Diet Change Revealed Deadly Diagnosis: Medical Mystery Solved!

Learn more about what your TONGUE says about your health next! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWOC9YnRpZE

It took 22 years for me to get a medical diagnosis, and it wasn’t a doctor that figured it out, it was me. 22 years. Not one single doctor took time to listen. None of them believed me either. The only time a doctor has been respectful was when my husband came with me. Women are not treated with respect from the medical system.

If I were in the ER I’d want someone like Violin MD to be my doctor. She’s a first rate medical detective and has the tenacity and perseverance to reach the finish line for her patients.

You mentioned the medical alert bracelet, my wife wears one of these and it is amazing how many medical people do not recognize it. They've even told her "Oh, I like your bracelet" without seeming to realize it is a medical alert bracelet. So medical professionals - please be more aware, it isn't just a nice bracelet!

Yes the medical mysteries are really fun to watch. As a dental hygienist I think it is good to know about the brown spots under the tongue. That is something that hygienists can screen for. Keep the videos coming, as you can see they are very popular!

I'm from Northampton, England. When I was around 15 I began to have the symptoms shown in this video, It got so bad that I couldn't stand and crawls to the toilet where I would vomit, because I wasn't eating I would bring up yellow bile, my GP told my parents I was attention seeking and prescribed valium. Over the days I was at deaths door on my bed when a consultant came to see me after my parents pestering the GP. As soon as he saw me he realised I was close to death and called an ambulance. Luckily within a week I was diagnosed with Addison's Disease and at the time was given cortisone which later became hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone. Within two weeks I was back on my feet and walking around the hospital grounds, I convalesced for a short time and soon began to feel normal again. Apart from a several serious episodes I'm living a relatively normal life within certain limits. This was in 1970, today I'm 69 and can do most things for my age, thankfully someone took my condition seriously than my GP or I would have died long ago.

I almost died of an adisonian crisis.. My brother saved my life and got me to the hospital. Doctors said had he brought me in half an hour later I wouldn't have made it to the hospital alive. This is such a scary event that more people need to know of, thanks for bringing awareness Siobhan!

I really enjoy this series. As an ICU nurse, it helps connect the textbook knowledge I have with real-world experiences and allows me to be more prepared for clinical presentations of uncommon conditions so I can serve my patients better. Thank you!

Side note, it is SO fascinating to see how the body compensates and adapts to try and regain homeostasis; the salt cravings and unquenchable thirst to try and compensate for the sodium deficiency and the dehydration is so wild and cool to me!!

Fellow Hamiltonian here!…. I Wanted to be a doctor growing up, but we could not financially afford it. Now in my 60s I still love medicine and love your videos. I learn so much from them.. Educational and you deliver with such enthusiasm! Please keep doing what you do ❤

It's so nice to see a truly enthusiastic Doctor who realizes there's always something to learn.

These videos are so interesting. My husband is in his first year of medical school and I always surprise him with how much I know because of these videos!

Oh please do a video on the different adrenal diseases... I have just been diagnosed with a tumor on the left gland after a crisis event and there is so much to learn and understand... Mine labs were just the opposite, my salt was high and potassium low... blood pressure shot up during crisis but is normally low, in the low teens S 60's D. Cardiac response, SVT diagnosis... cardiologist was offended when I refused his beta blocker but the "event" is over and I'm not going to take something that is going to make my BP lower than it already is on a "normal" day. PLEASE offer more input... I haven't had the surgery yet, but I know its coming... God bless you in all you do for the health and wellbeing of others...

I knew it was Addison’s from the beginning, from once you started craving salty foods.

My Dad's dog has Addisons. He almost died. Now, he gets a shot every 100 days. The dog had always drank a LOT of water, but at 4 years old, his body couldn't manage anymore, and he needed emergency intervention. Thankfully, his vet did an amazing job diagnosing him.

So cool! I just finished my first year of medical school. I had to pause the video to come up with some of my own differentials. As soon as you mentioned bronze skin + salt wasting I automatically knew what was going on. So amazing that I can follow along with this information

My first trip as a volunteer ambulance crew chief was a simple leg injury, straight forward enough, however on the return trip we got toned out for a patient with shortness of breath. Past medical history revealed hospitalization a week ago for pericarditis 😮 sh*t, code 3 to the hospital. Fortunately only ten minutes away and also he had Addison' disease, WTF they don't don't teach this in basic EMT course. They stabilized him and we picked up an RN/EMT on the return through town on our way to the regional medical center an hour away. Made for a memorable first trip. Thanks for the reminder. Love ❤ your channel.

I am currently taking endocrinology in med school. got my exam tomorow. immediately guessed she was having an addisons crisis.

I have Primary Addison's Disease. I almost died 20 yrs. ago because doctors kept misdiagnosing me, they insisted I was anorexic! My mother finally found out what I had and brought me into an Endo's office, I couldn't even hold my head up, and that dr. looked at me and said "She has Addison's Disease!) Mom and that doctor saved my life, I was within a few weeks of death! My Addison's has never been stable and the Endo. has never told me how to take care of myself, like when I need to updose! I have crisis symptoms almost all the time! I wish I could find a better doctor. Any other Endo. is so far away! I've developed other auto-immune diseases after this too - like Pernicious Anemia....Hashimoto's actually came first.

Just absolutely love your approach to explaining things. I was an ICU nurse for 30 years and a pain therapy nurse for 10 and I learned so much from you.