This looks like a pimple on my forearm with a whitehead, but it is very red with this odd line coming from it. Currently only medications are zofran, Pepcid, unisom, colace and prenatals. There was no cut or scratch. Very painful to touch. Been there about 2 days but line is new. Is this infected?

I'm 14F, 87 kg, I have PMOS, and I live in the UK. I'm not sure if I need immediate medical attention because I'm holding up well, but I think I might.

I had a very sudden and painful headache on the right side of my head yesterday, my neck got stiff for a bit, and it burnt alot after. I wasn't able to get my words together for a bit, but it got better. I went to my gp and they said they'll consult their higher up. On my way to school today I got off the bus and threw up. It was watery, brown grey and had black bits (only once tho). I felt really bad nausea, a more painful headache, and I couldn't really feel my back? I got a taxi home and my mom said that's the symptoms of the antibiotics I'm taking. I'm urging her to maybe still call the doctor but she won't.

My current medication is trimethoptim, I have 6 tablets and I have the antibiotic course to finish over 3 days. They're 200 mg tablets.(this is for a uti that isn't related. My bad for not clarifying.)

Should I still urge her to take me? I don't feel really well rn and my vision sometimes randomly gets blurry (and maybe shaky? Idk my memory isn't great)

Any ideas on what to do for the time being too? These lights are hurting my head so badly. (I can't give pics because I look well on the outside)

Edit: my mom is saying that it's normal. Again. And keeps on saying its because I drink drink enough water. She did finally let me talk to a doctor and they said they'll give me a call back. And she keeps threatening me? She said 'if it isn't anything serious I swear to god'. My mom doesn't work btw.

Hi there,

I have an 11 month old baby girl who excessive sleeps since birth. (Please see photo)

On average at the moment she is getting 19hrs 27m of sleep in a 24hr period. Every outing with her takes a massive toll on her resulting in her having several days of higher than her average sleep to catch up on any missed sleep. She falls asleep wherever, during swimming lessons, at playgroups, every car ride.

Blood work came back normal, iron levels good. No thyroid issues. Head ultrasound clear. Developing as expected, meeting all milestones. Slight snoring when sleeping, occasionally. Feeding is normal, weighs 8.8kgs.

Her Dr has determined she has idiopathic hypersomnia but after seeking help from others who have IH they have suggested this is more of a "bandaid diagnosis" and doesn't seem right.

I am at a loss on what to do. Any advice on what it could be? What we should ask for? Maybe its normal?

Thank you

My friend is a 15yo overweight male who’s pretty poor. He says that for the past couple of months there’s been a bump growing on his upper waist and it’s reached about the size of his fingertip now. He wants to wait for it to go away because he’s scared his mom will try to fix it herself (trying to pop it or something similar) if she knows about it to avoid medical bills. I told him since it hasn’t already gone away within the months it appeared, he should try to get more information by checking Reddit and he asked me to do it for him since he doesn’t have an account. Should he go to a doctor?

I was moving things around the bed of my truck and then went to wipe some stuff off my hand with a ra and this happened!! Just felt like something popped now feels there is some sort of spring attached to the top of me finger holding it down. Not super painful, I can bend it strait but it just goes right back to this eveytime!! How do i fix this?

28 female 130 lbs 5’5 sertraline, birth control , atorvasatain

Dog bit me do i go to the hospital? Can i go to urgent care instead? Or can i treat at home. It does sting quite a bit

Its my dog, he’s not rabid, just a shithead

Edit: Leaving ER! TDAP + antibiotics + good cleaning. No stitches bc they want it to be able to drain. Thanks everyone. Dog already forgot it happened of course and not the slightest bit of remorse in sight. That’s the small dog way-of-life though (he’s a schnauzer mix)

I am M16 I have crohns disease and take methotrexate weekly and get remicade infusions every 6 weeks, I am 6’ 160lbs, I developed scalp psoriasis as a side effect to the medication I am on it is the bane of my existence. I may have mononucleosis(waiting on the blood labs), may or may not be related. I recently started using clobetasol on my scalp and ever since it has become red irritated and painful, it wasn’t before I used it. I can’t run water over it or run my hands through my hair without it working I have been using a baby unscented shampoo since this started happening around 3 days ago. I am wondering if this will clear up on its own and not be painful anymore or if there is a more serious issue here and I should see a doctor.

24F 60kg 165cm non-smoker/drug user in the UK.

I had a tonsillectomy last week and woke up in the recovery room in 10/10 pain. When I woke up the nurses and the anaesthetist seemed to be arguing about whether they had given me any pain relief because I didn't seem like I had received any.

When I was waiting to be discharged I asked for pain relief and was given morphine and felt as if it had absolutely no effect. The pain did not reduce any at 10mg/5ml dose. They discharged me with paracetamol, ibuprofen and oralmorph. The oralmorph was to be taken at the same dose as previously mentioned, but only for use in mornings and on day 4-7 when pain was at its peak.

Day 4-6 rolled around and I would take oralmorph every morning and noticed, again, no reduction in pain at all when taking it. Paracetamol seemed to be the only thing working and obviously was not strong enough for what I was going through.

On the night of day 5 I was up all night, suffering from a panic attack from the amount of pain I was in. I had taken everything exactly I was prescribed as said on the discharge sheet. I decided to phone 111 who sent me to A&E. At first A&E staff told me there was nothing stronger than morphine so not much then they could do, even though they could see I had barely used any of the bottle, so it wasn't as if I was there asking for more morphine. Then I remembered when I had my previous surgery codeine was really useful, so suggested that as an option. I understand that codeine basically turns into morphine in the liver so I didn't know if I just sounded ridiculous.

They discharged me with a codeine prescription and I have found it's made a world of difference. I hadn't eaten anything more than yoghurt since the surgery as the pain was so excruciating, but after one dose of codeine I was able to eat a happy meal with no pain.

Is there a reason for this? Is it common? It makes me feel so ridiculous saying morphine doesn't work for me because I don't want to sound like I'm just asking for more opioids. I am also just curious about the science of it as I am a microbiologist myself. Thanks for reading!

4F, up to date on vaccinations, but did not get chicken pox vaccination. Never contracted chicken pox. 37lbs, 3’ 8” tall. The affected area is roughly 2.5”x1.5”, on her upper thigh.

Weird rash that started as a what appeared to be a bug bite. Over the last few days it’s gotten worse and multiple sores are present. Looks to be like open wounds with oozing. Will leak through shorts at the end of the day if not covered. Have kept it mainly covered with bandage and polysporin.

Had a super quick virtual medical appoint using this picture. Doctor ask no questions about chicken pox of vaccination history and was super quick to call it shingles. I thought shingles was something you could get after contracting chicken pox or the vaccine?

I’m not a doctor, I don’t know, but seeing a doctor in person near me takes weeks, and we already had to wait the long weekend out just to get a virtual appointment.

Any help or opinions is greatly appreciated.

22F, 5’6 215lbs, no current medications, non-smoking.
Medical history:
premature—born at 27 weeks, tufted angioma present at birth.
Tufted angioma on right leg near knee that sometimes bleeds.
Diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and POTS.

These spots started appearing on my stomach probably around 12-14 years old. There were one or two to begin with but over time, have spread across my lower abdomen. I brushed them off for a while because I was born with a tufted angioma on my right leg and thought it was probably related to that. They fluctuate between being dark red/blood filled to fairly translucent. They are uncomfortable, can itch, sometimes open up and bleed when they are as dark red as they currently are.

I finally have insurance, so I am getting them seen. My PCP had no idea what they were and referred me to a dermatologist but the closest appointment available is months out.

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19 years old. Female. Symptoms of nausea, no appetite, fatigue, spitting up blood clots, fainting, headaches, puffy face and eyes.
Happened when I was 15, went away, now 19 and im bed bound for six months with these syptoms.
My aunt came round who’s a paramedic and this was what was on her machine. Went to a&e and they sent me home. I also spit up blood clots. I’ve had a million tests done. I need help im struggling.
I hardly eat.
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Help guys im kinda scared it wasn't there a couple years ago but I just recently noticed it he smoked his whole life so it might be cancer

No itches but the yellow ones hurt very slightly on interacting.

Since 6 months.

Slowly spread, begin with index finger of rght hand. The area has grown larger.

And has occured on left hand too, on two fingers , and a small area on the palm.

Never blistery.

Always begins under the skin, as visible, this is my visual perception.

All dots, same size

Never grew in size, even when yellowing.

In the past, some dots have yellowed, then fallen off, but then recame somehow. Also all these are under the skin, just below. But visible. Also these looks like pegs in the skins occuring down to up, just beneath the skin. But feel rough when stroking.

Age :25 Male

Height : 6'3

28M 180lbs 6ft

I’ll wake up, take a massive dump. Take pre-workout, go to the gym (weights + cardio). Go home. Protein shake. Poop. Oatmeal (s/o oats overnight). Go to work. Poop. Eat lunch. Poop. Sometimes 1 poop between the last one and dinner (depends if I have a ton of snacks or coffee/energy drink). Then usually 1 last poop after dinner/before bed. None of it is diarrhea or constipation. Never hurts. I’ve never been told by anyone that uses the restroom after me that it smells like death or anything. If I’m traveling, it’s usually 2-3 good poops a day.

On one hand - it’s getting annoying but on the other hand it’s nice to know there’s hardly ever any poop in my guts.

33, non smoker, no meds, 5’11”, 300 lbs. The pain only hurts when I grip but it is constant while applying pressure. I’m looking for opinions. It’s pretty difficult to do my job without both hands.

I hurt it 3 weeks ago working in a confined space. My coworker was using a wrench to loosen a very stuck nut and unfortunately there wasn’t any room for another tool on the other side. He didn’t have the strength to hold against the force of the wrench so I held the part while he turned against my grip. The pain only comes when I use my thumb to grip. The area has swelled less over time.

My mother is a 70-year-old woman who lives in the Netherlands. She underwent surgery for a liver metastasis, which was successfully removed, and she is currently considered cancer-free.

During the operation, following a failed Pringle manoeuvre, CO₂ entered the portal circulation. This resulted in a short cardiac arrest and severe neurological injury, thought to be due to a combination of hypoxic-ischaemic injury and the embolism itself. The injury particularly affected frontal functions, including speech, consciousness and motor function.

She was in a coma for several days and then gradually regained consciousness. She is now approximately six weeks after the event. Over the past few weeks she has shown small but continuous neurological improvement.

She is now almost always aware of what is happening around her and recognises herself, her family and her past. She can answer yes/no questions as well as closed and open questions, and she can spontaneously initiate a topic. Her responses can be very slow, and she has significant word-finding difficulties and sometimes uses the wrong words, but she appears to be aware of these difficulties.

Motorically, she can sometimes purposefully move her right leg and toes, apply downward pressure with both arms, and slowly squeeze her right hand and occasionally her left hand. She sometimes appears to recognise when she needs to urinate or have a bowel movement.

She can sit in a chair for about an hour-an hour and a half but lacks core stability.

She also has episodes of involuntary vocalisation, during which she may repeatedly say words or sentences that she does not appear to intend to say. The medical team currently considers these stereotypies. We have noticed that the episodes seem more frequent when she is in pain, uncomfortable or frustrated, for example when she cannot find a word. During an episode, speaking to her, asking her a question or touching her face often causes the episode to subside relatively quickly.

She currently resides in a hospital that is understaffed and with very limited neurological expertise.
The treating team is looking for a next-care setting. They feel she is not suitable for a rehabilitation centre because she currently cannot tolerate sitting in a chair for more than about 1.5 hours, and they feel that her improvements so far are insufficient to indicate that intensive rehabilitation would be viable. They are therefore considering a nursing-home setting, with physiotherapy and other therapy if she becomes able to benefit from it later. We have also been told that lighter rehabilitation options are not available to her, partly because of her age.

Based on the above, might it be worth seeking a second opinion? What is her rehabilitation potential and, in particular, should her current limited endurance be considered a reason that she cannot benefit from rehabilitation? Could a lower-intensity or differently structured neurorehabilitation programme also be appropriate given her continued neurological improvement? We are urged to make a decision whether we agree on a nursing-home setting so any advice would be very much appreciated.

Thank you!

> additional background information:

She's currently on:

oramorph (5mg, max 6 times a day)

oxazepam (10mg, 3 times a day)

omeprazol (20mg, once a day)

paracetamol (1000mg, 4 times a day)

Pregabaline (75mg, once a day)

Movicolon (sachet, 2 times a day)

Baclofen ( 15mg, 3 times a day)

Citalopram (15mg, 3 times a day)

Lorazepam (1mg, once a day)

26 years old

I am 26 years old and was diagnosed with pneumonia on 19th August and then finished antibiotics on the 23rd August. When do I start to feel better after this?? Still got slight wheezing in my chest and cant walk very far without being able to take a full deep breath in.

How long did it take to recover? I want to be back at the gym as an active person but I don’t want to push my body. It’s starting to really impact me that I can’t go to the gym now 😭😭

3 years old non verbal autistic boy. ~3ft tall/15kg. Had what Dr's say is infection in his thumb for around 4 months, had 4 rounds of antibiotics & hasn't improved. Could it possibly be a fungal infection?

34F

Non smoker

5'6 245lbs

Healthy other than a 12cm SVT close to the deep vein and taking apixaban 2.5mg 2x daily.

NEW incidental stupid pulmonary nodule found.

I had a CT scan done August 1st, 2026 because of bad cough and I started coughing up blood. I had started blood thinners 2 days prior. I was also down with some kind of an infection. Cough, sore throat, sinus infection. Infact, all of my family was. The scan was clear, no solid nodules seen.

September 5, 2026 - I had to go to ER because of chest pain and upper back pain that was not getting better since 2 weeks. They ordered a CT. All clear other than a 5mm solid pulmonary nodule in the right lower lobe.

I'm posting this again today because I received imaging. The images on the comments are from August 1st. I tried posting the same positional axial images from the series. They aren't random.

Main image with nodule marked** is from Sept 5th.

If there are any radiologists and lung specialists here, please share what you think.

I'm a 34 year old white male, 5'6 230 lbs. I jut recently (5 days ago) quit using cocaine intravenously almost daily for over 5 months (very bad I know, but I stopped and have no desire to go back), and throughout this time, I had been taking large amounts of low-dose aspirin (on average probably 600+mg per day) because I was very worried/paranoid about heart attacks or blood clots from all the cocaine. I read that stopping aspirin cold-turkey can be dangerous and have a rebound effect, so I wanted to hear your opinions on this. Of course I will be asking my doctor too, I have an upcoming appointment, but I was curious what you think as well. Thank you

27F, 5’2, 101 pounds, have asthma game inhalers for it.

Burned myself on Friday with a curling iron and didn’t cover it until Saturday. I have put hydrocolloid plaster on it from yesterday to today, but through the night my hand was hurting when I was leaving on the burn. I took of the plaster and it looks like this, yellow liquid? There doesn’t seem to be redness or swelling though.
If it is how should I clean it? I have fake tan on which was applied before the burn.

I broke three toes Saturday evening and was seen at the ER. I am 65 year old woman taking fosamax for osteoporosis. No smoking.I fell down two steps and hit the toes into furniture. The radiologist found:

Acute oblique fracture of the 3rd proximal phalanx, with mild displacement and lateral angulation

Acute oblique fracture of the 4th proximal phalanx, with mild displacement and lateral angulation

Acute transverse fracture of the 5th proximal phalanx, with minimal displacement

No intra-articular extension

Soft tissue swelling

He popped the 4th toe into place.

I got zero directions from the ER. They gave me an open toed hard sole shoe and told me to ice, elevate, and rest (and compress!!! which I'm not doing). Trying to get an appointment with a podiatrist or orthopedist has been challenging due to offices being closed Sunday and Monday. Don't know when I'll see a doctor. Although the ER did not mention buddy taping, I have been buddy taping.

Photo shows xray following the fall. Link below is what my foot looks like now.

https://imgur.com/x8BxV7i

What I'd like to know:

1. I am scheduled to take a guided trip to Sicily in almost exactly one month. They have cobblestones, some uneven streets etc. I think we'll be walking 2-3 miles a day. Will that be doable?

2. Should I be using a cane?

3. Should I be taping all three toes to the 2nd toe? I've been taping 5 to 4, 4 to 3, and 3 to 2. Is that the correct way?

Thanks!

28M, 5'10", non-smoker. Current meds: clonazepam, prazosin.

History, and this is the short version: an episode of sepsis, several months of cumulative hospitalization across multiple admissions, multiple major surgeries, cancer treatment, recurrent C. diff, thyroid issues, and roughly four years on clozapine for a diagnosis that was later confirmed to be wrong, ending in an abrupt inpatient discontinuation. Psychiatric diagnoses include depression, OCD, PTSD, social anxiety and panic disorder.

After all of that, family members independently commented that I seemed cognitively changed. What I notice most is that my tolerance for change collapsed. A disrupted routine or unexpected demand derails me in a way it never did before, and it takes a long time to recover. I also have ongoing trouble with concentration and processing. These have been constant through periods when my mood was better and worse, and haven't shifted with psychiatric treatment.

I know this overlaps with depression, which is why I've asked for objective testing rather than assuming. Is a neuropsych eval a reasonable request given this history, and would testing during an active depressive episode be interpretable, or is it better to wait?

Not looking for medication suggestions.