thanks for having me! important note idk if it was editing or I misspoke in blood rushing excitement--probably the latter bc I mean, it's wired magazine--the diastolic / lower number is still an arterial pressure read veins are passive / not part of BP but still all a closed circuit and this is why i'm not a cardiologist.. at the dismay of uncles and aunties everywhere i'm sure 😮💨
He is just like this in person. He was my hematologist a few years ago. He treats all his patients with respect and kindness, and most of all, he listens to you. Dr. Juneja is just a wonderful human.🙂
I REALLY wish I had him. I am having to strong arm my hematologist to do their job. When your sick tho, it is hard to be your own advocate when you can be disoriented and confused half the time. I am just extremely frustrated, angry, and flabbergasted by how stupid and ineffective my care team is.
No. Health care workers are taught to present info at a 5th grade reading level. All patient education materials in medical setting also at 5th grade level.
@@emmy9732 For example, he said that the diastolic blood pressure, the second value, refelcts the pressure in the veins. This is untrue, it reflects the lower boundary of the variation of arterial pressure.
Actually a lot of baseline “normal” things in medicine are based on adult white males which of course being the diverse world that we are, isn’t actually the real normal. Thanks doctor for reminding us of that.
I noticed that ethnic doctors ( like him ) always do so. White doctors NEVER care abt these differences. If you see skincare studies that test black and asian skin theyre never done by white doctors. All the beauty skincare products are made for White skin
I hope most doctors are aware of that - imagine getting a blood test and they think it's all normal because of these specific averages made centuries ago 🥴
Hats off to hematologists frfr. My daughter’s hematologist had the tiniest hunch that my daughter had AML due to consistent blood testing and other health factors that put her at extremely high risk. She was scheduled for a bone marrow biopsy that same week. By Monday of the next week, her hematologist gently delivered the diagnosis, thoroughly explained her treatment plan, and had us admitted to hospital the next day. She would make sure to speak to us when she was in for morning rounds and really held our hand through it. My daughter is now in remission thanks to her. I’m so grateful for all the very nerdy people who study blood lol ❤
I'm a medical technologist in charge of my hospital's haematology department, and I love his explanations to allow people to understand complex subjects. Suppose I know I'm talking to someone with little to no medical background or is in a different field of practice. In that case, I also try to simplify what I'm talking about without being condescending--they may not understand my job, but I probably don't know theirs either.
The expert series is so well done, Wired always finds fantastic people, and in doing so they are really helping public education. Having clearly intelligent and charismatic experts answer complex questions in the simplest manner possible is fantastic for the millions of laymen like me that watch these. These folks are the Bill Nye's of our era. Plus the cheerful, helpful engagement likely helps shore up trust in educated professionals (especially in medicine) and that's proving to be very socially important nowadays.
@@TheOncDoc It's good to hear you're motivated by a sense of purpose. I have a nurse practitioner and MRT in my immediate family so I know all about how important it is to find reward in a field as challenging as medicine. Best wishes, and hopefully we'll see a round 2 with you in the future.
the way he answered the question related to period blood makes me so happy.. like for once there is no reference to 'the amount of blood being lost is minimal so just relax, don't exaggerate' etc :)
@@rosmarbal gotta quote @canesugar911 on here - What amount is 36%? 50ml?, 100ml?,500 or 2ml? Or 1000? The percentage of blood in the menses composition does not reflect the actual amount of blood being Channelled out of circulation. The menstruating population would not have issues like anaemia or certain blood deficiencies if they weren't losing a significant amount of blood. You say that "you are not losing anywhere near the amount of blood you think you are losing as the vast majority isn't blood",.....so i ask again, what is the exact amount of blood being lost for all the women? while they say it's somewhere around 40 - 90ml, it is more than that for a lot of women.. so there is no exaggeration there
@@rosmarbal It would not have been correct. Iron deficiency is very common among people who menstruate regularily and is underdiagnosed and undertreated. It is so common in fact that the reference values for hemoglobin in women are lower than those of men because such a large proportion of the "healthy" population is anemic.
Thank you for talking about standard ranges for blood tests and different geographical areas w/blood types. I was a grown grown adult before a hematologist was able to help me understand my ridiculous life long anemia & alpha thalassemia. Now I have a treatment that actually works rather than just taking iron pills that never did anything and just emotionally feel less "defective" knowing that some of what's different about my body is the result of it trying to protect itself.
'Plasma is a beautiful harmony' omg as a former lab technician and physiology teacher I agree. We take so many things for granted but human body is so precise and beautiful ❤️
Loving Dr. Juneja! There's TONS of fascinating micro-systems in the body and it all gets very complicated very fast, and he conveyed his knowledge with enough depth to show he really DOES know what he's talking about as well as keeping the lingo shorter to help a wider audience understand. Always love seeing passionate scientists/doctors/researchers and hearing them talk. You should definitely invite Dr. Juneja back for pt 2!!!
My mom was sick for months despite my pleas, 1 night she couldn't take it. They found a *BLOOD CLOT* in her lung. She would have died if she waited longer. She was diagnosed with Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome so she's on blood thinners for life. Mini-strokes, migraines, fatigued quickly, limb numbness... Everytime she had to use stairs, she always ran up because it made her happy. I love my mom so much. ❤
I was diagnosed with 2 blood clots in my lungs. So feel how you must've felt about your mother seeing breathless doing even the simplest of tasks and being in such pain. Hope she is better now
This was great! As always Wired knocked it out of the park. Now, as a phlebotomist, I’m hoping they’ll consider doing a Phlebotomy Support video to help answer some questions and lessen some of the stigma around having your blood drawn and just why it’s so important! We aren’t heartless monsters with needles here to make your life difficult, we’re a super important component of the healthcare chain. But to have a video all about blood really made me smile!
It takes a long time to bleed out to the point of being in danger when on your period, trust me. Several years ago, I had a really heavy flow that lasted several weeks (I'm talking about half a box of pads per day type of heavy flow). I went to urgent care, was told to keep an eye on it, but later that week I passed out in the shower, only to wake up to a doctor explaining to me that I was borderline comatose because my H&H got so low. It was so bad that they kept me in the ICU for 6 days and I ended up needing a total of 9 units of blood... almost an entire person's worth. I can honestly say without donated blood, I'd be dead right now. SO PLEASE DONATE BLOOD IF YOU'RE ABLE!
And if you’re using half a box of pad’s every day for a week, you should DEFINITELY go see a doctor. Actually, considering that’s the amount you used and you needed a whole persons worth of blood to be ok again… an eighth of a box is probably where people should start checking lol.
I was going through super plus tampons every 2-3 hours. The best treatment is birth control but birth control has caused me twice to end up with pulmonary embolism’s in my lungs arteries (huge clots obstructing almost all blood flow). I have naturally higher clotting factors that saved my life in a car accident where I was ejected 40 ft and should have died, but apparently it’s also causing heavy clots during my period too. So it’s a lose lose situation. But I saw a hematologist in the ICU after my lung clots and they made minimal effort to help or do anything. The pulmonologist was the one explaining what she should have.
@@marquisdelafayette1929ditch the birth control and get on calcium d glucarate. I had the same issue as you with the extremely heavy periods, I had to change my super tampon HOURLY. After a couple months of consistently taking CDG, I only use 4-5 tampons a day and zero clots.
Great video and amazing speaker. I wish there was a good opportunity here for him to explain the importance of blood donation and, for especially those of us who are AB+, the importance of platelet donation. He waved at it in the part about the centrifuge, which they use in plateletpheresis, so that would've been cool to mention.
@@TheOncDoc Wow! I didn't realize they taped that much. In that case, I wish the EDITORS would've left that in! It's such a super important message. Thanks for replying, Doc!
As someone who underwent a stem cell transplant earlier this year to hopefully keep my mutliple myeloma in remission, and who had to have sooooooo many platelet transfusions while I was in the hospital for a month (and for several weeks after) to keep me alive, I'm eternally grateful to those who donate blood and platelets!!
If biology was explain like this in middle/high school, I wouldn’t have fallen asleep. Most of the things I was supposed to learn in middle/high school I ended up teaching myself in college
For the amount of blood in a peroid question the biggest thing is that only about 36% of it is actually blood. 2 thirds of it is other stuff like the uterine wall and other tissues and secreations. So your not losing anywhere near the amount of blood you think you are as the vast majority isnt blood.
What amount is 36%? 50ml?, 100ml?,500 or 2ml? Or 1000? The percentage of blood in the menses composition does not reflect the actual amount of blood being Channelled out of circulation. The menstruating population would not have issues like anaemia or certain blood deficiencies if they weren't losing a significant amount of blood. You say that "you are not losing anywhere near the amount of blood you think you are losing as the vast majority isn't blood",.....so i ask again, what is the exact amount of blood being lost for all the women?
@canesugar911 maybe it's less losing too much blood, and maybe more someone's body not being able to do its job to replace the amount that comes out during menstruation?
Not to mention that the uterine lining forms over the entire time of the cycle. So the amount lost over a week has been around for 3 weeks and your body was making more the whole time.
Dr. Juneja is a really energetic guy with great information delivery. Wired has been doing great finding these charismatic science professionals on the program.
@@MyIndia2100 dude, I just said he's handsome. I was always an A+ student in biology and know every technical term he used. Also, english is my 4th language.
Basically, it’s like going to the grocery store and picking out which candy will give you the best sugar high. So, if you think about it, mosquitos are addicts. Go figure. 🤣
Dr. Juneja's kindness and dedication to educating people, as well as simplifying complex concepts, are commendable. We are fortunate to have him as the host of our podcast. ❤
1:46 This is not accurate. The bottom number of conventional blood pressure notation is diastolic blood pressure, which means the lowest pressure within the major arteries. It is not the same as the pressure inside veins.
"You gave them the wanted poster" is such a wonderfully concise way of explaining vaccinations. As with the mosquito bite thing... I've always wondered, as someone who appears not to get stung, if it's indeed a lack of stinging or a lack of reaction to the sting. I've felt a mosquito sting plenty of times, but it did not lead to an itchy spot in several instances. It may be an added layer to this question.
I have a low white blood cell count. I really appreciate you bringing this up because every time I go to the doctor for a physical, they are so worried about my low WBC count. But every time I get it checked at a Hemotologist (child and adult) the numbers are consistent. They keep wanting to do tests and I am like... or this is just my normal level?
You learn something new everyday. Great video, thank you Dr. Sanjay. There was just one teeny tiny error, at 7:57 I think he meant to say baby blood cell instead of baby blood vessel because a reticulocyte is actually a immature red blood cell. 😊
Good information but I do have to (respectfully) correct one thing Dr. Juneja said. He stated that venous pressure is the bottom number on a blood pressure measurement. The bottom number is the lowest pressure in the arteries during the cardiac cycle. Pressure in the veins is usually 8-10 mmHg.
Came here for this and was hoping for exactly this type of comment. Less of an „uhm, actually“ but just respectful help. Must admit, I had to rethink everything I know about my knowledge about blood pressure there for a second xD
I think it was trying to make it easier for a layperson to understand. RN-Me knows the definition but has had to explain it many times in less technical language.
I am always so happy to see one of these episodes pop up. Blood has always intrigued me, especially since being told I was apparently "allergic" to it. 😂
The only caveat to what he said is that the diastolic blood pressure (the number on the bottom of the blood pressure measurement, i.e. the 80 of the 120/80) is NOT a measurement of the pressure of the blood in the veins returning to the heart. Instead, it represents the measurement of the lowest pressure present in the arteries, that continues to move blood forward, even when the heart is relaxing.
Weirdly enough, plasma can and does change colors. When I used to donate plasma some years ago, the plasma was a pretty peachy mango color. I took no prescription medication and that was the natural color of my plasma. But the blood bank workers explained that women who take birth control pills or hormone replacement therapy often have olive green/ pea green plasma due to the medication in their body.
When I was a teenager, I went to an oncology camp for a week out in the woods every summer until I turned 18. One year (my second, I think), I was receiving chemotherapy treatments that continued during my stay. Interestingly, through the entire week I was there, I only got bit by a single mosquito. However, other years, I ended up getting more than one bite so I would assume that mosquitos can smell the toxic chemicals running through my blood. Just something I found intriguing.
This was great! I could understand the concept of everything he explained because he put it together so well! Thanks for answering questions about blood that I didn’t even know I had 😁
3:26 There's actually 5 types of white blood cells, Neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils. 5:35 Make sure your centrifuge is balanced!!
"We all wish that Noah had just slapped those two mosquitos" really got me. Yes, not sharks or snakes.... The greatest mass murderer animal is mosquitos. It have killed hundreds of millions of people throughout history.
I’m the mosquito magnet, I’m also allergic. I can go camping with 4 other friends, tormented all night by mosquitoes. I’ll wake up several times in the night very uncomfortable and sometimes in pain. Each bite turns red and puffy and radiates outwards maybe an inch or so. Painful ones are on my fingers or bottom of feet. Next morning I’ve had a horrible night of sleep, my friends didn’t get hit, and if they did they didn’t notice. Meanwhile my whole body, even parts covered with a blanket is bitten.
I have chronic myeloid leukemia and had none of the typical leukemia symptoms. I presented with GI issues because my high WBC caused inflammation in my intestines and colon. I’m thankful that happened because I went to the ER and my counts were so high I was admitted and tested for leukemia.
So, I live in Scottsdale, Arizona, and I didn't realize we had mosquitoes here for years. Then, when walking my dog with a neighbor, I realized we do have mosquitoes as she repeatedly got bitten. However, if I travel to Colorado, I'm apparently fair game there for mosquitoes. Honestly, I would love to know the science behind why Arizona mosquitoes avoid me like poison, but Colorado mosquitoes love my blood as much as the next person.
Why are they asking questions about blood pressure to a hemathologist? He got almost everything he talked about that wrong. Those are best left for a cardiologist. Venous pressure isn't equal to diastolic BP, it's much much lower. Diastolic BP also isn't what happens after the blood finishes giving oxigen and has nothing to do with oxigen in fact. Not all kinds of fainting are like that, and not all kinds of fainting are benign like the blood drawing one.
I have anemia(I've been anemic for a long time), a high platelet count, and small pink blood cells. I take ferrous sulfate for it, my platelet count is going down gradually. I need a CBC and panel before I can know if there have been any other changes.
This was the best Wired support I've seen. I have a hematologist on my hockey team. I wish he talked about it more, but I guess he's there's score goals, not talk shop.
thanks for having me! important note idk if it was editing or I misspoke in blood rushing excitement--probably the latter bc I mean, it's wired magazine--the diastolic / lower number is still an arterial pressure read veins are passive / not part of BP but still all a closed circuit and this is why i'm not a cardiologist.. at the dismay of uncles and aunties everywhere i'm sure 😮💨
Nice to see you come back to correct/clarify yourself!
Haha glad you corrected this, definitely confused me for a moment
Hi Doc! Can you share what is your tattoo?
Good stuff, I’d love to see more of you on here! 🎉
@@sudokuzcalkamian outline of the good 'ole state of LOUISIANA ! ⚜️
He is just like this in person. He was my hematologist a few years ago. He treats all his patients with respect and kindness, and most of all, he listens to you. Dr. Juneja is just a wonderful human.🙂
He can get non-medical people to understand, he's a KEEPER !!😊
W
I REALLY wish I had him. I am having to strong arm my hematologist to do their job. When your sick tho, it is hard to be your own advocate when you can be disoriented and confused half the time. I am just extremely frustrated, angry, and flabbergasted by how stupid and ineffective my care team is.
@@erincrow7084wishing you all the best ❤
"We all wish that Noah had just slapped those two mosquitos" - As the person in my family who got 50x as many mosquito bites as anyone else, I concur.
😂 same here❗
😂😂😂😂
If only Harry Potter would cast a spell to get rid of mosquitoes! Haha. Fictional characters cant help you, sorry.
@@XVeganDaveGodFreeX Lighten up, Francis, it's a freaking joke.
Haha yeah and I'm allergic too
He must have spent some time in pediatrics. His discriptions are so vivid and simple. It’s amazing to listen to him
Except for the answer that wired used to lure us in. Lol
hes also soo enthusiastic
I was thinking the same thing his descriptions seem somewhat geared towards kids so cute
maybe has treated a lot of kids with leukemia.
No. Health care workers are taught to present info at a 5th grade reading level. All patient education materials in medical setting also at 5th grade level.
He should teach the public. He's so good at communicating complex topics to a lay audience.
That's because a lot of the things he says are oversimplified or straight up wrong
@@DangerSquiggles like what?
@@emmy9732 For example, he said that the diastolic blood pressure, the second value, refelcts the pressure in the veins. This is untrue, it reflects the lower boundary of the variation of arterial pressure.
He is right now, in this video.
@@DangerSquiggleshe corrected himself by leaving a comment.
As a black person with a constant “low” wbc count. It was nice hearing him explain the difference between ethnicities.
Actually a lot of baseline “normal” things in medicine are based on adult white males which of course being the diverse world that we are, isn’t actually the real normal. Thanks doctor for reminding us of that.
i know what people are trying to say, but black americans are NOT ethnic! we were never allowed to be.
I noticed that ethnic doctors ( like him ) always do so. White doctors NEVER care abt these differences. If you see skincare studies that test black and asian skin theyre never done by white doctors. All the beauty skincare products are made for White skin
I'm AB+..AND COULD TAKE ANY
BLOOD
I hope most doctors are aware of that - imagine getting a blood test and they think it's all normal because of these specific averages made centuries ago 🥴
11:20 for the mosquito question
Thank you 🫡
🎉 thank you I've been looking for the time stamp comment
He did not answer at all though. Do they prefer the ones with more CO2 in their blood or does having more repel them?
@@m-ray5956he says they prefer more co2
And is more CO2 a good or bad thing?
Hats off to hematologists frfr. My daughter’s hematologist had the tiniest hunch that my daughter had AML due to consistent blood testing and other health factors that put her at extremely high risk. She was scheduled for a bone marrow biopsy that same week. By Monday of the next week, her hematologist gently delivered the diagnosis, thoroughly explained her treatment plan, and had us admitted to hospital the next day. She would make sure to speak to us when she was in for morning rounds and really held our hand through it. My daughter is now in remission thanks to her. I’m so grateful for all the very nerdy people who study blood lol ❤
And I'm grateful your daughter is in remission.
Glad to hear your daughter is doing better!
I'm a medical technologist in charge of my hospital's haematology department, and I love his explanations to allow people to understand complex subjects. Suppose I know I'm talking to someone with little to no medical background or is in a different field of practice. In that case, I also try to simplify what I'm talking about without being condescending--they may not understand my job, but I probably don't know theirs either.
Hello fellow med tech!
Shoutout to all my med techs!
I worked in hematology for a few years, and I absolutely loved it. I am now working in chemistry.
The expert series is so well done, Wired always finds fantastic people, and in doing so they are really helping public education. Having clearly intelligent and charismatic experts answer complex questions in the simplest manner possible is fantastic for the millions of laymen like me that watch these. These folks are the Bill Nye's of our era. Plus the cheerful, helpful engagement likely helps shore up trust in educated professionals (especially in medicine) and that's proving to be very socially important nowadays.
this was so kind 🥹 thank you! it's a calling / celestial purpose, imo :)
@@TheOncDoc It's good to hear you're motivated by a sense of purpose. I have a nurse practitioner and MRT in my immediate family so I know all about how important it is to find reward in a field as challenging as medicine. Best wishes, and hopefully we'll see a round 2 with you in the future.
Great video so far! Dr. Juneja is charismatic and a great science communicator.
Why he kinda
Agree
they always pick good people
the way he answered the question related to period blood makes me so happy.. like for once there is no reference to 'the amount of blood being lost is minimal so just relax, don't exaggerate' etc :)
Except that would have been the correct answer, insteadof his non- answer
@@rosmarbal gotta quote @canesugar911 on here - What amount is 36%? 50ml?, 100ml?,500 or 2ml? Or 1000? The percentage of blood in the menses composition does not reflect the actual amount of blood being Channelled out of circulation.
The menstruating population would not have issues like anaemia or certain blood deficiencies if they weren't losing a significant amount of blood.
You say that "you are not losing anywhere near the amount of blood you think you are losing as the vast majority isn't blood",.....so i ask again, what is the exact amount of blood being lost for all the women?
while they say it's somewhere around 40 - 90ml, it is more than that for a lot of women.. so there is no exaggeration there
@@rosmarbal It would not have been correct. Iron deficiency is very common among people who menstruate regularily and is underdiagnosed and undertreated. It is so common in fact that the reference values for hemoglobin in women are lower than those of men because such a large proportion of the "healthy" population is anemic.
The thing is, it is only part blood and part uterine wall. Correct me if I am wrong.
Thank you for talking about standard ranges for blood tests and different geographical areas w/blood types. I was a grown grown adult before a hematologist was able to help me understand my ridiculous life long anemia & alpha thalassemia. Now I have a treatment that actually works rather than just taking iron pills that never did anything and just emotionally feel less "defective" knowing that some of what's different about my body is the result of it trying to protect itself.
Same here!
Can u explain more
He seems very enthusiastic about his field. Very nice.
Listening to a person who enjoys what they are explaining is always enjoyable.
Dr. Juneja is great fun!! You should have him back for blood part 2.
he's fun and his name is funny too! sunjay ju ninja
Sounds like a horror film sequel.
Making this video First Blood?
This man should be a professor with how vivid and easy it is to hear these broken down topics. Love his energy!
This dude's a great teacher, bring him on more!
ThIs guy is great at presenting information.
I think it's because he has A Positive attitude.
I'll see myself out.
Oh, be positive! I loved your pun. 😛
omg. y'all are my people 🥹
Oh.
😂
No need, puns are great
'Plasma is a beautiful harmony' omg as a former lab technician and physiology teacher I agree. We take so many things for granted but human body is so precise and beautiful ❤️
He explains these concepts so well. Definitely one of the best experts featured on this series so far!
Loving Dr. Juneja! There's TONS of fascinating micro-systems in the body and it all gets very complicated very fast, and he conveyed his knowledge with enough depth to show he really DOES know what he's talking about as well as keeping the lingo shorter to help a wider audience understand. Always love seeing passionate scientists/doctors/researchers and hearing them talk. You should definitely invite Dr. Juneja back for pt 2!!!
My mom was sick for months despite my pleas, 1 night she couldn't take it. They found a *BLOOD CLOT* in her lung. She would have died if she waited longer. She was diagnosed with Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome so she's on blood thinners for life. Mini-strokes, migraines, fatigued quickly, limb numbness... Everytime she had to use stairs, she always ran up because it made her happy. I love my mom so much. ❤
I was diagnosed with 2 blood clots in my lungs. So feel how you must've felt about your mother seeing breathless doing even the simplest of tasks and being in such pain. Hope she is better now
My whole biology class for like 4 years in 11 minutes
I agree 😂
Truth 😉
This was great! As always Wired knocked it out of the park. Now, as a phlebotomist, I’m hoping they’ll consider doing a Phlebotomy Support video to help answer some questions and lessen some of the stigma around having your blood drawn and just why it’s so important! We aren’t heartless monsters with needles here to make your life difficult, we’re a super important component of the healthcare chain. But to have a video all about blood really made me smile!
It takes a long time to bleed out to the point of being in danger when on your period, trust me. Several years ago, I had a really heavy flow that lasted several weeks (I'm talking about half a box of pads per day type of heavy flow). I went to urgent care, was told to keep an eye on it, but later that week I passed out in the shower, only to wake up to a doctor explaining to me that I was borderline comatose because my H&H got so low. It was so bad that they kept me in the ICU for 6 days and I ended up needing a total of 9 units of blood... almost an entire person's worth. I can honestly say without donated blood, I'd be dead right now. SO PLEASE DONATE BLOOD IF YOU'RE ABLE!
And if you’re using half a box of pad’s every day for a week, you should DEFINITELY go see a doctor. Actually, considering that’s the amount you used and you needed a whole persons worth of blood to be ok again… an eighth of a box is probably where people should start checking lol.
I'd think you have a bleeding disorder
"Keep an eye on it"
*almost dies*
What did you expect with such a """womanly"""" concern don't you know we're just dramatic 😮💨
I was going through super plus tampons every 2-3 hours. The best treatment is birth control but birth control has caused me twice to end up with pulmonary embolism’s in my lungs arteries (huge clots obstructing almost all blood flow).
I have naturally higher clotting factors that saved my life in a car accident where I was ejected 40 ft and should have died, but apparently it’s also causing heavy clots during my period too. So it’s a lose lose situation. But I saw a hematologist in the ICU after my lung clots and they made minimal effort to help or do anything. The pulmonologist was the one explaining what she should have.
@@marquisdelafayette1929ditch the birth control and get on calcium d glucarate. I had the same issue as you with the extremely heavy periods, I had to change my super tampon HOURLY. After a couple months of consistently taking CDG, I only use 4-5 tampons a day and zero clots.
I am so glad that he mentioned the racial differences in blood components. It's something that is overlooked all the time
I agree and this should be researched further.
Agreed
I’m a nurse, and we weren’t even taught this. So interesting!
Dr. Juneja: beautifully done. You're really good at communicating complex concepts with clarity and kindness.
Great video and amazing speaker. I wish there was a good opportunity here for him to explain the importance of blood donation and, for especially those of us who are AB+, the importance of platelet donation. He waved at it in the part about the centrifuge, which they use in plateletpheresis, so that would've been cool to mention.
I went into it as well as bone marrow registry extensively 😢 it was actually 2 straight hours of 85+ questions 🥵
@@TheOncDoc Wow! I didn't realize they taped that much. In that case, I wish the EDITORS would've left that in! It's such a super important message. Thanks for replying, Doc!
As someone who underwent a stem cell transplant earlier this year to hopefully keep my mutliple myeloma in remission, and who had to have sooooooo many platelet transfusions while I was in the hospital for a month (and for several weeks after) to keep me alive, I'm eternally grateful to those who donate blood and platelets!!
If biology was explain like this in middle/high school, I wouldn’t have fallen asleep. Most of the things I was supposed to learn in middle/high school I ended up teaching myself in college
For the amount of blood in a peroid question the biggest thing is that only about 36% of it is actually blood. 2 thirds of it is other stuff like the uterine wall and other tissues and secreations. So your not losing anywhere near the amount of blood you think you are as the vast majority isnt blood.
What amount is 36%? 50ml?, 100ml?,500 or 2ml? Or 1000? The percentage of blood in the menses composition does not reflect the actual amount of blood being Channelled out of circulation.
The menstruating population would not have issues like anaemia or certain blood deficiencies if they weren't losing a significant amount of blood.
You say that "you are not losing anywhere near the amount of blood you think you are losing as the vast majority isn't blood",.....so i ask again, what is the exact amount of blood being lost for all the women?
@@canesugar911Yeah. There's blood in the uterine wall bits that slough off, as well as where the remaining tissue will heal.
@canesugar911 maybe it's less losing too much blood, and maybe more someone's body not being able to do its job to replace the amount that comes out during menstruation?
Not to mention that the uterine lining forms over the entire time of the cycle. So the amount lost over a week has been around for 3 weeks and your body was making more the whole time.
@@m.g.5073 read my comment again
I like how he talks with his hands. I know a bunch of people like that
I'm like that too. I tell folks that if you tie my hands, I can't talk. I need at least one otherwise I'm silent.
🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌
Very Indian stuff to do. 😂
@@tomorrow.Dinga dinga dinga
Dr. Juneja is a really energetic guy with great information delivery. Wired has been doing great finding these charismatic science professionals on the program.
Wow he's handsome. Didn't hear a word.
😂
Lol I was thinking the same thing and then I peeped the wedding ring 🥹
These girls are just weighed on earth..
@@MyIndia2100 dude, I just said he's handsome. I was always an A+ student in biology and know every technical term he used. Also, english is my 4th language.
@@morganazoric carry on with your ideologies. Best wishes for happy life
not me distracted by how charismatic he is. appearance wise and knowledge wise.
He explains this so well!! He’s super fun! Love to see it ❤
This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. I guess I can say I’ve interviewed a celebrity now😂I got him first Wired💁♂️
soooo.... Why does some people get mosquitoes bites more than others?
High CO2 in the blood. High bicarbonate.
They don’t bite me and puzzling to people around me.
O blood least affected not as sweet
Basically, it’s like going to the grocery store and picking out which candy will give you the best sugar high. So, if you think about it, mosquitos are addicts. Go figure. 🤣
@@suelindsey1372 not as sweet 🥲
Dr. Juneja's kindness and dedication to educating people, as well as simplifying complex concepts, are commendable. We are fortunate to have him as the host of our podcast. ❤
1:46 This is not accurate. The bottom number of conventional blood pressure notation is diastolic blood pressure, which means the lowest pressure within the major arteries. It is not the same as the pressure inside veins.
where do you keep finding these hot experts
Wow. This doc is extremely intelligent, you can tell in the way he speaks and carries himself. It was a joy listening to your explanations doc!
The universe seemingly took the majority of charisma available in the people-making process and put it in Dr. Juneja, holy cow
He’d make a great science teacher. Kids will love him 😂
I was here hoping you would elaborate on the ❣️❣️MOSQUITO QUESTION ❣️❣️
He did.He said Noah should have slapped them. I know I would have more pleasant evenings if Noah had them land on him. Haha
You can tell he really loves what he does and that is just awesome. His level of excitement for his career is goals
I don't get how they always get the perfect person for each support video series
Dr. Sanjayyyyy!!! Big time! Love to see ya on the big screen!
He made things so easy to understand! I love the way he explained everything too bad I’m gonna forget everything in 2 seconds
This was one of the most fascinating ones I've watched so far!
"You gave them the wanted poster" is such a wonderfully concise way of explaining vaccinations.
As with the mosquito bite thing... I've always wondered, as someone who appears not to get stung, if it's indeed a lack of stinging or a lack of reaction to the sting. I've felt a mosquito sting plenty of times, but it did not lead to an itchy spot in several instances. It may be an added layer to this question.
Love to see him again, or someone else talking about the importance of blood donation and answer questions regarding that topic.
I learned a lot. Thanks wired for this series.
3:22 White blood cells have all different kinds...he only mentions neutrophils and lymphocytes. There are also monocytes, eosinophils and basophils.
He’s great and cute too! Bring Sanjay back for more. He reminds me of the haematology oncologist I had to see. Are they all upbeat, smart geeks?
I wish
leave it up to hematologists (and infusion nurses!) to be so genuine and good at explaining things. They are the blueprint fr
I have a low white blood cell count. I really appreciate you bringing this up because every time I go to the doctor for a physical, they are so worried about my low WBC count. But every time I get it checked at a Hemotologist (child and adult) the numbers are consistent. They keep wanting to do tests and I am like... or this is just my normal level?
You learn something new everyday. Great video, thank you Dr. Sanjay. There was just one teeny tiny error, at 7:57 I think he meant to say baby blood cell instead of baby blood vessel because a reticulocyte is actually a immature red blood cell. 😊
There are several obvious errors in his explanations. This maey me wary of all the other videos in this series.
This dude said so many smart words I never heard before, most of these dumb questions I knew the answers to, but his descriptions are nice
Loved this explanation style!
you need to bring him back....love how he explains things ....
Well for the first time, "wtf" isn't censored...
Cry about it
It was too much to hear the f word like that for me. But I appreciate all the infob
I think they forgot to censor it
Good information but I do have to (respectfully) correct one thing Dr. Juneja said. He stated that venous pressure is the bottom number on a blood pressure measurement. The bottom number is the lowest pressure in the arteries during the cardiac cycle. Pressure in the veins is usually 8-10 mmHg.
Who cares
Came here for this and was hoping for exactly this type of comment. Less of an „uhm, actually“ but just respectful help. Must admit, I had to rethink everything I know about my knowledge about blood pressure there for a second xD
@@adityagurung017For science? Truth? Having correction information?? Think better.
Almost sure it's an oopsie more than a lack of knowledge. Or maybe he holds the hand device upside down 😂
I think it was trying to make it easier for a layperson to understand. RN-Me knows the definition but has had to explain it many times in less technical language.
He’s a really good teacher, makes complicated topics very easy to understand
This should start teaching.
He can easily make student understand difficult topic so easily.
I absolutely love him. So fun and energetic and informative. If I ever need a hematologist, Dr. Juneja is my dude
The perfect video to watch at 1am when u got class the next morning 😊
this was so cool. dr. juneja seriously should start teaching us all
I am always so happy to see one of these episodes pop up. Blood has always intrigued me, especially since being told I was apparently "allergic" to it. 😂
Thank you🙏 Dr. Sanjay Juneja ❗❗
I clicked this for the mosquito question and was not satisfied! I need more
The only caveat to what he said is that the diastolic blood pressure (the number on the bottom of the blood pressure measurement, i.e. the 80 of the 120/80) is NOT a measurement of the pressure of the blood in the veins returning to the heart. Instead, it represents the measurement of the lowest pressure present in the arteries, that continues to move blood forward, even when the heart is relaxing.
Love this, Dr. Juneja is awesome. Side note: of course a hematologist is wearing red scrubs :)
As someone who has to have a hematologist in my care team for the rest of my life, this was super fascinating!
Weirdly enough, plasma can and does change colors. When I used to donate plasma some years ago, the plasma was a pretty peachy mango color. I took no prescription medication and that was the natural color of my plasma. But the blood bank workers explained that women who take birth control pills or hormone replacement therapy often have olive green/ pea green plasma due to the medication in their body.
When I was a teenager, I went to an oncology camp for a week out in the woods every summer until I turned 18. One year (my second, I think), I was receiving chemotherapy treatments that continued during my stay. Interestingly, through the entire week I was there, I only got bit by a single mosquito. However, other years, I ended up getting more than one bite so I would assume that mosquitos can smell the toxic chemicals running through my blood. Just something I found intriguing.
This was great! I could understand the concept of everything he explained because he put it together so well! Thanks for answering questions about blood that I didn’t even know I had 😁
The Bio teacher we all needed but never. 😅
3:26 There's actually 5 types of white blood cells, Neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils.
5:35 Make sure your centrifuge is balanced!!
I don't think I've ever found talk about blood so entertaining 😂 Thank you, Doctor 🤘✌👍🤗
"We all wish that Noah had just slapped those two mosquitos" really got me. Yes, not sharks or snakes.... The greatest mass murderer animal is mosquitos. It have killed hundreds of millions of people throughout history.
I was wondering when the next tech support video would come, after the last few weeks. I’m glad it’s back
I wished this was explained to me, like this as a kid. Thanks Dr. Sanjay, you made this sound so interesting!
this was super awesome learning experience! brilliant explanation. really terrific on the wbc example of ethnicity differences. thanks doc
I really appreciate his use of "centripetal" to describe the force acted on the vial by the centrifuge.
I’m the mosquito magnet, I’m also allergic. I can go camping with 4 other friends, tormented all night by mosquitoes. I’ll wake up several times in the night very uncomfortable and sometimes in pain. Each bite turns red and puffy and radiates outwards maybe an inch or so. Painful ones are on my fingers or bottom of feet. Next morning I’ve had a horrible night of sleep, my friends didn’t get hit, and if they did they didn’t notice. Meanwhile my whole body, even parts covered with a blanket is bitten.
You need a better tenet .
That’s me 😭 I be taking all the bites for the family. Sick of it
I have chronic myeloid leukemia and had none of the typical leukemia symptoms. I presented with GI issues because my high WBC caused inflammation in my intestines and colon. I’m thankful that happened because I went to the ER and my counts were so high I was admitted and tested for leukemia.
My mom is definitely one of those people that mosquitoes favor! She will get twice as many bites as anyone else in the vicinity, always. Poor mom!
I wish this guy had been Noah, because he (and his explanations) slap.
Sadly I'm the one in my group that will always get bitten. I can have 5-10 mosquito bites compared to their one bite. Hate it.
This Doctor is one of those guys that is obviously thinking at a new level and at a new focus. Dr. Juneja has got a big ol brain!😁
So, I live in Scottsdale, Arizona, and I didn't realize we had mosquitoes here for years. Then, when walking my dog with a neighbor, I realized we do have mosquitoes as she repeatedly got bitten. However, if I travel to Colorado, I'm apparently fair game there for mosquitoes. Honestly, I would love to know the science behind why Arizona mosquitoes avoid me like poison, but Colorado mosquitoes love my blood as much as the next person.
Love how he explained scabbing and how a blood pressure cuff works - now I finally know!!
11:20 is the answer
thanks man
Or the non-answer
Thanks
thanks a bunch
Why are they asking questions about blood pressure to a hemathologist? He got almost everything he talked about that wrong. Those are best left for a cardiologist.
Venous pressure isn't equal to diastolic BP, it's much much lower. Diastolic BP also isn't what happens after the blood finishes giving oxigen and has nothing to do with oxigen in fact. Not all kinds of fainting are like that, and not all kinds of fainting are benign like the blood drawing one.
thank you! I'm surprised no one else picked up on that
I know right! I was like, WTF?
I caught that too… like venous pressure is 2-10 mmhg not equivalent to your diastolic BP.
The Mortician and The Blood Doctor are the best here, Wired😅
I mean all your experts are amazing, but these two just rock✊
I wanna be his friend. Anybody agree?
A.Great broadcast... we enjoyed the refresher course. The end with Noah and the mosquitoes attest to your humour and personality. Thank you...
Waaah that last dialog, NOAH slaps mosquitoes 😂😂😂😂
I have anemia(I've been anemic for a long time), a high platelet count, and small pink blood cells. I take ferrous sulfate for it, my platelet count is going down gradually. I need a CBC and panel before I can know if there have been any other changes.
The only question remaining is: how can someone ask a question on Twitter yet cannot search on Google?
This was the best Wired support I've seen. I have a hematologist on my hockey team. I wish he talked about it more, but I guess he's there's score goals, not talk shop.