos make me feel a strange euphoria i normally don't. These last few months have been tough with everything going on and all of the bills getting passed against my folk, so it really helps me a lot. Thanks for being easy to watch.

@apixieswhisper Жыл бұрын

I hope you’re okay🥺

@lizzieboredom3775 Жыл бұрын

Oh, I feel you. I used to get anxious from time to time, but now it's become my default state. My job is a big source of that, so I quit. Of course now I have the anxiety of finding another job.

@llewisdolphins Жыл бұрын

One day at a time my love, but know that you are never fighting alone. I am sending you strength through the cosmos and giving you a mental hug anytime you need it. You are a stronger person than you know and I admire that. Fighting internal battles while coping with the outside world makes you a warrior. Remind yourself of that everyday. You are a warrior! ❤

@llewisdolphins Жыл бұрын

@@lizzieboredom3775 anxiety is hard. I have that also. It is irrational and frustrating. I have controlled so.e of it and remind myself to not worry about things I have no control over. I still deal with panic attacks, but at least I can calm myself better when I start getting anxious of things I can't change or control. One breath at a time sweetheart. You got this.

@cheesenugget3254 Жыл бұрын

@Don’t read my profile picture wrong time wrong place

@cfg_designs Жыл бұрын

For those wondering, rigor mortis, the muscle stiffness observed within deceased individuals between 4 and 8 hours after death, is caused by the depletion of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) within muscle fibers. because of this i think a traumatic injury leads to full loss of circulation and limb death, that limb would certainly experience this same rigor mortis. This is because ATP is required for the detachment of the muscle fiber components (myosin and actin) from one another and without it muscles will bind and become stiff regardless of the state of the rest of the body.

@angielo659 Жыл бұрын

I love that you mentioned rock climbing AND bouldering as fitness activities that are fun. That's what I do and it's changed my life in so many ways.

@angstydoodles1101 Жыл бұрын

I comment this on a lot of videos, but if you don't like journaling or find it awkward or uncomfortable, it can help to sort of "remove yourself" from the scenario by writing a narrative/story where fictional characters experience the event(s) for you. Could be original characters or existing ones, whichever you prefer. I've always hated and struggled with journaling, and this has helped me a lot. By putting other characters into my shoes, it's easier to write about, and imagining how someone else would approach an issue I'm having really helps me to work through it and see it in a different light, especially if the character is one I really admire and look up to.

@researchotaku Жыл бұрын

RE: the apple-cinnamon negative reaction. I learned about this type of phenomenon in my General Psychology class in college (circa 2004 so if science has disproved this, let me know). It's called "sauce béarnaise syndrome" - the psychologist who coined the term went out to dinner with his wife and had sauce béarnaise as part of his meal. He shortly after got sick and after that, sauce béarnaise made him feel ill. He theorized that sauce béarnaise syndrome is the body's way to protect you against eating poisonous substances because he didn't have the same reaction to his wife or restaurants in general, only to the sauce béarnaise.

@dale116dot7 Жыл бұрын

Southern comfort. Yuck.

@erinmarieee23 Жыл бұрын

This is still true, and it’s now commonly called taste aversion. It’s the most difficult aversion to change/treat because our sense of taste and smell are strongly connected to the memory region of the brain and cannot be directly manipulated, so you usually just have to take a break from those foods and smells long enough for your brain to “forget” those negative memories associated with the stimulus.

@tquasa07 10 ай бұрын

I vomited five guys burger and fry sludge all over the carpet when I was a kid; I also ate pizza 2-3 times per week for a couple months. each of these caused taste aversion for a few months

@jimwoodard64 Жыл бұрын

I've always kept a journal of things that I consider blessings at the end of the day. That really changed my entire outlook on life.

@courtneymarti8199 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing another RTC video!!! I had an interesting thing happen at my live theatre venue a while back (also when you going on tour again?!) that made me want your input. I had a patron (male, 60s) who was found unresponsive in his seat inside the theatre during a performance - I directed a coworker to call 911 and radioed tech to stop the show so I could go in to help him. He had a weak pulse and was breathing, but he was warm to the touch, and it was very difficult to rouse him - he was out for much longer than I expected. We didn't want to move him in case of a brain injury, and thankfully the EMTs arrived fairly quickly to assess him - by that time he was awake again. He mentioned that he is prone to vasovagal syncope, which you've discussed often on the channel, and the EMTs assessed him, checked all his vitals, and cleared him to stay. It made me wonder: was he out so long because the entire episode happened while he was seated? If the "goal" of passing out in a vasovagal episode is to get horizontal so your blood pressure and heart rate can return to normal, I imagine it's not helpful if you're seated because your heart CAN'T get on the same level as the rest of your body. I'm curious what your thoughts are here. Thank you for working so hard to help your patients and correct medical misinformation online! I appreciate you!

@user-lr9ke3nz2r Жыл бұрын

I love the way Dr Mike is honest while answering the questions. He gives his medical opinion so truthfully. I like the way he explains everything with a realistic approach. To be honest,as a medical student he's a big inspiration for me!! Keep going Dr Mike!!

@staceyparfait1671 Жыл бұрын

The holding your breath to get rid of hiccups really works! Sometimes you might have to do it 10 times in a row but it WILL get rid of them. It stabilizes the diaphragm. I've been doing it since I was about 9 years old 😊

@okamisama13 Жыл бұрын

I once read about hiccups in dogs that they have this responce due to stress. I had a pup at that time, that for some reason started hiccuping. I immediately remember what I read and came down to his level to comfort him. The hiccuping stopped. After this incident I started to pay more attention to myself, when I started hiccuping. And while I may not notice it at first, I did experience stress at the time of hiccuping. The method I use is relaxing. It helps to sit down and lower my head. I then concentrate on my breathing and the feeling of actively relaxing my body. Kinda like meditation. It helps immediately. In some worse cases when the stress is piqed it may take a little more time, but it works. Also about clogged nostrils. I think I've read somewhere that we always have one of the nostrils "clogged" (i.e. the air passes with bigger difficulty). And during the day the clogg changes sides (at one point the left nostril is clogged, then after some time - the right nostril). And the reason it is happening is that it helps to better smell smells. I do experience this kind of clogging of my nostils and I was wondering if there is some truth to this.

@diauser3327 Жыл бұрын

so much of info to learn with every video of Dr Mike, appreciate his interest and the way he deals with every patient, i personally never met any doc like this for me/family,

@RinRiot1980 Жыл бұрын

Rigor mortis occurs because of a chemical process in the muscles when oxygen is no longer present, so my guess is that amputated limbs experience rigor mortis. ETA: I'm so glad you mentioned the humidifier. It's been a life changer for me.

@glennquagmire42069 Жыл бұрын

Not sure about oxygen. Rigor mortis occurs mainly due to 2 causes: 1) rise in Ca ion in sarcoplasm 2) decrease in ATP in sarcoplasm. After death as body begins to stop producing ATP , Ca-ATPase pump of sarcoplasmic reticulum stops working. As a result Ca comes out into the sarcoplasm causing the unmasking of active sites in actin for myosin for cross-bridge activity. And also as new ATP is not being produced, the cross bridges are not getting broken down. There is no role of nerve impulse to cause rigor mortis. So rigor mortis can be happened in amputated limbs.

@tannukashyap8311 Жыл бұрын

@@glennquagmire42069 yes this is what I've read in biology too☺️ due to the cross bridges not being broken down there will be sustained contractions.

@KurtsPillow Жыл бұрын

I started watching Dr. Mike when i first started my 11th grade and during that time i was very unsure of what i should be doing, but watching you speak and deliver the speeches made me feel a strong sense of bold motivation to take up medicine as my career choice, i felt it so magical to know about a human body, it almost felt like a very deep lying thought to me, and all thanks to you, i cleared my entrance last year and i'm finally during my 2nd sem in medicine. Thank You !

@llewisdolphins Жыл бұрын

Congratulations!! That's a big deal! You will do great! The human body and all its working is so intriguing and beautiful. You got this! Saving lives and healing mind, body and spirit 😁❤

@itsdokko2990 Жыл бұрын

there's never enough doctors, friend. good luck in your endeavours!

@KurtsPillow Жыл бұрын

Thank you ! From the bottom of my heart for such beautiful motivations ! May you all reach the highest peak’s too!

@megabittech Жыл бұрын

They covered your hiccup question on ER like 15 years ago. I have absolutely NO IDEA how or why I remember that, but I do.

@gianlucatartaro1335 Жыл бұрын

14:11 I instinctively yelled “YES” out loud at that without even consciously meaning to 😂 But yes, the answers to all of those questions were yes, and DCI is quite an extreme strength and endurance test. Especially drumline. Having a few dozen pounds hanging from your chest while marching all around a field is really exhausting, and the competition is always fierce 😅

@alivia8260 Жыл бұрын

Dr.Mike is the reason I havent given up on my dream of being a doctor. thank you for everything you do, keep it up!

@llewisdolphins Жыл бұрын

You got this!! You will be a great doctor! I hope that once your in med school that it's a breeze for you. You will be saving lives and helping keep countless humans stay healthy 😊

@ammo1238 Жыл бұрын

ive found that holding my breath for like 20-30 seconds stops hiccups quickly

@oscarmiranda9532 Жыл бұрын

Hey Doctor Mike, love the video. This is a great format for the youtube shorts or tik tok answering quick questions. Keep it up.

@cherylcrawford3581 Жыл бұрын

I would like to share that the best way to end hiccups is to breathe out all of your air and then hold your breath for as long as possible or drink water slowly for as long as possible, and then try to breathe naturally after. It works for me every time, and for those that I have taught how to do it.

@estrobart6785 Жыл бұрын

Props to Doctor Mike to combatting misinformation with such enthusiasm and accuracy. Keep up the good work bro!

@archana.v2100 Жыл бұрын

I think avoiding certain flavours/food is called Taste Aversion. It happens because eating it was followed by an unpleasant consequence (nausea/puking), making you want to avoid that food. Had read about it in Psychology!

@byuftbl Жыл бұрын

That’s why I hate potato salad. I threw up after eating some and can’t fathom ever wanting to eat some again

@MrNiccholas Жыл бұрын

I have an aversion to Applesauce, Jell-O, Orange Gatorade, and Snack Pack Pudding Cups. I had a difficult medical filled childhood. All of these were things I either had medicine mixed into, or things that ate so much during a very difficult times in my life I struggle to eat them today because they bring up too many memories I am working on concurring my aversion by slowly reintroducing the items and hopefully I will again be able to enjoy a breakfast of applesauce, Jell-O with a glass of Orange Gatorade, and Snack Pack Pudding Cup for dessert!

@robertomartinez377 Жыл бұрын

4:41 is the time he starts talking about hiccups btw haha

@rickhouse4407 2 ай бұрын

FYI your hiccup fix worked immediately! Thank you!😃👍

@jiawesome Жыл бұрын

Thank you dr.mike for uploading these medical info related videos despite your busy schedule!! Can't be more grateful for your videos to exist!!❤️

@Nym_Arya Жыл бұрын

Actually learned a great trick for hiccups. When someone has hiccups (not yourself) start asking them rapid fire questions, ones they have to kind of think about. One time that sticks in my mind well I was working in a retail job writing up a sale with a woman and her teenage daughter got hiccups after a bit I turned to her and went with my go to topic of meals since it's an easy topic to expect people to eat. "What did you have for breakfast?" "What did you have for dinner last night?" By time I got to lunch I stopped and said "You're not hiccuping anymore." They were shocked. No idea how it works but it always has for me.

@Fantomeria3645 Жыл бұрын

Hey Gastroparesis! Nice to see it mentioned. I have idiopathic gastroparesis, the number of times I have to explain to a doctor about why it's an actual thing is crazy. Add the Hiatial hernia and Hemmeroids and it's a fun combo. But it's nice to hear it be explained from the diabetic perspective. (Not a diabetic myself.) But it's kind of cool to see the other half of this.

@rhiabloom12 7 ай бұрын

2:39: I was seriously ready for him to say, “Try stepping outside and touching grass”

@johnbarbero757 Жыл бұрын

Fun to see all the responses about hiccups. I used to get hiccups frequently growing up (still do) and stumbled upon what seems to work for me. Right after the first few hiccups I start taking deep slow breaths, 3 - 4 usually does the trick. It's become a reflex at this point so I don't really have a way to know if it actually works or if I just don't get prolonged hiccups anymore. Sounds like breathing techniques works for many though, so if the first breathing technique doesn't work for you; try a different one :)

@ondradvorak 9 ай бұрын

Same here. Only thing what helps me, is breathing technique. Really deep breath to my belly with concentration about the position where the diaphragm is and tighten your ab muscles for something like massage for the diaphragm. Works for me everytime since discovering this technique.

@drawn2myattention641 5 ай бұрын

Hiccups 4:40

@TheLightInferior. Жыл бұрын

Dr. Mikhail, your latest video has officially given me a PhD in self-care! From debunking health myths to sharing practical, pragmatic tips; you always manage to make learning about health both entertaining and informative! Thank you for using your platform to, once again, make the world a healthier place, one viewer at a time!

@brody9019 Жыл бұрын

I tried his hiccup cure and it was surprisingly effective! I Love Doctor Mike and appreciate everything he does

@Ur_Girl_Racha Жыл бұрын

Can we take time to appreciate the effort he puts into his videos and ofc his editors and alot more people (idk their name) its the first time i see dr mike without the suit

@sarahmoellenberg Жыл бұрын

I love it when you bring in the neurobiology of memory and talk about mental health in a way that is non-stigmatizing. Thanks for encouraging the use of bibliotherapy as well; most of the work of therapy happens outside of therapy sessions.

@da_bananananana4171 Жыл бұрын

I think the whole "fear gets rid of hiccups" idea is based on you gasping and then freezing a little in fear. I dont know how to explain the fear response exactly, but when something surprises me it feels a lot like the breaths you explained.

@joyousengineeringstudent2525 Жыл бұрын

I love how you make fun, educational content 😁

@crocketmeow Жыл бұрын

The teaspoon of sugar (or the substitute) works for me to stop my hiccups as well. One day, in a restaurant, I developed hiccups and asked the waiter if they had any sugar packets. The waiter looked confused but came out with one of those ceramic containers of Sweet and Low packets. A spoon-full of the Sweet and Low stopped the issue. Best of all, I learned this from Dr. Mike.

@rabbit251 Жыл бұрын

I've tried sugar several times and it never works for me. I wonder why it works for some and not others.

@lindadove8298 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for coming on! I hope you do more videos soon! I miss your educational video. I hope you do one on patients that suffer from chronic pain and how doctors have no answers

@bethtetrick661 Жыл бұрын

My Great Grandma told my Grandma who told my Mom which is what I do for my kids for hiccups...a spoon of sugar. I used to get hiccups all the time as a kid and it worked every time. I now know how to get rid of them without because I do get them frequently. I just calm myself down, breath slow or sometimes hold my breath and they usually go away. I love that a spoon of sugar was passed down from our elders though, and it works.

@kai9855 6 ай бұрын

i love when i understand the medical terms before it's explained because of the biomedical science class as a freshman

@Sunflowersarepretty Жыл бұрын

This is so informative. Also about the sleep one I remember how easy was it to fall asleep when I was kid. Just close my eyes and I'm off into the dream world. Now as an adult there's a thousand things to worry about so stress and anxiety do play a role in our sleep problems as well as the fact that kids need more sleep because they're growing and as adults we dont grow like kids do so we sleep less then them.

@maryhudson1700 Жыл бұрын

Yes I feel your pain 😢

@Bonecrusher1022 Жыл бұрын

Lots of relatable things for me in this video! Journaling definitely helped a ton with my mental health. I've struggled with anxiety and depression my whole life and even though I'm not the best at keeping up with it, I've found I view and handle any sort of rough situations that come up. And then on the inguinal hernia: get that fixed in my opinion. I had one show up in early 2020 and had it fixed immediately but the problem was it recurred due to how the doctor repaired it. I saw them cause I was concerned due to the bulge starting to come back and they said it was fine so I just ignored it. Fast forward a bit to late 2022 and I saw a new surgeon and found it did recur. I was more anxious to schedule it this time around so I put it off and now it's giving me a good deal of pain some days. Currently scheduled for the surgery at the beginning of July cause it was a 3 month wait to do it laparoscopically as opposed to open again.

@josephosorio5718 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip on hiccups. They have been driving me crazy for days. The sugar worked quickly. And I liked your definition on determining if something is a sport. Your the best.

@Beebhum26 5 ай бұрын

So grateful for this man ❤

@ReeganWiens Жыл бұрын

Question for Dr. Mike; What is the best way to tell a parent/guardian about a ongoing physical /metal health difference? What can you do if they refuse to take you to a doctor?

@Yana_Ismael Жыл бұрын

Hi doctor mike I'm a huge fan of yours,I've started watching your videos when I was 12 years old and you are the reason that I'm in love with the medical field..I'm almost 15 years old and I hope one day I can be a doctor like you.

@Amandaaa2244 Жыл бұрын

I hated exercising and started kickboxing and now I exercise every day! It’s awesome!

@joannek1277 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for mentioning gastroparesis! Most people do not know of the condition and I suffered for years before being diagnosed. I am not diabetic but mine happened after an infection.

@adinatovalandon3230 Жыл бұрын

My friend was visiting another country and got a virus there and it triggered a dormant gene she had for gastropeorisis and she's since had very few times that she could digest more than fluids and she's had to be hospitalized more than once

@mrrandom. Жыл бұрын

Doctor Mikeis one of the best Doctors! WHO ELSE AGRRES?

@sadulasohithshanmukh8045 Жыл бұрын

W.H.O. agrees😅

@johndreemurr5574 Жыл бұрын

THE best!

@MoboFromDoomed Жыл бұрын

@Don't Read My Profile Picture ok i wont

@marcwilliams5051 Жыл бұрын

Dr. johnny sins is the best doctor😂

@rnptenafly Жыл бұрын

The cinnamon apple thing, you've developed an aversion. A lot of bariatric patients develop food aversions. For example, my husband threw up a lot of chicken in the early days after surgery, and he wouldn't eat chicken for years. It's gotten better though, over time. I'm sure this is similar and may subside after a few months or years.

@pwnagecakes8934 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS. I love the questions!

@ava4936 Жыл бұрын

We love Dr. Mike, he teaches us more than the nurses do in school.

@tjc_2661 Жыл бұрын

Because nurses don’t teach…

@Launch. Жыл бұрын

@dontreadmyprofilepicture4804 shut the hell up!

@CreativeUsernameEh Жыл бұрын

@@tjc_2661 My instructors do! They're excellent.

@LP-xu5rr Жыл бұрын

@@CreativeUsernameEh same here! Still really nice to learn from someone like dr Mike

@SBerTtube Жыл бұрын

Nurses in school aren't there to teach.

@DavidMartinez-zj2gk Жыл бұрын

You are great Dr. Mike. Good videos

@saradaniel3506 Жыл бұрын

It cool how you mentioned gastroparesis because i have it and had all the symptoms mentioned and it took my doctor a while to to diagnose me but i have idiopathic gastroparesis way to go Doctor Mike ❤

@The_WW_Wizard Жыл бұрын

Dang. He finally did another RTC video

@SB_AE Жыл бұрын

Thank you for inspiring people to peruse medicine! ❤

@Katjaneway Жыл бұрын

Regarding the PTSD food question, it's a food aversion/association and I 100% know what you mean. One time I got food poisoning after eating chow mein at the food court and after throwing it up I couldn't eat it again for several years. I also was on a diet long ago where I basically ate plain white fish for several days in a row and finally couldn't even stand the smell of it cooking anymore, it made me physically ill. Still can't stand white fish to this day.

@Raev222 Жыл бұрын

Yeah to me it could be explained as a defense mechanism. Your body knows it got poisoned or sick from it once and will make sure it doesn't happen again.

@dream_walker9726 Жыл бұрын

i’m the same way with a certain type of goldfish, it just so happened the day i tried this new flavour i broke out in *horrible* hives in the middle of the night.

@blugreen123 Жыл бұрын

So do I. It's why I hate cinnamon applesauce. When I was little, my parents used to mix one of my medicines in it. I like everything else apple cinnamon, but not applesauce.

@ollie395 Жыл бұрын

I hold my breath for 20 seconds to stop hiccups. Works for me EVERY TIME. If you hiccup during those 20 seconds, try again.

@deepakp0301 Ай бұрын

Thnx my hiccups gone❤

@cingcaleb1143 Жыл бұрын

Hey Dr. Mike! I was wondering if you could take into consideration a series where you’d go more in-depth to different diagnosis. I love learning about this type of stuff and am so curious!

@starfishgurl1984 Жыл бұрын

As someone with sensory processing disorder and multiple chemical sensitivities as a result of it I know sensory memory very well. Whenever I come across something that’s the same shade of pink that amoxicillin is I have to fight the urge to get sick from it because my sensory memory kicks in from a childhood of chronic ear infections from about birth to 7th grade (when I got braces that corrected my misaligned jaw that caused the infections). The instant feeling of nausea comes from the reproduction of the awful taste in my mouth and I often have to sip water or smell something to distract my senses to make it go away again.

@luigimario2704 Жыл бұрын

I was allergic to amoxicillin a while ago

@Jo-lv3pr Жыл бұрын

yayaya these vids are my favourite. they’re like speed running questions we all might’ve had at some point in our lives. fact after fact after fact 😎

@aiddenpendland3401 Жыл бұрын

@marcialaboo3996 Жыл бұрын

I love ur channel.. I wondered if u could talk a little more about type 1 diabetes and weight loss. I've been t1d for 36 years, and I feel like not too many ppl are aware that it's a different thing than the other forms of diabetes. I have seen a couple of times where it was talked about on ur channel, and I do appreciate it. Thanx Doctor Mike!

@selfshack2061 Жыл бұрын

during the NFL draft they had someone teaching basic CPR, I did it just for you :) it was fun too

@lissa783lissa783 Жыл бұрын

For Hiccups: my grandpa used to tell me to drink from the other side of the glass. Being a kid, I couldn't figure out what turning the glass around would do....LOL....but what he meant was to bend over the cup, take a small swallow, and stay bent over. It worked. Also, peanut butter. I think it has something to do with the way we have to hold our breath longer to swallow it and I think that's why sugar would work, too.

@marox79 Жыл бұрын

That was always the remedy here in Spain when I was growing up

@fifteendollarbill Жыл бұрын

It works for me everytime!

@deveshjha4728 Жыл бұрын

0:27 BEST EXPLANATION EVER 😂❤

@FaithfulRead 3 ай бұрын

2:19 "Definitely worth while to talk to a doctor about it." You are a doctor.

@herman7550 Жыл бұрын

6:30 possibly the best joke i've heard from Sam

@shreyatapaswi2143 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dr. Mike for another Q/A video. I have 3 questions for you: 1) Is wheat germ oil safe for people with Celiac disease? 2) Does sunscreen application impair or reduce Vitamin D synthesis? 3) Why are women so prone to autoimmune diseases?

@silpavmohan Жыл бұрын

I heard that sunscreens don't impair the production of vit D. Cuz, no sunscreen will give us 100% protection.

@andrealicalzi5786 Жыл бұрын

My question is are naps beneficial for us to take during the day as adults? If so, how long? Thank you for your help and being passionate about what you do! 🥳

@mackenzeehurst4881 Жыл бұрын

This is something I actually just learned about! It is totally fine to take naps during the day, just don't force them. Lay down when you feel tired and sleep for either 30 minutes or an hour and a half. The reason for these times is so you don't disrupt your body's REM cycle. It's often more difficult to wake up when REM is disturbed so it's best to wake up before it starts or once it's complete. Hope this helps!

@Kyle_P Жыл бұрын

Mike has mentioned it in a previous video, probably a responding to comments. You can take naps, but keep them very short. Half an hour or less, actually. The reason is because you don’t want to go too deep into your REM cycles. If you nap too long, it will ruin your overall circadian rhythm and you will have a bad night’s sleep afterwards. The time of day isn’t a big deal, since your overall goal is simply maintaining a good circadian rhythm. A quick cat nap to refresh is fine, but keep it quick. That was essentially his message.

@felixhenson9926 Жыл бұрын

Naps are absolutely fine and perfectly healthy to do! The length depends how you're feeling but i wouldn't go over 1.5hrs and say half an hour surprisingly kinda does do the trick.

@fourcatsandagarden Жыл бұрын

Back in 7th grade, I was getting hiccups every single day at roughly the same time of day, to the point where my teacher was convinced I was doing it on purpose to be disruptive, even though I was trying to bury my head to silence them, and being driven to tears because they hurt so bad. No one believed me when I told them how much it hurt either. I'm terrified of getting hiccups to this day because of that pain, but thankfully it rarely happens now.

@AstralArbourSys Жыл бұрын

That happened to me on the bus once actually, I had really terrible hiccups and they were loud enough to draw weird looks from everyone around me (and it was a school bus so these were my classmates) and they hurt like hell too.

@20AVX 5 ай бұрын

Drinking water slowly ( like just sipping/sucking it from a glass/bottle ) for as long as you can without pausing ( breathing through your nose only, keep the sucking motion going) has been super effective for me. Just came here to share👍🏻

@jenanne31 Жыл бұрын

How do I learn to do CPR? I don't need certification; I just want to learn. Thanks for what you do, Dr. Mike!

@jenanne31 Жыл бұрын

@@raspberries6992 Thank you! 🥰

@skepticalme Жыл бұрын

It's been a while to see another RTC video. Might be late watching it, but I appreciate that you take the comments and answers our questions responsibly. For next RTC, if you ever see this, I want to ask does having microp3n1s affects your fertility or your ability to conceive/procreate?

@mrmadphilosopher2043 Жыл бұрын

I highly recommend David burn’s book and that’s coming from a guy with some of the most severe depressive symptoms you can have it even has helped me and I think that says a lot of how the exercises in the book can help a person feel better

@typhoon37351 Жыл бұрын

Man, the "food ptsd" thing is pretty real. I once got food poisoning from a food place and I couldnt eat there without getting violently ill for years

@Brooklyn_R08 Жыл бұрын

Dr. Mike is so underrated its crazy. I think he deserves way more credit then he gets! 😭

@yesblocky Жыл бұрын

Who else was inspired to become a Primary Care Doctor or any HealthCare profession because of Doctor Mike?

@Kevin-S 5 ай бұрын

A long time ago, I was getting really tired of hiccups, and I decided I was going to will them away. Surprisingly, it worked. Ever since, I’ve been able to stop them as soon as they start. It seems to me they’re voluntary, but don’t seem like it.

@2averagenoobs108 Жыл бұрын

Do a video on Military fails. I saw alot of them, but your perception of fails are so different to mine, and I'd love to hear the medical issues behind it lol

@kiarramcintosh3522 Жыл бұрын

MARCHING BAND/BAND IS A SPORT!!!!!!!🥁🥁

@Sam_on_YouTube Жыл бұрын

I learned breathing techniques in a relaxation class in high school. An unexpected benefit, I can now stop my hiccups most of the time almost instantly. 90% of the time I can stop after 1 hiccup (or after the first one I notice). I relax my diaphragm and breath using only my chest muscles. Basically the same idea as holding your breath... except you can still breath.

@alexag305 Жыл бұрын

1:00 the Garcia effect perfectly describes this!

@kkat9097 9 ай бұрын

When you were talking about inguinal hernias it reminded me of the one i got the chance to see when i didt a cadaver dissection lab. The gentleman has passed of bladder cancer and during the dissection we found a hernia that has a loop of bowl in his scrotum. It was the term before i started my nursing program and it was crazy to me.

@philbateman1989 Жыл бұрын

I have IBS. The amount of time it takes for food to go through me varies between about 5 minutes and 5 hours depending on whether my gut likes it or not XD You learn very quickly when you have IBS!