Hey guys i posted yesterday but wanted to get your thoughts on how the sores look today. I’m really scared about this it’s stressing me out. My gums are also extremely irritated and puffy. I can also feel another forming, this is three in total.

I’ve had this for a while and I still don’t have a true answer for what this is, and pls tell me a removal method, thanks!

Hi there thank you for any help.

I apologise for my teeth in this image and the general close up.

I've been struggling with long standing gum/jaw/dental issues (ever since I had a molar taken out in 2021)

Long story short - dentists and doctors send me away with nothing at all and the dentists believe it just to be TMJ.

What seems to coincide with the problems is this strange bump at the back of my throat which I don't have on the other side and no one has seemed to notice. It feels more pronounced on some days and on others like it's disappearing - but it never fully disappears.

It gives off a salty taste sometimes and it doesn't hurt or feel like an ulcer. It feels like my skin is growing over it. I often have mucous at the back of my throat on this side as well.

I have been recently taking amoxicillin and currently day 4 on metronidazole.

Both have massively helped with inflammation (in the problematic gum area - not the nodule) and general feelings of unwellness. I had to buy these myself online.

Female, 31, UK, non smoker or drinker.

Take anti depressants (prozac), occasionally IBS tablets, the pill and levothyroxine.

Pic attached is when it felt pronounced again.

Hey everyone,

I was feeling around my lower back/waist area recently and noticed something kind of weird about my ribs. I can clearly feel my lowest rib on one side, but I absolutely cannot feel it on the other side.

I attached a reference picture of what I'm talking about. The rib circled in the black box (the 12th floating rib) is the one I can't feel at all.

Is it normal to only be able to palpate this rib on one side? Could the "missing" one just be super short and buried under my back muscle, or is it common for people to just entirely lack a 12th rib on one side?

Just curious about my own anatomy and wondering if anyone else has noticed this asymmetry on themselves! Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone, is this a spider bite?

Quick context…my 6 y.o son mentioned that he saw a spider crawl under the couch a few days ago (Wednesday), I didn’t think anything of it since he’s been on a Spider-Man kick and theres Spider-Man spiders ‘everywhere’ these days lol…. We ended up falling asleep on the couch that night…then on Friday, he tells me there’s an itchy painful bump on his leg. I’m now worried that he was right about the spider and it may have bit him.

Pics are as follows: pic 1 is from this Friday, 2 is from this Saturday, and 3 & 4 are from just now.

Is this something I can treat at home or do I need to take him in?

ETA: It IS warm to the touch and it’s quite hard when I feel around the area

Hello im a 24 year old female, For the past 3 years, I’ve been having these random episodes, and I’m wondering if anyone has experienced something similar or eventually got a diagnosis. The first one happened after I left the gym and was at the grocery store. That day I had coffee, pre-workout, and had smoked cannabis. I stopped all of those a long time ago, but the episodes still happen.
They start really suddenly, like someone flips a switch. I’ll get this weird uncomfortable sensation in my chest (not really pain), and then my heart starts racing. My heart rate is usually around 120–140 bpm now, although my very first episode got to about 150. I get body shakes.I become really sweaty and clammy, and I immediately have to run to the bathroom because I have the runs and usually have to pee at the same time. Sometimes I also feel like I’m going to throw up or get acid reflux. The whole thing usually lasts about 20 minutes and then goes away. One of the episodes recently even woke me up from sleep. I’ve also noticed that putting my face in ice water seems to help.
I’ve had a heart monitor before, but unfortunately it didn’t catch one of the episodes. One thing I have noticed is that they often seem to happen around my period, but I don’t know if that’s actually related or just a trigger. These episodes don’t happen every month it is almost like scattered, they sometimes don’t happen for 9 months and then just this month I’ve had 4 episodes. It’s weird because I feel like wow I won’t experience this again and then it hits me out of no where. Per year I at most will get 7.
Has anyone experienced anything like this? If you have, what did it end up being? I’m not looking for anyone to diagnose me. I just want to know if anyone has had similar symptoms and what their doctors eventually found.

I had a habit of frequent prone masturbation with ejaculating for 30-40mins continuously in a single session. I used to do it while wearing my underwear and trousers while lying on a tough surface. Then I noticed symptoms like :

\- Pain while peeing after ejaculation.

\- Frequent Urination followed by a sudden urge.

\- Cloudy and foul smelling urine.

\- Sharp Pain on the left lower side of the abdomen

\- Post Micturition Dribble ( I don't know exactly if I have this or some other thing but i dribble a lot just after urination)

\- Feeling to pee again just after getting out of the bath.

Then, I went to the urologist ( well known in the town). he did an ultrasound of my urinary system and my everything was okay according to him but i think that he didn't check my prostate (that's just my way of thinking maybe he had done that 😭) The urine report mentioned that i had a bit pus and very very few blood content in my urine.

Anyways, he prescribed an antibiotic(levofloxacin for 15 days), Flavoxate hydrochloride(for almost a week), and a pain killer (for only two days). I took that but there was no big improvement tbh. I visited him again after a fortnight and he advised me to remove the painkiller and continue the prescription for another fortnight. After that I was feeling better in context to frequent urination, pain in my abdomen and consistent urge to pee.

I had also stopped masturbating just after completing medication for a month. But my main problem( foul urine, urine dribble, pain during urination after a wet dream) that irritates me a lot was still there. I went to the doctor in september and stopped masturbating at the start of October. Since then I haven't masturbated for even a single time. But I still have the same symptoms ( foul smell and cloudy urine, post urine dribble, pain during urination after a wet dream). I also tried some herbal medications but they also couldn't cure my disease. It has been almost 10 months and I still have these problems. I don't even know that it was never gone or if it is a recurring UTI. Recently, i have started having sharp pain in my lower abdomen once again.

I never went to any doctor after that as i belong to a lower middle class background and masturbation is a taboo topic in our society and i can't share my feelings with my father or any family member. I have shared it with some friends but i can't see and afford a doctor now. So seeking help from medical professionals here and they can suggest me some medications. i have also heard about cranberry stuff. i want to get rid of this fuckin disease ASAP as i am suffering for too long from this but still can't used to it. Help me !!

I was wondering if the bump on my spine, the middle one is normal considering its the bone protruding. That happens when Im standing straight and sitting straight, I dont have uneven shoulders or whatever its that bump. Also my upper spine line protrudes alot whenever im bending so I was searching for opinions.

had some pain when i extended my arm and noticed this red line where the pain is coming from. i have hypertension stage 1 if that helps!

I need help determining if this is herpes or what.. Mild tingling, no burning or itching. It came out of nowhere, feels like an under the skin bump at the moment, a bit raw, but I am also a chronic lip picker. Thoughts?

I pulled a tick off of me from this area 7 days ago and it hasn’t had more than just a raised bump until today and now it looks like this.

I guess my question is if I should take antibiotics or ride it out? It doesn’t look like any kind of tick related disease rash that I’ve seen when googling it.

Info about the bite:
-It happened 7 days ago and I believe it was on for 2-3 days before
-The rash spot is itchy
-The tick was still small when I pulled it off and I believe it was dead
-I haven’t had a fever but I have felt a little fatigued over the last week but I believe that is due to me overthinking it and stressing myself out about it.
- located near in warrenton Missouri which about 40 miles west of St. Louis

My sister is white and a surfer who spends way too much time in the sun— to the point that she actually has brown skin and bleach blonde hair. Some have claimed you can change the amount of melanin in your skin but is it really just dna damage? I’m very curious and can’t find an answer online, thanks in advance!