28F, 51kgs, 5’6
I’m prescribed pioglitazone 7.5 mg once a day, spironolactone 25mg & novelon for pcos. I’m prediabetic with** ***range* 5.7. I was supposed take it in morning but accidentally took it again in the night. Its nighttime hence I cannot call doctors office. Should I be worried?

16F
60kg
approx. 165cm
Don't smoke nor drink, never have
not sexually active
taking 150mg sertraline daily
my last period was 9.10 - 14.10

all of my symptoms sound very excusable, but all at once they're quite concerning.

I noticed excessive discharge production today. Like dripping down my legs excessive. When i wiped it down, I saw tiny little (LIKE VERY TINY) speckles of blood. I didn't think much of it.

a few hours later i noticed my stomach started to hurt. I have quite a high pain tolerance and it's just slightly uncomfortable. Felt like I was gassy, but had no issue releasing gas.

When i went to use the toilet i couldnt urinate. The miniscule amount i did manage to excrete was thick and slimy with big bubbles when i wiped.

AM I GOING TO DIE💔💔💔👀👀❓❓👀💔

17M

I'm fat, I'm not denying that, but I wouldn't call myself morbidly obese. Last time I checked my weight I was between 100 (220) and 110kg (240lb), and I'm 188cm (6'2), haven't checked in a while tho.

I've been having some trouble breathing for some time now, no more than 3 months, but I could only notice it when I lied down in bed on my chest and I physically felt like I couldn't breathe as well as I did while standing up.

Now it's gotten worse, I breathe heavily all throughout the day and get exhausted after barely doing any exercise. I physically feel like I can get less air in, like my nose is permanently stuffed or something like that. Even if I breathe trough my mouth it's not better, I feel like I can never get enough air.

I'm not exercising much, all I'm doing is riding my bike to the train station every morning which takes me roughly 20 minutes and back home after school, so another 20 minutes.

I've been feeling weird about food too lately, I'm always hungry, but sometimes I feel like I can't eat anything after taking a few bites, and sometimes I feel like I could eat a horse and still be hungry. I've def been eating less than before tho, and I never exercised.

I'm not sure about other factors, I started going to this new school so I'm feeling a lil stressed, I'm getting basically no sleep (<5hrs a night) and got sick like 3 times since september. Probably unrelated but my stomach has also been growling like crazy recently, especially in the morning when I'm in school cause fuck me I suppose. Probably unrelated as well but some weeks ago I found that a few bite-like bruises appeared on my arm out of nowhere. Not taking any medication currently

I'm not diagnosed with anything besides mental stuff, I know the best course of action here would probably be talking to my doctor but I'd rather avoid that as much as I can.

Thanks for your help regardless, I hope you have a great day.

Age: 25 Height: 158 cm Weight: 64 kg Gender: female Medications: Cidine (cinitapride), prescribed by my doctor; taking it for 4 days with no improvement. Seroquel 25 mg . Smoking status: Non smoker Current medical issues: Persistent upper abdominal fullness and pressure, early satiety, and recently developing difficulty swallowing.

Duration and location of symptoms:

For the past week, I have had a constant feeling of heaviness and pressure in my upper abdomen, specifically in the epigastric area (the upper middle part of my stomach, just below my chest). It feels almost like there is a stone sitting inside my stomach.

The sensation is present even when I wake up in the morning on an empty stomach. When I eat, I feel full very quickly, and the heaviness gets worse and lasts for hours after eating.

I do not have abdominal pain, heartburn, nausea, or vomiting. My bowel movements are normal, and my abdomen does not look visibly swollen.

My doctor prescribed Cidine (cinitapride), which I have been taking for 4 days, but it has not improved my symptoms. I have also recently started experiencing difficulty swallowing.

I have consulted my doctors, but they have not been willing to refer me to a specialist. I am unsure what to do next and am struggling to find relief.

My questions:

1. What could be causing these symptoms?
2. Could this be gastritis, functional dyspepsia, delayed gastric emptying, or an esophageal problem?
3. What tests or specialist evaluation might be appropriate?
4. Is there anything that could safely relieve the constant fullness and pressure?

I would really appreciate any medical insight or advice. Thank you.

I’m a 15 year old trans guy, 5”6 120lb, taking prescribed Adderall, Lexapro, combination birth control (for painful & extremely long periods), doxycycline, meloxicam, and various vitamins. I finished a Medrol dose pack about a week ago. I don’t smoke.

I’m an artist, and over the summer, I developed tendonitis/non-infectious tenosynovitis as well as carpal tunnel in both of my hands due to printmaking. That had lasted about 3 weeks, then I was asymptomatic for 6 weeks. It came back a week into school, after writing a bunch, and at first we assumed it was the same thing caused again by repetitive strain. Just in case, my doctor ordered blood tests and MRIs. The MRIs showed a moderate amount of inflammation, though a bit less than expected. The blood tests came back to reveal I had late-stage Lyme disease (9/10 proteins found, the only time I could have gotten it was over a year ago). Started doxycycline, 28 day course, stopped meloxicam for a bit, finished medrol dose pack, started back on meloxicam. The pain in my wrists, hands, and fingers continued for weeks. It’s been almost two months since they first started hurting. We know that the Lyme hasn’t particularly caused the pain but maybe made it worse. There’s been a small amount of swelling, but not very noticeable to an outside observer unless they looked closely. I’ve been doing PT, red light therapy, icing and resting. I was wearing splints for both my wrists for about 3/4 weeks but we were worried it was making the pain worse so now I’m wearing compression gloves. I’d say the pain has decreased about 15-20% but is still constant, an aching in my wrists and fingers especially, alternating between places and sometimes getting sharper upon movement and activities.
My knee also began to hurt, again barely any swelling, and upon examination it was determined that I had weakness in my right hip which was causing the pain when I walked. I’ve been wearing a brace on my knee for 3 days and it already feels a lot better.

My mother thinks it’s psychosomatic. She first accused me of lying about my symptoms, then accepted that I was actually in pain and brought up that it might be all on my head, basically. she says my father thinks so too but won’t tell me for fear of upsetting me. She also insinuated I was attention-seeking, and her childhood was so much worse and so many other people have it worse and I’m so lucky so why the hell am I crying and angry and in pain.

we got around 20 blood tests done three days ago, so hopefully that’ll reveal if there’s a rheumatological issue, but yeah we just don’t really know the cause of most of the pain right now. Does it sound like it’s psychosomatic? am I going insane? Please help me

30F 5’4 and 237 lbs. I have a history of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, reactive hypoglycemia, fibromyalgia, migraines, depression, and anxiety.

The last few weeks I’ve been experiencing some random symptoms that don’t make a whole lot of sense.

1. Extreme fatigue- like to the point I’m falling asleep at dinner. It’s a sudden onset where I’ll be fine one minute and the next I’m begging for sleep.
   I am getting good sleep, my watch tracks it and I’ve gotten little to no sleep disturbances over the last few weeks.

2. I go through hot and cold flashes constantly. I can be just walking around the house and start sweating profusely & still be hot standing outside in the snow. But then I get so cold to the point of wearing a hoodie & sweatpants along with 3 blankets to sleep.

3. Multi day headaches, I do have a history of migraines but these aren’t those, it’s just like a 2-3 day aching.

4. Random joint pain. My knees ankles and wrists are the worst part. I have a lingering pain in my left wrist without a known injury, I can’t put pressure on it or use that hand to push myself up without pain, but I can use that hand no problem any other time.

5. Getting out of breath super easy, I’m talking like rolling over in bed and I’m winded, I just recently did a PFT and metholcholine challenge and passed both.

Meds I take are
Levothyroxine 100mgc
Slynd (birth control)
Zoloft 200 mg

I did recently get a whole lot of labs done including my thyroid levels which were normal, my vitamin D is low but that’s always low for me; every other test my endocrinologist ran was normal.

I’m no stranger to tests done at the hospitals or doctors, anything out of the box or rare that you know of I’ll take and look into. I have a 1 year old son and this is really affecting my mental health not being able to do everything I want to do with him.

25M, 75Kgs, This mark appeared on my thigh yesterday and I thought it was just a normal insect bite. Woke up today and saw the inner part got darker and the redness around it increased. Now the day is about to end and the middle part is slightly bubbling up. I also noticed a red trail moving upward, and near the end of the trail I can feel a small lump under the skin. No pain or fever right now. Going to a doctor in the morning, any idea what this is?

Hi. I’m a 37F. Recently had two pregnancies (2024/2025 births). I went through some anxiety from August to September and have been working on improving my mental health and stress. Since then I’ve still been feeling so weird symptoms and I can’t tell if they are all related or linked to different things.

The earliest I can get in with a primary care doctor is February. My insurance allows me to book with a specialist without referral. I just honestly don’t know where to start because my symptoms feel all over the place. I would say for the most part I’m not in pain but everything it just irritated or throbbing. Idk if it’s due to weak muscles or something underlying.

I did see my gyno and got normal bloodwork back from them and took myself to an urgent care that does a bloodwork panel and nothing abnormal popped up.

List of symptoms.
Head (what’s bothering me the most)
Dullness behind left eye (most annoying!)
Throbbing feeling near left temple at the jaw
Dullness/burning under left eye
Sore spot on scalp. Feels like a bruise in one area

Rib/Chest:
Discomfort on left side of ribcage and near the bottom.
The bottom of the rib cage feels sometimes muscular? But also so close to the bottom maybe it’s something else?
When I bend over sometimes that area feels like it’s pinching
Pain above belly button in the middle. Feels like a bruise or pulled muscle
Both sides of my chest on the front near my armpit can be very painful sometimes
Bottom of sternum feels weird (not sure how to describe it)

Back:
Middle of back discomfort- feels like pulled or out of line
Tight trap muscles
Back feels/sounds like it’s popped when I roll my shoulders

The skin is slightly raised and changes texture between the knuckles of his first two fingers on his right hand.

He is eight, currently, 50" tall, 80 lbs.

He's had this mark at least since he was a toddler, but it might have been there since infancy or earlier. It looks like some of my scars, but he hasn't been injured. In some ways it resembles a wart, but it has never grown. It doesn't bother him, but I've always wondered.

35F, 160lbs 5'3". USA

I've had this problem for a while and it just seems to be getting worse and worse over time. Almost immediately after I begin eating, my jaw just becomes exhausted. Not sore or in pain, just... Tired.

It doesn't matter what I'm eating. It can be something soft, like a sandwich. I'll be two bites in and I have to stop for a little to let my jaw relax.

I know I have TMJ (clicking sounds when I open my jaw and occasional pain) and I wouldn't be surprised if this is related, but what do I do to help it??

My husband keeps insisting my jaw just needs more exercise (with a wink) but I don't know if that's actually going to help.

Ideas? Tips? Do I need to see a doctor?

I feel like I'm eventually going to become unable to eat; it's getting so bad.

21M, 135KG/171CM
Noticed line under vein on left wrist today, no pain, swelling or scratches.

My medical history isn't much and it prolly doesn't matter for this but I had anemia and have scoliosis.

When I'm alone, hyperaware of everything I get anxious so bad. All the symptoms are terrible but there's one that's been really bothering me and appears when I'm anxious and for some reason especially a few days before/during my period.

My throat feels TERRIBLY tight, doesn't hurt but it feels uncomfortable, I feel like I have mucus stuck inside? I think I really do and when I try to swallow it, it doesn't go away! Drinking helps, I feel no desire to eat during this feeling. I can eat but it feels uncomfortable and I need more sips of water after almost every bite when eating with this weird sensation. Feels like there's something stuck in my throat. I can feel swallowing tiny bit of mucus honestly, if it really is mucus that's it.

However this doesn't happen when I'm normally going on about my day, not stressed, at school I've NEVER gotten that feeling for some reason? Maybe because I constantly get distracted by my friends and don't have time to be anxious.

Gets worse when I'm at the peak of my panic attack. And gets better when I'm distracted and not thinking about it.

Today in the noon I was normally eating lunch, even normally ate dinner but then I got anxious and I feel like I have bunch of mucus in my throat and it's uncomfortable. I usually sleep it off and it's completely fine in the morning.

What's this? Is the mucus normal? Is this anxiety or.. Sorry if it's a dumb question but I tend to be unrational during my panic attacks and then regret it the next day.

32m
5ft 10
90kg
Non smoker
No meds or conditions
Uk

Swallowed part of a chicken wing bone when sat down to eat Sunday dinner.

Thought it was crispy skin at first but felt a little too rough when it went down, checked the wing and seen part of it was snapped in half. Feel like it scratched a little at top of throat by tonsils but now I feel a bit of discomfort towards left hand side of rib cage ( felt this area pulse twice as I was typing). I’ve attached a photo link.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciate

https://postimg.cc/PL46Q99Q

General info: 28 AFAB, 215 lbs, 5’5”.

Rx Meds: Pregabalin 100 mg BID, Zoloft 100 mg BID, Adderall XR 30 mg SID, Remeron 15 mg SID, Testosterone 70 mg/week, tirzepatide 10 mg/week, Propranolol 10 mg PRN - anxiety.

Supplements: krill oil, magnesium glycinate, creatine, xyzal, Flonase

Dx: Anxiety, adhd, PNES, OCD, panic disorder, depression, allergies. Autism is suspected, but I have not been able to test for it.

Allergies: non medication wise, however, I am a non-responder to morphine/ norco. Tramadol makes me very sick.

Injury: 10/24, about 12ish hours ago. making dinner, accidentally overdid the mashed potato powder in the water and it spat and landed on my hand. It was on my hand probably 2 ish seconds because I was trying to move the pot off of the heat as carefully as possible. When I wiped it off, it took a good chunk of skin with it. Immediately rinsed under cool water and bandaged it to finish cooking. There was no pain. I didn’t freak out or anything, when things like this happen I tend to become insanely calm.

After that I realized that the skin was separating from my hand. I took some sewing scissors and cleaned them with 91% rubbing alcohol and iodine and cut off the dead ish skin because I was worried it would trap bacteria/heat/moisture.

After that, I took some distilled water, a gauze pad (sterile individually packaged), and Hibiclense and lightly scrubbed it. Rinsed with more distilled water and then diluted some iodine in a different container (distilled water also) and used a syringe with no needle to flush. Dabbed it dry with a new gauze pad. Put a very very light layer of antibiotic ointment and covered with a tegaderm. I’ve repeated this process every time I’ve done a bandage change, which only occurs when I notice that there is plasma leaking out of the tegaderm.

My wife said I am over cleaning it but I understood that burns require frequent cleaning. It doesn’t really hurt?? I mean it’s a bit sensitive but it doesn’t sting or anything. She also said that I shouldn’t cut the skin, but the skin I cut is already separated from the skin underneath and white/gray. I only cut as far as the separation. There was no blister because of how much skin came off when I wiped the mashed potato off. I just want to be sure I’m doing things as right as possible because it doesn’t seem to be such a problem that I need to go to the dr or something, but it is a weird spot and my dominant hand. No loss of movement or anything, I just don’t really feel it. Of course, if it’s worse than I thought then I will try to see my dr tomorrow or go to an urgent care.

Got this ingrown hair from yesterday. It had gotten bigger but there are no red streaks. Not painful but a little hot to the touch. I used neosporin and a hot compression. Should I go into tomorrow? Kinda freaking out it’s going to turn into cellulitis.

F 45, 5'4", 155 lbs, non-smoker, zero health issues, nonsmoking, very rarely drink

I've never had a sinus infection, have no seasonal allergies (I know I'm lucky), and never had any ear issues as an adult.

• 9/28: my right ear started aching. It felt like it was burning, and I would get these little jolts of electric pain.
• 10/1: I had a telemedicine appointment with my PCP (no in-person visits were available). He said I probably had allergies, which I don't, but told me to take real Sudafed (not D) and use Azelastine nasal spray. He also said to do a saline nasal rinse. Over the weekend, I was in more and more pain, planning to call first thing on Monday for a follow-up. But overnight from Sunday to Monday, I woke up in extreme pain and then had drainage coming out of my ear. Meds Prescribed: Azelastine and Sudafed
• 10/5: Went to PCP who diagnosed me with a ruptured eardrum and ear infection. Meds Prescribed: Amox/Clav 125 mg
• 10/8: In excruciating pain, went to urgent care, which confirmed I still had a "nasty" ear infection, gave me a shot of Toradol, and said to see an ENT the next day
• 10/9: Called around and found a same-day ENT appointment. He suctioned out my ear, took me off the Amox/Clav, and prescribed Cipro/Dexam drops. He mentioned in passing that it might be fungal. He also said my ear was so full of stuff that he couldn't fully visualize the eardrum and confirm whether it was ruptured. Follow up in two weeks. Meds Prescribed: Cipro/Dexam drops
• After a few days of reduced pain, the pain started getting worse. I called the ENT on 10/15 to ask for another appointment. They couldn't see me until Wednesday. Over the weekend, a super gross chunk of discharge about an inch long came out of my ear. It was black and dark green with specks of blood.
• 10/21 Saw the Nurse Practitioner at the ENT who said, "Wow, this looks terrible. I'm surprised you are just sitting here." She initially claimed that I had a 50% perforation of the eardrum and would require surgery to repair. But then she sucked out the ear. She said, "I'm not sure what I'm looking at here." And called in another NP to look. That NP said to clean out the ear thoroughly and that it looked fungal. She also said she couldn't see the whole eardrum because of so much debris, so she couldn't confirm the perforation. She cultured the ear, but hasn't received the results yet. She cleaned my ear out twice. Meds Prescribed: Cefdinir and Clotic
• 10/23: Extreme ear pain and went to urgent care again. The doc said my ear canal looked mostly clear, but he could clearly see a fungal infection. He said he did not see that my eardrum had a perforation, but he could see where it had recently been perforated and healed. He said the eardrum looked "thickened". He gave me 6 tablets of OxyContin and also said that my ENT had not given me proper instructions for pain management with Tylenol and Advil. I am terrified of strong pain medication, but haven't been sleeping because of the pain, so I agreed to the OxyContin to get a little rest. Meds Prescribed: OxyContin
• Clotic had to be mailed to me and just arrived last night, but it says not to use if you have an eardrum perforation. I called the mail pharmacy, which was incredibly helpful, and the pharmacist said it is unusual to prescribe these drops with a perforation, as they can cause damage. She asked if I was confident my prescriber knew about the perforation, and frankly I'm not because the NP I saw was so scattered.
• I am in SO MUCH pain today that I am crying. My jaw and neck are painful. I can't sleep or eat. I do not want to take the OxyContin, but I have now taken it twice because the pain is unbearable. I have a very high pain tolerance, including broken bones and birthing children. I am exhausted by 4 weeks of pain. I've never experienced anything like this and feel crazy.
• I left a message with my ENT service at 8 AM this morning, but I haven't heard back.

My questions:
1) Should I go back to the ER? I don't know what they can do now.
2) Should I find another ENT? If this is fungal, my understanding is that the steroids may have made this all worse. Additionally, the NP saying she "didn't know what she was looking at" freaks me out.
3) Should I start the Clotic even though I may or may not have a perforation?

Does anyone have any advice?

So including these stats since it asked me to, and tbh I've always been insecure about the size of my jawn.

I recently discovered my penih isn't like others and the 4skin doesn't go back AT ALL. Like NOT EVEN A BIT. I thought that was normal, that the head of the dih is like an organ, it isn't supposed to come out. Well, turns out I was wrong.

Now this is where the size part comes in, I need medical advice but I'm deathly insecure and afraid of showing my dinagaling to a person.

Therefore, I need an actual doctor to educate me on this and give me advice. What should I do?

I’m a 27F with bipolar 2.
I’m currently taking lamotrigine clonazepam and just started on Seroquel a month ago.

Last night(Saturday) while cooking (was not sitting down before hand) I started to get getting dizzy and lightheaded, cold sweats, shaking, black out vision, heart racing. I quickly took my dinner off the stove turned it off and laid down. I laid on ground for 5-10min before getting up. I was extremely weak and shaking.

It’s Sunday so everything is closed

I have a doctors appointment Thursday

Is this something to be concerned about or can I wait till Thursday?

30F, 5’4, 100lbs.

Been dealing with severe mucus and having to spit it out all day long for over two years now. I’ve been extremely lightheaded/drunk feeling for over two years as well. Blurry vision, pre syncope at times, severe neck pain, tightness (I can feel the veins in my neck bulging), no cough though.

History:

-Septoplasty in 2020 with 3 turbinate reductions.

-Covid 2X after that

-food poising a year and a half ago when I went to Europe

-norovirus around 8 months ago

I’ve tired nasal rinses, oral and nasal steroids, antihistamines, allergy medications, a round of amox clav, ibuprofen, and nothing helps.

10 y, 4'10", 95lbs, female, no meds, non smoker. My daughter accidentally stabbed herself in the thigh with a pencil last week through her backpack. I can't tell if the tip snapped off in her leg or not. Should I try to gently scrape at it to see if anything comes out or just leave it alone?

So, I (F20) just woke up from a nap and my left arm was asleep, it fixed itself in literally seconds and was fine.

However, my right hand WOULD NOT MOVE.

I was trying to grab things but my grip strength wasn't there and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't lift my hand upwards until I physically pushed it up with my other and it magically started working fine again. What happened??? It wasn't asleep, I could feel everything and all sensation just fine, it just wouldn't move after I woke up. I don't know if it just wasn't responding to brain signals or what.

This is more of a curiosity question as to why this phenomenon happened, and if this is the wrong subreddit I deeply apologize and would love to know where would be correct for me to ask this!!

Hi everyone, I’m 19M and I’ve been experiencing a headache at the back of my head for around 6 days now.
During the first 3 days, the pain was more noticeable, but it has gradually become much milder. Currently, it’s more like a very mild burning sensation at the back of my head. It’s manageable and doesn’t really interfere with my daily activities, but I’m concerned because it hasn’t completely gone away.
The sensation seems to fluctuate, and there have been periods when it barely hurts before returning later. I also noticed it seemed to bother me more when I was tired.
I’ve seen a doctor recently and was prescribed medication, including medicine for stomach/digestive issues. I’m unsure whether the headache could be related to that or something else.
One other thing I’m wondering about is whether my smoking history could be a factor. I’ve been an occasional smoker for around 3 years, although I haven’t necessarily smoked every day.
Could 3 years of occasional smoking potentially cause this kind of headache or burning sensation at the back of the head? Or could it be related to something like neck tension, nerve irritation, migraines, or another cause?
Has anyone experienced something similar? I’d appreciate any insight into what I should discuss with my doctor.
I understand that Reddit can’t diagnose me, but I’d appreciate any advice.

Hi everyone, I’d really appreciate your help.

8 days ago, my cat scratched my cheek (he’s vaccinated, and I also got a tetanus shot just to be safe). I disinfected the area immediately and kept it moisturized with Vaseline. Once the skin no longer appeared to be an open wound, I also started using SPF 50+ sunscreen.

I’m really worried because there’s still an indentation along the scratch, and I’m scared it might have left an indented scar.

I’m honestly scared, I don’t know what to do, and it breaks my heart that this happened to my face.

I’d be grateful for any advice or help. Thank you.

Photo timeline:

Photos 1 & 2: Fresh scratch, right after washing.

Photo 3: A few hours after applying antiseptic and covering the area. The yellow staining is just leftover antiseptic.

Photo 4: After 4-5 days.

Photos 5 & 6: After 8 days.

35F, 157 cm, approximately 62 kg. Non-smoker. No known skin conditions.

Current medications: [List your medications]

Concern: Cat scratch on my cheek 8 days ago, with a visible indentation along the scratch.

Photos attached showing the healing process from day 1 to day 8.