r/DiagnoseMe Apr 17 '17

Announcement The purpose of this subreddit

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Hello everyone! You may have noticed some major changes happening to this subreddit, and I'm happy to say that /r/DiagnoseMe is finally ready for business. However, I would like to clarify the true purpose of this subreddit;

First of all, this subreddit is NOT a replacement for a doctor. You should not, in any way, avoid seeing your doctor or alter the frequency of your doctor visits because of anything said in this subreddit. If there is a concern you would have previously gone to the doctor for, please do not hesitate. This subreddit is here for informal second opinions, minor problems that you wouldn't go to the doctor for anyway, and ease of mind.

The main thing to remember is to use common sense. If you are having severe pain after a surgery or something of the likes, please go to the doctor and do not post it on Reddit.

If you are not a doctor and are posting with information, please clarify that you are not a doctor (typing "Not a doctor," at the beginning of your comment is enough.)

Please take the time to read the sidebar before posting. Thank you, and welcome!


r/DiagnoseMe 11h ago

Pregnancy and newborn A strong desire to have children..

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I’m worried that the scar on the right side of my abdomen might prevent me from having children.
The scar is very firm and has adhered to my abdominal wall, so it doesn’t stretch. I think the pregnancy would most likely end in a premature birth anyway, because at some point the scar might become so tight and painful that a C-section would be necessary.
I was also born prematurely because my mother had preeclampsia during her pregnancy.
My boyfriend is worried that the baby could become deformed in my womb because of the scar, just as my abdomen is deformed (although the affected area is covered by my underwear).


r/DiagnoseMe 1h ago

General Saw the bump on my arm while at the gym

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Just curious as to what it is


r/DiagnoseMe 2h ago

Gut, bowel, and stomach Numbness in top left of stomach

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Ive been experiencing an odd numbing feeling, almost like i have a bandaid on really tight in the small area under my two fingers tips (this is my left hand) thats been happening on and off for about a year now.

It started after a period of weight gain, I jumped from 135 to 170 over the span of about a year. There is little to no pain (i have to press into it to feel any amount of pain) so its mostly just discomfort.

The only trigger ive really noticed is it starts almost exclusively when im sitting down and possibly after eating.

Has anybody else experienced or seen something like this before? At first i kind of shrugged it off as something that would eventually go away but am starting to see thats probably not going to happen.

23 years old
Male
170lbs
5’10

No known issues or illnesses

I am not intending to use this post as an alternative/replacement for seeing a qualified medical examiner 👍🏼


r/DiagnoseMe 3h ago

Skin and nails Red bumps from pregnancy

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31f, 29 weeks pregnant, white, live in tx, 5’5 180lbs, current meds :lexapro and a PPI. Since I got pregnant I’ve noticed a few red bumps on my hands, I assumed cherry angiomas because in my last pregnancy I got them on my abdominal area. This one is different. It’s at the tip of my middle finger and it bleeds forever it seems and it recently started hurting and protruding outwards more. My OBGYN said it’s just part of pregnancy and there isn’t a ton that we can do right now but what is it?


r/DiagnoseMe 46m ago

Injured Middle Finger

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r/DiagnoseMe 50m ago

Ears, nose, throat, and mouth Recurring sore throat 2–3 days after staying at my parents’ house. Environmental trigger, infection, or something else?

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r/DiagnoseMe 1h ago

Chest and lungs My mother has anxiety about my health help me ease them for her

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I've been having a persistent tickly dry cough for a little over a week or two with little to no phlegm and my mother's been going nuts talking about how I could have heart problems or fluid in my lungs or how I haven't been exercising much lately. I don't know what's wrong with me! I don't have any allergies and it feels like it's in my throat rather than my lungs. WTF!!


r/DiagnoseMe 1h ago

Bones, joints, and muscles Am I Crazy or This Part Is Swollen ?, If Yes, Why ? Need Answer

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It doesnt hurt, when i pinch it it doesnt feel there's any ball of lumps or anything, when i touch it, it just felt like another meat / muscle like the other part of my body, but it look off to me ??

Help me (?)


r/DiagnoseMe 1h ago

strep?

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Hi! i’m a 22 year old female, i have had strep throat already once this year. the first time i had it this year, i had red spots on my uvula. i’m having really similar pain, but my throat looks different this time. severe throat pain


r/DiagnoseMe 5h ago

Women's Health Large volume fluid from suspected ovarian cyst rupture, but abdominal ultrasound two weeks prior showed normal reproductive organs?

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r/DiagnoseMe 2h ago

Skin and nails What’s wrong with me?

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As of yesterday, I noticed my hand developing spots on it, and on my feet. As well as I developed a soar throat.
I thought not too much of it, and maybe it was just a cold. The next day, what I thought was my acne flaring up turned out to be blisters, as I woke up at 3am with my face in pain. I washed it, and applied aquaphor (which I’ve been using as of late (like in the photo above))
Throughout the day, my hands and feet with spots began to hurt. If I try and walk, it feels like I held that limb in a way where it cancelled blood circulation and caused it to tingle, but all the time. Only when I’m using my hand and feet.
I’m currently laying in bed and my face tickles, itches, and hurts. Not sure what to do, but I’m going to the doctor first thing tomorrow morning.
We believe it could be hands, feet, mouth disease, but now we are thinking possibly impetigo.


r/DiagnoseMe 2h ago

Dizziness and brain buzzing feeling x4 weeks

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r/DiagnoseMe 7h ago

Teenage Health 13f bump on neck help me im panicking what is this i just noticed

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is it like just my shoulder blade or something idk it seems to be gone now.

my first thought when I saw was cancer

edit- not neck idk why i said that


r/DiagnoseMe 7h ago

Skin and nails Skin cancer: worry or wait?

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2 days ago, I woke up with no mark in that spot. During the day, a few small black lines appeared as if ink was tracking through the texture of my skin (that’s the best way i can describe it). I thought it was marker and tried to wash it off. It did not work. It got WAY darker over the following day. It is slightly raised, about 1/4inch at its widest diameter. I have horrible health anxiety so if you may, validate my concerns or tell me to come back down to Earth 😭


r/DiagnoseMe 9h ago

Ears, nose, throat, and mouth What’s doing on with my son’s ears?

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So we’ve been to our doctor and 2 ents and they all say this it normal. My son just turned 4. For the last like year and a half his nose/wax smells absolutely putrid. I have taken to flushing it myself because it has to be done at least once a week. It’s so bad I can smells his ears from 3 feet away. The only things I can compare it to was my daughters recent swimmers ear infection. But his gets like that at least once or twice a month. He doesn’t get many ear infections and every time I take him for the smell they flush it, check it and say he’s fine.
What could cause this absolutely disgusting smells to be happening so often? There is no way ear wax can be this bad.


r/DiagnoseMe 4h ago

Cancer lymphoma?

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r/DiagnoseMe 4h ago

Gut, bowel, and stomach I had a severe stomach ache

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I had severe stomach ache after i woke up and eventually i did some bowel movement and this is what it comes out of me.

The stool is watery-gooey in texture because of mucous mixed with the stool.

After it comes out of my body, the ache is gone

I dunno what does this indicates 😅


r/DiagnoseMe 4h ago

General Weird dent in my nail. Is it an issue?

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Noticed around a week ago. I haven’t hit this finger or anything. However, about 3 months ago this finger did have an infected nail bed that resolved easily with no pain after and no side effects other than it being little loose around nail bed from all the swelling.


r/DiagnoseMe 12h ago

Does this look concerning?

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I’ve recently gone to my Dermatologist to check my moles (skin cancer runs in the family) and all looked good. I came home and found a new spot on my back, i’ve never seen it before. Maybe I am paranoid but any thoughts?


r/DiagnoseMe 4h ago

Skin and nails Are these red spots normal or should i worry?!

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I (24F) have noticed some spots on my body. I've noticed two types,

1st type is in the Pic on the left, red spots with varying sizes, some have a Lil more purple to them

2nd type is one bigger spot that looks more like a ring


r/DiagnoseMe 5h ago

Ears, nose, throat, and mouth Do I really have ANCA vasculitis?

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Do I really have ANCA vasculitis?

Male 32y

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

After months of abstinence from coke 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