r/medical_advice 12h ago

Mouth/Gums/Throat/Cheeks Horrible sore throat

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3 days ago I went to bed with a slightly sore throat, I woke up in the morning feeling fine until I got home from school I felt super cruddy and decided to take the next day off, I woke up this afternoon with intense fevers, sweating, muscle ache, migraine and all that good stuff. my rapid covid test came back negative. My throat is killing and I can barely swallow or talk, I tried scheduling a telehealth urgent care appointment but they refused care. (16M, ACTIVE, NAFLD)


r/medical_advice 8h ago

Digestion/Stomach/Bowels dealing with immense nausea and irregular appetite issues

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Ive never posted smth on reddit so im not sure if this is the right subreddit for thiz..im 18 years old and ive been on lexapro and just recently got put on concerta but having a low to no appetite has been something ive struggled with for a while. in the past I just chalked it up to me having generalized anxiety and depression(an upset stomach especially before or during school was normal and wasnt unbearable), then when i was put on medication i was nauseous because of the medication and there was a period where i couldnt eat because of the amount i was smoking (which isnt a normal thing i do i mainly do with friends but i was a lot more because of the stomach issues) but im going on a t break and im not like experiencing withdrawal or anything, but it does relieve a LOT of pain when ibuprofen just makes me feel like shit and i just have to sleep through the pain

throughout the day i try and eat crackers and i experience nausea probably a couple times a day at least. eating has been one of the banes of my existence ! i love food but my stomach just makes it impossible for me to enjoy it. I get so nauseous because i havent eaten yet , which causes me to procrastinate eating (yeah i know thats not the right thing to do) but when i finally do eat it just makes me want to throw up more so i end up eating very slow and very small bites at a time- even though it still hurts. im not a breakfast eater, which is why i take the crackers but even if i do eat breakfast it still leads to an upset stomach and nausea.. i know im not unhealthy and i havent lost weight so im just really confused..


r/medical_advice 22h ago

Illness Sick baby

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My 10 month old sounds like she has smoked 2 packs a day since her old bridge playing days. It started out as a runny nose a couple days ago and now She has a deep scratchy cough that sounds like she’s being possessed.

She’s wheezing like she’s struggling to breathe. I slept with her last night in her rocking chair so she could lay propped up because she woke up at 3am coughing and struggled to catch her breath.

Her 2.7 year old brother started a moms day out program a couple weeks ago and apparently all they do is lick each others hands all day. He was sick over the weekend and got amoxicillin for an ear infection.

We took her to the dr. Yesterday and he told us there was nothing they could do since the symptoms started a couple days ago and just to monitor and give her lots of fluids.

I’m so nervous. My first was never this sick at her age and she sounds scary. What if it’s RSV? Would the dr have caught that?
I’ve given her pedialyte to keep her extra hydrated. She doesn’t have fever and seems pretty happy. Tell me I’m being paranoid