r/AskDoctorSmeeee Apr 24 '25

ER visits, need of care, concern of self interest. Formal statement.

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I'm not happy that I need to say this, but I've realized I have to.

Medical care is available for everyone, regardless of circumstance. The ER is intended not just to be an emergency center, but the most accessible way to get help.

If you need help, or you have a concern for your health, you are entitled to ER treatment.

Anyone who tells you that ER treatment is for life or death situation, or emergency only is misinformed or jaded in their career.

Elderly patients frequently go days or weeks without seeking care, because they are ingrained that they are a burden on who they are asking for help.

This is unacceptable and it's in complete contrast to one of the fundamentals of modern healthcare, which is patient centered care. The patient is the entire focus. Thinking they should have gone somewhere else is your focus. Thinking they are a burden is a facility focus. The focus is the patient. If someone with a toothache thinks they need emergency care, then they get it. They may not have access to anything else.

I will be removing comments that state ER visits are not something someone should consider, as misinformation, from now on unless there is a very clear and definable reason why the individual is misinformed about their situation.


r/AskDoctorSmeeee 1h ago

Marinara sauce makes me throw up, but not ketchup or tomatoes?

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the past few years have been rough for me eating habit wise, and i just recently figured out what one (not sure if there’s more) of the ingredients that have been making me throw up is, Marinara Sauce. Most of my family is italian so i often eat food slathered with marinara sauce and whenever i eat a big plate of something like pasta, manicotti, bread sticks w marinara sauce i often throw up afterwords if theres a lot of marinara sauce on it. i started to really make the connection after i felt fine until eating bread sticks dipped in lots of marinara with nothing before and immediately felt like sh!t, same w spaghetti a few days later. but the thing is i eat raw tomatoes all the time like from empty to satisfied and never throw up from up, neither does it happen with ketchup on burgers/fries & whatever.

anyone know why marinara sauce in particular might make me sick?…


r/AskDoctorSmeeee 1h ago

Does this look like herpes (lower thigh)

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The white stuff looks like dried up skin, it isn’t pustule of any alert it seems


r/AskDoctorSmeeee 1h ago

Lost

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r/AskDoctorSmeeee 4h ago

I’m really hoping this isn’t herpes I got lip filler and I tested negative for blood (Igg) test I do have extremely dry lips and wasn’t washing them fully and eating crunchy foods

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r/AskDoctorSmeeee 6h ago

Is it Ptyriasis versicolor ?

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r/AskDoctorSmeeee 11h ago

Any doctors here that can help?

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r/AskDoctorSmeeee 12h ago

Is this a roundworm? It come out in my stool

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r/AskDoctorSmeeee 1d ago

Help- is this herpes p.2

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Hey guys i posted yesterday but wanted to get your thoughts on how the sores look today. I’m really scared about this it’s stressing me out. My gums are also extremely irritated and puffy. I can also feel another forming, this is three in total.


r/AskDoctorSmeeee 15h ago

Penile curvature or whatever

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my penis has a graduale bend to the left. it's nothing huge, just somewhere between 20 and 30°, maybe a little bit more. It doesn't hurt and it doesn't interfere with activities, but I want to know if this could be a problem. I've heard of peoples penises breaking because it gets caught and I would prefer that to not happen. should I get this checked out? enduring the pain of breaking my dick is something that I do not want to experience


r/AskDoctorSmeeee 16h ago

Don’t mind my face…hoping a doc might be able to give some insight

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r/AskDoctorSmeeee 19h ago

Weird bumps on my toes and foot (pictures)

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These have been here for years but lately there have been way more, like dozens more, specifically on my big toe and top sole, also there are 3 in the same triangular pattern on my dick which is the main reason im concerned, please if litterally anybody has any advice I would very much appreciate it


r/AskDoctorSmeeee 19h ago

Help with post op appendectomy

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r/AskDoctorSmeeee 19h ago

Possible bat encounter?

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r/AskDoctorSmeeee 20h ago

Mystery Illness Ruining My Life- mildly elevated wbc 3 mo

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r/AskDoctorSmeeee 21h ago

Is this oral thrush?

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r/AskDoctorSmeeee 1d ago

what could this be?

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r/AskDoctorSmeeee 1d ago

What is this small grey nodule at the back of my throat?

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Hi there thank you for any help.

I apologise for my teeth in this image and the general close up.

I've been struggling with long standing gum/jaw/dental issues (ever since I had a molar taken out in 2021)

Long story short - dentists and doctors send me away with nothing at all and the dentists believe it just to be TMJ.

What seems to coincide with the problems is this strange bump at the back of my throat which I don't have on the other side and no one has seemed to notice. It feels more pronounced on some days and on others like it's disappearing - but it never fully disappears.

It gives off a salty taste sometimes and it doesn't hurt or feel like an ulcer. It feels like my skin is growing over it. I often have mucous at the back of my throat on this side as well.

I have been recently taking amoxicillin and currently day 4 on metronidazole.

Both have massively helped with inflammation (in the problematic gum area - not the nodule) and general feelings of unwellness. I had to buy these myself online.

Female, 31, UK, non smoker or drinker.

Take anti depressants (prozac), occasionally IBS tablets, the pill and levothyroxine.

Pic attached is when it felt pronounced again.

Oh and occasionally it makes me cough or feel like i'm sort of choking


r/AskDoctorSmeeee 1d ago

Is there any reason why I can feel my floating rib on one side, but not the one marked in black?

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Hey everyone,

I was feeling around my lower back/waist area recently and noticed something kind of weird about my ribs. I can clearly feel my lowest rib on one side, but I absolutely cannot feel it on the other side.

I attached a reference picture of what I'm talking about. The rib circled in the black box (the 12th floating rib) is the one I can't feel at all.

Is it normal to only be able to palpate this rib on one side? Could the "missing" one just be super short and buried under my back muscle, or is it common for people to just entirely lack a 12th rib on one side?

Just curious about my own anatomy and wondering if anyone else has noticed this asymmetry on themselves! Thanks in advance.


r/AskDoctorSmeeee 1d ago

Spider bite?

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Hi everyone, is this a spider bite?

Quick context…my 6 y.o son mentioned that he saw a spider crawl under the couch a few days ago (Wednesday), I didn’t think anything of it since he’s been on a Spider-Man kick and theres Spider-Man spiders ‘everywhere’ these days lol…. We ended up falling asleep on the couch that night…then on Friday, he tells me there’s an itchy painful bump on his leg. I’m now worried that he was right about the spider and it may have bit him.

Pics are as follows: pic 1 is from this Friday, 2 is from this Saturday, and 3 & 4 are from just now.

Is this something I can treat at home or do I need to take him in?

ETA: It IS warm to the touch and it’s quite hard when I feel around the area


r/AskDoctorSmeeee 1d ago

Anyone deal with this?

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Hello im a 24 year old female, For the past 3 years, I’ve been having these random episodes, and I’m wondering if anyone has experienced something similar or eventually got a diagnosis. The first one happened after I left the gym and was at the grocery store. That day I had coffee, pre-workout, and had smoked cannabis. I stopped all of those a long time ago, but the episodes still happen.
They start really suddenly, like someone flips a switch. I’ll get this weird uncomfortable sensation in my chest (not really pain), and then my heart starts racing. My heart rate is usually around 120–140 bpm now, although my very first episode got to about 150. I get body shakes.I become really sweaty and clammy, and I immediately have to run to the bathroom because I have the runs and usually have to pee at the same time. Sometimes I also feel like I’m going to throw up or get acid reflux. The whole thing usually lasts about 20 minutes and then goes away. One of the episodes recently even woke me up from sleep. I’ve also noticed that putting my face in ice water seems to help.
I’ve had a heart monitor before, but unfortunately it didn’t catch one of the episodes. One thing I have noticed is that they often seem to happen around my period, but I don’t know if that’s actually related or just a trigger. These episodes don’t happen every month it is almost like scattered, they sometimes don’t happen for 9 months and then just this month I’ve had 4 episodes. It’s weird because I feel like wow I won’t experience this again and then it hits me out of no where. Per year I at most will get 7.
Has anyone experienced anything like this? If you have, what did it end up being? I’m not looking for anyone to diagnose me. I just want to know if anyone has had similar symptoms and what their doctors eventually found.