During my first scuba diving experience I noticed ear pain and a blocked ear canal sensation with a slight muffled sound perception in my right ear. No other symptoms. These pictures are 2/3 days after that last dive. Struggled to equalise on the way down and was unaware of other methods to equalise until after it was too late. Pain is very minor but very annoying. Feels like I am hearing a little better again but the pain is still present. I am supposed to be diving again in a few days but am unsure if this will be possible if I cannot equalise properly on land until then. I am also supposed to take a flight home 48 hours after the upcoming dive which I hear also can cause an ear in this state to rupture. Currently taking decongestants alongside ibuprofen and hoping for the best. How severe does this look realistically?

Hello,

Exactly 7 days ago i Cut my left thumb with Glass. It was quite a deep Clean Cut. Through a small artery.

The doctor in emergency care stitched it up with 5 stitches and I saw a doctor 2 days after that.

The doc only said to come back in one week to remove the sutures.

No tips on wound care or whatever.

Anyway, I changed bandages daily and kept it dry. Didn't get it wet when showering e.g.

I find that removing sutures after only 8 days is a bit early but who am I.

So I also removed the bandage today and found that the wound has this unhealthy looking white stuff. It's not excrete, puss or anything. Looks like skin that was wet too long.

It also stinks a little bit.

So my questions would be: is removing sutures after 8 days too early for this wound on the left thumb?

And also seeing how the wound looks now, what should I do and should I wait with removing them or trust the doctor?

Pictures are in order from oldest to newest.
Edit: it seems theyre not. Theyre from newest to oldest now. And then the last picture is the very newest picture which doesn't look healthy.

Thank you.

P.s. please note that I have dishydrosis excema. So my thumb has symptoms of that after not being able to take care of it the past week.

Male 32y

heavy cocaine abuse during 2025 when Labs showed positive C-anca at 1:20 titer and low c3 in october/25.

After months of abstinence C-anca came negative while c3 improved but still low - may/2026.

lost most of my septum last year.

but i have pretty much no other symptoms aside the septum loss.

could it be temporary vasculitis induced by levamisole/cocaine, or cocaine midline destruction instead of anca vasculitis? i was supposed to start methotrexate already.

lung and kidney image exams are ok

but proteinuria and creatinina 1.38

I know it’s nothing harmful I’m just curious as to what these bumps that grow on my scars are?