Doctor Reacts To Extreme Medical Conditions

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Body Bizarre is a TLC show with a name I'm not too wild about, but with stories that are nonetheless fascinating. Today we look at separating conjoined twins, a girl with ants crawling out of her ears, a man who nearly lost his hand in a factory accident, a family that all has 6 fingers, and more.
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[@theeeveelutionist7245]

The family with six fingers looks so wholesome. And they make the most out of their condition and see it as a positive thing.

[@ngotemna8875]

It's a cool case of sth being outside the norm without it being detrimental to the person so medical intervention isn't necessary

[@marethyu_77gamer93]

The fact that it's a characteristic they share probably helps, because it's not a case of "Oh I have this condition that sets me apart and I'm the only one".

[@Eagle-rv3iy]

It would suck though to have to find hockey gloves for them

[@stevefilms1997]

@@Eagle-rv3iy it’s be a lot easier due to their numbers, get five sets of gloves, cut up the fifth set and add an extra finger to each of the other gloves

[@KenseiAo]

I haven’t gotten to that part of the video yet, but I think I’ve heard somewhere that having 5 fingers is a recessive trait to 6 fingers like blue eyes are to brown eyes. If true, it’s kinda weird most people don’t have 6 fingers

[@HeyItsNovalee]

Honestly hearing dr mike say “so he does have a normal life, maybe a unique life, but a normal life” really hit hard tbh. As someone with an invisible disability I often get stuck in thought cycles were I feel like I can never have a normal life. Hearing him acknowledge that you can have a normal life even if it’s different from other’s lives is so reassuring

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

People only SEEM "normal" until you actually get to know them. Almost everybody's an outlier of some kind somewhere... SO there really is NO SUCH THING as an "average person" or a truly "normal life"... Those are abstracts, statistically created constructs because when you delineate humans to numbers they WILL "average out" to something... mathematically. BUT as with many mathematical constructs, what works on paper doesn't actually exist in Real Life. SO you have about as normal a life as I (or anybody) does. There are things that you do routinely, many without thinking much or any at all about it... AND there are things that take up various degrees of your "thinking bandwidth" all the way to excruciatingly detailed and my favorite "damnably difficult". Everybody has those kinds of lists, too... some are longer than others and others are shorter... That's just life with "the human condition"... a wonderfully beautiful, red hot mess. ;o)

[@Mushroom321-]

Yes!! 👏🏻👏🏻😊😊

[@kelliewhyte_85]

@@gnarthdarkanen7464 lol I get upset when people call me normal, normal is so boring. I don't think there is such a thing as normal when it comes to people, everyone is unique in their own way.

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

@@kelliewhyte_85 "Normal" is such a vanilla and uninteresting term, I find it difficult to even take it seriously enough to be offended... I don't run into it much, though. I AM those people your momma warned you about... and it's not long before anybody figures that out. I think it's another meaningless and weaselly "relative term", if I'm honest... Some are "more normal" maybe, being relatively closer to that mathematical curve construct, and others are "less normal" meaning further removed. That's all... ;o)

[@callummclachlan4771]

Yep. Same situation. At times I do feel that. Then I remember that my life hasn't changed too much overall. I can still walk, cycle, drive etc. Only difference is taking medication, not being able to do repetitive motions or holding my muscles in the same position for an extended period of time. Maybe the odd day where I feel weak, but realistically everyone has those days.

[@trolly4233]

Honestly the 6 finger thing seems quite advantageous especially in todays world of keyboards, phones, controllers etc. plus the fact that it’s a dominant trait makes me think that it may become more and more common

[@noobeip2]

I'm more submissive 💀😘

[@Majorite]

​@@noobeip2wtf?

[@noobeip2]

@@Majorite i frogot i made those comments

[@mwayuko]

can't say the same about six toes

[@cerjmedia]

yeah except for most items were designed with 6 fingers in mind. Gloves for example wouldn't work, and holding certain items might not either but still, I would agree

[@TheGuindo]

i find it fascinating that their 6th finger is also somewhat opposable - it can fold inward toward the palm just like the thumb does (though with a much lower range of motion than the thumb). that certainly would make it much easier to grip objects. definitely seems like an advantageous mutation.

[@botflyguy7814]

I actually cried for the twin that lost his life. I can't stop thinking about how scared he must have been to be seperated and then he didn't make it. Rip little man.

[@Reznic007]

Same.. I’m a mother and just imagining having to go through making that decision and then losing a child.. I’m bawling… my heart goes out to the family.

[@plazima]

Yeah it’s so sad 😭

[@tawnyprovince-ward2353]

I don’t think I could’ve separated them because of the risk. Especially after 5 years.

[@suzybates2473]

I agree. As a mother myself I would have just kept the boys as they were.

[@canesugar911]

@@suzybates2473 for who's benefit?

[@topaznightengale1433]

A dear friend of mine had conjoined twins. Both twins shared most organs. The doctors said we could separate them but only one can live or they can stay together but have a hard life or no life at all. The idea of picking only one to live was heart breaking. They thought about it for a long time. Sadly, before they could make a decision, both babies died. She wonders what life would have been like with both of them or even one of them if they had decided in time but ultimately she is happy in the idea that they came together and left together and she didn’t choose one over the other. She is so brave and I don’t know what I would have done if it were me. Congrats to the family in this video that has a beautiful son!

[@leannepaxton5012]

That is so sad. But I don’t know how any mother or father could choose one of their babies to die and one to live and then be able to live with their decision for the rest of their lives. I can’t imagine a worse decision to have to make. I certainly wouldn’t want to make that decision. Perhaps if they had made the decision and they were separated, only for the one who was supposed to live, to get an infection like the twin in this video, and then unfortunately pass away. The parents would forever live with the guilt of, maybe if they had stayed conjoined, they both would be alive today, but we chose and now both are dead. That would be worse to live with in my mind.

[@kidkidding7986]

Oh my god I cannot even imagine... As an outsider it seems like a logical idea to choose one baby growing up healthy over two babies conjoined growing up in lifelong struggle. But as a mother it would be excruciating to even consider.. what a strong woman.

[@happymicrobe8123]

How would a parent feel for the rest of their life when they make the decision to separate them for the sake of the life of their beloved babies and then one of them dies. Or when you decide against it and then both babies don't make it. That must be a hard situation to be in...

[@xakirax_8864]

Strong Lady

[@miissfits498]

Why does these strange abnormalities always. One from India, I know there 1.2 billion but China doesn't have that many abnormalities.

[@bradleyborrowman2115]

The bit about extremity crush injuries basically ending in amputation I’ve got a great example, I had probably the most minor crush injury ever, I dropped a deep freezer as I was bringing it in the front door, and it pinched the tip of the middle finger on my left hand right at the tip dead smack in the center of the nail bed. Somehow didn’t rip the nail off just turned everything under it to ground beef and almost took the whole tip of the finger off and left the nail behind without so much as a scratch 😂 the first thing the er folks told me is there was a good chance that half the first digit of that finger was probably going away and I wouldn’t have the nail anymore but they decided to try and fix it so they removed the nail and stitched up the nail bed and then actually stuck the detached nail back up under the cuticle and secured it with a stitch to promote good nail growth. These days the nail is a bit crooked and it has a gnarly scar but it’s got all feeling and circulation so I’m happy with it. It’s my special finger 😂

[@greengrendel]

oh my god you can just move a nail bed? Now I'm just imagining people with transplanted nails growing in random places.

[@chloeorr9880]

I was born with a ectopic pancreas inside my stomach that they couldn’t figure out exactly what it was until I was five. At the time, there had only been 5 other reported cases. It prevented me from digesting any food without immediately throwing it up after. Luckily they were able to do a new experimental surgery and I just have a giant scar on my abdomen now. I’ve still dealt with gut issues since then but they didn’t think I was going to make it to adulthood so lol

[@isakdin]

The fact u added lol at the end 😅

[@PatrickHemmes]

12:59 "So he does have a normal live, maybe a unique life, but a normal one." As someone who has been an amputee since age 6, this sentence made me drop a tear :)

[@cbryce9243]

It's a normal life for you, right? I look fine and can stand and walk a little, but I have an invisible disability and I use a wheelchair often, especially if it is hot. It's normal for me, but sometimes people look and act like they pitty me. What is our normal, freaks others out and they don't know how to act around us.

[@immafox1496]

@@cbryce9243 well I personally think it's just a difference from what maybe you're used to see. I'm sure if I got to know a person that has some differences well I would learn how to behave and it would be normal❤️

[@jannamagpie8324]

My 6-year-old daughter has CP and I loved that take so much.

[@oliverbanham510]

What part of you was removed?

[@PatrickHemmes]

@@oliverbanham510 both my legs, above knee

[@Darkflowerchyld718]

I had a bug in my ear. It's one of the most traumatic things that's ever happened to me and 20 years later I'm still absolutely terrified of most bugs. I can't imagine it happening over 1000 times. That poor girl. My heart absolutely breaks for her.

[@riskoffailure8857]

i had a bug in my ear, it wasn’t that bad and i still love bugs. we’re you scared of them before that happened? i can’t imagine becoming scared of bugs just because of that

[@Darkflowerchyld718]

@@riskoffailure8857 I mean I definitely wasn't a fan of them before but I wasn't as afraid. There's something about it scratching around in my ear until I killed it that was enough to put me off insects for the rest of my life.

[@viviennart]

@@riskoffailure8857 well a dog pushed me over when I was little and I was afraid of animals for a very long time, only grew out of it partially when I became an adult. These things can happen, anything can be a big enough trauma for your brain to develop a fear.

[@mokaakashiya9318]

Same! I now sleep with my blanket tightly wrapped around my head so nothing can crawl in there again.

[@banji7612]

I'm 23 now and have been always absolutely terrified that it will be happen to me too. Just the thought of it makes me sick and panic. That's why I always sleep with my blanket tightly on my head

[@Emmacp788]

I couldn’t live with 6 fingers… there’s no middle

[@buffycurtis9351]

My mother has been a nurse for 30ish years. I remember when she mentioned caring for someone who had a similar surgery as the hand guy. I remember thinking it was totally wild then. It’s definitely interesting to see these different kinds of approaches.

[@spatel1015]

As a occupational therapist myself, I appreciate you bringing light to our profession. At times we are unsung heroes in the hospital and doctors. At time doctors just say patient seen working with PT.

[@vickiwaatti1076]

AS I am going through the stages of learning to walk again, after having a right below the knee amputee, I am just bragging about my PT person. They have been amazing and are my truly favorite people right now.

[@lucianaaveni7860]

I teach kinder and first grade and I get to experience first hand how occupational theraphy often helps my students. Keep up the good work!

[@puggynugz922]

I worked in a clinic with PT, OT, and speech therapists. As someone who works with my hands, I found OT the most interesting.

[@mbr7352]

OT is so under appreciated and recognized 😞 I’m also an OT (acute care)

[@rebeccat715]

I have dyspraxia (like dyslexia but with spatial reasoning skills rather than reading) and struggle with driving. Unfortunately, I live in a place that doesn't have good public transit. My doctor referred me to OT driving lessons, and it really helped! I'm still an anxious driver, but I'm at least functional. So grateful to my occupational therapist and that OT is a thing!

[@artchic528]

The case you were talking about with the Siamese pair were brothers Eng and Cheng Bunker who were born conjoined at the sternum via a flexible band of tissue. At the time (early 1800’s) they were an extremely huge medical oddity and curiosity as they obviously survived their birth and infancy. As they grew older and news of their story spread, they were immigrated to the US and examined by numerous doctors from all over the world. As young adults they did the only job that physically unique individuals such as themselves could do at the time, and joined a traveling circus freak show. They actually earned a small fortune being billed as “The Amazing Siamese Twins”. Later, they retired from the circus and both got married to American women. To compensate for their unusual situation, they settled down on a pair of neighboring farms in the foothills of North Carolina, each owning one. They divided their time between the two farms so each could have time with their respective wives and kids. Sadly, as they grew older, they became increasingly frustrated at their conjoined lives. Specifically, Eng was frustrated with Chang and his health deteriorating and him drinking heavily. This led them to engange in huge physical fights with each other. Doctors at the time speculated they could probably be separated, but as it was never done before, and they had no way of knowing the level of organs and tissue shared between the two, they refused to operate. Eventually at the age of 62, after already suffering a stroke previously, Cheng died of a cerebral blood clot. Upon the death of his brother, Eng said he was going to die shortly after. Which he did from bleeding out into his dead brother. His life could have been saved, some speculate, had they known to tie a string at the point of connection between the two to prevent Eng’s blood from flowing into Cheng’s lifeless corpse. Upon their deaths, their bodies were sent to be autopsied, mostly out of sheer curiosity of their connection. It was determined that their connection was mostly cartilage and connective tissues with only a shared liver between them. Thus, they probably could of been successfully separated. Their preserved liver as well as a death cast of their conjoined torsos can be seen on display at the Mutter Museum to this day.

[@stephsaguudefan1753]

Can you imagine marrying a conjoined twin? Sex would be beyond weird.

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

Wait, physical fights?

[@tajime8480]

How terrible. Imagine having someone else share your body, who has an addiction. They didnt share a liver, but the mental strain and a half of yourself being physically weak mustve been a hurdle.

[@artchic528]

@@tajime8480 Actually, the liver is the one organ they DID share…ironically.

[@tajime8480]

@@artchic528 😰 omg thats even worse

[@claycollins8973]

Love how real and positive you are, no cheesy sensationalism, just down to earth logic and positivity

[@KawaiiCat2]

When I was in first grade, there was a girl in my class who had six fingers I remember during recesses one time, everyone got around her and started laughing at her. I still feel sad how everyone treated her.

[@lynnebucher6537]

I went to elementary school with a girl whose mom must have taken thalidomide. She had really abnormally short arms. Kids picked on her and I hated that. Susie seemed like a nice person. I've forgotten the names of almost everyone else but her.

[@feanenatreides]

I had a polydactyl cat. They're actually sometimes called Hemingway cats because the famed author had one who...well, wasn't spayed. Since it's a dominant trait in cats there's a colony with lots of polydactyls on his former estate to this day. I can say from experience that for felines it grants an advantage in quickly nabbing food off of dinner plates.

[@lilyhawthorne1196]

I had a guinea pig with a polydactyl toe. Because of how it formed it could swing around and occasionally it'd swing under his foot and he'd step on it, although it didn't seem to hurt him and he could walk around just fine.

[@cheesemonkey98]

I've got a calico cat with polydactyly on all 4 of her toes and we also had a guinea pig with an extra toe on one of her feet

[@mrkitty777]

Gosh i am not the only cat 😮

[@emcustard]

I have a Hemingway with seven digits on her front paws, but her back paws are normal.

[@aldranzam3456]

I love polydactyly. Probably my favorite mutation in any species. Every time I see a picture, whether it's a human or a pet, I get overcome with excitement, like seeing a baby bird for the first time. There's just something magical about it.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:10 - Chapter 1 - Ant in ear 1:50 - Chapter 2 - Polydactyly (multiple fingers) 3:15 - Mid roll ads 4:25 - Chapter 3 - Parasitic twin 7:50 - Chapter 4 - Stomach pocket 10:30 - Chapter 5 - Conjoined twins

[@thedarksoul4904]

Thanks

[@i.love.music.forever]

Thank you!

[@light_cloud_7573]

thx!

[@MistaGSpecialEducation]

The ant in ear shocked me the most because the fact that water didn’t wash them out or they didn’t even make her loose hearing is just phenomenal

[@TopGCal]

Thank you 🙏

[@crptpyr]

the family with polydactyly is really cool, polydactyly is a dominant gene (it was on the high school biology curriculum in the UK) so it totally makes sense. Awesome that it's something they can celebrate

[@firebyrd437]

When my dad was 16, he worked in a papermill. This would have been 72 years ago. Machines often had no guards then, and the back of his hand was sliced off. He had his hand stiched inside a flap on his abdomen and a plaster cast on the whole arm to keep it immobile. My dad was a musician. He won the British championships when he was 13, this after a year in hospital from peritonitis that almost killed him. His hand was important to him. He played the French horn and later joined the army and went into the band. The back of his hand had a hairy square, the skin of the abdomen obviously was the same, and when playing in the band, he wore white gloves. 20 years after he had this skin graft, a wire like thread started growing out of the middle of the hairy patch on the hand. It turns out it was a stitch that hadn't been taken out, but it left a hole in the hand that was quite noticeable. There's no doubt that if this hadn't worked out, he would have lost his hand, his fingers were a little stiff but with time they became less so, and not been able to continue his musical career as he signed on to an orchastra when he left the army.

[@andrewfortmusic]

That's incredible! I'm a musician as well, and the idea of a hand injury is one of my worst fears. Huge congratulations to your dad!

[@SaokoPTCG]

I don't know much about this stuff to be honest, but here we go. When I was 8, it was discovered I was born with an Enteric Duplication Cyst, or an EDC. It went completely undiscovered throughout many years of stomach pain and constant illness growing up, which didn't let me get a great education as I wasn't in school often but teachers would just assume I was trying to get out of school (which to be fair, a small part of me was cause I hated it). My colon went into volvulus which is what brought me to the hospital where it was finally noticed. I was in hospital for about a month or two, but came out and began physical and occupational therapy to recover the damage to my lower body that the surgeries caused. After being bed-bound for that time I'd lost the ability to walk and had pieces of wire into my stomach to make sure the scars wouldn't open or leak liquid. Of course, I can walk now all well and I've become very physically active. However, this lead to issues with my acid reflux and now I live with GERD & LPR, as well as Rhinitis cause apparently my script writers want me to be a villain. I basically live with an acidy cold nowadays, but I'm just glad to live at all. :')

[@JessicaKissinger88]

Thank you for sharing your story. Ngl tho, you saying “my script writers” made me laugh 😂

[@stegpeng]

im glad you lived through that situation. best of luck to you and your life

[@maanasayenamandra8895]

I'm so proud of you!

[@pureicefire]

So glad to hear you made it through all of that. How frustrating and wild. I wish you all the best.

[@ryderhumphrey1516]

Honestly how do you type that much 🤔

[@shresthbaliyan4753]

I don't know why but the parasite twin thing was very shocking to me I literally never imagine anything like this happens

[@Epsicronics]

I know, i have seen the condition before but ive never seen one where the twin was so big, i guess thats why her case was so shocking?

[@KyleFromVA]

I would be shocked to look down and see legs and arms dangling from my crotch. That is some straight up horror show stuff. Feel bad for her that’s got to be rough body image wise. Glad she got help

[@AntediluvianRomance]

I read about a case like that when I was a kid. A lady had extra legs between hers, and it turned out that she had two uteruses and some of her children were actually her parasitic twin's.

[@Am0ha]

@@KyleFromVA well if u were raised thinking it was normal u wouldn’t

[@KyleFromVA]

@@Am0ha yea but I feel like if you were fairly observant person you’d catch on pretty quick that humans aren’t meant to have a swinging mass of appendages between their legs

[@pcamilo3765]

7:30 The stomach pocket guy is actually from Brazil, where I come from. This type of injury can be common because of the economic situation, that forces the vast majority of workers to work at factories with dangerous machines. But, this type of surgery is in fact very rare...

[@LovelyLies16]

As a 6-year-old girl, I had a fly go into my ear when I was sleeping. I remember my ear feeling "weird" and hearing it in my head. 😖My parents remember me complaining about my ear non-stop and thought I was having a tantrum. They used an otoscope to look, hoping it'd pacify me. They had an "Oh my god!" reaction before calmly saying we were going to the hospital. The doctors didn't help at first. They kept shoving tweezers in my ear to get it and I kept freaking out because it REALLY hurt as they shoved it in. And the tweezers just made the fly go deeper in my ear. (Yes, I felt every second of it.) I remember crying because of the tweezer pain and how scared I was because of the fly noises/movements I kept hearing/feeling. Eventually, the doctors put me under to calm me, and the fly went too far in for tweezers to get to. They got it out, but I have a phobia of flies and buzzing sounds. Even though I'm an adult, I pretty much have a panic attack every time I hear a buzzing sound or see a fly. And I sleep with my ears covered or plugged in. NEVER getting over THAT.

[@lotteb.8304]

There was a boy at my school who lost a large part of one of his finger because he jumped of a fence whilst his ring was stuck on the fence. They were not able to put the piece it on again. He also had his hand in his stomach for weeks to let it heal. A lot of kids saw the part of the finger that got ripped off (including me) and everyone followed the 'no climbing on the fence-' rule after that

[@zaftigone85]

This happened to a boy at my high school who jumped to touch the exit sign up in the top of a doorway and his ring snagged and pulled his finger off with the gravity of his body coming down!

[@dark-shadow_]

well... i am not complaining anymore that i only lost 1 cm of my ringfinger that was cut of by a door😅

[@arcanevi4477]

The same happened to me but i didn't lose the finger, I just got 1w stitches and it works normally, I was very lucky

[@livewellwitheds6885]

as somebody who has met many doctors with many harmful or inaccurate views about disability [because of my disability], I love the respect & empathy Dr. Mike has and how he sees the person first before the condition

[@misfitm1457]

Wish Dr Mike were my Dr, omg, so much compassion and care for people. Having a personality disorder and not always being assertive, I get a lot of bs from Dr's

[@carolbelyeu8748]

I have a Dr. like that! I drive an hour and half to see him as I relocated. I have been seeing him for almost 10 years. Being in healthcare, a great primary Dr. is priceless!

[@waveydaveyav8r442]

I like the no-nonsense factual explanations. What's more, I love the end where you straight up called the dude out, "So he DOES have a normal life. A unique life..." No sugar coating, just honest. Nice work! You've got my sub!

[@jodiealamode]

I had two: there was a hole in my skull where my brain water was leaking out from (cranial CSF leak) and my entire stomach moved up above my diaphragm and was crushing my lungs (paraesophageal hernia). Both were freak one-off things that are now fixed and I feel great :D

[@saragul09261]

Glad that ur better now hopefully u don’t have any other health issues in the future! :)

[@blaizegottman4139]

That's good

[@colbietrimble]

I’m so glad your better!

[@nrvyash]

Man u r really lucky. Wish u wont have any more problems in the future

[@nobodyscomment929]

As a biomedical engineer with a specialization in tissue engineering, I will now refer to cerebrospinal fluid as brain water for the rest of my career.

[@jeanvignes]

Fifty-five years ago, I went to school with a pair of conjoined identical twins who had the most remarkable link: they were born joined by sharing one of their toes! One small surgery, and they were free. Whew!

[@LaurenOliviArt]

Wow!!

[@yourmama9809]

So my mom (love you!) was diagnosed with a disease (or at least they thought) with a name I could never pronounce. (Feet started swelling and it got pretty gruesome) turns out it was just a severe allergic reaction to alcohol which she has never dealt with before until after covid. PS: she is better than ever and is in great condition

[@vincent8286]

10:05 his hand looks like a mitten.

[@reid3031]

I am trying to imagine finding out at the age of 11 that you are literally the only person in the country with extra legs Just imagine what a bizarre day that would be for the poor girl

[@werbeagent6003]

But honestly that's her parents' fault. You can tell your child that this trait is something unique, without making her feel like an outsider. It's just a very important information.

[@rickwrites2612]

​​@@werbeagent6003 yes, I wonder if it's because of the location at the front of her pelvis that they didnt? Or just cultural norm to not discuss medical anomalies?

[@Peatingtune]

Those parents suck for letting her find out the hard way that she isn't, in fact, "normal." I hope it at least happened when she saw her classmates changing etc. and realized they didn't look like her, instead of those classmates seeing *her,* which, knowing how nasty 11 year-olds can be after years of teaching them, would have made it a very "hard way" indeed.

[@lilyhawthorne1196]

​@@rickwrites2612 I know in some cultures at least its a lot more accepted to just hide or not talk about certain hardships, family issues or just in general anything abnormal about them/their family.

[@skullmax3595]

Jojos bizarre adventure

[@meganhash7840]

Normally videos with this topic can feel exploitative or mean spirited, but Doctor Mike always treats people with the respect they deserve

[@kenreynolds1000]

Worked with a guy who had his hand reattached back in the 70's after using belly attachment to keep it alive (1st in US if I recall). Lots of reconstruction from the press-crushed bones and long term issues from some of the meds they used back then. Cut right through a tattoo that didn't quite line up after.

[@deBrawnyo]

I have polydactyly on my left hand but its completely unfunctional. Really wish I could have a functional extra finger, imagine how cool that would have been

[@Anelemahlatsi]

Can you get it removed and would you?

[@deBrawnyo]

@@Anelemahlatsi it was under consideration for some time, especially when I was around 18 as I was considering enlisting in the army and in my country you can't qualify for it if you have polydactyly but ultimately I decided to pursue the medical field instead. I honestly like it now, it's a good conversation starter for people and my mom always said it was a lucky charm and I have started to see it as such to be honest.

[@Anelemahlatsi]

@@deBrawnyo well that's cool hey I'd keep mone if i had one too😹, good luck in getting into the army;)

[@SaikaraXeno]

The last store honestly makes me happy, sure there was a death in the family and my heart goes out to the family. However, seeing that kid move around so much and have fun is heart warming

[@amethystrosedaughterofathe6725]

Bot

[@KristenHarmala]

RIP Artur. I'm happy to see that the surviving twin, Heitor is well and is having like Doctor Mike said, a unique but normal life.

[@samanthastuart4607]

❤

[@jaguarenduda]

Heitor*

[@Rowanheersink]

huh

[@ProofThatINeverTouchedMyBalls]

May the last kid never forget his long lost brother. RIP.

[@Skulley_M]

I had a cockroach problem when I was a kid and everything he said about bugs in the ears was so true. It nearly drove me mad with not only the pain but the noise, best way to get them out btw is drowning them with water or saline solution and carefully pulling them out with tweezers

[@SirFoxbutt]

Honestly, having an entire family line with 6 fingers seems really cool, it's something very unique and harmless that I think a family could be proud of, as they seem to be.

[@massivecowbreakout7555]

The clip of one trying to play piano shows that probably won't be an option

[@MirrimBlackfox]

@@massivecowbreakout7555 The family has many gifted musicians, none of them seem to have a problem playing musical instruments.

[@TheREALHugo4]

Stomach pocket? This is really the first time i've seen such a case like this one. It's extremely rare to find things like these.

[@blaizegottman4139]

Sure must be

[@nailsofinterest]

Yeah I've seen another medical show where it was another damaged hand. They too put it into the abdomen for a while.

[@Aurora3242]

They did something like that for my BIL, he now has use of a severe crush injury!

[@ceeceepg]

Yes. I could see why many surgeons would be uncomfortable using this technique. It seems like there would be risks with the possibility of infection and the many surgeries required. For many the possibility to save the hand might not outweigh these risks.

[@robinhumburg1400]

The attaching the hand to the inside of the abdomen is a procedure my husband had at Vanderbilt more than 30 years ago after his hand was crushed in a corn picker implement. His middle finger and the back of his hand were completely gone, every bone was shattered in what remained. He let them do experimental procedures to try and save it and he regained 70% use of the hand. A lot of what they know about procedures to save a crushed hand came from that experiment.

[@louiserodrigues2069]

The da Silva family is brazilian, that's why they're so wholesome, cuz we are a wholesome people

[@shaedlaer]

As for the hand injury - a wound causing a scalping injury - removing most of skin and possibly other soft tissues of hand can require treatment like shown in the video - to let the wound heal, granulate and for soft tissues to attach to the hand that can later be used for reconstruction of a functioning hand. Sometimes it can be the only way to avoid amputation.

[@GingerThereforeNoSoul]

Those stories of one or both conjoined twins dying after separation break my heart. You know it was far from an easy decision. They did what they thought would be the absolute best for their children, and unfortunately, complications arise.

[@purplehorseneigh]

"The pair had to be separated as Heitor's bodyweight was pressing on Artur's spine causing him frequent pain and pressure on his internal organs." Found this in a news article, for those wondering why it was worth separating the two at all. Artur, the one who did not survive, have a life that was still going to be at risk even if they stayed conjoined.

[@cbryce9243]

Thanks for looking it up. I was wondering why they separated them.

[@TheLirJEt86]

Heitor was the one that didn’t have a kidney or intestines? Seemed like he would’ve had the harder surgery. Maybe I misunderstood. Crazy how life works

[@Chow_min]

Wow. What unusual cases! It’s astounding to see how many different conditions and medical issues there is.

[@_apehuman]

7:55 My uncle had to undergo a surgery like this after his hand went through a rice grain separator. Doctors were able to reconstruct an arm like structure because two of his fingers were functional.He is doing fine now and can do most of the daily tasks.

[@greengrendel]

what, like mr Spock's ears?

[@pandapower5902]

He had his hand in his stomach?

[@samar.k4822]

Isn't it crazy how dr mike makes everything so interesting 😅

[@blaizegottman4139]

Yep

[@sebbe_plays]

Suuuu

[@tammymcinerney7153]

He’s a doctor, of course it’s interesting 😂

[@gayleklein7243]

Kind of surprising he didn't mention the folded man from China. Fascinating case with extremely complex surgeries.

[@nailsofinterest]

​@gayleklein7243 give him the name of the show it was on. He'd probably do a reaction video! He's reacting to an episode of "Body Bizzare".

[@luigiff3431]

9:23 an uncle of mine who lives in canada had an accident and had his hand de-gloved and they used the same method to regrow flesh and nerves on his hand, afterwards he had cosmetic surgery to reshape his fingers, today he has a normal hand, albeit a bit thicker than normal, but it functions normally

[@apertureonline9566]

I had an ear infection, it was leaking a lot. I think it was cordyceps meaning it infects us like ringworm does, but in the ear and nasal cavity. Qhen i was cleaning my ears i found to be what looked like spores, it wasnt a lot though. Could've been sleeping on the couch on my ear too but ive been doing that again lately and im fine.

[@lucyssilverlining5396]

I'm always impressed with how professional you are. You never look shocked or disgusted by any medical condition you see. Thank you for teaching us

[@bobd2659]

The parasitic twin case really makes a good argument for 'body duplication practice surgical devices'. A replica of the patient internally and externally, as complete as possible to practice something this complex. Basically a one-off 3D model made from all scans/x-rays... It's some really cool tech.

[@pr0xZen]

Our kindergarten is located on the edge of dense woodlands, so the kids are mostly outside all year around. But there's tons of bugs in addition to all the other weird stuff little kids manage to stuff inside their own or another kid's ears. So we paid like 20 bucks on ebay, and got this thin pen-like borescope thing. The outer inch or so is probably only 3-4 mm diameter, and houses a 720p 20-30 fps camera in the center, with a ring of led lights around it. There's barely any percievable latency on the video feed, it's wireless and connects to your phone over wifi. There's an app for easy adjustments, taking photos and videos with it, extracting single images/frames from the video feed etc. There's 2 little attachments for it. The mounting end is rigid plastic so they sit secure around the end of the camera stick, but the end is soft and widely rounded. One of them is kinda like a little spoon, and the other is kinda like tweezers. Using this thing we've been able to "investigate" and extract all kinds of little beads, berries, small stones, and bugs - relieving their discomfort right then and there. There's this old and odd fixture thing on the wall, where we've figured out a way where the kids can rest their chin on one side while leaning the side of their head on another side. Using this, if the kid jerks or moves, they can only move _away_ from the camera stick so it retracts out of their ear, never towards it. Sometimes whatever is inside and/or going on in there is beyond us to feel safe dealing with, and they have to see a nurse/medic, doctor or specialist. Sometimes we may be able to sort it out, but need a bit of professional guidance over the phone to do so. In both tyoes of situation, us being able to share pictures and even a live video stream with them has been tremendously valuable. Best 20 bucks we ever spent.

[@PmaeB]

When I was in kindergarten my best friend had a condition with her hand, everyone thought it had been very cool! On one of her hands she didn’t have any fingers, just a thumb. Sometimes when we partnered up I’d grab that hand and we both would start giggling, what a memorable year. Sadly I changed schools so I’m no longer friends with her, she was so sweet.

[@crackerjack010101]

As an OR nurse from a level 1 trauma facility in Texas, I’ve done many a surgery where the hand is implanted into the abdomen, it is very common. It’s about the vascular structures and sufficient skin to cover the digits/hand. Very common.

[@gamermike24]

The 6 fingers family has me jealous 😅 As a gamer, an extra finger would help me cover more buttons, but it's wholesome that they treat it as a gift of sorts. It just looks like they're growing an extra hand out of their hands, except for the piano part... I already have arachnophobia

[@Skittleplays891]

ikr

[@thulema]

My mom was an ER RN who did triage and she described the patients with their hand over their ear, a look of horror and no visible bleeding. "Oh", she thought, "another victim of cockroach in the ear".

[@anna9072]

I once had an ant get into my ear while I was sleeping, and woke up to it pattering around on my eardrum. Dr Mike is right, it’s enough to drive you mad.

[@PinkyPurpleGalaxy]

Wow the parasitic limb surgery one is amazing, glad she had a successful recovery

[@cdes1776]

I wonder how she feels now with the extra weight removal? And if she felt any emotional repercussions with the loss?

[@SkepticalTeacher]

Lovely to read the comments from people who have/have had serious issues but have recovered...Good luck to all of you! ❤️

[@helena_grace5]

Hey you mentioned CURE hospitals 🙌🙏 LOVE LOVE LOVE that organization blessing so many children❤️

[@midget4957]

7:23 so what if they don't cut off the arteries, instead they stuff them inside her body? wouldn't that be a better-possible solution?

[@TheTF2Pianist]

12:06 We all felt that, Mike. It's really sad and emotional when it's a child suffering from these deformations. I know we all felt that feeling with him.

[@fnuemran4497]

1:25 1000 ants has been removed thats crazy😲

[@nikkivalenzuela7832]

Thank you for sharing these AMAZING videos & for explaining these conditions. 👍🏻👊🏻 💜

[@Waterfairy4life156]

11:25 I’m thinking about the poor mom when she gave birth

[@sgtsongbird]

Your positive outlook and your unwavering support for people going through medical crises are some of the most amazing qualities I've ever seen in a person. God bless you, Doctor Mike!

[@i_drew]

Wow doc, I'm from ethiopia,addis ababa and I really liked your explanation of the case. And this surprised me,ive never heard a case like this. That is why I like to watch your videos they are educating and inspiring.thanks for all your hard work.

[@swored.]

Me 2

[@i_drew]

You're from ethiopia🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@ViperBiotch]

Thank you for breaking dwn videos like this for not only are you giving us a professional opinion, ur taking an interest in doing so while breaking dwn certain video's & shows which I appreciate & am grateful for.❤😊

[@mz.fabulous17]

In my opinion, his talking was a bit excessive.

[@nyyasharp6404]

I remember many years ago on an episode of cops, a house was being raided and the cops seen a guy hiding in the bathroom I believe, and they kept yelling put your hands up but he couldn’t bcuz one was attached to his side. That tripped me out bcuz I’ve never seen anything like that and here it is, a whole different guy with the same type of issue.

[@RatNexus]

Don't worry flesh mittens don't exist, they can't hurt you Flesh mittens: 10:00

[@Zack-so7nk]

nah that's just edwardpenizhands

[@Ganonussyszestygorillagrip]

Naw that's Foreskindorf💀

[@penguinleather]

I’m dead

[@penguinleather]

💀

[@JNL76]

the story of the man with the crushed hand reminded me of my grandfather. He worked at a Ford factory and his hands where partly crushed in a machine there, leaving him with only a few fingers left. As kids we loved how creepy they looked and he always joked with us abour them. But now as an adult, I often think how difficult it must have been for him to lose them.

[@peggyschambow2603]

Stomach Pocket: I was in a car accident where my hand was crushed, and the skin and tissue covering my hand was torn off, leaving tendons and bones exposed. I had a pedicle skin graft for 22 days. This surgery was performed after plates and screws were used to piece my broken bones together. 24 years later I still have the use of my hand and arm. I can’t imagine what this man is going through!

[@JuiciestEva]

My husband has a more complicated form of polydactyly (a polysyndactyly) that he got from his father. It is an autosomal dominant gene and our daughter was born with it too. Unfortunately the fingers are not well formed so we had to remove the 6th finger and she can only move 4 of her 10 fingers (what we call in French the claw, the thumb and index in both hands) my husband has the same issue as well as his father and sister.

[@cherylhoggins1925]

So, I have a medical condition that isn't extreme but it's incredibly rare (read newly discovered and therefore likely, underdiagnosed) called LPAC Syndrome. It was discovered in France and is a genetic condition where your body doesn't create enough of the enzyme needed to break down cholesterol leading to a build-up of "calcules" (Like stones) in the liver and gall bladder. It can't be seen on a regular Echography (ultrasound) but needs to be looked for by someone specifically trained for it. The reason I mention it is because I am 41 now and have led my whole life in pain, and discomfort and passed from one doctor to the next for all kinds of digestive complaints which led to some pretty intense anxiety. Someone else could be saved from the frustration and pain by learning that this condition exists and being treated for it. It's not curable but it can be managed. Anyway... a great video and thanks! :)

[@chielvandenberg8190]

2:25 the gene for 6 fingers IS actually dominant, it’s just really really rare

[@caitlyncarvalho7637]

how can a trait be both dominant and rare, I though dominant means common, like brunettes

[@caarlosss_-8836]

@@caitlyncarvalho7637 Dominant means that it will always be the phenotype when paired with another recessive, or another dominant allele. Dominant traits can be rare because they may not show up as often in the gene pool as recessive traits, whether it be due to natural selection, or just in the way humans evolved.

[@ngotemna8875]

​@@caarlosss_-8836 Plus dominant traits do not necessarily get passed down to the next generation if the mutation is only found on one of the two alleles. (you get one set from your mum and one from your dad, so chances are that the mutated allele isn't given to you) Or if it's specific to the X or Y chromosome (if it's only found on the Y chromosome for example, then women in the family won't ever get it)

[@cassandrabelyeu2419]

@@caitlyncarvalho7637 Dominant means that you have two copies of the gene for this trait, and only one gene is used. For example, if you have one gene for blue eyes and one gene for brown eyes, your eyes will be brown because the brown gene is dominant over the blue eye gene, but your children could get a blue-eyed gene from you. Similarly, if you have a gene for five fingers per hand, and a gene for six, you will have six fingers. The gene for six fingers is dominant over the gene for five fingers, so it wins.

[@sleepyninjarin7971]

@@ngotemna8875 Caarloss understands genetics already...

[@4zomvly]

Oh in my family too, we also have the 6 finger mutation, my older brother and I inherited it but we got rid of ours when we were babies, we just have little stubs left on the sides of our hands.

[@OneTrueScotsman]

The last case broke my heart. Poor boy who died. Poor brother who lost his twin. Nature can sometimes be so cruel.

[@BunnyNorris]

Poor Dr. Mike looks so exhausted in this video. Thanks for toughing it out to bring us these amazing medical cases.

[@YoghurtMushroom]

I thought he was wearing makeup P_P

[@nagigachamania6936]

As a Brazilian I've seen all those cases on either tv or internet, and it's good to see that other people get to know that our medicine is getting better and better

[@jannamagpie8324]

I was really impressed with the medical technology Brasil must have to be able to do these things. I’d never heard of that hand thing.

[@nagigachamania6936]

@@jannamagpie8324 Here in Brazil we constantly talk about "winging it" and finding uncommon ways to deal with problems. So of course the doctors would find a way

[@anaditullio]

E viva o nosso SUS! ❤

[@nagigachamania6936]

@@anaditullio sim!

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

Brazilian medicine adapts rapidly because you guys keep hurting yourselves double-jumping.

[@shortyd999]

For your Doctor reacts series, I would love for you to do one on Chicago Meds season 8 episode 17. I would like your medical opinion on the hospital and doctors using OR 2.0 and a patient with a very rare spine condition. I hope you see this and please seriously consider it!

[@benjaminworkman9648]

Doctor Mike is so down to earth which makes his videos just that much better!

[@rigelv5018]

The way Dr. Mike is explaining complex cases like these in layman's terms is so cool, even therapeutic for me. I could just listen to medical topics for days if Dr. Mike's the one talking about them.

[@sofie..dancerxgymnast]

most people just go on and on and on about stuff that people wont understajnd. he does an amazing job of making it so that people want to listen to him talk, and talking about things in a way that is soothing and interesting. truly a special person.

[@celldweller1982]

9:22 Before I was born, my uncle had this happen to him, he worked for International paper, and his fingers were cut off at the knuckles, they did the same thing to have them heal.

[@smithswlos]

I just would like to point it out that the procedure that was carried out in Brazil was "free" (money came from tax). No Heath insurance, no insane amounts of money, no debt, just universal Healthcare.

[@zeeleo6115]

I worked with a guy back in the late 80's who's hand went into a plainer and the surgeon's put his hand into his hand into his abdomen. It turned out pretty good.

[@ameliakkkk]

It must be a great and scary challenge for medical professionals to see such unique cases and conditions they have never worked with, and still decide to treat them. Much respect to the brave doctors and nurses !

[@Rubygal]

My brother is special too! So he got a tonsilectomy when I was about 9-10 years old, but he had an extremely large blood vessel right in that area. The surgery itself and the following day and a half went fine but, he ended up in the ER the night after due to blood loss and lost about 3 LITERS of blood. The anastesiologist came to talk to my mom after the ER surgery and apperantly that's a really big deal from what I've heard. He was kept in the hospital for another day or two after that for observation. He's doing good now and actually better than he had been before, he's got about 2-3 other things along with that. He is our family's messed up medical mystery miracle!

[@mrs.perfectly.fine.]

So glad he’s better now! ❤

[@brooksbrooks545]

I'm a new subscriber I love your video's sometimes I don't come to watch for the information (all Though it's helpful) I come for the funny and lovable content you make. Also a Happy new year

[@MissyMagoo87]

My dad was one of the first handful of people to have his hand sewn into his abdomen in the 80s in Canada. His right hand was burnt so severely, his fingers split apart, and you could see bone. He's had a functional hand, though, and went on to become a millwright then an electrician. He retired last year.

[@Jynxedlove]

I was born with six fingers (an extra pinky). I was born premature, and if I was not, I probably would have had properly formed bones in them. I hope my children have six functioning fingers.

[@ellie8461]

8:00 one of my cousins recently had an accident exactly like this but at a packaging factory. They sewed his hand into his stomach for a few days/weeks while it healed a bit because it was so mangled. He was more than relieved to finally undergo his first surgery and not have his hand stuck to his stomach 😅 his mom said he sat for hours with his hands up in the air just because he could.

[@reyanju8886]

I have a special medical condition such that I don't feel my left foot, I can't move my toes either and I recently had a swear injury on it too, but I don't feel a thing and it has been almost a year since but the injury is still there. The blood circulation is alright and my nail also regenerates

[@meimortis6002]

I remember a really good friend of mine had a lot of birth defects that she actually worked around her entire life. She's had multiple surgeries to fix what didn't develop properly, but otherwise, she leads a full and happy life. Even got married not that long ago. Sadly we don't talk anymore, so I don't know how she's doing, but I remember when I befriended her. I was new and scared and she seemed rather nervous herself, so I just went up and talked to her. Eventually we became neighbors and started walking to school together. I kept bugging her about wearing a hat in the winter! XD I had to move a state away, so that's how we ended up losing contact with each other, but we were both dorky girls just livin our lives!

[@v4v819]

She must have social media... Ever tried contacting her?

[@lunasquib]

2:51 petting with 6 fingers would be so good for dogs

[@titansaint]

6:11 i used to make those exact blankets all the time! i'd spend time in the hospital making some and send them out to all sorts of places, including Ethiopia. a friend even made one for me and surprised me with it before i had my gallbladder removed. it makes me tear up seeing that they are used and loved.

[@putthefuinfun1947]

I've had a pt that lost his hand to the wrist in a meat grinder, and we created an anastamosis from his wrist to his abdomen so his arm was sutured in place x 2 weeks to create new skin to use as a flao to cover the exposed carpals/muscles.

[@ravengreen3687]

I love the attitude, Doc! "Maybe uniquie, but a normal life!" ❤

[@hermonnegede8388]

My family owns one of the scaning centers in Ethiopia. We went to visit last summer and my dad’s friend told me the story of many different people who had “parasitic twin”.