Doctor Reacts To Extreme Cleaners

As a doctor, I have to say, your house can be too dirty,

but it could also be too clean.

So, let's check out some of these clips and evaluate these cleaning habits.

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My name is Sentrall.

I live in Chicago.

I'm 21.

I'm a stay-at-home mom, and my addiction is cleaning.

>> A lot of times this is related to and I'm not making a diagnosis,

but it's related to obsessive-compulsive disorder,

and many times it's not actually the cleaning itself, it's the compulsion of cleaning,

which there's an important distinction there.

Germs just make me sick.

I actually just try to clean

as much as I can

because germs can and will kill you.

>> Something that we all need to kind of wrap our heads around

as we exist on this planet is

that there needs to always be a balance within our bodies,

outside of our bodies, within our minds.

And when it comes to bacteria, completely eliminating bacteria,

like bubble boy level where you're not exposed to any,

there's no challenges to your immune system, is also problematic,

just like living surrounded by feces or something would be.

So, you need this kind of level where you allow your immune system to

do its thing,

face an occasional challenge,

but not unnecessarily when you know you can get ahead of it by cleaning,

washing your hands, etc.

>> Sentrall cleans.

I can't say 24/7 because she sleeps.

If you have to clean every day for 8 hours

and your house is not experiencing some farm level waste of manure

or something,

that is dysfunctional.

People in my house and they're like, "Whoa, I smell the bleach."

And if they can smell that and I can't, like,

what does that say about me that my body is immune to toxic fumes?

Unless she's not diluting her bleach and using copious amounts of it,

it's probably not as toxic as she's making it out to be,

but it's also not great.

And especially for those with sensitive, reactive airways,

you can create disturbances in the mucous membranes, trigger asthma attacks.

So, ideally you want to use bleach in a well-ventilated space

so that it airs out. >> to start with

that already?

Yeah.

It's been like this for too long, and it's time that it stopped.

Can you stop it now?

>> I'm looking at all the stuff on it though.

Like, come on.

>> Okay.

There's nothing wrong with it.

Lord have mercy.

I don't know if I can get through the rest of the day with

you.

>> I just don't want to die.

I don't want you to die either.

No one's talking about dying here.

>> As a doctor, I would be curious to ask her,

"You're saying you don't want to die.

There's plenty of people in this restaurant eating.

They're not washing and wiping down surfaces.

Why do you think they're not dying?"

And just see how she processes that information.

>> One of the ways to to deal with it is to first of all,

lower the anxiety in general.

Different ways to lower your anxiety is to exercise because anxiety is energy,

and exercise allows people to kind of work out that energy.

>> I don't necessarily love saying that exercise is the treatment here.

I think it's providing a combined approach of exercise, perhaps therapy,

perhaps bringing up the option of medications, engaging comfort levels.

But when you just say exercise, it usually doesn't land well for a patient.

And in fact, if I do recommend exercise,

I ask them what they think about it

and why they think I'm recommending it.

>> One thing that also can help is journaling.

What are your fears and your negative thoughts that you're having during the day,

and start changing those.

That type of journaling self-talk is a cornerstone of cognitive behavioral therapy where you

try and pinpoint what cognitive distortion you're experiencing.

Like, the idea if there's some bacteria here, it can kill you.

If you can talk to yourself

that this is a catastrophizing cognitive distortion

and say,

"The rational version of this would be, perhaps this is dirty,

but my body can have a defense system.

I have an immune system.

I'm immunocompetent.

I fully be able to protect myself.

And if I can, I'll wash my hands later before I eat.

Therefore, limit the introduction of that germ into my body.

That's the type of work

that needs to be done. >> one of the worst sights of a kitchen

hotel I've ever seen in my entire career.

We just hung out the other day at F1.

Also, a owner that is delusional.

And she's convinced herself that the place is run properly and the you know,

I'm really uneasy about just being in here.

The smell is appalling.

Everything feels dirty and just

and I'm not convinced

that even the bathrooms are

that clean.

I'm going to quick test.

I wonder what test he's going to run cuz in order to have a

culture,

it takes time to grow it.

So, I'm curious what the test will be.

Black light?

I don't know.

Quick bacteria test.

There's a communal bathroom that I am uncertain about.

When this thing reads 30,

it indicates that it's a sort of um a a decent level of hygiene.

I have no idea what tool this is.

I have no idea what that is.

And I don't think he does either cuz he was hesitating quite a bit.

>> Anything over 30, then it gets into the danger zone.

Look at that.

The smell under here is appalling.

>> Is it just looking at like colony forming?

I don't I don't know.

In these crevices, there's dirt.

An outdoor rug like

that where you wipe your feet after you come in from outdoors is bound

to have bacteria on it.

So, I don't really think this is a fair test.

And holy crap.

I really need to know what that device is.

What do you think the reading is?

100.

100.

50.

50.

60.

70.

70. 800 and What is that?

Hygiena?

I want to look at up.

Clearly this is a legitimate device.

But it's meant to check cooking surfaces, not mats where you wipe your feet.

Like is that an appropriate use of the tool

or are we going for shock value here,

Gordon?

Come on.

803 Oh my god.

Oops.

803.

Oops.

It smells like there's crap all over the floor.

Probably cuz there's crap on the floor.

Public >> What does that mean, could be?

My first shift here,

you were in the bathroom

and I think you had an accident on the floor,

on the mat.

Did he did What?

Oh my god.

I mean, yeah.

There have been times when I have had diarrhea,

but it doesn't happen very often.

The But why are you judging another human for having an accident?

That happens.

It's okay and you clean it up and you move on.

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All right, let's get back to the real cleaning.

I've already done a walk-through of the house

and basically there's certain threats

that I've been able to identify

that could potentially cause you some harm.

E. coli Him mentioning E. coli right away, my mind goes to stool,

that there must be some stool that's present

because that's one of the most common bacteria's that's found in stool.

Typhoid Typhoid?

Did that person travel internationally from Asia, Africa, or something?

Cuz it's really rare, like in the hundreds of cases across the US.

And cholera Cholera?

There's standing water?

That's vibrio that creates watery loose diarrhea, very uncomfortable.

I wonder why he's saying all of these things are present in this home.

Uh we have the hantavirus, which is essentially from the rodent feces.

>> Hantavirus is very tricky.

It's actually being found in the news right now with this cruise ship scenario.

But the hantavirus is spread by rodent feces, urine,

that when getting cleaned up

or kicked or brushed can actually aerosolize

and can be inhaled,

land in cuts, enter the mouth, in food, etc.

So, the correct way to actually clean up rodent feces

and excrement is to spray it with bleach,

allow it to sit for a few minutes so it's moist,

and then clean it up

while maintaining a mask uh

and very thorough protection for your body

as well.

This is a total infestation.

There's definitely stool in there.

You could see it Uh, going against the wall.

For a while there.

It was in every layer of filth.

Not only was it the biohazard problem, but there was a constant insect problem,

there was a rodent problem,

and the obstacles that

that created in our ability to clean

that house out >> >> was immense.

>> It's immense and you have to remember

that cockroaches can actually be a trigger for allergies for some.

Some people are allergic for cockroaches.

Cockroaches can also spread certain bacterias especially as they travel along food.

Salmonella is an example there.

It was as if this home swallowed me up.

And obviously tripping hazard

and all the other issues

that can come up from a biomechanical standpoint of navigating where you can't see

the floor.

All right, come on in.

Hi Todd.

>> Hi, how are you?

Oh, I'm good.

>> Nice to meet you.

Would you guys mind putting on some booties?

I try to keep the house as clean as possible.

Doing some remodeling?

No, I actually live like this.

You do?

I try to Is he saying that sarcastically or no?

>> keep the plastic on and everything all the time?

>> I've always had the plastic here.

Just trying to keep a the perfect cleanest house that I can.

>> Now, do you have any concerns about the plastic?

>> I've only had a couple slip and falls.

A couple slip and falls is already a risk.

I mean, I would diagnose

that and put it into the chart

that this patient is a fall risk given their environment.

>> The average house in Todd's neighborhood sells for around $250,000.

>> >> By protecting nearly the entire house with plastic,

Todd hopes to have his house appraised for at least $280,000.

I live in a three-bedroom, three-bath house,

but two of the bathrooms have never been used.

>> You have your toilet wrapped with Saran Wrap as well.

And I just Does it get in the way?

>> Well, I just again, I I don't like stains.

So this just helps protect everything.

>> Okay.

And you're not worried about more germs or No, not at all.

I know it it's uh it quite regularly.

I don't know, maybe once a year I change it.

Once a year?

I thought he was going to say daily.

I can't imagine how much urine and stuff is on it.

You can't clean that well.

So, yeah, it's it's great.

It works for me.

If it gets dirty, I don't have to spend money on cleaning products.

>> I mean, whether

or not the place is Saran wrapped doesn't really impact the value of the

house.

Like the fact that someone didn't or did use the toilet.

I can't imagine that factors into the price of the home.

But, I would want to investigate why he's

so worried about the value of the house.

Is it financial distress?

Is it extreme anxiety related to OCD?

Just to get a better sense of how he's living.

Full Pete tells behind the white goods.

He administers pinprick size blobs of poison in the dark recesses of the worktops

and the cupboards.

This poison is utterly delicious to the cockroach and as cockroaches are also cannibalistic,

secondary poisoning will knock out loads more.

Wow, this is the most National Geographic Channel-esque poisoning of cockroaches I've ever watched.

Usually in areas where there's food,

we tend to avoid chemicals and use those sticky traps, but interesting choice here.

But, nothing can prepare Pete for what's lurking in the dark.

This is one of the worst stuff I've ever seen.

Pete's going to have to use the whole arsenal of poisons available to him.

Yeah, it feels like you would have to really open up

that house and and shoot some serious insecticides in there.

>> So, with no time to waste,

Pete liberally sprays the Fendona all round the kitchen.

The spray won't kill the cockroaches immediately,

but should have a drastic effect on them over the next few weeks.

He'll have to return in 3 weeks to take stock of how all his

various poisons and traps There's no way someone's living there in the amount

that he just sprayed all over the kitchen where people are cooking.

These chemicals if ingested, especially at high levels, can cause neurologic damage.

You got to be careful.

I really hope no one's living in this place.

Pete is taken to the main bedroom where the tenants

and their young baby have been sleeping.

So, where was your main problem?

Underneath the bed.

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah, along the seams.

Basically, what I'm going to do is I'm going to isolate

as many bed bugs

as I can by collecting them with bit of cellophane

and putting them in a bag,

then to send them away to be incinerated.

You have to know that these bed bugs can cause significant bites.

And sometimes in my patients,

one of the main factors

and questions that I inquire about

when they come in with a rash

that could look similar to a bed bug rash is asking

if their partner or someone else who's in the same household has the same

rash.

If you're not asking the question, you could be missing bed bugs.

It is a crippling

and mysterious disease that makes everyday life a minefield for some 5 million Americans,

OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder.

And one of those people is superstar comedian Howie Mandel.

Oh, my good friend who was on my show

and I was on his show.

He makes millions of people laugh,

but offstage he can't shake hands with them

or touch a doorknob

or a glass or even be with his own family.

>> I would love for the newscaster to not be as judgmental as she's being.

Or even glass.

Like, let's be respectful.

This is a condition that someone has and he clearly struggles with it.

>> As our camera rolls Yeah,

it's right here. he drops the one anxiety pill he brought with him to

the set.

I don't want you to touch the floor and I won't touch the floor.

>> >> You know, it's coming off like crazy.

>> But it's a why?

I'm not going to take it.

To this day, Mandel is in therapy

and on medication for the anxiety

that comes with his OCD.

He won't say which kind

because he knows the millions of adults suffering from OCD are also looking for

a cure-all.

For him, this latest medication came after working with his own doctor and therapist.

That's a a really good approach here.

and I think now he's actually very proud of the medication he's taking.

So, interesting to see his mind shift uh there.

So, that means you'll go without it rather than have the one pill

that you have.

Right.

This is precisely the kind of moment Howie Mandel kept secret for

so many years until he let it slip,

his battle against OCD on the Howard Stern Show.

You know, I'm I've got a germ fetish.

What is your big fear?

You're going to get disease?

You're going to get sick?

Yeah.

Did you want to take it back immediately?

It was devastating to me.

You know, I I was incredibly embarrassed,

and I thought I had humiliated my family.

These days, especially on social media,

there's been tremendous communities and support that has formed.

But, uniquely, it's also created some communities where it's almost celebrated to create pathology

where there is none.

So, people experiencing sad moments in their life

that are appropriate or anxiety based on a stressful moment in their life will

diagnose themselves to feel

as part of this community

or perhaps to get uh attention

or affection on social media.

And I will not say that's the majority of people, but it does happen,

and it's an interesting concept or interesting patient case when it does occur.

There are all sorts of shocking TLC medical shows.

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