226: Itchy & Bitchy ClinicCrawl: Plastic in Your Penis and Herpes Contagion

Itchy & Bitchy Podcast

July 27, 2026 9 mins

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(00:00:00) 226: Itchy & Bitchy ClinicCrawl: Plastic in Your Penis and Herpes Contagion
(00:00:11) Welcome to Itchy and BITCHI
(00:00:42) Doc Itchy Medical Pets Supplements
(00:01:02) Microplastics in the Human Body
(00:04:38) Shingles and Canine Quarantine
(00:08:00) Closing Remarks and Contact Information
(00:08:23) Follow and Contact Information

Scientists have confirmed microplastics are now showing up in human penile tissue, with four out of five samples from men with erectile dysfunction containing seven different types of microplastics. Microplastics have also been detected in human brain, placenta, and testes .... because apparently your body is now a landfill.
Meanwhile, everyone's favorite lurking virus is back for revenge: shingles itself isn't contagious, but the varicella-zoster virus absolutely can spread to ONLY people who NEVER had chickenpox or the Vaccine. 
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From gut health and hormone health to autoimmune disease and chronic pain, we investigate what science actually says. We examine functional medicine, holistic health, and alternative medicine with the same skeptical If it’s pseudoscience, we’ll call it. If it’s medical gaslighting, patient advocacy failure, or misdiagnosis we’ll call that too.
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Date

July 27, 2026

Length

9 mins
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Itchy & Bitchy Podcast

Itchy & Bitchy is the podcast for anyone who has ever felt dismissed, misdiagnosed, or gaslit by a broken medical system.  From gut health and hormone health to autoimmune disease and chronic pain, we investigate what science actually says. We examine functional medicine, holistic health, and alternative medicine with the same skeptical If it’s pseudoscience, […]

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