A DOCTOR has revealed a number of simple tips to make your life easier – from how to stop a tickle in your throat to how to cram for a test.
Dr Anthony Youn, 48, from Detroit – known as “America’s Holistic Plastic Surgeon” – has made a series of videos called “Body hacks that really work”.
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The videos have seen the doc soar in popularity, gaining 5.1million followers.
Here are some of the best tips he’s given…
How to ‘supercharge’ your brain
Dr Youn claimed reading over notes for a test “before you go to sleep” will help your brain during an exam the next morning.
“Here’s a way to supercharge your brain,” He said this in one of his videos.
“Go over your notes right before you go to sleep and your brain’s going to help you remember it the next morning.”
Research have previously showed how a good night’s sleep shortly after your studies can significantly improve your ability to retain information, according to Lifehacker.
How to get rid of a tickly throat
The doc also answered one of the most frustrating medical mysteries – how to get rid of an annoying tickle in your throat.
He said he knew the solution.
“Scratch at your ear and that’s going to help make the tickle in your throat go away,” He stated that he knew the solution.
Scott Schaffer, the president of a Gibbsboro, New Jersey ear, nose and throat specialty center, stated that it works because the ear scratch causes a muscle spasm to the throat.
He toldMen’s Health: “When the nerves in the ear are stimulated, it creates a reflex in the throat that can cause a muscle spasm.
“This spasm relieves the tickle.”
How to help with pain from arm injection
Dr Youn’s third tip was a timely one considering the rollout of the Covid jabs.
He shared a trick to ease the pain associated with getting an injection into your arm.
“When you’re getting the shot, scratch the area right next to it – that’s going to confuse your nerves and make it not hurt,” He said.
How to stop itchy mosquito bites
And he also offered some helpful advice to those suffering from itchy mosquito bites.
“Take a little antiperspirant and rub it against the mosquito bite,” He stated that.
“That’s going to prevent it from itching.”
Antiperspirant’s aluminium salts can help reduce swelling and itching by helping your body to reabsorb fluid from the mosquito bite.
Dr. Youn also shared his health hack videos to his 820,000 Instagram followers. Many of them were excited about this memory tip.
One said: “I actually do the sleep after going through notes trick and it’s really helpful.”
Another added: “Number one really works, used it for many years.”
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