What Your EYES Say About your HEALTH: Doctor Explains

I was 38 and on my death hed for over a year. Not a single Dr. took me seriously or would send me for a scan . I was non functioning . Migraines making me throw up , neck pain , facial numbness on ine side , lost hearing on that side, throwing up ever day , high blood pressure , face shape was changing ..i was unable to walk properly I was so off balance. I could go on . I saw 5 doctors .. emergency .. they just brushed me off and told me to take more tylenol . I was out of my mind looking for answers so i booked an eye appointment. Normal exam looked fine but the. He did a deepr dive than normal abd noticed that I have a medical emergeny of optic nervw swelling . I was sent to an eye hosptial and the next day diagnosed wit a Grade 5 ( 7 .6cm) brain tumour that was about to hemmorage any day . EYE DOCTORS SAVE LIVES !!❤The tumour took my hearing from my left ear forever but by the grace of God was benign . I had a crainiotomy and had 90 percent of it removed and recovered amazingly. I would have died one day and left my daughters behind. Thank you Dr. LUCIAN !!!

0:11 every time she says she's a specialist it makes me so proud. I think I started following when she was a 2nd year ❤

Your curiosity and excitement are infectious! Your patients are lucky to have a doctor with those attributes!

I have a freckle in my green iris that is the shape of a heart. Eye doctors always call all their staff over to take a look. I'm often asked if it's an eye tattoo haha. I was worried it might be something bad, but I've always had it and it has never changed shape or colour.

I love your enthusiasm and want to thank you for sharing with your video content. I worked in the hospital for 38 years as an RN. Was a dialysis nurse for 32 years. Worked in acute care setting. If you could have been cloned I often wonder how much nicer working would have been. There is no place in medicine for self righteous, egotistical nor narcissistic behavior. Retired now but really love how you teach.

For years, my grandma, mom to 10 children, had an internist as her family doctor. No regular GP, straight up an internist. In Belgium, we are free to consult specialists, without a previous referral (back then, now it is "cheaper" if you do get that referral). But anyway. That is why I love the field. The whole family went to the same doctor, children, grandkids, and he was an amazing, on top of everything, doctor. He is sadly missed. His wife was a lab tech and had her office in the next room. If you needed your blood drawn and checked, it was done on the spot! Results straight away. Yeah, we do miss that. My current GP recently added a nurse to his office. He is as near of care that we can all get to our old family doctor. All this to explain why I just love your channel. Take this video. Chock full of information that can potentially be useful and help us get care. You do still have to advocate for yourself in this world. Keep doing what you're doing. Awesome & amazing!

I learned more here than actual class😂

In the 90s I had a plastic pair of glasses that was all pinholes. The gimmick was that wearing them would somehow fix your vision. But they were pretty cool to look through.

I just love how they explain everything to us so we can understand them , and they make it fun so we don't get bored or distracted ( which happens to me very often) plus they are having fun to which is amazing. So thank you! You're amazing guys!

My daughter who is 27 just experienced a retinal tear. It’s been a journey trying to get it fixed. Thank goodness for retinal specialists who can fix these.

This channel is even more important than ever in an age where physicians don't have time to do thorough physical exams. And entertaining on top of that. Thank you!

I am a female and I’m colorblind. Most of the women in my family are. My dad is colorblind and my mom has the gene because her mom is colorblind. Guess I’m lucky lol. We found out my husband has ankylosing spondylitis because he started having a reddening of the eye and blurry vision. Thank goodness his ophthalmologist requested testing otherwise we wouldn’t know.

Wow! So happy you covered GCA Giant cell artitis. 👏 I started watching this because I have eye problems. I almost moved on. You covered GCA ! I have had it for 4 years 2019 , Probably more. I had a great GP, he figured it out. Gave me prednisone, immediately (2-3 days) double vision resolved and my out of control blood pressure was going dow. I had 2 biopsy on each temporal artery. They were negative. They were about to stop the prednisone. I had done my research, lots of it! Dr Stone from Johns Hopkins watch a lecture he gave about it. got Actemra approved for treatment. I could tell my Dr. All the other symptoms I had that are tied to it. Even a gravelly voice! The prednisone stopped working, and I had lots of bad side effects. So they started Actemra! This saved my life and my vision. Never be afraid to be your own health advocate! Thank you for covering a much ignored illness. 😘

This popped up on my screen by divine intervention. Had blood work today. Lo-heme, enlarged red cells, same as you just described I slowed my eating, gave up meat, eat no fruit. Dx anemia. I have a Doctor's appointment on Friday and will definitely suggest testing for scurvy. Thank you, thank you.

I really like your point on sunglasses, such an easy way to protect the eyes. As an optometrist I am always saying this to my patients. Is also worth mentioning that sunglasses must have UV protection, most do but a lot of them don’t and this can actually be worst since sunglasses can dilate the pupil due to the reduced light and without UV protection the sunglasses can actually can make it worst. Also worth knowing that you can get UV protection on clear glasses not just sunglasses :)

Yep I have Gilbert Syndrome. My total bilirubin is always slightly higher than the upper limit of the normal range. No other indications. Great video. Very informative.

I didn't know about the effect of lower temperature on the eyes, it's cool!

Dr. Siobhan, I'm glad that you mentioned how retinoblastomas can be detected in fotos with a flash. The feature to reduce " red eyes " should be optional in cell phones, because it's difficult to detect changes in the retina when the pupils have been already contracted by the first flash immediately before the picture is taken.

I have had Charles Bonnet Syndrome which is visual hallucinations from vision loss. Mine related to macular degeneration. When I first started having it I was not scared for the images I saw never had been so crispy clear or colorful I have seen horses and flowers as well as other images. Beautiful. Since I have been getting injections for macular degeneration I have had them less.

I have RRMS and my most recent relapse was a severe case of optic neuritis. I lost 100% vision in my left eye within 48 hours, (it started as a small bluish dot in the centre of my eye and then boom) my MS team took amazing care of me as always, but the reason I bring this up is because during my physical examination with my neurologist before deciding treatment options she took a light to my eyes and saw that my left pupil responded the opposite of the way it should to light. She had a student with her and mentioned this reaction was less commonly seen outside of textbooks. IV steroid treatment and a stronger medication ended up helping me and allowing me to regain some vision. I found this video so interesting even though i failed so many of these fun little tests in your video. 😂 Question for you and your husband: When you were both in medical school, did either of you ever experience anything first hand you didn’t think you’d see outside of textbooks? (I love when my doctor has students, even if I’m usually only in there because of a relapse. Education is key)