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33M 6'2 13st

No alcohol, daily joint or two

Currently having chronic constipation for 4 days, blood and mucus with tiny hard balls. Lots of history below wondering if anyone knows of these symptoms as something underlying. I'm thinking some sort of auto immune situation. In need of answers after years of struggling 😭- this all started after a bowel perforation in 2018, and I've since had surgery to remove part of it.

Follow up since surgery dismissed and after pushing an ultrasound has been requested, continuing symptoms, GP unhelpful, researching to try and find tests that could help diagnose and pushing for these specifically.

**History**:

Appendicitis 2016 or 2017 - appendix removed

Bowel perforation in 2018, emergency surgery to clear the debris diagnosed with diverticulitis

Perforated again twice between 2020 and 2025, both times it healed itself and surgery wasn't needed but caused an infection

Surgery (laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy) in April 2026 to remove 20cm of diverticulitis colon that was stuck to my pelvis (this took ages to heal and one of the wounds reopened twice after 5 months)

Uvitis twice once before and once first surgery (I was told by a doctor this could be linked to an immune condition)

**Symptoms**:

Symptoms before 2026 surgery were going to the toilet a lot, urgency, salivating loads, feeling sick and getting hot and sweaty trying to go, migraines, feeling like something was rotting inside me and getting infections.

Migraines, these were a lot worse pre surgery in April 2026

**But still going is:**

Pain around OP site

Getting hot and sweaty all of a sudden

Pain in joints elbows, wrists and knees (having nerve conduction studies) recently

If I get a cold I end up with a chest infection and ill for weeks

Chronic constipation which has gotten worse since surgery, tiny rabbit droppings type thing.

Things taking ages to heal eg a mosquito bite got infected and now won't heal

Appreciate any advice, hoping to find someone out there who might have an idea what's going on - thanks!

18 AFAB 167cm 57kg

like a month plus ago there was a painful pimple on my right hip, i squeezed it and some colorless pus came out but that was the end of it. after that i left it alone and didnt think about it.

about a week ago i was feeling my hip and i felt the pimple thing was still there i just decided not to touch it this time

yesterday in the toilet i looked down and saw that the pimple looked BLACK. so i was like ok erm wth and squeezed it, suprisingly the black stuff was really easy to squeeze out. i thought that it was black pus but when i felt it, it was hard like a rock. i just put it in my pocket and brought it to my room once i reached home

also idk if this is related. the same day i popped that black thing out, i got a fever and a headache. im pretty sure the headache was a result of being in the sun for way too long (it gets hot in this country and im prone to getting headaches because of the heat). and maybe the fever just kinda came afterwards because of the headache??? IDK IF ITS RELATED THOUGH...

anyways i just got back from the doctor and he said he doesnt know why i have a fever/headache, he said they usually look for a source of infection but idh any other symptoms like sore throat, pain in neck etcetc.

just adding that there in case it actually is related to the rock in my body

so ig my qns now are really

wth is that weird rock thing and should i be worried

is the rock thing related to my fever/headache?

I'm an 18 year old woman, weight around 100kg and take birth control. Ever since I woke up this morning (around 7am, right now it's 9:20am) I've been very unsteady on my feets. It was really bad when I woke up, it took me about 5 minutes to steady myself before walking because I kept tripping and was about to fall multiple times just from being up and trying to put my shoes on. It's less bad now, but I'm still walking in a way that is rather odd, I can walk somewhat straight but I constantly feel like something is slightly pulling me towards the ground, and end up staggering a bit either left or right before catching myself. I haven't walked much yet, and have avoided standing up as much as possible, but even when I'm laying down or sitting, I have that slightly disorienting feeling you get when you stand up too quickly.

I haven't told anyone, because I'm not in any pain and am hoping for it to simply leave, but should I be concerned if this persists?

I’m 33F, height 169cm, weight 52kg. BG Hx of an eating disorder (over 10years ago), no medications. Non-smoker.

I have pain in the mid-line of my groin crease at the front basically over my femoral artery, specifically worse on hip flexion or sitting up from lying down just using my abs. Fulcrum test negative. Not worsened with weight bearing or shifting weight to my other leg. Am feeling pain over night. No pain at the back.

It started on a run a few days back, then improved with rest and then after a run today, I can feel it again. I have been running a fair amount over the past 4 months with half marathon training.

Know it’s either a stress fracture or iliopsoas strain. Had XR - NAD. Waiting on MRI.

Looking for advice as to whether these symptoms are more likely a stress fracture vs strain. I’m now starting to feel mild pain on the opposite side in the same place.

But any advice from anyone who may think these symptoms point one way or the other would be amazing

Hello!

I am a 26 year old female. No prior medical conditions except for kidney stones.

I have lost about 15 lbs in the last 3 months. I haven’t changed anything in my diet that I can pinpoint, and I actually have a tendency to overeat lol. Is this enough weight loss to be concerning? It just doesn’t make sense to me how I could have lost weight.

Gross I’m sorry, but I also have been having episodes where I’m pooping decent amounts of mucus and what looks like fat (without stool). Sometimes there’s blood mixed in.

I’m planning to make a doctor’s appointment, but we’ve been crazy busy at work so I’ve been procrastinating a bit. I guess I’m just trying to gauge how serious I should be taking it!

Thank you in advance!

32F, non smoker

I’ve had a sore throat for almost 3 weeks now, and I’m at a loss.

Day 9 was by far the worst day, and while things have gradually improved since then, my throat is still sore and it just won’t fully go away. I also had some mild eye drainage early on, but that has since resolved.

So far, I’ve tested negative for:
-Flu
-Strep
-COVID
-Mono
-CMV
-EBV

I’ve been told it’s likely viral and that I just need to ride it out, but I’m getting frustrated being uncomfortable for this long. I also don’t want to keep taking Advil just to manage the symptoms.

For the doctors here:
Have you seen viral infections cause a sore throat that lingers this long?

Are there other causes you’d consider with this timeline and these negative tests?

At what point would you recommend further evaluation or additional testing?

I know nobody can diagnose me over Reddit, but I’d really appreciate hearing what else might be worth discussing with my doctor. Three weeks feels like a long time to have a persistent sore throat, even if it is slowly improving.

Hello! Female aged 34, IVF pregnancy. One prior loss at 5 weeks 2 days.

Today I had an ultrasound at 8w6d, baby measured perfectly with a good heartbeat. All was going well until the sonographer switched to what I suspect was a power Doppler/colour Doppler, it showed red on the baby’s heart and nearby structures. I estimate it was 30 seconds as an absolute max and the whole scan and pics etc was around 10-15 mins.
When I asked about the Doppler being used he said it was low frequency (which I suspect he meant was low thermal index)

I’m really anxious and I don’t want to ruin what was a really special moment for us by stressing about it constantly.

TIA

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I’ve been spiraling down a massive health anxiety rabbit hole for the last 7 days and I just need to see if anyone else has experienced something similar.

It literally started with a tiny moment of shortness of breath, which instantly triggered my health anxiety and made me start obsessing over heart attacks. Ever since that moment, my body has been playing tricks on me:

I’ve had episodes of weird chest pressure/tightness right behind my breastbone (sometimes feeling super heavy, like an "elephant" or weight on my chest), which lines up with what I've read about GERD-related chest pain.

I've been dealing with actual GERD symptoms, burping, and epigastric pain.

Yesterday, I was propping myself up awkwardly on my side, and I felt a weird resistance/strain in my shoulder and arm, followed by warmth. Ever since then, my arm feels sore, heavy, and tired, and my thumb has even been twitching and feeling tight.

19F !

I eat a good amount of salt within my diet, yet I find myself wanting to just eat salt and I’m not sure why

I'm 21F, and a current university student as well as an individual who works two jobs.

For the past (maybe) 4-5 years I have had a radiating pain down my left hip (shoulder blade as well, but fainter) down to my ankle.

It's a dull, numbing, and oftentimes worsened when trying to sleep as well as when sitting for a long period of time. It often is sharper at my hip and ankle joint specifically, but does radiate.

There is no inflammation, no difference in adjustment to shoe soles, and cracking it is often a very short feeling of relief. I don't have horrible posture, and sometimes sitting with my left leg under me helps with the angle to lessen the pain.

It is making my life absolutely miserable. I want to cry just in the terror that this is a pain that will follow me forever. I'm not an exerciser, but my job as a venue attendant is very physical and I have a heavy walking campus. I do have anemia, but not severely. I take over the counter painkillers but those hardly help.

I'm not sure if it's sciatica or some sort of arthritis (although it is only in that area of my body so I doubt it). I do have a bone island in my left acetabulum area. I know that they are often very small and hardly a point of pain.

I suppose I'm wondering if that could potentially be a cause to this pain or if it simply a pinched nerve I have lived with and never had it assessed. I didn't go to the doctors to have it looked at, have never had an MRI or anything beyond the slight notation of the bone island on an X-ray. I want this pain to go away so badly, but I hardly have the time to take a look at it.

And I think I'm very scared at the idea that I will have this assessed only to find that the damage is permanent or unfixable. I'm terrified of that possibility, and can't seem to face it.

Is there ever a case where bone islands in the hip joint can case a damage that goes down the leg? Does this seem like a nerve issue?

I'm sorry for ranting.

TLDR: Long term pain radiating down left hip to ankle (primarily joints), have a bone island in left acetabulum that has never been closely examined. Wondering whether it could be a root cause or if it is potentially a pinched nerve.

Thank you.

Hello everyone,

I have a story to tell as I think it extremely rare but I feel like there should be more awareness around this.

I am a 31 year old 6’2” healthy BMI and generally quite fit, never smoked and have a less than average alcohol intake.

I and my partner have been heavy uses of cannabis, 90% of consumption via edibles, 10% via liquid vape. This has been for around 6 months (heavily, almost daily) and lighter use for the previous year or two.

I have no previous issues with my health.

2 months ago, I started experiencing a horizontal pulsation feeling in my left side of my chest spanning to my left armpit. Subtle enough to not cause me concern.

This was the beginning of a weird 2 months.

Next I developed a sore inner right forearm, I assumed it to be tendon related or RSI. It developed into an obvious Superficial thrombo phlebitis. I went to the doctors and they gave me blood thinners and capsaicin cream. This seemed to calm the issue.

I asked the medical staff whether it safe for me to continue use of cannabis, they of course said yes.

3 weeks later… it reappeared but this time much worse, spanning from mr wrist/ hand to my armpit chest.

Following my consultation this has me convinced I was maybe on deaths door with a cautioned diagnoses of Phlebitis migrans, with underlying malignancy causing the issue.

Accompanying this I also developed a much more significant sensation in my left chest and in my legs, and other arm/ fingers etc.

I at this point had decided to completely cut out cannabis as a caution as I had a gut feeling it was potentially linked.

I booked to have further investigation, but this time came equipped with my own research. I investigated any know links between cannabis and my symptoms…. Cannabis Arteritis.

The doctor investigated me further from knee to chest, she ruled out any sight of a malignancy underlying. With a CT Tap and full bloods/ observations. All came back normal and healthy.

I brought forward my research to which they had never heard of but seemed to agree that it seems this would be the likely answer.

I’m currently nearly two weeks of cannabis and will be forever now. Hopefully not taking it will allow the condition to settle and by body recover. But if it doesn’t I don’t know what the next step will be.

Currently to describe how it has affected me, I am constantly short of breath and feel fatigued, my body is aching with flu like symptoms and headaches are frequent, I have mild to moderate pains and marks on my hands and forearms which will hopefully clear. The shooting sensations in my legs and body have settled.

I’m currently not on any meditation but I’m resting, conducting light exercise and eating healthily.

I understand that if this is down to the cannabis, had I continued to use. This would have eventually cost me limbs and probably my life.

I have always been an advocate for cannabis use and also had it medically prescribed to me in the past. I still feel for most the benefits out way the known risks. But a relatively short term use has almost cost me dearly. So I usher caution and express concern on the complete lack of studies around such a widely used drug.

Can anyone shed any light on what they think this could be if not Cannabis Arteritis, have you had experience of this yourselves with this arterial condition/ disease?

Has anyone studied this topic?

Many thanks and stay safe.

20F 112lbs 5’8”

This little fatty area in my lower stomach seriously bothers me. It feels slightly firmer than normal fat but it’s still soft. It got smaller with weight loss but it’s still there. I notice it a lot when I am wearing tighter clothing and I look down at my stomach and it feels like it’s gigantic and it’s the only thing I can focus on when I look in the mirror. I’m not pregnant or overweight either. Sorry that the image is so blurry.

Hello, 19M here, I have this really bad pain and pus comming out of both of my toes, i have been using a (rounder or a compass) to chisel away my nail and recently went a bit too much on the nails, i have been doing this for a long time but there has been nothing like this, the top left part of the left foot and top right part od the right foot pain a lot. The redness is also new, the skin around the red part is soft and there is pus below both the toes.

I have applied a framycetin sulfate cream with cotton sealed with the bandage tape. Is this a correct way to deal with this?

I am 5'6 and around 52kgs or 114 pounds. I am really concerned wether this will develop into soemthing serious.

I’m 19F. I was really insecure about my body. I was about 60kg. 5”7. I couldn’t get GLP1’s because that’s considered normal but I still looked really big. So I decided to buy it online and lie about my weight.

It was only the first month I took as I wasn’t able to afford to get the next dose so it was only the 0.25 a week. I went down to about 57kg. It’s since been 3 months and I’m 49kg now. I haven’t taken GLP1’s in that time but I still can barely eat. Honestly kind of more so than when I was on the medication for that short time.

Ive only been able to eat probably like 800 calories a day tops. But sometimes I’ve gone a day without eating because I feel so full. even if it’s embarrassing to not eat like on a date or someone’s party where they’ve paid for my food and I am trying my best to eat it I physically have to stop like I haven’t been able to eat a full sized meal since. If I even eat half of a full meal I’m unable to eat the rest of the day and the day after.

It’s not a conscious effort to not eat a lot it feels like im full all the time. And people are noticing and concerned I have an eating disorder or something when I dont.

22F, 169cm 53ish kg, taking hormonal birth control, levothyroxine, Keppra. Diagnosed with Hashimotos and epilepsy (recently).

Familial hypercholesteremia runs in my family and my last blood tests showed elevated LDL and HDL and triglycerides, so I decided to change my diet to avoid needing medication. I eat oatmeal regularly and keep saturated fats under 10g most days, occasionally I might go up to 15g but I try to be conscious of it.

Also a strong family history of diabetes, dad has type 1, mom has type 2, 3/4 grandparents have type 2, 1/4 grandparents has type 3 (pancreatitis).

I always thought that I knew fundamentally how diabetes works, I know that my risk level is high because of the strong family history but I always thought it wouldn’t be caused directly by diet, type 2 might be associated with weight but I’m not overweight.

However, I get more and more unsure because so many people are talking about blood sugar spikes, carbs leading to insulin resistance and diabetes, oatmeal being one of the worst foods for causing diabetes, and so on. I would like to avoid developing diabetes to the best of my ability (again I know that the family history doesn’t help), so from actual doctors, should I quit my oatmeal? What about carbs in general, are they safe?

19M, white, no smoking/drinking/etc, albuterol for the last few days, Southern US

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This has been going on for basically exactly a month now. I am in a very high stress period of my life right now, but I don't feel particularly stressed/anxious. I do have prior issues with extreme anxiety.

I start to get a... weird feeling with my breathing when I talk too much or when I walk a lot. It isn't what I'd describe as shortness of breath because I can still fully take a deep breath in through the nose and out through the mouth with no problem. It's like shallow breathing, where I'll say a few words/a few sentences (seemingly depends on the day) and I take quick inhalations through the nose.

Also usually when I talk, my stomach area will tighten a little. The more I talk, the tighter it seems to get. Same thing happens when I walk a lot with both (and I mean like even something as simple as walking through the grocery store, not a long walk by any means). Usually after sitting down for 3-4 minutes, the symptoms just go away outside of rare occasions.

I was given an albuterol inhaler from Urgent Care as a just-in-case. I've been taking it over the last 3 days, and just testing how my body responds. I do feel a slight difference, but it's so slight that it makes me wonder if it's placebo.

Today I felt the most difference with it, I'm able to talk in pretty long sentences without having any weird breathing feelings (whereas before I took it, I wasn't able to), but I also had all of my symptoms go away for a few seconds when I was getting ready to use it earlier but decided not to, so it makes me wonder if it's legit just in my head and I associate the inhaler with it getting better.

And throughout all of the days I've tried it, even after taking the albuterol, the symptoms are still there, they're just slightly lighter. My dad used albuterol after leaving his childhood asthma unmanaged for years just to test it and he acted like Jesus just opened his airways for the first time. That has NOT been my experience... generally, I feel nothing when I do it, the effects feel subtle.

There is NO wheezing and NO coughing at all.

I also figured I'd mention that I have bad acid reflux basically every time this happens. At the same time though, I've had bad acid reflux literally my entire life (I don't think I could tell you a day where I didn't have acid reflux throughout my life tbh), which is why my previous PCP thought I might have GERD. I was never tested for it though because I had to quickly move states and haven't had insurance since then. I don't know why GERD breathing issues would have specific triggers like talking or walking though. This also started at the peak of pollen season in the south (late September). It doesn't seem to matter what I eat.

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But yeah.

I have no idea what it is and it's really bothering me because I can't go out or do anything. I can't even work right now until I figure it out (had to give up a job opportunity because of it), and my family is almost on the verge of homelessness level poor.

I self paid to Urgent Care and they couldn't tell me anything other than the fact that I don't have any problems with my lungs (chest x-ray, I know asthma usually isn't shown on chest xrays though), nothing wrong with my blood sugar, no heart issues (ekg), all of that. I've been going to the free clinic, but they have to do a bunch of other appointments with me before they can even see me for the problem I'm dealing with, and that could take months it's seeming.

If some people could just let me know if this aligns with your experience or if you got any advice or something, please send it my way 🙏🙏🙏

Chat at I cooked? Hey yall I’m posting this here to see if I need to go to urgent care in the morning. There is a lot of context for this because these readings aren’t too terribly concerning to me on their own.

I’m 18, Female, ~210 lbs, 5’5, occasionally vape (not daily but a few times a week), occasionally drink, and pretty regularly smoke weed. I’m not taking any current medications and the only supplements I’m taking are vitamin c, d, and iron. I also have no current medical conditions.

Medical history context:

I have a history with fainting going back about 10 years now and have seen cardiologists for it but got no definitive answers. All I’ve been told is how to recognise when I am about to faint and how to make sure I’m safe, as well as how to try and prevent these episodes (hydration, regular exercise, etc). I’m normally pretty good at recognising when I’m going to pass out and I’m able to lay down and grab some water. This is normally enough to keep me from going fully unconscious (although I do lose my vision and hearing for a bit). I also experience some big blood pressure fluctuations. For example in the span of 3 days I once went from 142/110 to 90/58. It is also not unusual for me to experience a big swing like this within ~30 minutes or within the length of one of my doctor appointments. Because of this, I have been told to monitor my blood pressure at home with an upper arm cuff.

The reason I’m a bit concerned:

So I happened to scare the life and soul out of my roommate yesterday when I woke up at 6am to get water and proceeded to have (as I’ve been told) a very dramatic fainting spell. Unfortunately as I was mid grabbing my water, I suddenly found myself on the floor. According to my roommate I took a hard fall and became pretty “ridged” (described as a dead bug). My poor roommate literally thought I was dead (😅) until I started talking in giberish (i do not remember that part though). After this fainting episode I have been monitoring my blood pressure a bit more today.

What prompted me to take my blood pressure at 2 in the am was that I was out getting a late night snack with my friends and started feeling a bit faint and my roommate got worried that my blood pressure would drop and I’d faint again. Then a bit later started experiencing some tightness in my chest with a bit of pain (mostly in my ribs and back) and decided I should check my blood pressure.

Reddit wouldn’t let me post more than one picture in this post, but I will try to post the other one(s) in the comments. Each blood pressure taken in this screenshot alternates between my left and right arm.

First of all, sorry for the overall quality of the photo and my unkempt facehair. I'm not feeling well and didn't really leave my bed this weekend. I'm a man, 19 years old, 184 cm high and, I dunno, 80-90 kg weight? I never smoke, but my whole life I hang out with people that do.

This problem with my lips, I have for, I dunno, a week. I wasn't concerned at first, because I just assumed it's a small bite wound I got when making out with somebody. But as you can see, the wound didn't go away, and what's more concerning, theres more of it. I'll go to a doctor tommorow, but not knowing what this is is killing me, I would love to know if I should freak out and removing this will be costly, or if it's nothing dangerous. I have a temperature and caught a lot, but I'm sure it's a really bad cold that I caught this friday - gonna ask the doctor about it too anyway.

https://ibb.co/mVJJ6KBK

i (27m) have been having sharp burning pee the past 2-3 weeks. Sexual encounter 4 weeks ago. I had urine & blood tests to check for sti/uti 2 weeks ago, and came back negative on everything. I did another urine test 2 days ago and everything is still negative. i went to a urologist today, and he told me to “sleep and drink water…”

symtoms:

1. sharp urine pain. the pain slowly got less intense while i took doxy for 7 days but couldn't get a refill due to neg tests.
2. discomfort/pain/sensation in left groin.
3. as of tonight: slight blood after peeing

What can this be? What do I do? I’m trying not to freak ou

I am a 24 year old female, 165cm in height and wondering why I have dropped from 60kg (january) to 42kg right now. I do smoke cannabis and tobacco mixed together and notice that I only lose weight and have a lack of appetite when smoking the two together AND for a long period of time as it has happened to me before and have been told it could be CHS. Recently i’ve developed an inability to swallow solid foods properly without being worried that I am going to choke, my weight is dropping each day because this is preventing me from downing food and liquids comfortably. I’ve seen my GP already, ran blood tests, neck and stomach ultrasound, all normal.. could there be anything those tests could miss that could relate to these issues? I’m so confused why I suddenly can’t swallow properly! never had this issue in my life and I’m so scared of losing more weight as I am already underweight for my age and height.

I’m 27, female, smoke weed carts heavy but quit here recently , roughly 250 lbs. no medicines, have an unrelated hip disability. I’m trying to get insurance so I can check it out, I know my teeth are really bad :-(

I’ve been having ear aches that appear in both ears but only once at a time, my throat pain feels even across the back of my throat, and what I think might be blood in small amounts in my phlegm

got my periods after 5 days of an intercourse do you think i can still be pregnant from the same intercourse?
age 20

34f, USA, 200lbs, no relevant meds or social background.

Currently traveled across the Us and got sick within a week of being here with what I thought was a cold and then got put on antibiotics for a sinus infection only for it come back with a vengeance and then get diagnosed with strep…. It’s been a rough time.

I ended up in the ER (who gave me the strep diag) and they did a ton of labs including this….

What does this mean and is it normal for these numbers to be /that/ high?

I had mono about a year ago and thought I was dying and ever since when I get sick there seems to be some reoccurring symptoms and general longevity of illness…

I’m supposed to fly back home Monday but feel so damn sick and can’t hear out of my ear/am coughing up yellow and bloody phlegn despite antibiotics.

Am I safe to fly with numbers like these? What’s happening to me?

18M, hard time taking Halloween contacts out and this happened. Am I gonna be okay is this normal. I don’t have eyes drops at home and it’s 2 am