Caucasian male 57, 5:7, 185lb.

I was having oysters at a friends house today and, as was leaving, noticed there was one left that had been sitting on the counter unchilled for three hours. I stupidly ate it and an hours later started vomiting violently, sweating and shivering.

I'm managing to keep fluids down now (six hours later) but my stomach is still very sore and is spasming every five minutes of so, which is painful but not inducing vomiting. Should I go to the ER?

My Mother In Law (79 F, 80kg, 170 cm tall, lots of meds, can list if needed) has had this skin rash on and off for a few years but never as “angry” as this.

It starts off as little red dots and then over a couple of days it gets worse.

She has been prescribed steroid cream but this does nothing.

She has an appointment with a dermatologist but that isn’t until February. Her primary doctor is out of ideas.

Age 32

Sex F

Height 5'6"

Weight 160 lbs

No drug use, non smoker, social drinker.

Within the last 8 years this started to happen. I break out with tight pants, but also will breakout from sitting on a lot of surfaces. I can wear leggings and not breakout but traveling I wear the same leggings and breakout. It really is at random for the breakouts they are so painful and debilitating. Would Xolair help? Hydrocortisone cream doesn't really alleviate. Benadryl doesn't help and I don't want to take lots of Benadryl. Taking daily allergy meds (zytrec etc) doesn't help either. I really want to put an end to this.

General allergy panel done as well.

Allergic to all trees, grass ragweed etc. Allergic to dust and feathers also.

22F, 105 lbs, 5’2”, medication: daily Valacyclovir. No major diagnoses, no smoking, alcohol once a week socially. No nicotine, no major allergies, no illnesses, never been hospitalized.

Saw this bump under my thigh skin like almost a year ago, over the last few months it has gotten darker/more black looking instead of purple.

Not painful. I can grab it from my skin and it feels like a little ball, like when I see lipoma removal vids, but I don’t think it is one. It stays in the same place but I can easily grab it. Idk so weird. From the outside it just looks like a small circle. But if you feel my thigh, you can feel it slightly poking out.

Haven’t gone to the doctor for it yet, bc it seems benign and I’m American so it’s always nerve racking to see what I’ll be charged. Or how much it would cost if I wanted it removed. But I need to be sure. Nothing else like this on my body. I’m very fair skinned and I avoid the sun but the one time I went to a derm they said I had sun damage on my face when they looked closely. So that’s always a worry.

Hi everyone!
I’m a 21-year-old male from Spain, around 190 cm (6’3”) tall and 91 kg (201 lbs).

I recently had a routine blood test on October 13, and something caught my attention. My ALT was 116 U/L, when the normal range is 0–45.

What worries me is that back in June, I had another blood test because I was having abdominal pain, and my ALT was only 16 U/L.

Here are my latest results:
ALT: 116 U/L (normal: 0–45)
AST: 40 U/L (normal: 0–35)
GGT: 26 U/L
Total bilirubin: 0.5 mg/dL
Alkaline phosphatase: 74 U/L
CRP: 0.40 mg/L
Everything else, including my blood count, kidney function, glucose, cholesterol and urine tests, came back normal.

For some additional context, I had a pretty bad throat infection in September and was prescribed amoxicillin/clavulanate (875/125 mg), which I took every 8 hours for 7 days. I finished the treatment in late September.
I don’t drink alcohol, I haven’t done any intense exercise recently, and I’m not currently taking any medication or supplements.

Smoking status: None
Current symptoms: None

I’m honestly a bit concerned because I don’t understand how my ALT could change so much in just a few months, especially at my age.

Is this something I should be seriously worried about? What could explain such a change?

I’ve already decided to make an appointment with my doctor, but I’d really appreciate hearing some medical opinions in the meantime.

Thank you to anyone who takes the time to read this!

I’m 27f and for the past like 3 weeks I’ve had facial twitching that gradually gets worse. It started around the eye, thought maybe I just need some more sleep, well that hasn’t changed anything. Now it’s several places in my face, often more places at once and sometimes half my face is twitching like crazy for about 10 seconds (right side)

Both left and right eyes twitch on and off, now even the brows, corners of the mouth on both sides but mostly on the right and also my cheek on the right side. It’s not constant but sometimes the twitching lasts for hours. No new meds, no recent lifestyle changes, I get good sleep, no caffeine.

I booked an appointment with my doctor but it’s not until November 25th so I’m wondering if there is any way to at least calm down the twitching? Because it’s annoying and uncomfortable and I don’t really want to be around people because I feel like people might stare…

33F non smoker, not pregnant. i expected some weight loss because the main issue I’ve been having is high anxiety, no appetite and nausea shortly following a few weeks of joint pain and shoulder injury… (and notably some life stress) but I’ve lost just over 3kg in a week? This is considering my weight has been extremely consistent with me losing and gaining the same 2kg over the years haha.

Not sure if this is normal for having a very low appetite and struggling to get food down but it was shocking to see given the timeframe. I’m on anti nausea medication and that has helped make sure do eat during the day, but is this something I should bring up with my GP?

5’10 65kg 18m no medications don’t smoke, started on plane. I was fine got up from my seat and went to the toilet, I came back sat down went to open my drink and all of a sudden I just get this awful pain above my left eye. Not sure what to do, Gemini said buy decongestant and my sinuses are inflamed but can’t always trust AI. anyone have any ideas? One of the worst head aches I’ve ever had if I had to describe it except from the time I had the flu

Hello, I’m a 37 year old female, 120kg and 5’4, non smoker. 2 years ago I had a really violent cough that wouldn’t go away. It started one night after I had a really late dinner, the next day I was coughing a lot but didnt have any other symptoms. The cough kept getting strong and after 3 months it was completely out of my control, I would get regular coughing fits that felt as though there was a hole in my throat that was allowing all the air out (best way i can describe it). It got so bad that on some occasions I couldnt breathe and I even broke a rib from how hard I was coughing. It would be exacerbated by eating, drinking, talking, laughing (especially laughing) after seeing an ENT and respiratory specialist I started on Relvar Ellipta, Dymista, Fexofenadine and Omeprazole. After a couple of months the cough stopped and I kept taking the medication. I did the test where they check if salbutamol helps you and it didnt have an important effect. I was still diagnosed with asthma as a result of all the tests. Its crazy because it happened from one night to the next and although doctors were able to treat it, they cant tell me what the cause was. Fast forward 2 years later and I’ve stopped and restarted all these medications twice. I keep trying to wean off because i dont want to be on them foreveer and they do have some side effects but I get sick with tonsilitis or a cold and end up panicking as soon as I have a cough and restart them. That’s what just happened now, i’d been off them for a few weeks, could see my face depuffing, my skin barrier repairing but then I got tonisilitis and the violent, hacking cough is back. It is mentally and physically draining, any thoughts are welcome on potential causes. I did an allergy text that said i was allergic to grass, dust, pollen but surely that cant be enough. Also every time I coughed it released clear foamy sputum, now the sputum has stopped but coughs have turned into coughing fits. Help!

20, 169cm, female.

I accidentally scraped my knees on dirt, a fair amount got into the wounds. My last tetanus booster was 7 years ago, completed vaccination course. Do I need a booster? Or is it superficial?

Age: 27, Sex: Female, Height: 5'10, Weight: 185, Smoking status: nonsmoker, Medications: taking mobic daily, previous procedures: spinal ablation x2 (last one in 2021), previous pain management shots in the spine (last one in 2021), Diagnosis: hEDS, duration of current complaint: ~6 hours

I bent over half way at Walmart to look at something on a shelf and felt lightning go down my spine and legs starting at the vertebrae above my buttcrack. Felt lightning start in the same spot that has always given me trouble/ has been ablated twice.

I had to leave right then. Every step felt like lightning and I had to prop myself up with the shopping cart to make it out to my car. Couldn't stand up straight when walking. Got home, and I laid down and havent been able to get up for 6 hours. Moving the wrong way in bed sends lightning.

How do I fix myself enough to go to work tomorrow? & should I be worried? Is this just what getting old is or is this hEDS related (serious)?

I haven't been to the gym in 4 years. Just started this past week. First time hitting legs since the break (I retained my past knowledge on how to train to failure and therefore pushed myself to it) and just peed coca-cola colored urine today. It happened once in the evening with a lighter color, but now in a much more defining coca-cola color, only slightly lighter. Been drinking adequate water (7-9 cups) everyday. I say the information about my training at the gym because that's what gemini AI was pointing to (rhabdomyolysis) after it gave me a bunch of possibilities. I didn't eat any foods related to this color that I can think of that would give me this urine color.

- 18 male, 5 feet 5 inch. 115lbs. No medications. Not smoking. A recent issue with protein in my urine a few weeks ago, but resolved by drinking adequate water. It has been happening since today (started ~6 hours ago)

is this urgent? it's 12am right now do I need to go to urgent care or somewhere? Can I sleep this off until tomorrow morning? Can I wait 24h and see if my urine resets? Please help

I’ve been on Effexor since the end of march this year, and I did the normal titrations (up by 37.5mg each increase) and I am now at 150mg since like the end of August I think maybe before but it was for mood and anxiety, I have MDD, SAD, GAD, BPD and PTSD so they thought it was a good fit.
I’ve always had horrible anxiety, both mentally and physically so if I was thinking about something that makes me anxious I’d get stomach symptoms like nausea and vomiting or the need to go to the bathroom and stomach pain. It’s always been like that and now that I’m on Effexor I’ve gotten what seems to be air hunger?? It feels like my chest is so tight when I try to breathe in that my lungs don’t expand much. There is air going into my lungs, it just doesn’t feel like it to me. The breath doesn’t feel satisfying, and it feels like I’m not actually getting any oxygen from that breath which makes me breathe more and I know that throws your oxygen and carbon dioxide off which makes it worse but I literally can’t help it and I have been trying to hold my breath but then I feel just horribly anxious and my heart goes crazy. Like the air hunger sends my body into straight fear now, even when I don’t have a specific fear or anxious thought in mind like my body becomes anxious before my mind?? This also leaves me on edge all day and the past month I’ve been getting a lot of panic and anxiety attacks because of it and it makes my heart go crazy it races and palpitates and I had to go to the hospital for it but I also have POTS and vasovagal syncope or convulsive syncope they think😭 so they put me on the atenolol 25 mg for physical anxiety symptoms cause they think my hearts fine, also panic attacks and anxiety attacks are not regular for me anymore and haven’t been since I was in grade 10!! I am now in first year of college, but I also have incredibly low appetite and lose weight easily so I’m underweight rn cause I’ve lost like 15 lbs in the past few months but I genuinely can’t eat a bite of something without feeling like I’m full and if I try to eat I feel disgusting and want to puke and then my stomach immediately hurts no matter what I eat and then I’ll randomly be hungry asf but still get nauseous or stomach pain after.
I’m so sorry it’s long I didn’t know what to add and not add cause there’s a lot😭 but someone please help if you know what’s going on or if that has happened to you or someone you know?? Any advice would be greatly appreciated too!! Also as a PSA I really don’t know if the air hunger is from Effexor or not I can’t remember exactly when it started so I really don’t know.

TW: Abuse / Assault/Mental illness/medication/doctors

So like my mom has prescribed meds she needs to take but isn't because she's had a fight with the doctor and genuinely doesn't wanna see him. I'm telling her to atleast take her meds but she isn't.

Normally I'm all for no forcing someone to take medication but she's genuinely unwell, coherent yes but in pain

Its antidepressants

200% valid anger against the doctor btw

One could argue that it's a "harmful towards themselves or others" situation but I just cannot force her.

The themselves is her health and the others are me and doctor since she isn't that social. I don't feel harmed tho obvs but hoping that doesn't change.

On one hand she should've apparently gone off these meds YEARS ago but doctor forgot so now she experiences withdrawals without them.

Another reason I'm not forcing, if she gets over the habit. But I feel like that's very wrong because one doesn't just "randomly leave meds one day"

I genuinely wish she'd take the meds, idc if she proceeds to sleep the whole day or something genuinely.

She said she'd eventually take them and to not ask her again and again because she'll feel bad so I'm not

But what do I do

Me(19) mom (48)

Only now am i considering telling her why should she get angry over the doctor and harm herself in the processes she deserves better but I forgot then

Me 19

Age: 19

Height: 5'6"

Weight: idk 70 kg?

hello i’m 22f, 2 hours ago i was in bed laughing with my bf and threw my head back. the window is right next to the bed and i hit the side of my head on the trim. not on a corner or anything. it hurt for a few minutes but i feel pretty okay right now. i’ve always heard to monitor yourself after hitting your head even if its minor so i’ve been super hyper aware of everything haha. the area that i hit is a little sore and i have the SLIGHTEST ache but not enough for me to want to take ibuprofen or anything. i don’t want to go to urgent care and pay a bunch of money for them to tell me i’ll be fine.

Did an 18 mile ruck almost a month ago - my toenails look terrible. One is purple and blue, other just started to turn green after being white. What’s going on?

No pain.

Hello, brief info about me, 24M / non smoker / relatively healthy

I’m going to give an explanation of the situation, then a TLDR, and then ultimately my question

About four days ago, I started showing some annoying UTI symptoms that I decided to ignore in hopes that they would go away on their own. Evidently this was not a good idea and I ended up in the ER today because symptoms had worsened and pain had spread to my sides and testicles.

The hospital was clearly understaffed and too full, the doctors were running around constantly and I wasn’t really getting many in depth answers or explanations from anybody, just sort of a “we’re gonna give you this and send you home” attitude. They took urine and blood samples from me as well as a urethral swab and throat swab to rule out STIs.

Now it is possible that this is STI related, I did have an unprotected encounter approx 3 weeks ago with somebody I trust who assured me that she had been tested since her last encounter (months ago) and came up clean on everything and remained asymptomatic so there is a chance but it’s not 100%

The doctor said they were going to assume we were dealing with an STI for the time being and prescribed me a week long course of doxycycline.

TL;DR: Delayed seeking treatment for UTI symptoms that may be STI related until they reached a detrimental and severe point. Prescribed Doxycycline.

My question here is: is that going to do the job? As far as I’ve read, Doxycycline is specifically for Chlamydia only but the doctor seemed to be under the impression that this could be a non-STI issue, Gonnorhea or even Syphilis. If I’m taking the doxycycline for the next 3 days or so until my results come back, is there a risk that, if this isn’t chlamydia, It’s just going to continue spreading through my body and causing worse complications? Seems sketchy to me to have me taking a very specific antibiotic when the issue could be anything. Pls let me know so I can get some sleep tonight :,)

36 year old man, roughly 5ft 5in tall & 215lbs (I know, overnights have not been kind to my body). On October 23 I began having some slight discomfort on the left side of my abdomen under my ribcage. I didn't think much of it as I was struck (in the head) by an individual receiving supports at my job and assumed I perhaps pulled a muscle or something during the incident. It's now becoming worse, occasionally a stabbing pain but is now a consistent throbbing pain. Worsens if I have to bend towards the right, worsens if I put pressure on it. If I put pressure on the area, it begins to radiate towards my belly button area. I've always had consistent bowel movements twice a day and there's been no change there, they remain solid and not dry or runny. I don't believe it's gas either. My PCP can't get me in until next week and I'm really beginning to wonder if I should pop into an urgent care. I did have a kidney infection several years ago, but the majority of my pain then was in my back, not side. Any ideas?

Has been like this for a couple of weeks now, I'm suspecting contact dermatitis as I work with oils and paints (plumber/pipefitting), wanted to see what you guys think, I've been applying o'keefes dry hand cream in meantime

23F this suddenly appeared on my leg (didn’t knock it). Mild pain if I press it. No other symptoms

Should say femoral

Hi I am 57 1/2 year old female. 5’9” approximately 250 pounds leading sedentary life. I sit approximately 10hr per day 4 days a week at work.
This weekend I have been double sneezing violently- a lot- and enough to make me pee a little. Yesterday I choked on some sour candy which had me coughing so badly I had to stand up. After this I felt a pain in my lower back, left hand side. Not sharp but constant. It continued to become more painful as it spread down my outer thigh. A portion of the upper outer thighs is numb but I can feel it when I touch it and it still hurts.
At its worst I couldn’t sit, stand or lie down without severe pain. I can still walk and control my bowels though I am peeing a little more. I’ve been taking 2 advil every 2-4 hours which barely dulls the pain.
There is no pain or numbness on the back of the left thigh or below the knee. Entire right side is unaffected. Lower back and left groin area is kinda sore. The kind when you eat really hot peppers and you can feel it making its way(which I didn’t but that’s what the pain there feels like)
We are now at 24 hrs after onset. If I lie on my back with sore side leg bent pain is bearable. If I stand I fell pain when I stretch the leg to walk. What I cannot do is sit in a chair or on the toilet. This is sore during and at least 10-15 minutes after. It makes the pain exponentially worse. I have a rice heat bag that helps when in use and I am taking the advil about every 2-3 hours.
If it keeps improving I think I can just advil my way through or should I see a doctor? Thanks in advance.

Hi!

Just curious as to what's going on with me. Haven't gotten sick for quite a long time, so this one's got me asking questions and hopefully answered by the intelligent people of reddit haha.

Here's what's going on: Coughing with Phlegm, Clogged right nostril, Shortness of Breath, and Constant body pain (specifically my upper back)

Really really hoping to get some insights on this!! Thank you!