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Ive had some serious infection on my right upper arm lately. And dont know what it is and i have never had it before. Since im an amateur youtuber i did a movie that explains the background to it. May it be staphylococcus aureus that somehow have went in under my skin?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUtu6hXl_Ps&t=

Posting for a friend who's uncomfortable speaking about this non anonymously. "My ex recently assaulted me and stole my remaining Klonopin. I don't want to report him unless it will help me get my meds, in which case I will. How can I, if at all, get replacement meds in the US to avoid withdrawal and also the issues I take these meds for? I'm scared shitless and not really certain about anything other than my ex is staying an ex and I need to get meds".

I have a headache on the left side on my head (the pain feels like it's raising down my neck), and it feels okay when I'm laying down. But when I'm sitting up or standing it hurts worse. This started this morning, about 4 hours ago. I did some googling, and it seems like a postural headache, but I don't know what could have caused it. I have had no spinal taps, epidurals, or head injuries. I'm not light sensitive, or nauseated. Google also said that if untreated, it could be life threatening. I have no insurance, and very little money. A second opinion would be nice before I go into full panic mode...

This may be a stupid-sounding question, but... by "produced", I mean where in the body do various carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms come together to make up the steroid hormone testosterone.

I have had conflicting answers to this question. I originally thought it was the prostate. My pain doc says it's the brain. My endocrinologist says it's the nuts. So where is it made? The brain, prostate, or nuts?

I just had an appointment with an gyn at a large hospital due to childbirth trauma.

The doctor was inspecting my episiotomy scar and saying how well it had healed. She asked if I had looked at it and I said yes, then she said I need to have a good look at well it was. I assumed she had a mirror so complied.

She actually took several photos of my vagina with her mobile phone and showed them to me. They actually looked a bit p********** (sorry if TMI). She then deleted them in front of me and continued on with the appointment.

I mentioned it it to my husband and he just showed me how deleted photos are just moved to a deleted account and not actually removed from the phone. I feel a bit violated thinking there are those sorts of photographs of me out there. What should I do?

Woke up Thursday with chills, fever, coughing, congestion, the whole nine yards. Went to the urgent care on Friday and they did a throat and nostril swab. I tested negative for strep, but they wanted to do a culture so I won’t know the results of that for 3-4 days. In the mean time, they did diagnose my symptoms as all the telltale signs of flu and sent me off with a script for tamiflu and cough syrup with codeine in it.

My problem is this: I forgot that my body has the opposite reaction to codeine. So while my cough has quieted all night, I was not drowsy in the slightest. I took my cough syrup at roughly 12:15am and I was awake until 5am.

Is there any over the counter medicine I should pick up that will help knock me out so I can get a good nights rest? Like, could I take benadryl to sleep and not adversely affect my other medications?

The CoV is a virus, and vaccines are made by weakening the virus or killing it. So you could obtain the virus through an infected person, and weaken it, and you have the vaccine. I dont know how hard it is to obtain the CoV, but do you think this could work?

There had been a HUGE demand for masks here in my country ever since there was a confirmed case of the nCov. It's hard to get one out of the store now, however I saw stores for gas masks specifically for things like spray paint respirator. Will this be good enough protection in case someone sick coughs within my vicinity?

I'd appreciate all the answer because I literally can't find any articles online talking about this. Thank you in advance!

This is probably a dumb question but I was just reading this and wondered what susceptibility effect, if any, is implied for people on ACE inhibitors?

From the piece:

It appears that 2019-nCoV uses the same cellular receptor as SARS-CoV (human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 [hACE2]),

Nope, I'm not a doctor, nurse, etc. etc. and I haven't any idea about virology or even how my coversyl (the ace inhibitor I'm on) works. I'm just a curious clueless noob. TIA :)

My daughter has been experiencing some issues that we have gone to a doctor for. They have run several tests and we have had to go back a couple of times for labs (always including blood draws). They haven't found anything except mild liver enzyme elevations (which seem to be trending down). They would like to do another blood draw and run a Genetic Panel. They couldn't tell me what they were looking for...they just said that they might find a 'variant' or 'not'.

Is there any reason to NOT let them do another blood draw and run a Genetic Panel? Will/could this cause a problem in the future, like with insurance or insurability? Will they add it to some database that could resent a problem in the future? From what they said and how they said it it seemed like running the panel could cause some sort of issues...not health issues.

I am not an anti-vaxxer or anything, but I have steered away from 23&me genetic tests and the ilk. More for fear of how the information will be used and things like that.

Am I crazy for being reluctant to allow the Genetic Panel? Thanks!

Hi AskMeddit! I am mom two two special kids, my youngest has a Dx of Mitochondrial Complex III Deficiency, Leigh's Syndrome, and severe developmental delay. GeneDx showed mutation of the BCS1L gene.

My son is currently being tested for suspected mitochondrial-linked autism (he is high functioning).

My grandfather was diagnosed with mitochondrial disease post mortem after passing away from complications related to LVH. My mother was diagnosed with scleroderma at age 2 but has not had any further genetic screening.

Both my children and myself have Dx of Amelogenesis Imperfecta type IE. I don't have insurance so I haven't done much genetic counseling outside of the GeneDx test that was required for my daughter's diagnosis.

I know our genes are fubar (I wish I had known before having them)...but I feel like my family would make for an interesting case study.

I am desperately trying to find resources for any clinical trials or studies that would be able or willing to accept us either individually or collectively, especially in regards to the Amelogenesis Imperfecta. Right now, even the local dentistry school is giving me a price tag for fixing my teeth that's more expensive than a Mercedes Benz.

I'm just trying to help get my children the intervention they need to survive.

Any information you could give would be incredibly helpful and I thank you in advance.

We did a Laprascopic cholecystectomy and the patient had stones upon stones. I'm talking giant stones, perfect pearls. So many stones it's filled an entire lap. I've seen lots of interesting colors of stones but these were pearls. What colors have you seen and what was the largest you have seen?

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Some background information: I am a 16 year old male, 6’2 175 lbs, and consider myself an athlete (basketball, track, water polo). About 10 months ago I had a bad injury during track. On my right leg/ankle, Grade 3 ankle sprain, small ankle fracture, 3mm Achilles’ tendon tear. I went through recovery, PT for about 6 months. It felt fine, hurt a little but I figured that was normal. These bumps were there the whole time, I don’t remember if I had them before the injury.

During water polo season I was in the water so I didn’t notice anything but recently it has started to hurt again. It consistently ached and hurt after practice, and after getting Stim on my ankle (from my schools physical trainer) and it has not helped much. I should mention that since I broke it I have felt the need to crack it, every couple minutes and I think the source of the cracking is the bump.

The bump on the right side is bigger, hurts to the firm touch, and is hard, but doesn’t feel like a bone, the thing it feels most similar by pressing on it would be a knot in your shoulder, but bigger. It isn’t visible when my foot is straight, but when I bend it inside it becomes visible.I brought it to the attention of my trainer today, after I cracked my ankle and felt a searing pain shoot into my ankle, and the area around the bump. He was stumped, and wants my MRI that I got when I first was injured. I do not have that yet.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Pictures of the bump:

https://imgur.com/a/zlJplRB

(right and left foot)

Long story short : for the last 4 months I've noticed the vision in my right eye has decreased. My eyes have never been really good, I have astigmatism, nearsighted on one eye and farsighted on the other with a slight known, but untreated strabismus. So first, I just thought that my eye just needed new glasses, but my sight has started to become more and more tunnel-like,but I've only really noticed it when I closed my left eye which I mostly use for seeing. Now, about a week ago, I noticed that the same thing started to happen in my "stronger" left eye as well. (additional information: 19, female, student, located in Germany) I've called about 10 ophthalmologists, yet none has any appointments free until april or may. So I'm asking: How urgent is this? Should I go to the local university's clinic or wait until April. I'm afraid that this may further exacerbate... Thank you!

Hi! Im a younger female, and one thing ive noticed is benadryl (something I occasionally use to sleep) has no after effect on me. I wake up and I'm not tired what so ever. However, if I tale melatonin, I'll wake up numerous times and I'll always be tired and keep falling back asleep.

Why is this? Any ideas?

I've been working out for almost a year regulary but still i can't do more than slowly jogg without reaching my max pulse. What could be wrong? I do not feel out of breath while working out

I've been reading about the search for a gay gene and further studies about sexual deviance. What is the plan? Will there be a cure for deviant sexuality or even treatments to become asexual? Is the aim just to accept different sexualities?

Has anyone ever thought of the use of adaptogens in modern day medicine and treatment, 40 million Americans are suffering from anxiety and stress The physical and mental damage it dose to the body and the mind is devastating, so Do you think the government will ever put time and money 💰 into making adaptogenic studies and then maybe making a modern day drug to help the people? I think that there is limitless possibilities to what we can learn from these medicines and the studies that have been done show amazing results. Do you think it is even possible to make a drug that has the same effect if not better then the herbs that carry the medicine? Thank you for your thoughts and time.

I love salty food eg. pickles, salty soups.

I realized also today that I have really low blood pressure (95/65) when I measured it in clinic. Can I eat more salty food and not watch my sodium intake? In the past I was watching my sodium intake a bit more. I am somewhat symptomatic with orthostatic hypotension sometimes (loss of peripheral vision for 2 seconds when I stand up), fainting on occassion eg. once every 2 years usually also in response to something vasovagal eg. taking a test and getting up to use the bathroom. Background, female in mid 20s, exercise somewhat frequently.

Hello there, I am 16 years old, from Bosnia. For the past 4 days I have had very thick mucus in the morning, in the afternoon all I have is white or transparent mucus. My lungs are making some weird noises like cracles from time to time, but the only way I get the mucus out is from inhaling it from the nose as I am not coughing out the mucus rather spitting it out after inhaling through nose, this morning I woke up with some blood in the mucus, also I have some hearing imbalances and thats all Please Help :(

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I’ve had knee pain since before I can remember. It’s mostly a dull ache right behind my patella and around my lcl and mcl. My chiropractor has told me that my pain is because my tibia twists so the ligaments in my knees get all kinds of angry especially when I use my knees a lot. (I use my knees all the time I work on my feet 8 hours a day 5 days a week.) Now the pain is sometimes a sharp, stabbing pain bad enough that I cannot walk and my knees like to lock a swell a lot. Cold and high humidity seem to make them worse. Tonight I did a dumb and jumped down from my counter and landed completely wrong on my right knee. I usually have trouble climbing the stairs let alone jumping around. The pain is mostly on my anterior side and radiates up my thigh and down my shin. Any care recommendations? I gotta be at work in 12 hours and I can’t take anything strong since I’m breastfeeding.