KNEE PAIN Leads to SHOCKING Diagnosis: Medical Mystery Solved!

[@ViolinMD]

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[@midnightraven4165]

I have a rare disease that some Doctors never heard of it's called Common variable immunodeficiency you should do this on a video

[@ibrahimtaimurahmad2106]

I had been watching your videos before I even got into medical school, Now that I'm there, Thank you for bringing up these amazing cases

[@dayvraezer6346]

What neat handwriting!

[@lterry523]

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[@lterry523]

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[@larissa_7729]

No doctor in the United States would take this amount of time to figure out what was really wrong with that knee..we would get sent home and told to take pain meds. Thank you for doing your job so thoroughly.

[@andreah6379]

🎯!! US "healthcare" system is, by & large, for-profit, aka: $$$$ is 1st priority, if not the only priority in our country. There's no profit in finding cures, no profit in getting immediate answers for patients. And there are way too many doctors that don't want to change this system. Money is more important to them. 😢 Only developed country in the world where even with ACA, about 500K Americans have to file medical bankruptcy, each year.

[@karinasmith5183]

It is not true, I completed my clinical with amazing provider just a few years ago.

[@jazziez6467]

he would have been given a knee replacement, they do millions of them

[@dawndalydardick7354]

AGREE.WITH ABOVE COMMENTS.THANKS.

[@channahcastelobranco]

Most people in the US don't have the money to pay for al of that... .. so they would probably go home with pain medications.

[@momofschnauzers]

Your skills as an educator are only surpassed by your skills as a Doctor. Great video...very informative and easy to understand.

[@ViolinMD]

Thank you!

[@laurenelzbthiel]

My great grandmother immigrated to US from Germany by early 1900’s. She worked as a nurse in NYC caring for TB patients isolated in a quarantined center. She met her husband (a patient) at the center who recovered. She then opened up her own convalescence home in her house after she married. Her granddaughter, my mother, had TB in her ‘40’s. We were all tested periodically. This video could explain so many mystery illnesses that run in our family similar to your case study. Thanks for sharing this video, it’s been very informative.

[@josephdahdouh2725]

How regularly do you get tested, and do you know how the testing was done?

[@ViolinMD]

Thanks for sharing Lauren - your great-grandmother sounds like an incredible woman! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!

[@laurenelzbthiel]

@@ViolinMDyou’re welcome. Indeed, my grandmother would tell us many stories about her and she became an inspiration to others - to always “do good” and work hard! I’ve followed your videos for 5-6 yrs now and I’m amazed at your progress and uplifting motivation! You and Mark are so encouraging!❤️😊

[@carygauvin5241]

My mom was treated for possible TB with isoniazid that gave her permanent neuropathy after just a few doses for the TB she never had. Moral of the story, never agree to go for treatment for something that is not diagnosed for sure. Also, voice concerns if having treatment and adverse effects. If not listened to, change providers.

[@ritazimmelman4769]

Unfortunately one can't always change providers! Sometimes there is only one doctor in a medical plan that in a certain specialty. Also, one may have access to more than one medical plan, but use the one they are using do to the other one having co pays thar are too high. There are many different scenarios out there! In the past year I've had a number of issues with medications including a doctor who seems to think that every newer medication that is automatically better for everyone than the older one(s). I already knew this isn't necessarily the case. I said ok. Whenever I pick up a new medication, I ALWAYS consult with a pharmacist! In this case, I was overjoyed that I did. Something he said rose a red flag for me. After asking a few questions, I was almost sure I shouldn't pick up the new med. I asked the pharmacist if he thought I should take it. He said he couldn't tell me what to do. ( actually I shared this story with a number of people, some whom got a ticked at this answer. Actually, it was the answer. If I had taken the medication and had a reaction he'd have a problem with his superiors. I asked if I could rephrase the question. Would you take this medication if you were me.,He gave a slight no nod. I thanked him . In my opinion, this isn't the worst part of it. I went back to the doctors office. When I told her what transpired. During the office visit, she had mentioned three other drug possibilities. I asked if she could prescribe one of the other meds. I was shocked when she absolutely refused. She won't give an explanation! She stormed off. Over the last year, I've become very leary of any doctor who 1) who says any medication and/ or medical procedure is totally safe. ( I've heard this quite a few times. If I were physically able, I'd run out of the exam room so fast , it would make the world's faster runner look like a slow poke! 2 a) I've had a doctor tell me I'm still in physical therapy, when my last appointment was > 4 months before. I told him that was news to me! He looked shocked! I won't go into the whole conversation. I told him there was something wrong in my records that needed to be changed or he needed to reread them. He didn't comment further after thst. ( this is strike one) 2b) (or not 2 b). Were with the same doctor here. He asked if I'd be willing willing to do exercises at home. I said something to the effect of ok. It's no big deal to add a few more exercises I asked him if he could give me a print out of the exercises. He said it wasn't necessary, he'd send it to my email. I said in case something happens with my email, I'd like to have a printout. I told him no other doctor has had a problem with this also they also off it . He refused ! ( strike 2). I asked if he could at least tell me what the names of the exercises. He refused . ( strike 3). I said to him I have other medical issues other than the one you are treating me for. There are certain exercises I can't do, so I'd like ti know what the exercises are so if there are any I can't do they can be modified or I'd have to wait until some future time to do the exercise. ( notice I was not refusing to do exercises. I even gave a possible solution) He asked me like what. I said for one , I have arthritis in both my knees, so I can't do any exercises which I have to be on my knees, because it's too painful. He finally gave me the name of one. I said it sounds like one I'm already doing. The exercises are on Medibridge, if you'll give me a few moments , I'll bring them up. That's not necessary ( Medibridge is a company with an online platform that doctors put in physical therapy exercises for their patients All providers can put in exercises. There is an image that you can do the exercises with, there is also an area where you can go where you can get verbal & / or visual directions on how to perform the exercises correctly. ( I love this. I hate gyms.) He again said it's not necessary. ( how many strikes does this doctors have against him?) I have now exhausted every way I have to be able to see the exercises . We go on to other things. He reminds me to check my email & make my next appointment. As I'm walking to the bus, and my notification bell goes off. I looked to find out that one exercise I'd have to get on my hands & knees to do ( like I want to case myself more pain), one I was doing a more advanced version of, and the other one I'm still doing. I called the office , talked to a receptionist. She said she'd pass the message on. I decided I have enough other exercises to do, that after my 3rd call with no response, I'd wait until my next visit. I knew I'd have a different doctor. 3) Three doctors couldn't find the results of an EMG I had. That is neither the imaging or anything written. How can this be? They all wanted me to take it again. I said no because I had a reaction to it. One doctor even asked me how I can say that I had a reaction when I never had the test? ( luckily, I am pretty level headed, or I O would have punched his lights out!) . The next doctor I saw was one I have been seeing for many years. I told her what had happened with the other 3 Dr's. At least she believed me!, Initially, she couldn't find anything either.She researched it again after my exam. Even though she didn't find any imaging, or notes on my pain , she found two sentences basically saying the test was negative . I had told all the doctors that because the doctor who did the test had told me. Now at least I had vindication thst I had the test! I'll never know what what happened to the imaging or why there are no notes to the pain I had. Which lasted for almost two days after the EMG I'll stop here Maybe it would be nice. If there was one doctor who could oversee everything, in stead of different doctors that all do their own thing and for the most part only seem to pay attention to medical records from the last time I visited , but don't pay attention to anything that happens during the 3 months between my return visits.

[@coweatsman]

My mother worked as a nurse in the 1940s. She came into contact with TB and had antibodies to it but she never got sick. She was always nominated as the nurse assigned to look after TB patients. She is 99 now.

[@ViolinMD]

99 years old - wow! love hearing that!

[@linhwang6651]

She certainly has a strong immune system.

[@vivienhodgson3299]

My mother was also a nurse who worked with TB patients in the 40s, and did not suffer from TB herself. Sadly, she was not so lucky with the longevity, as she had various other health problems. She died in 1999. My siblings and I were all vaccinated as teenagers, and have had no lung problems.

[@coweatsman]

@@vivienhodgson3299 Sorry yo hear about your mother Vivien.

[@smoorej]

Fantastic video, as usual. The only thing more infectious than TB is Siobhan’s incredibly upbeat, positive, happy demeanor.

[@ViolinMD]

aw thank you so much!

[@ViratKohlimbbs]

😂​@@ViolinMD

[@empoweredlifeco]

Please NEVER stop making these videos!! I just graduated from NP school and am currently studying for boards... and these videos have become a hobby for listening during my free time. They are structured in such a logical yet interesting fashion, and absolutely help me to think like a clinician-- from assessment, to considering differentials, to diagnosis and treatment!

[@tinthequeen]

As a rural doctor from the Philippines, I did have a hunch it was TB. I see 1-2 cases almost every week and yes the treatment takes quite a long time and the patient has to be strictly compliant to the treatment to prevent resistance and other complications. Thank you for sharing your interesting cases doctor Shiobhan! I love your content and I learned a lot from it too 😁

[@heathersmith6180]

People are lucky when they get you as a Dr. ❤

[@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123]

The hospital I worked at here in the USA didn’t isolate patients until a disease was confirmed, instead of isolating until it was ruled out. So unfortunately I was exposed to active TB patients on several occasions. It’s kind of frustrating after caring for a patient for 3 days then you get orders to put them in an isolation negative pressure room 😳 Then the hospital, as gracious and concerned for staff as they are, told us if we get sick they would test us for no charge 🙄 I’m amazed more people don’t have TB but surprisingly there are more cases than one realizes ! Blessings

[@ironrose888]

TB is usually killed by sunlight or UV lights. The TB ward that I worked at just used UV fluorescent lights. The reason why we have such a serious problem with TB is that so many people quit taking their antibiotics as soon as they feel better and then the bacteria becomes resistant to the antibiotics. New antibiotics need to be created and tested. 😢

[@nunya2954]

Another reason we don't need folks pouring over the borders. All of this is on the rise because these people are NOT TESTED LIKE THEY SHOULD BE BEFORE ENTERING THE UNITED STATES. THERE WON'T BE AN UPROAR UNTIL FOLKS CHILDREN START GETTING TB, AND POLIO..AND ON AND ON. THEN MAYBE THE BLEEDING HEARTS WILL WAKE UP

[@khoinguyenhuynh1871]

I am a rheumatologist in Vietnam and I have diagnosed many cases of TB joint infection. It is truly a tricky bacterium to treat, especially the resistant species which is way more challenging. Thank you for sharing.

[@PeaceNinja007]

Just wanna put it out there .. Have you tried iodine? Are you as a doctor even allowed to use iodine these days? I’m reading that it kills TB even resistant TB.

[@vsee2207]

If you learn The Body Code you could clear it in a day. Be sure to clear the primary infection ,and the hidden mother colony located usually in the Amygdala gland.

[@sciencesimplified3890]

These videos are soooooo helpful for medical students in their clinical years. I see a lot of COPD exacerbations, CHF exacerbations, strokes, MI etc…. But these more rare presentations are very interesting and informative and also hearing your thought process and step by step management is so helpful!

[@ViolinMD]

this makes my day - so glad to hear that!

[@silvias550]

This is,very educational. So nicely explained.Your personality is everything

[@vcrouch6041]

Great case! As a former medical transcriptionist, these cases have helped my understanding so much. Thank you for sharing, Siobhan!

[@ViolinMD]

That's awesome to hear Vickie! Thank you!

[@mem1701movies]

@@ViolinMDI’d like to pinch your cheeks

[@thereseenjoyer]

just wondering how complicated it was to get into that career and if you found it worthwhile? (: i’ve been considering it

[@vcrouch6041]

I took a medical terminology course including anatomy and had on the job training. Nowadays it is mostly editing due to speech recognition. Often you will need to be a certified transcriptionist.

[@cathylaycock5598]

Hi. In the late 80s, a lady I worked with in the hospital laundry was diagnosed with TB just before she retired. She continued working with us. She’d have some coughing fits but she also had asthma fairly bad. Believe me, the dust from the lint in there was unreal. We’d look up at the fluorescent lights hanging 20 ft above us, there was giant balls of lint hanging from the lights shades. Some of it was green from all the OR linens including the hospital greens Drs wore. She said she wasn’t told she was contagious and her GP didn’t give her a letter for work to stay away. She’s in her late 80s now and going strong. 😊❤️🇨🇦

[@ViolinMD]

oh my gosh, I'm amazed nobody told her it was contagious (assuming it was active TB and not latent TB) - glad she's doing well!

[@cathylaycock5598]

@@ViolinMD I never caught it nor did anyone else I know of. I now have asthma and emphysema. I’m 70 and hoping I have many years ahead of me yet.

[@kittukittu1094]

I am from india , a medical student , here it been so strict NTEP i.e national tb elimination programe going on which covers the remotest areas , patient has to take all medications in front of the health care worker alloted..let me make it clearer , health care worker visits regularly to patients homes and becomes eye witness that patient isnt skipping medication . This is soo soo strictly followed and hopefully we will achieve the set targets . Fingers crossed .🤞

[@takumi2023]

i don't see how this can work. (non medical field) just based on Siobhan's explanation of dormant TB with resistance, would medication even work for everyone?

[@kittukittu1094]

​​​@@takumi2023 If patient is diagnosed with tb thats sensitive , ntep ensures it is treated completely (no skipping medication) to prevent it from becoming resistant form. If it's already a resistant tb then second line of powerful drugs are used to treat the patients (MDR-TB). And people with latent infec can't spread tb to others.

[@ViolinMD]

thanks for sharing this - really fascinating to hear how Indian public health community is managing this!

[@takumi2023]

@@kittukittu1094 thanks for sharing :)

[@elainebolling505]

I recall nyc was strict on patient conformintt with tb meds as well, to counteract drug resistant tb hopefully ​@ViolinMD

[@MsMiDC]

Just to brag a little bit, as soon as scarring of the lungs came up I immediately thought of TB. I'm basically a doctor now!

[@kyraamethyst2005]

Same!

[@monisawright3838]

Me, too

[@theBiggerJigger]

Oh my! I feel bad for Ravi. At age 33 I had awful knee pain and it turned out to be bone cancer.. talk about a SHOCKING Diagnosis! Anyway, I’m glad Ravi got to keep his knee, because mine was surgically removed then I went through 6 months of the one of the worst chemo cocktails a cancer patient can go through.

[@allywolf9182]

Big hugs!!! From another survivor

[@JJ-SH]

I can't get over just how excited you always seem explaining these stories, it's beautiful to see. Thank you.

[@pilomatrixoma]

As a pathologist and pianist who loves Chopin and looks at knee aspirates all the time, this video was right up my alley! Although it's not super common here in Canada, I've still seen TB where it wasn't expected at all...what a sneaky bug.

[@ViolinMD]

awesome - wow perfect video for you haha! yes a sneaky bug indeed!

[@PeaceNinja007]

May I ask what a pathologist’s job is? I’m a truck driver so I know nothing about this. But I do play the piano too and like to study health as a hobby .. I’m weird

[@pilomatrixoma]

@@PeaceNinja007 Ha sure. Pathologists are the MDs who diagnose tissues that come out of the human body. Anything from skin biopsies for infectious/inflammatory conditions all the way up to complicated multi-organ resections for advanced cancers. Those specimens are prepped in a bunch of special ways and put on microscope slides as super thin (around 4 microns) sections for us to diagnose. It gets really complicated from there using tons of different stains and special antibody markers to figure out what's going on or what type of cancer the person has (and there are hundreds and hundreds of different types...), but that's the gist of it. In the case of cancer, we also tell the surgeons whether the edges of the tissue (the margins) are negative for cancer cells or if they need to go back and take more tissue out. Some pathologists also perform autopsies and/or help run all of the other parts of the lab (transfusion medicine, microbiology lab, etc.).

[@LadyBirch]

@@PeaceNinja007 A pathologist studies fluids, tissues, or organs taken from the body. Pathologists often work with a surgically removed sample of diseased tissue, called a biopsy. The pathological examination of an entire body after death is called an autopsy. Pathologists are often involved in the diagnosis of illness. So any samples taken from the body whether it’s blood. And an x-ray tissue fluid from the knee these are all examined by a pathologist and then related to historical disease pathologies. This pathologist then identifies and relates to a diagnosis. They see your cells, organisms, and bacteria’s, etc then they call it out.

[@PeaceNinja007]

@@LadyBirch aah i see this is cool.. I think if I were to continue college, I would’ve pursued something like this 😎

[@Frodojack]

Approaching a well-deserved one million subscribers!

[@jodystepnowski695]

Everyone should be so excited about their work! I love your enthusiasm and appreciate your sharing your knowledge.

[@karlhungus5554]

Here in the U.S., a person would still wait 10 hours, the doctor would ask questions, halfway pay attention to the patient's replies, run a few tests on things that are not the problem, tell the patient their cholesterol and blood pressure are fine, suggest the patient is depressed, write them a prescription for an antidepressant, discharge them, and tell them to follow up with their PCP. The PCP, of course, would run the same tests and declare nothing is wrong. Two months later, the patient would get an $6,000 bill for the ER visit. That amount would be after insurance already paid them $4,000. Meanwhile, the patient turns to KZbin, Reddit, blogs, and podcasts, in hopes of trying to figure out the issue on their own.

[@Objectified]

Always some derp American trying to portray America as worse. The average ER wait time is 2 hours and 25 minutes. I've been to an ER many times and have never had to wait even that long. Americans who have been conditioned to blindly derp about the U.S. are intellectually lazy.

[@SakuraShinozaki]

that's how i got here but i didn't spend that much money...that's the only good thing about germany

[@hazy9785]

You are exactly correct! Sorry to say.

[@andreasmelcher1444]

I love watching you talk. Your facial expressions and your enthusiastic storytelling are fascinating and I could watch and listen to you all day. I can also understand you very well even as a non-native English speaker. Thank you for your work.❤

[@salvadoroliveira6632]

Your videos are not only educational; they are entertaining!❤

[@ViolinMD]

Thank you!

[@garybannack1823]

Your enthusiasm is amazing. I would bet that your betside manor is superior.

[@dejakester]

Thanks for the needle warning, I am needle phobic... I appreciated the warning and literally covered my eyes.

[@albertcarello619]

My Mother's knee pain was triggered by slow growing cervical cancer. For years my Mother kept it a complete secret. She didn't want to go through a cervical operation because it would have been months in a wheelchair. For a long time her left leg it would give out making her almost unable to walk. She went to a gynaecologist getting treatment with certain drugs. She had left knee replacement surgery but she said she still couldn't walk . Finally in 2004 she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and died in January 2008. The cervical cancer most likely spread. My mother went to Rheumatologists for years and got nowhere! They turned their backs on her.

[@edithnell227]

Firstly thank you for your very informative videos. I grew up in the 1940s and 50s. We still had TB sanatoria. The treatment then was rest, fresh air, and ............ sunshine. Not sunbake or sunburn, but a daily sunbath, which was considered essential. I remember visiting a polio ward where sufferers were wheeled out for their daily sunbath. I wonder if we now have gone too far in our avoidance of the sun.

[@anahidkassabian4471]

I really love these videos! I had an amazing bio teacher in high school. One day, he brought in a record with all different heartbeats and asked us to diagnose the problems. It was crazy fun- I’m 64 and I still remember it. One learns so much more from trying to figure something out than from just listening to someone else tell you a bunch of information. I hope you keep doing this-your channel is truly special.

[@valleygirlgg]

I love the stuff you post! I learn so much! Who knew you could get TB in your knee! Fascinating!

[@dee-annegordon5959]

I work on a respiratory ward and every year we admit a handfull of TB patients with active TB. This always seems to surprise people when I mention it. So many people seem to think that TB is already a desease of the past or at least only found in third world countries. They're always surprised to find out how common it is even here in Canada.

[@ViolinMD]

Yes absolutely! Rare for us... but you definitely have to think about it. As you said, we do see it every year!

[@linhwang6651]

TB can be brought in by carriers from the third world countries as people travel or immigrate freely.

[@royc2390]

@@linhwang6651 You can thank Joebiden for that.

[@andreal891]

Wish my doctor was as inspired to think more broadly. Great vid, thanks for sharing.

[@eugeniabuitron172]

Wow this was very interested! Medicine fascinates me which is why I work in the field! You tell a story with such enthusiasm, it's a pleasure to listen and learn from you doc!

[@Belushi87]

i didn't think TB was still an active disease. it really shows how far medicine as come and treating it as soon as possible. you learn something new every day.

[@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123]

It’s actually more common than you would think, I was surpassed a nurse how many cases there are.

[@BrianPham717]

You are so freaking close to 1 million subscribers Siobhan! You will have to do a unveil of your KZbin plaque 😊

[@jeffpro8]

10 hours in the Emergency Room is a long time even for non critical issue.

[@robinmygrnt8681]

Lest you knock Canadian (socialized) healthcare, I sat in the waiting area of a US hospital for 10 hours, turned out to have multiple PEs.

[@mottawa1]

Not in Canada!

[@TobySoodPHD]

The truck shown belongs to Mr MS as he has 20 trucks running in Delhi n Rajasthan

[@jasonjegers9973]

What a great explanation of a topic and field i have no knowledge in. You are an amazing Dr. With the ability to expain things in a clear and entertaining way. Thanks for the great video!!

[@TheStuport]

My Favorite TV Doctor Show in a 10-15 minute video clip! Love how you keep The REAL in The REEL Siobhan! You and your Husband are our favorite KZbin Doctors! Cheers From COW-lumbus, Ohio MOO 👋

[@SailingNomad17]

🧐🤓🧠🥰Wow!!! I'm just so impressed with how much you know! Thanks for sharing; you're so great at explaining things and a phenomenal "story teller".

[@joerichards1253]

You are an amazing doctor for really going in depth to figure out what was wrong with Ravi. Thank you for being so kind. Here in America we would be sent home after a pain shot.

[@seanamor]

Your presentation skills are so good, I’d say you’re wasted as a Dr but you’re probably just as good at that too. You need a TV show!

[@wannabetrucker7475]

yeah, that would be great, but her patients need her

[@EduardQualls]

For anyone dreading arthrocentesis (drawing fluid from the knee with a syringe), I had the mirror-op: two series of three-week sessions of injections into my knees (a total of 6 injections in each knee). This treatment, using injections of hyaluronic acid to cause the knee to grow new, joint-protecting cartilage, can delay, or even remove, the need for knee replacements. The medical assistant who did the injections used ultrasound to locate the openings between my leg-bones, allowing her to place the needle precisely within the void between them, and avoiding any pain whatsoever. The only (quite minor) discomfort came from the change in fluid pressure within the knee capsule, but it fades quickly. Oh, and the sequence was a complete success, restoring my knees to their condition when I was much younger, removing all pain associated with thinning or damaged cartilage. (Hyaluronic acid occurs naturally within the joints, in high amounts, up until you're around 20 yrs old; then, it declines with age. So, increasing it can restore your joints to a more youthful condition.)

[@DiskotekVenus]

This is truly an amazing and fascinating story with a happy end. I love your videos because you tell the stories in a way for everybody to understand. I had back in 2012 two times surgery within 9 days for treating a giant hiatus hernia type IV. Under conversation with one of my surgeons In november 2017 I was told, that they had thoughts losing me with a CRP close to 500! But thankfully I was treated right and at the right moment 🙏 So, let’s make a big applause to EVERY Doctors and Medicals around the world doing a fantastic job when their help is needed 👏💪🏆

[@missaisohee]

really loving these medical mystery series, doc !

[@jonathankoster547]

You do such a great job, Sabhion, with your educational videos. I miss your hosital blogs.

[@BobJones-r6o]

RN here, thanks for the through explanations you do related to medical mysteries.

[@pauleckert4321]

You and Chubbyemu need to do a colab. Maybe some crazy medical story that is so nuts its hard to believe actually happend.

[@oliviaw5132]

Wow! That is super interesting!! Great video! Glad Ravi's knee is better 😊

[@colonbrd761]

Hello Doctor all your videos are great we can learn alot about our health.i always enjoy watching all your videos they are very informative.

[@JustineMc92]

I need some of these dedicated doctors for my current medical mystery! Regardless, these are always so interesting to watch

[@hopelessly.hopeful]

I absolutely adore you. I love learning from your videos. Please never stop making them! You're a fascinating story teller and brilliant at teaching 🖤

[@lauracosta4181]

I just found your videos and I love your upbeat personality with all the information. I learned a lot. Keep making videos.

[@marcusmacdonald5277]

This... Was very much educational. As an Athlete, I did not know that an old sports injury might be serious later on and how the effects can sometimes be devastating. The fact that almost everything came back normal is also shocking. Great job sharing this.

[@nicoleziegler6112]

I really look forward to your videos! They are so informative and done in a way that makes them so easy to understand

[@lesliefoldy2767]

St. Bernadette of Lourdes: "Bernadette went on to enter the Sisters of Charity of Nevers, where at a young age she was diagnosed with tuberculosis of the bone in her right knee, and died at just 35 years old, on April 16th, 1879." I'll never forget in "The Song of Bernadette," the movie which won Jennifer Jones the Oscar, Bernadette has terrible knee pain. When it finally comes to light, the doctor says it is amazing that Bernadette has never complained because tuberculosis of the bone is so very painful.

[@Im_Just_A_Dreamer]

New uploads from Chubbyemu _and_ Violin MD at the same time!? It’s like Christmas in January!

[@amalmohamed3670]

You inspired me to become a rheumatologist, i am starting my residency of internal medicine & rheumatology this yr

[@thomasstevenrothmbamd2384]

This is an excellent presentation which is even more pertinent in the post-COVID syndrome era where SARS-CoV-2 can temporarily stun the immune system leading to initial infection or reactivation of latent infections.

[@timbit2121]

Another great episode! Love this series.

[@MohammedZalifaPhd]

Hi Good Morning Siobhan 😊

[@rachelbianchi1862]

I just had a biopsy on my clavical bone for something sooooooo similar. I’m very interested in what this comes back with and will absolutely be keeping this video in mind. Thank you

[@imthrillz5255]

I was a Medical laboratory scientist and would exam the synovial fluid with our analyzer, during that time i would make a slide in our cytocentrifuge, stain it, and examine the microscope slide. With synovial fluid i would typically see traces of monocytes/macrophages and lymphocytes. During an infection i would see a lot more cells in general almost exclusively neutrophils. Normal synovial fluid is typically yellowish and clear as well, similar to your plasma/serum in your blood.

[@wannabetrucker7475]

you folks that work in labs are so amazing, it's a real art as well as science.

[@solutions4tenants141]

I just LOVE your channel.!!! Thank you for taking the time to make these videos

[@eileenmacdougall8945]

Thank you. Your info and videos are outstanding.

[@aliced7505]

First time on your channel. I'm thrilled with your presentation - so clear and simple - easy to understand. That's talent! Thank you for the education. Subscribed.

[@tonics7121]

Absolutely riveting. Thank you so much.

[@yomi001]

Awesome video! I really enjoyed the mystery and how you presented it. Very educational too.

[@janaiajefferies7849]

I love the medical mysterious. For me as a nursing student, it’s like a case study. 🥰 Keep them coming please, I enjoy them.

[@russellfoos5560]

Great video, Siobhan. You can weave a story and integrate history and medical graphics with ease. Outstanding job!!

[@RynKimVay]

My aunt got TB in the late 1940's. Her husband left her with four kids and ran, so my uncle stepped in to help at 19 (she was on his paper route), falling madly in love with her. She ended up divorcing her husband who left her, marrying my uncle, and thus being excommunicated from the Catholic Church (officially, but the church and the congregation knew who really should have been booted, and were quite vocal about it). My uncle absolutely adored my aunt and did everything he could for her and her kids. It went into latent TB, and stayed there for decades. When I was a young girl in the early 90's, she ended up getting lung cancer from the scarring (there are some really interesting studies about that), her TB came back due to her weakened immune system, eating some of her bones, and she didn't make it. It devastated all of us. As soon as you said whatever this was, it was eating away bone, she's instantly who I thought of. I'm so glad he's on the mend and living his best life.

[@ViolinMD]

aw thanks for sharing - i'm sorry to hear about your aunt

[@harveycohen5949]

Fascinating! Thank you so much for your in-depth and easy-to-follow presentations. Incredible.

[@toregenekhatun480]

Very interesting case, I also have/had latent Tb worked at one of the last Tb hospitals in the US back in the 1990's in the lab and when I was diagnosed with cancer they started me on the regiment just in case! I believe I got my infection working in a hospital with Vietnamese refugee's back in the late 1970's early 1980's. Would talk to them daily as no one visited with them!

[@Jgjginkg244]

Wow!! This was amazing!! Glad they were able to treat him!!

[@captainhml3868]

So fascinating! I love these!

[@TC-vq6yz]

My son served two tours with the army in the Middle East. Now he's experiencing knee pain and talking about possible knee surgery. Although it might be bad knees from marching, HS football, etc., this video gives additional food for thought. He really is too young to be getting knee surgery.

[@Lifeisnow1234]

Hey there - would love to see you do a video on EDS sometime! I think it’s so important for medical professionals and lay people to have knowledge on this condition!!

[@joanhoffman3702]

I would that video, too! I have hEDS, which occurs on my mother’s side of the family.

[@kathleenpoulter7245]

Great timing. My husband didn’t understand whey he tested positive for tb recently and just seen the infectious disease doctor and starts his regiment tomorrow. The treatment he is getting is only 3 mos and she said he will always test positive now but the treatment should clear him of any risk for future tb.

[@linhwang6651]

What were the symptoms and tests?

[@arizonarn001]

You are so good and interesting with these videos. You are a natural teacher.

[@martinha2856]

Very informative video. Thanks for share this case. I like your narrative.

[@BasicDrumming]

I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

[@MrsMohitSood]

Sanotarium is for safeness 😊

[@marlenebean]

Congrats on 1 million subscribers! Well deserved, your videos are always top notch 🏆

[@jamiemiesler322]

This was such an interesting one! Tuberculosis eating a knee? Who would have ever guessed it would do that? Thank you for another great video.

[@sharon.c118]

I love watching your medical mystery videos! Thanks!

[@heatherlewis3713]

My Mum was 4 when her Mum died of TB. Mum never got symptom. She's been having problems with her knee's, but her Right one is getting worse, is quite swollen & is warm when you touch it. I told her about this story & she should go & get tested for Latent Tuberculosis. Thankyou for this Video. 👋🇦🇺

[@indigobunting2431]

No one should need to wait even ten hours in the Emergency. Imagine poor Ravi in pain.

[@sallyhook798]

Standard in the UK these days. Most of the time if you go by ambulance, there's no space in the ER. I've spent 12 hours in the back of an ambulance with a severe asthma attack. Unreal. 😢

[@montananative9786]

My grandma was in a TB sanitarium in Washington state and succumbed to the disease after five years. My mom was two yrs old when she was admitted and only got to see her mom once for five mins in those five years.

[@tedthetowerdoucette1933]

Another great video. We remember in the movie "The Song of Bernardette," Bernardette had tuberculosis of the knee. Now I know what that means and looks like. Take care, and keep on healing people!

[@rebeccacarlson9166]

What a great video!! I love these stories! And, I love the violin.🙋🏼‍♀️

[@caroslifee5244]

John Green saw this diagnosis from a mile away 😂

[@anahidkassabian4471]

😂😂😂

[@marjieestivill]

Yes!

[@aliciascott3176]

This was brilliant. My husband has knee pain with no several reasons ruled out. I am NOT going to show him this video. He was a plumber for his early career. No telling what he was exposed too. Sigh

[@nanynany3003]

So nice presentation 👏..Iam so interested in these videos and waiting for them 😊❤

[@glenmartin2437]

Thank you for your video. My mother, an RN worked in a TB sanatorium and contracted TB. This was in the early 1940's before tetracycline. She got fluoroscopic treatments seveveral times a week for a year or longer, and recovered. She was not cured, but had "arrested" TB, what you called latent TB. She never had TB again. Tuberculosis does not go away, but remains in the body ready to start an infection in any tissue it can! I have friends from India and guessed TB before you arrived at the conclusion in your video. My mother was a good diagnostician and trained me to be one also.

[@martinamasala8070]

Clear explanation , fascinating and interesting case as always! I wish you could create a Spotify podcast; it is relaxing listening to these cases, and educative.

[@LaraA55]

@Violin MD I had a gut feeling that the gentleman has TB, after the lung scans and being born in India. This is such a highly informative , awesome video.🤗

[@billiejones-iw1ov]

I’m in impressed. I can’t walk because of my right knee. I was paralysed 4 yrs ago for 3 mths. Had to learn to walk again. However I had a fall a yr ago. My knee keeps giving out. I am now in a wheel chair. However my drs just tell me to exercise and take oxicodone permanently. When in hospital they found scaring on my lung. Said I must have had TB. I had a Great Grandpa who had TB and went into a Sanitarium. I remember at school I had a scratch test to see if I needed the TB inoculation. I was about the only kid that didn’t need it. I’m in my 70s and now I understand why. Getting back to my knee, after seeing this I kind of wonder if this is why the drs haven’t figured out my problem. They just blame me for not exercising and throw pills at it. I’m at my wits end not being able to walk. I do have a bakers cyst behind the knee as well and they say I have osteoarthritis. However until I had the fall I never had trouble with my knee. I was an ice skating coach until 55 and played golf so I had been very fit. I’m waiting for god and it isn’t where I want to be. 😢

[@sueellenmcgoey6095]

Use bora× 20 mule team for knee arthritis for 3 years. From level 10 pain down to level 1-2. 1/4 teaspoon daily in coffee. Canceled my replacement surgery Also side effects of my congestive heart failure of 20 years being gone! No more struggling to breathe

[@chahinexbooking8201]

Great video thanks for sharing

[@wistfuldreamer6716]

It was called “consumption” back in the day. If you do genealogy you might come across this term as a cause of death in the early 1900’s, as I did when researching my great grandmother.