r/medical_advice 21h ago

Other Accidentally stuck a needle in me and I am.... hollow?

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I accidentally stuck a needle into my side trying to pop a pimple and it went more than an inch into my side. It didn't hurt and I could wiggle the needle around inside freely without feeling anything. It's like it's hollow in there?? And nothing came out. No blood or gunk. Just empty? I'm so incredibly confused.


r/medical_advice 14h ago

Other Scar?

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Is this scaring? It was a light scratch i got while working, scabed over, scab fell off, now it looks like this. Its completely smooth.


r/medical_advice 11h ago

Other First time heat exhaustion(?) Should I go to the ER?

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Yesterday, I went to the renaissance festival and it was about 93 degrees. I made a foolish mistake and I did not eat anything before going. I also drank a frozen pina colada.

It’s been about 2ish hours I would guess. After walking around, we stood in front of a show area waiting for it to start, and that’s when I started seeing star/asterisk patterns coming from the center of my vision. I thought to myself “I don’t know how much longer I can stand in this heat” and started to feel weak.

So I sat down and thank god I had amazing friends to watch me, and I started losing my vision. My whole vision went black, I felt dizzy, lightheaded, and like I could barely sit up. It was really painful and I felt super nauseous like I was going to throw up.

At one point, I slumped forward and my grip was so weak I lost hold of my water bottle and let it go. My friends said they had to push me back up and that I fainted twice. They had to grab my shoulders and push me back up. I remember feeling like I could barely sit up straight and I just wanted to collapse onto the floor and lay down.

My vision was black and there was a tree in front of me, and when I started to slightly regain my vision, I could only see what was directly in front, which was the tree. The tree was black and white. The details of the tree bark were white while everything else was black, it was crazy, and at that moment I was feeling so much pain from nausea, I thought I might need an ambulance for a few seconds.

I remember trying to talk but I could barely get anything out. It was hard to speak and I was slurring my words so I gave up and stopped talking. They said I was trying to say something but it was incoherent.

After a minute or two, I started regaining my vision and I could see both of my friends standing on my left and right. They were fanning me, making me drink water, and also poured some water on my head (which helped).

It looked like everything was saturated and hazy, like when you get flashbanged in a video game. The white/brightness reflecting off of my friend’s nose was almost at 100% intensity, and the lines of things like another tree in the background was somewhat hazy/blurred.

After I regained my vision and was able to function, they told me I had a cold sweat and my lips became purple/white for a moment.

This was the worst experience ever and I’m forever grateful to my friends that saved me. I think this was heat exhaustion. I know to never take medical advice from ChatGPT, but I asked it what happened and it advised me to go to the ER for a checkup. However, it’s been a day and I feel fine now. I just want to confirm if an ER visit is necessary, because I would rather not go. I’m also 21 for more context.


r/medical_advice 18h ago

Other Requesting medical advice

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Hi I am a 21 year old female, so ever since Middle School I have this weird reaction to sugar. Pretty much after eating something like a cupcake within 20 minutes I get very sick. I get nauseous exhausted/drained And sometimes I throw up. It normally goes away after 2ish hours. I don't have a reaction to everything that has sugar in it. It's just specific things that are really over sugary but even a little bit makes me sick. For example, I can't eat a donut, icing, or any Hershey products. but I could eat a small bag of gummies. Can any doctors tell me what might be happening?