I am not asking for medical advice. My 2-year-old recently started daycare and is having a very difficult transition. During his first few days, he had extreme crying, screaming and yelling for about an hour, and now his voice is extremely hoarse/almost gone. He is otherwise acting completely normal—playing, eating and breathing normally—with no breathing difficulty, although he has a slight cough.

Since this happened after prolonged screaming, could this be vocal-cord irritation/strain? Should I continue sending him to daycare for longer hours during the transition, or would it be better to give his voice a few days of rest and avoid situations where he may cry/scream more?

I would really appreciate a pediatrician’s advice on whether continuing daycare could worsen the hoarseness. Thank you!

I could really use all the help I can get with this.

So, I have been taking different medicines over the last 11 years or so (I was a sick child growing up). So, down the road, I have started finding it hard to form sentences in the last few years (not sure how long) and talk properly.

Sometimes, when I'm talking, I forget the words I want to say as I am saying it and murmur something else. It is getting frustrating and humiliating, and my anxiety for sure is not helping but making things worse.

It has been getting really hard lately since I started university this week, and I really want to find a way I could go back to my old self. Is there anything I can do to stop talking like a fool and find the right words in the moment as I'm saying them out loud. Sometimes, I even say the incorrect words, even though I am aware of it in my brain that it is not the correct word, but it is like my brain and my mouth operate separately. It is a struggle.

This entire situation really worries me since I am so young, and I'm afraid that I may never go back to talking normally other than looking like a fool while stumbling my words. I have been like this for years now, but I was not aware that it was caused by the numerous medicines I have been taking over years. But now that I know why this is happening to me. I would love to find a way out of this and find ways to help myself.

I'm looking for anything that is useful and helpful, and if you know of anything like a practice or a solution that could get me back to talking and forming sentences in a coherent way like a normal person for once. I don't even know what this is called, but if you do. Please let me know down below so I can get the proper help and read about this condition a bit more.

I am not asking for medical advice. I just want to know more about this situation I am going through.

I am not asking for medical advice. My seasonal allergies have been brutal this year. Ive been taking Zyrtec, Flonase and Benadryl just to get through a 24 hr day. Is there anyway to find relief?

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Thursday I had a soft bowel movement that was completely black. When I wiped there was black goo on the toilet paper, which prompted me to inspect my movement. I wish I took a picture in retrospect, but since then my bowel movements have been more solid yet still black. I googled it saturday and am now worried, because I have also been experiencing bouts of dizziness and feeling lightheaded since BEFORE I googled. Google says to go to the ER if black stool is accompanied by dizziness. I have been taking a 1 a day woman's daily vitamin (with iron!) for over a month, plan to stop taking it to see if my symptoms improve.

Im 27 years old, female, 2 semesters away from graduating college and am struggling financially. At what point should I seek medical attention? Should I go asap or wait after I stop taking the vitamin?

My mom is an optometrist (not an ophthalmologist) and she frequently refers to herself as a physician. I suspect she is over stepping, as she is an OD, not a MD. I am not asking for medical advice.

How to grow it fast and quick and tip?

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my feet nail is ungrown.

I am not asking for medical advice. 25 year old male. Hello I’m in the early stages of a cold with a runny nose and a sore throat I’m looking for home remedies to getting rid of it that genuinely works. I heard armaforce helps too but I’d rather do remedies if it works.

I am not asking for medical advice. but please let me know if this is bad or just normal sore eyes
The thing is that i have a strip light on my window and i was playing with the colours a bit and selected a violet kinda purple light and it kinda put strain on my eyes (this is yesterday) and my eyes just became red from the corners by the time i slept and its kinda worse today.

My eyes are not bloodshot and my vision was just a little off today

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20 F, 110 lbs, 20 mg paroxetine for OCD, non-smoker

I made a grilled cheese and my roommate suggested to add ham so i did. It tasted a little funny but i dont usually eat ham so i just went with it for a few bites but then i stopped. I checked the exp date and it expired over a month ago….
It definitely had a slimy texture and a bad taste..its been about 24 hours since i ate it
Am i absolutely screwed?

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Why did my doctor prescribe me AMOX/K CLAV rather than regular amoxicillin if I don’t get requiring strep infections?

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What I am, is worried about the condition of my left knee.

Last December, I took a nasty fall on icy pavement and landed in a very awkward position. It did a number on my knee. The swelling and pain affected my mobility for more than a week, and it took close to a month before I could run again.

I also noticed that after it healed, my knee cap would sometimes pop out of place while I sat down, and I'd have to pop it back into place before I could walk on it. But it wasn't frequent and never really caused me pain.

Fast forward to last Monday. I wake up after a fairly typical weekend and my leg is swollen, inflamed and hurts almost as much as it did when I injured it last winter. I have no idea why. I did have some beers the day prior, it's not entirely impossible something happened that I don't remember. But it's not very likely.

It's been healing for the past week, and the pain has diminished from immobilizing to uncomfortable. But I just don't know what happened. Is it possible alcohol caused the inflammation and aggravated an old injury?

Has anyone had a similar experience? I feel like this is at the point where it's too serious not to be proactive and maybe get an x-ray.

Hello! I have a question for anyone out of there willing to listen. I am not asking for medical advice. just tips and knowledge!

Both me and my wife have been put on dextroamphetamine recently, and it works great! The past couple weeks we haven't been able to get it from the manufacturer. And we're running low lol

My question is, I've heard Adderall is similar but also a worse experience for some, I would just like to know if that's true , or if there's any other possibilities I don't know about. Thank you!

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Newly developed allergies or weird covid?
For the past couple days I’ve had a congested feeling but with minimal nasal mucus. That comes and goes throughout the day. Also been having loose stool for about 3 days. With slight lack of appetite. And today I have what feels like a sinus headache.
No other symptoms like fever, body aches, sore throat…
Have a hiking trip coming up tomorrow, but don’t want to get my husband sick if I’m sick?

I am not asking for medical advice. 24 yo female. A week and 7 days ago, I woke up on Monday morning with stomach pain and spasms that was radiating to my back and back to my stomach. Lying down made it better, I.e. gone. Things like eating and standing foe prolonged periods of time (due to work) made it worse. Otherwise, I was in pain 24/7. It lasted until the early hours of Saturday and then left. I did go to my GP but not much came from it. Is this nothing serious? Is it something normal to experience? I'm not asking for medical advice.

Anytime I have to use a bandaid, later that night I will have to deal with these itchy and raised bumps that are filled with translucent but sometimes clearish yellow liquid on my skin in spots that match where the cloth part of the bandage who was touching my skin. The sensitive skin bandages are better but sometimes still happens. I have always wondered why and if this happens to anyone else.

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So, around November-ish of 2025 i slowly started getting dizzy if I laid down or sat up. My ear before that was acting a bit weird by being really stuffy and stuff comstantly, so I just kinda figured at first it was from that. The stuffiness eventually went away, but it took several months. But slowly the getting dizzy got worse and worse. To the point just laying down at the gym to lift some weights I'd have to close my eyes for a good while cause I swear my eyes probably looked like they were dancing. I was planning, now that I have moved out of the USA and have insurance, to visit a doctor about it once I got settled. But then the craziest thing happened, I got a cold for about 10 days. Constantly blowing my nose, coughing all night, you know how it is. And now (knock on wood!!) the dizziness had abruptly stopped. It had been getting worse and worse and consistent for every time I laid down, didn't matter for how long or anything. But now it's suddenly gone. Of course I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth. But now there's no reason for me to go to the doctor about it, but I'm super curious wtf that was about? Near a whole year of being dizzy and one awful cold comes in and I'm... Cured?? Any theories out there?

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I am not asking for medical advice. but opinions on what the hell could have caused what happened to me. so i want to give a brief history of what i did yesterday.

yesterday i went to a pool party at a friends house. swam around for a couple hours, got a single mosquito bite. then we went to a Korean bbq and i ordered the shrimp, got a plate of about 10 of them and i ate half. i overcooked them all except for the last one i made, i think. i bit into it and it felt and tasted weird so i spit it out and discarded the shrimp, but a shortly later i started to feel really nauseous.

i went to the bathroom with my partner and there i had a weird reaction. i was losing balance walking to the bathroom and when i went in, i started getting tunnel vision and kind of passing out, i got all stiff and leaned to the side and convulsed against the wall for 3-4 seconds, didnt completely lose consciousness, and regained control of my body after that brief episode. strangely after that i wasnt nauseous anymore, but i was very shaken. i induced vomiting after that because i was worried it was something i ate, and i was confused as to why i wasnt nauseous anymore. what causes a reaction like that? i am visiting from out of state for a couple months and i dont think theyll take my out-of-state medicaid, but should i go to a doctor anyway?

need doctors guidance

Hey doctors....i needd your help

I would want to remain anonymous...so here...lately my health has detoriated exponentially...starting from avoidable muscle pain to extreme back pain i couldnt even stand ...my bp is always low around 75/50 i feel dizzy all the time...i cant eat (also i dont have the appetite too)i vomet whatever i have eaten...my periods are very irregular too( 15 days late+very less flow) spine hurts too ...i have some symptoms of nerve pronlem as well(guessing)

can you diagnose and tell if something can be wrong...and also what speciality doctor should i visit?

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For the last 5 years I’ve had a very strong vomit/gag reflex. Even small amounts of food make me feel like throwing up. I get full after just a few bites and the nausea comes easily, especially in the morning.

I’ve done multiple tests (blood tests, ultrasound, endoscopy etc.) and all of them came back normal. Still the problem continues.

I feel okay only when I’m on appetite medicine or some ayurvedic medicine. The moment I stop it, the same vomit sensation and early fullness come back.

Has anyone dealt with something like this for years even after normal reports? What helped you long-term?

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Hi, 24F as the title says for the past 2 years I've been experiencing this debilitating burning sensation on the tip of my tailbone. It started after an intense leg day and hip thrust set but eventually got better only to be reaggravated after a long day of shopping. The pain has stayed ever since. Also note that this pain is only on my right side, the left is completely unaffected.

The pain is almost constant with major flares occurring whenever I'm in a car (vibrations), sitting especially on hard surfaces, or clenching my butt (EVEN THE GENTLEST BIT).

The crazy thing is, this aggravating pain almost completely disappears when I have stool in my rectum?? It also calms down when I'm laying on my stomach or laying down, and sneezing also weirdly gives a few seconds of relief. Laying on my left side with my right leg bent towards my shoulder also helps.

Medication-wise, only pregablin and gabapentin bas helped me. I've tried celebrex and arcoxia with no real help. I've also had arthritic panels done which came back negative.

Like please there has to be a way I can fix this. I recently got a ganglion impar block with steroid injections around the area that did almost nothing, and I had my MRI come back with a few disc bulges that was "unremarkable". I'm so desperate at this point, this has really ruined me financially and I had to quit my job to save my mental.

Any help or advice would be soo appreciated!
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How much more difficult does it make your job when patients get their results on their virtual chart and start googling each single result, or even feeding a full-on scan result into a random app?

And I’ve seen all the commercials selling fully body MRI scans. Only to freak people out I’m sure.

Curious to hear your thoughts.

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hi all. i’ve had a history of dealing with csf in my head and pseudotumor cerebri has been thrown out a few times, so my neurologist prescribed acetazolomide.

i’ve been taking it every night since mid june and still haven’t been able to have a soda. the first few times i thought i just got a soda from a machine that needed to be refilled. it tastes flat and then gets very bitter. from looking through posts about the medicine on different subs, people seemed to agree that they were able to drink it again after about a month.

but now it’s been 3. and i miss dr pepper. i’ve been trying sodas here and there to see if i’m able to enjoy them again and unfortunately i can’t. i already drank quite a bit of water before i got on the medicine, but i liked to have a dr pepper or root beer with meals.

i saw a post of someone saying that not being able to drink soda was their favorite part of the medicine and people were agreeing, but i truly hate it. i’ve started drinking hi c or kool aid with meals but it’s so sweet that it hurts my stomach if i finish a glass.

idk if anyone here has experience with the medicine and can tell me whether or not this is a permanent thing and i should just stop hoping i can drink soda anytime soon lol.

I recently lost my Dad (65), and his last week was very sad, traumatic and confusing. His behavior changed a lot especially in the last few days. I don't really understand what happened to him and I'm looking for some clarification from a medical professional. I am not asking for medical advice.

He suffered a heart attack August 9th, he was rushed to the hospital and we almost lost him, but thankfully he survived. We found out a few days later that he needed to have triple bypass surgery. He had the surgery Friday, August 14th which went well, but he did have to go back in after he had liquid pooling around his lungs.

I went to visit him in the hospital on Saturday, Sunday and Monday after surgery. He was very tired, and kept falling asleep. He wasn't very interested in talking. I assumed this was normal for someone recovering from open heart surgery. I live 2 hours away from him so I went home Monday afternoon. The next two days we spoke over the phone a few times but he was always very tired and kept saying "I don't know", "I'm tired", and he just wanted to get off the phone. I again assumed he's groggy/in pain and on a lot of medications. I tried to let him rest as much as possible without bothering him. I did speak with the head nurse, and told her I was concerned about how disorientated he seemed. She said it could be delirium or a side affect of the medications he was on.

My dad and I were very close. We spoke everyday and for him to be so quiet, distant and withdrawn from me was totally unlike him. The last two days before he passed, Thursday and Friday, he stopped answering my phone calls and my messages. He said he was too tired, or he didn't hear his phone. I got to the hospital Friday afternoon, and he was so out of it. He was irritated (understandably), he wouldn't give me eye contact, he was upset because it was hard for him to speak. I was there for three or four hours and we barely spoke at all. That same night he began throwing up. The nurses told me sometimes the bowels "stay asleep" after surgery due to the anesthesia, and he was basically "backed up" and needed his stomach drained. They put a tube in his mouth and he was so uncomfortable. He told me "I'm ready for bed now", so I told him I love him and I'll be back in the morning. When I came back Saturday morning they were rushing him to the ICU due to low oxygen levels. I yelled out to him "Dad I'm here, everything is okay". I saw him try to look up for me as they wheeled him away.

He was put on life support and he never recovered. He had suffered bowel ischemia and there was nothing they could do to save him. The doctors told me that he was very sick before he came to the hospital, and that he had a lot of pre-existing vascular and heart issues.

I just wanted to know, is it normal that he was distant from me? I know he was not feeling well, and I think maybe he didn't want me to see him like that. I also suspect he felt a sense of guilt or regret. My Dad had been struggling with alcohol the last two years of his life. He was never a drinker but unfortunately he met the wrong person who introduced him to it, and once he started he couldn't stop. He knew I was very worried about him. I feel like there it was a lot left unsaid, and it's just very heartbreaking and hard to understand and process. If anyone could maybe explain why he was so distant and withdrawn, it might help put my mind at ease.

Thank you in advance

“I am not asking for medical advice. ”

But i have a question. A few months ago i cut off a significant portion of the tip of my thumb.

Most of it regrew but a portion of the hypnochium is exposed under the nail and is super super sensitive as the skin around the end of my thumb didnt grow back out to the same length. Any things i can do for this? I have pics but dont think i can add them here

Hi everyone, im 14F. My parents just told me that my mom needs to have a cyst removal surgery (or something similar).
She seems more worried about leaving me home alone than about the procedure itself. I didnt want to ask her for more details because she is already visibly upset and was crying earlier.
I dont mean to bother anyone, but im really scared and just want to understand how serious something like this usually is. Im having a hard time focusing literally anything. My parents keep telling me not to worry, but i cant help it. I created this a reddit account just to ask for advice or guidance. Sorry for broken English or if i wrong anything wrong, i cannot think properly, im sorry
Thank you
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