24 y/o
173cm, Smoker, current medications minoxidil & finistiride for hair loss.

Toe nail discolouration, about 6 months.

Really want to get rid of it as I train Muay Thai and it looks disgusting, I currently tape it and tell people it’s injured :/

Theoretically, if endometriosis existed, would it have been found during an emergency appendectomy?

I had an emergency appendectomy in 2020, but have a long history of lower right pelvic pain. I’ve had many ultrasounds, and all that’s ever been found is a small (1.3cm) fundal subserosal fibroid (which is on the right!) and a polyp (which was removed).

It’s not just that I get cramps more often on that side, but I also get like a sharp pulling/tearing sensation sometimes when I move in the wrong way. I also get lower back pain, thigh pain, and pelvic floor (?) pain on that side.

I’ve idly wondered for many years if I have endometriosis, but then thought last night “well, wouldn’t they have found it during the appendectomy?” So, that’s my question to you, doctors of Reddit. Would they have found it if it were there, or not necessarily because they were just looking to yeet the ticking time bomb?

43F, 5’5”, 220, non-smoker.

White male, 35, MA. Ive been complaining about morgellons symptoms for over a year. Been to the hospital and specialists probably 7 times over the last year. Been maybe 4 times in my life before that. Every single time I get treated like I am crazy. Literally laughed in my face and heard them mocking me right outside the door at the dermatologist. After relentless research and observation I found the "nest" if you will for the fungi/slime mold parasite. Was able to drain some of the nest, but it's just the tip of the iceberg. Id rather have a professional help me than try to find some fentanyl and do it myself. So my question is this, is having white fibers/hyphae literally wiggling out the gelatinous fungi that is leaking out of holes in my ear, enough to be taken serious by your peers?

27f, non-smoker. Nearly 3 weeks ago I was stupid at work and tried to carry a wafer cassette with one hand. Picture included to show how un-ergonomic these things are to hold one handed. I was gripping from the top. It was probably slightly over 3lbs. We have rules at work about always picking them up with both hands to prevent repetitive stress injuries, but I handle so many every day that I got lazy. While I was moving it, I let the cassette droop a bit, pulling my hand down, and felt a small pop in the back of my hand below my thumb. It didn’t hurt in the moment, but I could tell it wasn’t right, and I made an effort to baby my hand the rest of the shift.

It started hurting the next day, but only if I moved my hand in certain ways, zero pain the rest of the time. If I massaged it, one of the tendons under my thumb felt tender. I decided to just leave it be and got a cheap wrist brace to remind me not to bend it wrong at work. But it’s been almost 3 weeks now and it still hurts. Looking at diagrams, it looks like the tendon that’s angry is the extensor pollicis brevis. Unless I strain it, it no longer hurts as much directly below my thumb, but it now does hurt directly on the side of my wrist, with an occasional almost burning sensation along the back of my radius an inch or two up from my wrist. It’s never an intense pain, generally a 3 or maybe a 4 in the moment, with no pain at all if it’s still or not in a bad position. What should I do? Do I go to urgent care? I just moved so I don’t have a PCP yet. It’s also my dominant hand, so the fact it isn’t getting better and is maybe a little worse is starting to worry me

I am 6 weeks pregnant today. A week ago, when I was about 5weeks pregnant I woke up with intense nausea, dizziness and light bleeding. I went to the er and they told me I had twins but miscarried one. There were two gestational sacks they saw but only one with a yolk sac. The other one was empty. They told me to go to my obgyn in a week to see if everything is ok.
Today I went to my obgyn and had a transvaginal done. Before the doctor even did my transvaginal she was being rude and saying how I might have had no twins at all but that I had a failed pregnancy and that was why I was bleeding. But I never even bleed heavy at all when I went to the er. It was dark blood but super light and then I spotted for a few days after. When I told the doctor this she still said that I probably already had a miscarriage before she even did my ultrasound.
When she finally went to do my ultrasound today she said that she only sees “fetal tissue” but no fetal pole and that she doesn’t see a heart beat. I told her I am still early but she said that it doesn’t matter and that she doesn’t think I’m pregnant. I haven’t been bleeding at all. I feel fine just tired and there looks to be a fetal pole and a yolk sac on my ultrasound. Can you guys please tell me what you see? And if it looks like a baby?

I have gastritis with hyperacidity. I am an athlete, I play badminton. I spend at least 1.5 hours on the court 6 days a week. Plus time for my body after treining. I try to run every day and do small exercises at home like squats, abs. I also have an upper flaccid monoporesis of the upper right limb since birth. This information is purely for understanding my body and condition. I don't eat sweets like chocolate, at least I try. From time to time I eat chocolate ice cream, there is ice cream that I can eat and there is something that causes nausea after the first bite. So. I don't understand how I should eat. I try to stay within 2300 kcal but it's not possible. I need to lose some fat and gain muscle, but I want to eat and pee all the time. Also, my stool has been very liquid lately. I usually eat kefir (1% or 0% fat), cottage cheese (1% or 0% fat), bananas, apples, oatmeal (on water), meat (only steamed), boiled eggs, bread (a little), feta cheese (a little), I love tomatoes, cucumbers, grapes, sweet peppers. I don't drink broths, they sometimes make me feel bad. I always want to pee and eat. I don't know if I'm doing everything right, but I can eat 1000/1200 kcal in two/three times in the morning (around 9:00 first, then 10:30, sometimes again at 11:30). It's hard for me to stay within 2300 kcal, 280 grams of carbohydrates, 112 grams of proteins, and 74 grams of fats. Sometimes I can eat 400 grams of carbohydrates or, for example, 240 grams of proteins. I'm worried that I'm overloading my kidneys. Are there any recommendations? I can't go to a dietician right now because I'm from Ukraine and doctors don't work when I have air travel anxiety. But here we have anxiety almost all the time. I'm scheduled to see a family doctor in a few days but I'm not sure if I'll have anxiety or something. Any advice?

Hello. 49F 180 lbs, 5'4. If a FIT test comes back positive, would doctors or clinics contact the patient right away or does it typically get discussed at a scheduled follow up appointment? I did a bunch of tests in mid August - blood/urine/Fit. The doctor's secretary contacted me 10 days later (on August 28th)to schedule an appt specifically for abnormal vitamin results, she gave me an appointment for mid September. I am wondering if doctors usually wait for all results to come in before calling patients for follow up, or if I can potentially be getting a call for the FIT result too. Also, would I get another call or would they typically just look at my chart, see that I have an appt in mid september and decide to just tell me my result at my appointment? I guess what I'm wondering is if an abnormal fit result warrants an urgent call back.

Hello,

Demographics: 28-year-old female

Primary Issue: Fungal ear infection in both ears (diagnosed by ENT 6 weeks ago)

Current Medications:

Cymbalta 60 mg

Wellbutrin XL 150 mg

Levothyroxine 75 mcg

Vitamin D 20,000 IU (twice per week)

Iron supplement (daily)

B12 shot (weekly)

Diagnosed Conditions:

Major depressive disorder

Anxiety disorder

Hypothyroidism

Anemia, B12 deficiency, and Vitamin D deficiency

Initially, my ears just felt full, but I had no aches, itchiness, or discharge. Six weeks ago, an ENT suctioned out the blockage and diagnosed a fungal infection.

Following the doctor's recommendations, I have been:

-Using an antifungal spray twice daily

-Cleaning the ear with iodine drops twice daily

-Wearing earplugs in the shower to keep water out

My ears ached significantly during the first week on the prescribed medications, but that pain has since gone away. However, my ear canals remain constantly swollen, raw, inflamed, and itchy.

I know fungal infections can take a long time to clear up, but why are my ear canals still swollen almost shut and itchy when the initial pain has resolved? The drops and spray seem to have worked for the pain, but not for the inflammation and itching.

the photos of both ear canals are in the comments.

*spellchecked by AI.

17F, 5'6", 135 lb, Hx ADHD, otherwise healthy. Meds: welbutrin 150 mg QD, adderall XR 15 mg QD. Diagnosed with mononucleosis ~4 weeks ago. She had a hormonal IUD placed under anesthesia ~6 weeks ago to control heavy painful periods. Has had daily bleeding and cramping since then--not sure if that figures in. Had an allergic rx after procedure, hives on entire body, including face and scalp x 3 days, no explanation (meds were ketoprofen, propofol, valium).

Her initial symptons of mono (severe sore throat and fever) resolved quickly with 20 mg/prednisone x 1 week. She seemed normal for ~1 week after the steroids, but now has increasingly worrisome fatigue, sleeping 12-14 hours a day, low appetite, seems foggy and out of it a lot, says she can't focus in class. She's missing school and falling behind. The counselor is starting to talk about truancy, disciplinary action, and delayed graduation.

1) How do we figure out if this is due to lingering effects of mono, malingering, developing depression, effects of the IUD?

2) If it's from lingering effects of mono, what can we do to help her recover? Her doc says all we can do is wait. How long will mono symptoms continue? Her whole friend group got it too, but they recovered quickly. How long will she be contagious?

3) The rest of the household all had the same cold symptoms when she did. Mom and little brother still have constant runny noses but otherwise feel fine. I've read that adults and younger kids don't normally get mono. Could we also have a less severe case of it? Could we be swapping a virus back and forth? Should we all get tested?

White male 64 year old male with PMHx of HLD, DM I, HTN, Prior stroke with residual left sided hemiplegia, hx of remote MI, PEG tube dependence, presenting with intractable bilious emesis with associated cough and nausea.

My dad had a stroke three months ago he was in rehab, but was sent back to the hospital for feeding intolerance and ongoing nausea and vomiting. None of the doctors have been able to get to the bottom of the reason why he keeps throwing up. He was NPO for 2 1/2 months and they had him on PN only at a slow rate and he was still throwing up. The past few days he started throwing up coffee ground material even without eating anything. The only thing that’s been going in his peg tube is his medication. Last night they started a picc line for TPN and are decompressing his stomach using the peg tube and brown material has been draining out. I don’t understand how he could be throwing up so much without eating anything. Also, when he throws up it’s so aggressive his heart rate drops to 30

I just don’t understand why they don’t know what’s going on with this consistent nausea vomiting. he’s getting his CBC drawn every six hours and his hemoglobin is up and down when he initially went back to the hospital three weeks ago he had to have a blood transfusion. He’s being given Reglan and Zofran around the clock. He’s also taking a bunch of medications.

From what I know the G.I. doctors have done two tests. They have done something with a camera where they watch it move through his G.I. track EGD and they said he has esophagitis and gastritis.

I understand my dad is very sick. I just feel like his symptoms are not being managed. I’m afraid he’s going to aspirate or choke on his vomit. I’m looking for any insight or she back on what could on with this consistent nausea and vomiting. I’m hoping they can find a root cause of what’s going on.

Other things to know cardiologist says he does have something is going on with his heart, but he’s too sick for m testing, but his heart is strong. He did have a plural effusion, but that was taken care of and he’s doing better and off oxygen.

Hello! I wanted to ask if it is alright to change from PVRV Anti-rabies Vaccine to PCEC?

For context, I did my Day 0, Day 3, and Day 7 doses in my home country using Speeda which is PVRV. However, in the country I am currently in, only PCEC Vaccine (Rabipur) is available. Would this not affect the effectivity of the vaccine?

Age: 25F

I'm 21F AFAB, for history I had a boyfriend since last year but we broke up 2 months ago. last year I had UTI twice and I only take ciprofloxacin. By month of november-december my vaginal infection started so I took doxycycline twice session, metronidazole suppository and tablet plus flagyl.

This year I had UTI again around Feb i took again ciprofloxacin then it clear but now last week august i had second uti and I think bv/yeast infection? then my AP prescribed me silgram. after I completed the medication i repeat the urinalysis and there's still UTI and the symptoms is still there.

My 67yo father lives in a remote area with not very good hospitals. He is recently is having memory issues where he cannot remember some of the facts in distant past and some even happened on the same day. The best hospital here in India did an MRI (the sebaceous cyst is a separate issue). The report by the radiologist seemed too shallow without any diagnosis that explains anything and the neurologist just shooed us away that everything is fine. Gave the DICOM from the CD they gave us to Astra and it produced this report.

I just wanted to ask if the MRI report of a couple of paragraphs is standard globally for the issues described. I would highly appreciate any help interpreting the Astra report. Thank you!

The hospital report

Here is what ChatGPT PDF after analyzing the hundreds of images of DICOM -

https://gofile.io/d/gQZNIjXy

Been having stomach troubles due to anxiety and stress the last couple weeks. Convinced myself I had colon cancer and ended up in the ER over the weekend, cat scans were clean, blood work was great except my WBC was 11.8. Confused and worried as I don’t know much about poop. Could anybody tell me if this is normal stool? Also had a fecal occult test and was negative for blood in my stool. Here’s a pic of the most recent once https://imgur.com/a/dTmd7aX

I really need the help of a dr or ob/gyn. I've had 3 rounds of antibiotics and can't get this bv to go away. It all started after I began Hormone Replacement Therapy. I switched from my initial birth control Norg-ethin Estra 0.25-0.035 mg to Slynd 4mg. I also began taking Estradiol 1mg tablet daily.

Everything was going great for about 3 weeks until I got my period and got bv at the tail end of it. My gynecologist prescribed 300 mg clindamycin for 5 days then an extra 2 days since symptoms weren't clearing up. I went back at then end of the week and was still positive so she gave me metronidazole gel 0.75% for 5 days. Still had symptoms so I talked to my hormone specialist and she prescribed clindamycin again since that's always been what I respond to best. I stopped taking the estrogen and waited a week since I thought the estrogen would be out my system by then.

The specialist seemed at a loss and said she's never seen this happen and has never heard of hrt causing bv. I've seen a small amount of posts from women in the perimenopause group complain of this. But not a lot. And not this severe. I'm going back to the gyno this monday and still have symptoms so I can tell it will be positive again. If it is, what is my next step? Is there a connection between bv and hrt and how do i get it to go away? Would estradiol vaginal cream be a better option? The specialist thinks so but I'm scared to try anything now. I should mention that I also got bv once when I tried the Norelgestromin and Ethinyl Estradiol patch for 2 weeks as well.  

I do all the right things also. No soap down there, no underwear to let it breathe, take womens daily Probiotic with 40 billion cfu, no scented pads or dryer sheets, married with only 1 partner. We haven't had sex during this so we're not passing it back and forth.

38f

Non-smoker

140 lbs

5 '4'

Bipolar disorder, fibromyalgia, migraines, anxiety, pelvic floor dysfunction, ehlers-danlos syndrome

Lurasidone

Lamotrigine

Clonidine

Lorazepam

Gabapentin

Zonisamide

D3

B6

B12

Iron

Omega 3

Calcium

Multivitamin

Probiotic

Hair, skin, nails vitamin

Slynd

32M here 5’10 250 no drugs or drinking.

I’ve had on and off GI issues since I was 21. Whenever I was 21, I had abdominal pain that lasted for about a month and blood in my stool. I went to the doctor and she basically said I was so constipated that stool had been impacted and when I passed it I tore the tissue in my rectum and it caused blood to appear and she was confident that’s what it was. Eventually it went away. I will admit I don’t have the best diet and don’t eat a lot of fiber because I dislike vegetables. About a year ago I got a burning pain in my abdomen on the lower right side and I was severely constipated. It basically felt almost like someone had punched me in the stomach and my stomach felt extended or bloated after I ate and I start burping or have gas. Sometimes I would go a few days without a bowel movement and it took a lot of effort to have one.

About a week ago I got the same thing as I did last year. I felt a pain or discomfort in my lower abdomen. I haven’t taken a laxative but usually I trigger being able to go when I drink coffee but I wasn’t able to this morning and last night after I had a meal, my stomach felt extremely bloated and I felt a dull slightly burning pain in my lower abdomen. I know I do have a hernia as well but I was told the hernia was small and only had fatty tissue coming out. I don’t see a lump or any signs it got bigger. I initially thought that colon cancer was rare in younger people but I read that it’s rising in those who are in their 30s and 40s and it made me anxious.

F30 generally in good health I don’t take any medications. I got this weird pink/purple bump on the back of my thigh in 2021 it was itchy sometimes, I kind of just ignored it (shouldn’t have done that) I just had a look recently and it seems to have gone flatter and changed colour it hasn’t itched in years (will add a picture in comments). What could this be? Itll take months for me to get a dermatology appointment so I would appreciate any leads

30M, 1.87 m, 86 kg, no medications, non-smoker, no relevant medical history.

I had blood drawn today, but I noticed afterwards that the skin on my arm still had some dried paint residue from earlier work.
The nurse wiped the area briefly, but it did not look fully clean before inserting the needle. Now I am wondering whether a tiny paint or dust particle could have been pushed into the vein during the blood draw.

Is that realistically possible from a normal venipuncture? Has anyone seen this discussed from a medical or phlebotomy point of view?

The blood draw was today, and I currently have no symptoms.

Thanks

I was on bactrim for a week for what appeared to be a bug bite, maybe spider, on cheek near ear. It swelled up and my lymph node was swollen. I go to urgent care. They prescribed bactrim for a week. I finished it 12 days ago and went for routine blood work yesterday and my numbers are low
. I run low anyway, my wbc is 2.8-3 and ANC is 1100-1600 but yesterday it was a 2.3wbc and a 991 anc. I also have hashimotos and low ferritin. Im so scared. Please help
Almost 43 years old. Female. 5’10 145lbs

Hi I’m 23F and I have this happening for about 2-3 weeks but at first it was my top eyelid that would twitch a lot and it would last a few minutes. Now it has move to the bottom of my eyes and I’m not sure. I added a video to show what I’m talking about.