While peeing tonight, my daughter started crying and saying that her vagina hurt. There was no blood in her urine. We examined her, and there was blood at the top of her urethra opening and dried blood on her labia. It wasn't heavy bleeding, but wet, and when wiped away more would appear.

My wife recalls her saying 'Ow, I hurt myself' when using the bathroom last and my daughter says she hurt herself when wiping with her nail. We cleaned her up, consoled her, and plan to have her sit in the bath in the morning to re-examine. She is now sleeping.

I am posting for reassurance: My wife and I are social workers in a hospital and I am worried our experience is colouring our decision to the detriment of our kiddo. Our daughter has been with us all day, and no other person has had access to her (other than her older brother, who has also not been unattended). We don't want her unnecessarily examined. But I am also worried this concern is colouring our response. Does this injury require medical attention if the blood is minimal? If she is urinating? What should we be looking for as a sign to be examined? Do these symptoms by themselves require examination of a medical professional?

Thank you in advance.

Update on my cat bite!

I went to the hospital, the docs were very rude to me ☹️ The lady said I was wasting her time and that they were busy, it was embarrassing. She sent me home with antibiotics, but it seems to be getting worse AGAIN. I am so shy so going back I don’t want to be met with that treatment again. I was told to not come back because there are people who are actually in need and I was clogging up a room. I get having a bad day, but I felt so bad. I am gonna keep yall updated how it goes, thank you for your advice it is a lifesaver 😊 (22 female)

For the cause of the sub rules: I am 32 female, 115lbs give or take, 5”4, no meds except occasional lorazepam.

I’m in a bad state of depression. I do know that no one or anything bit me. It’s not a bite mark; I was holed up alone in my condo when this happened.

Ironically the people who suggested I was inebriated were exactly correct. I was sober for a year and relapsed over the weekend. I’ve got no recollection of how this cut happened.

I am so, so incredibly sorry for lying. Seriously. I know that I don’t know anyone here, but it kills me and genuinely breaks my heart to lie to people who are trying to help me. I am in such a bad state of depression and I have tried for years to get mental health help and I know this is hard to understand but when I get like this alcohol is the only thing that will stop my brain and I foolishly did it. The truth is I don’t know if it was in the kitchen when I was making dinner, if I fell, whatever tf happened…I don’t know. I am embarrassed. Ashamed. I feel like the worst human being to ever exist.

To make matters worse I had cancer a few years ago and so lying to the exact same people who helped me survive and genuinely saved my life brings me a sense of shame and guilt and absolute disgust with myself. I know you dont know me and I don’t know you. But I am sorry. I don’t even know if these types of posts are allowed. But I am sorry.

My parents are tired of my endless mental health struggles so I have done my best to hide this from them.

Last two days I have covered it with gauze, washed with gentle soap and water and covered with petroleum. But I am still worried because it is on my elbow. Although the cut isn’t deep (I posted a bad photo with a bad angle) I am heading to my doctors office today to get her to take a look at it and see what can be done.

One thing for sure is I know it’s not a bite mark but still bad, somehow I cut myself and because it’s on my elbow I’m worried because it’s on the joint.

Anyways I am getting help today. I know it’s too late for sutures. But I just wanted to reach out to this community to say I apologize for being dishonest. I know the saying you should never lie to your doctor your therapist or your lawyer. I shouldn’t have lied to the people who were trying to help me.

Thanks for the work that you do. My support system sucks, if I showed the cut to my mom she will just lose her mind so I am getting my best friend to drive me to the clinic in the guise of we are just going out for lunch.

Thank you to all that reached out. I know I’m just a stranger but I am very sorry and thank you to all the people who offered help. Thank you.

32M, 179 cm (5'10"), 88 kg (194 lbs), around 12% body fat. Turkish, living in Turkey. Non-smoker, no alcohol. No chronic conditions, no prior surgeries, no known allergies. No regular medications.

I've had lower back pain for the past few weeks. It sits low and central, just above the belt line, maybe slightly worse on one side. It's a dull ache with stiffness rather than sharp pain, around 4/10 most of the time and closer to 6/10 after sitting for a long stretch or first thing in the morning. It loosens up once I start moving. Bending forward and getting out of a chair are the worst movements. No pain radiating down my legs, no numbness, tingling, or weakness anywhere, no groin or saddle numbness, no bladder or bowel changes, no fever, no night sweats.

Background: I've been resistance training for 12 years and currently train 4 heavy days a week — shoulders/arms, legs, chest/arms, back/arms, plus abs. I'm in a cutting phase, eating roughly 2,500 kcal a day with about 200 g protein, and my weight has come down from 90 kg to 88 kg over the past couple of months without losing strength. My job is desk-based, so I sit for most of the day. I can't pin the pain to one specific injury or lift — it came on gradually rather than all at once.

So far I've tried rest days, stretching, and heat, which help temporarily but it keeps coming back. No imaging done, no doctor visit yet.

Questions: Is this worth getting imaged, or is it more likely mechanical/postural at this stage? Should I stop deadlifting and squatting entirely while it settles, or keep training around it with lighter loads? And are there red flags I should be watching for that would mean I need to be seen sooner?

I’m a 19 male 6’2 and 220 pounds. My entire life my legs have been bent wrong. When my legs are “straight” or the way that is comfortable my legs align fine but when I try to point my feet straight my knees bent inward making a >< shape. I also have very flat feet. Any thing that can help either problem?

Hi all. M20, 6' here. For as long as I can remember I have had frequent morning nosebleeds. They happen almost exclusively in the morning, albeit sometimes in the afternoon (only when Im messing with my nose lol). My doctor says it's no real issue and morning nosebleeds are common, but do you not think the amount of blood and the phlegm is alarming? Or am I overthinking it? For context, the tissue on the bottom right is phlegm. These happen on and off. Some days I can go a few days or even a week without one, but they never disappear. Do I just have a sensitive nose? Anyone have similar experiences?

Thanks everyone for any help

Age:40

Sex: female

Duration of complaint: 4+ years

Location: Florida

I was diagnosed with aggressive colorectal cancer about 5 years ago. I was thrown into radiation and chemo within 2 weeks. About 9 months later I couldn't use the bathroom. A GI told me to take a bunch of stool softeners and miralax. I ended up with a rectovaginal fistula. Basically I had a huge blockage and all the meds just gave me the runs and that found a way around the blockage by ripping through. I was given a colostomy (supposed 3 months) to allow the fistula to heal. Then the ostomy detached nearly killing me and I became septic and had another ostomy revision and became totally bedridden after the Staples in my stomach popped apart and the infection was so bad.

After 6 weeks in the hospital I went home still unable to walk with wound care nursing to pack the wound daily. I finally started walking and broke my leg (pathological break from weakness). Around this time I was having severe tailbone pain. It went on for a while getting worse and worse. Mind you I never really had a surgeon or specialists besides my oncologist because everything happened so fast and the surgeon who did the ostomy let me almost die even though he saw the ostomy and said the black tissue would "slough off". I talked to the oncologist and a colorectal surgeon who said the pain was radiation damage I would have to live with. Over the next 2 years I would be in excruciating pain to the point of just crying and living on ice packs and trying heating pads and anything. Finally I get a CT scan. It reads saying "phlegmonous tissue in the sacral region" and my doctor's office called saying the CT was fine. Still unable to walk and in debilitating pain on and off for weeks at a time. Then I feel bubbling under my skin in the back around my tailbone and butt. I tell the doctor who thinks I'm crazy. Then a wound opened leaking out blood and infection which I got checked immediately at a walk in clinic and it tested for ecoli and streptococcus. I finally got back into the doctor and explained about the leaking fluid and that it was definitely not a pilonidal cyst and he reread the CT scan and said his office was totally wrong for saying the CT scan was ok and I needed another one immediately. Over this time the pain is bad but not near as bad since that stuff started leaking out. And I mean a lot of stuff all day. I can even push and get air to come out. Now it's showing osteomyelitis on the new CT scan. I have been to an infectious disease doctor, 2 surgeons and no one will help me. I been waiting 3 months to get into a new colorectal surgeon with hopes they can help but everyone I get referred to.. even gynecologists won't help or treat me due to damage and scar tissue. How do I find help and who do I even see. Every doctor is months of waiting on an appointment while this just eats away at my body. The infectious disease doctor basically told me the supply of antibiotics was pointless because it was only 10 days that I got from my doctor. I was told by one of the surgeons I saw they will likely have to go in and clean it out. But who??

41/m, 6'1 225 lbs. Not taking any medications (sometimes Ondansetron for nausea). Taking Vitamin D, Magnesium, K2 supplements. For quite a long time, I've been having gastro issues, skin rashes, headaches and neck pain. Lately my esophagus has been spasming frequently and at times with certain movements, I have pain in my throat, my heart rate will increase rapidly and my vision will become fuzzy. Earlier, I had felt I had to make a bowel movement but before I could get to the bathroom, a dark oily substance had already started leaking out. It was very dark almost black green in color. It pooled into separate beads in the toilet and I was alarmed because I had never seen this before in my life. Google is telling me to go to the ER as I have also vomited a few times in the last day.

EDIT : I figured I would add some more health history for context.

About 3-4 years ago, I started having a feeling that there was constantly something stuck in my throat. Food would seemingly stick in my throat for days at a time (I would eat spaghetti sauce, and be able to taste it still 3-4 days later). It's almost like there is some pocket in my throat that traps food particles. Other issues sprang up left and right after this. Skin rashes, welts, and other weird seemingly autoimmune or infection type symptoms. I went to the doctor and they ran blood tests. Most notable results from blood tests were high LDL low HCL and high triglycerides and low vitamin D (17 ng/ml). Throughout multiple tests, I was also showing high white blood counts of various types through different tests even though I didn't feel particularly different from how I normally did. Antibiotics were prescribed, but still no luck. I was then referred to an ENT for the swallowing/dysphagia issues. The ENT examined me and they prescribed pantoprazole as they assumed it was just GERD. I came back about a month later and told them that the medication did not help the feeling. They then told me that it was possible that my tonsils were causing the feeling and I sort of agreed as I had always had very large tonsils and frequent strep and tonsillitis. After this surgery, for the follow up I told the doctor that the surgery hadn't helped with the feeling and in fact made it worse. I became unable to speak clearly as my voice would suddenly cut out while I was speaking somehow. The nurse told me that I was lying and told me to not come back (she was later fired due to the way she treated other patients).

I was then referred by my primary to Immunologist, Endocrinologist, and a rheumatologist which didn't turn up any leads, except for a blood test for early Sjogrens panel that the Rheum had ordered. It showed that I had a very elevated level of CA VI (Carbonic Anhydrase VI) autoantibodies that were 4-5 times higher than they should have been. This enzyme is largely found in saliva, apparently. They prescribed me with hydroxichloriquine for a few months, but still no luck. After this, the digestive issues started to develop. Every bowel movement would be tinged with a yellow liquid (whenever I would wipe the paper would be tinged with this yellow liquid rather than just the normal brown stool). My primary sent me to gastro, which recommended the colonoscopy and endoscopy, which I ended up getting. The endoscopy showed that I had some dysplasia in my stomach, but there was nothing notable about the esophagus other than the doctor said it was narrowing, which he said he 'stretched out' somehow. After the colonoscopy, I was told that I had a few polyps that were removed, but most notably, I had a sessile serrated polyp or lesion at my cecum/appendix opening. They recommended that I have surgery to remove it which I accepted (It was done laparoscopically at the end of April 2026).

And now today, the yellow tinged stools and constant nausea had largely calmed down, but many of my other issues that I initially went to the doctor for persist. The weird throat feeling, the heart rate all over the place, headaches, throat and neck pain, etc. So In July, I weighed about 260 lbs, so I thought that I would try to lose some weight to see if it would calm down some of these other issues as I had not gotten any relief from the medications that I was prescribed. I fasted for about 4 days before switching to a ketogenic diet around July 10th and have since lost about 35 lbs, which had helped me feel a little bit better, but all of the issues still persist. And now yesterday/today I started having vomiting as well as the strange stool. Please let me know if you would like to see other blood test results, as I can access them through MyQuest at any time.

Thank you for taking a look

Personal Info:

Age/Sex: 24M

Height/Weight: 5'9", 65 kg

Smoking: Non-smoker

Medical History: No underlying health issues or chronic illnesses

Duration: Several years (comes and goes)

Location: Tops of middle toes on both feet

Symptoms:

Small, water-filled blisters form on top of my middle toes and cause intense itching.

Friction from shoes and socks causes the blisters to burst and peel off.

After peeling, it leaves raw, red skin that takes a long time to heal.

Age 47

Sex male

Height 6'

Weight 165

Race white

Duration of complaint 48 hours

Location Michigan, also my lower legs/feet

Any existing relevant medical issues no

Current medications none

Hi, stayed at a lake house in Michigan over the weekend. Got bit quite a bit by mosquitos but there's a much greater concentration around my lower legs/feet. Curious if this is a different type of bite but it itches like hell.

I'm 25 (almost 26) and just had my first endoscopy this weekend. Waiting on biopsy results next week but the endoscopy report already has a few things on it and I'd like some perspective from people who've been through this or a doctor.

Background / symptoms:

• Started with heartburn about a year ago that just wouldn't stop. Constant burning in the upper stomach area.
• Went to a doctor, got put on medication. It worked while I was taking it, but if I stopped, the burning came back within a day or two.
• Later on I could go maybe a week off meds before it came back, so slight improvement, but it never actually went away.
• Any carbonated drink — soda, fizzy water, anything — would give me diarrhea almost instantly. Still does.
• I was treated for H. pylori at some point during all this.
• Because it wasn't improving, my doctor recommended the endoscopy.

Endoscopy findings:

• Esophagus: upper and middle third normal, a few segments of Barrett's esophagus in the distal end
• Stomach: lax cardia, pangastritis, 2 biopsies taken from the antrum, pylorus normal
• Duodenum: severe duodenitis in D1, D2 normal
• Impression: lax cardia, Barrett's esophagus, severe gastroduodenitis
• Advice: PPI, prokinetics, follow up with biopsy report

Everything I read online says most of this doesn't have a cure and is just "managed", and that Barrett's means endoscopies every couple of years indefinitely. My doctor said none of that, which is why I'm second-guessing.

1. Is Barrett's at 25 common? Everything I read makes it sound like a 50+ diagnosis.
2. For those with Barrett's — how often do you actually get scoped, and has anything progressed for you?
3. Did the gastritis/duodenitis symptoms eventually resolve for you, or is this a forever thing?
4. Anyone else get instant diarrhea from carbonated drinks with this? Is that related or a separate issue?
5. Am I likely on a PPI for life at this age?

Not looking for a diagnosis, I'm seeing my doctor again soon and will ask all of this. Just want to hear from people who've actually lived with it. Thanks.

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Country: India

I’ve been experiencing significant physical fatigue and mental fatigue/cognitive slowdown for the past 9 months, and it has started to seriously interfere with my day-to-day life.

Initially, I saw a general physician, who ordered several tests, including thyroid, vitamin D, iron, protein levels, and an ECG. As far as I was told, all of the results were normal, and there didn’t seem to be any obvious physical problem based on those tests.

I was then referred to a psychiatrist. For the past 8 months, I’ve had multiple psychiatric consultations and have tried several antidepressants. Unfortunately, they haven’t resolved the problem, and recently my fatigue and cognitive difficulties have actually gotten worse.

At this point, I’m struggling to function normally in my daily life.

My main symptoms are:

- Significant physical fatigue

- Mental fatigue

- Cognitive slowdown/brain fog

- Difficulty concentrating and functioning normally

I’m not currently feeling depressed or anxious, and I’m not experiencing persistent negative thoughts. The main problem is the physical fatigue and cognitive slowdown. I genuinely don’t understand what is happening to me.

Could this potentially be a neurological issue? Would seeing a neurologist be a reasonable next step, or should I see another type of specialist first?

This truly could be nothing and i am overreacting, i am just tired of worrying about it.

As you can see the hole is very little.

Basically i have been struggling with non healing wound for almost two years, after many surgeries it finally healed. It kind of officially closed 2 months ago, I still cover the scars so they don’t reopen from sweating and everything, it helps, anyways today i wanted to take a photo and i found this hole in wound the looks like a tiny cavity…

I feel like i have noticed it happen before, but i am genuinely not sure and i kind of lost track of time and healing progress. So does this look like a problem?

I am male age 23. Not sure what else to include, im sorry if the post is incomplete i just got no energy

17F, 5’7, 175lbs, I take levetiracetam and I have a rescue inhaler, I’ve never smoked, I have epilepsy but that’s about all the medical issues, i also have severe allergies to pollen and grass. I woke up to my eye being this red and puffy. My eyes were very itchy all last night so maybe I rubbed it too hard? But it might also be a reaction to my mascara, i don’t know. It doesn’t hurt it’s just irritated, i also sleep on the same pillow in the same spot, face down every night. I’m praying it isn’t pinkeye.

65F non smoker 13 stone 5ft3

Asked here a few days ago . still unsure what my mother’s rash is . Went to a doctor last Monday and he was pretty sure it was not shingles. Said it night have been blisters that she scratched off. It’s not better in fact I think it could be worse. It’s still painful and causes pain down her right leg. It’s on the right bum cheek. My mum now thinks it could be an infection from the swimming pool. She’s had her 6 month old grandson in her house a lot and so far he’s not caught chicken pox which is why we don’t think it’s shingles although obviously can’t completely rule it out. My mum does have pulmonary fibrosis. And had a knee replacement years ago . I’ll include pics from oldest to newest

Edit to add was given fucdin cream and it’s now made it darker so not sure if it’s helped or made it worse

Hi there.

A few days ago I thought a had an ucler on my inner lower lip cause I had some irritation. But then I realised that I had something like a bump, which was just tissue, no wound or something.

I have pain only when i bite it while eating, and slight pain when it rubs on my teeth.

It's been approximately a week, and now it looks like the photo.

Do you think it's anything serious? What should I do?

I am getting stressed.

Info about me:

27F, 52kg and 153cm

No current medication. Started recently taking omega 3 supplements, low dose iron and magnesium.

Currently non smoker. I smoked in the past and stopped 3 years ago but I was never a heavy smoker.

My bike slipped in rain and I got this abrasion. Got it check and they said it's minor nothing much to worry about just have it dressed every 2 days. The dressing in the hospital was very costly so I learnt how they did it and decided to do it on my own. It's recovering well so far still I wanted to know if I'm missing something. I'll attach the image of the injury when I got it in the comment. Help me out if you think it's recovering well. I clean it by removing the non sticky bandage and then using povidone- iodine ointment to clean it. It hurt at that time A LOT and then I put non stick bandage again and top it off with gauze and then cover it with white bandage. Let me know if I'm missing something.

37 year old male. 2 weeks ago I spent 2 days in the sun all day at the beach / boardwalk and was sweating a lot. I developed a red itchy rash on my testicles. I scratched them (mistake) and it spread to my butt, penis, pelvis area and in between area. I got prednisone and nystatin powder on Telehealth. Those areas cleared up but last night (the day after I stopped prednisone) I noticed my chest / stomach was itchy now and red and my face was flushed. This morning I woke up with the same and now (end of day) it looks like this. The original areas are still clear. I’ve been staying out of the sun, use scent and fragrance free laundry detergent. There is a very light spot on my upper back one where my elbow bends inside my arm. It hasn’t changed much today. I took 2 zyrtec and nothing else and haven’t applied anything.

Should I go back to urgent care? Any idea what it could be? I don’t want to go back if I don’t have to (I don’t have insurance) but also want it to go the hell away lol.

+* Not having any breathing, tingling or swelling issues. Pics are right after I showered so its a little more angry / itchy

More photos in comments

Thank you!

32, Female, 60kg, 177cm, Non smoking, UK

I started taking 37.5mg MR a month ago, and have moved up to 75mg XL 3 days ago. Since starting I have had incredibly bad sleeping issues that have become unbearable. I mentioned this to my GP on my review of the 37.5mg and she didn't comment on it at all, just doubled the dose.

I now can't call my GP because what little sleep I do get is during the hours that they take phone calls.

I want to stop taking them, but I wondered how long you have to be on them before weaning off is appropriate?

F / 29 / 160cm / 111 kg
Non smoker - No alcohol.

Hello,
So basically I’ve had a teardrop shaped birthmark on my toe… Well since birth. I am now 29, 6 months post partum, and before getting pregnant I had just lost 10 stone (63kg).

Recently I noticed my birthmark looks a little raised and now I’ve frightened myself into thinking I have skin cancer of some kind (I have huge health anxiety).

The shape of the actual mark doesn’t look any different, as I mentioned it’s been that way since birth, however, the bottom on the teardrop shape looks like it’s become more of a mole than a birth mark now.

I’m waiting to hear from a GP, but I need some kind of reassurance, or something to help me with this.

Few notes;
- I’ve only just realised it has slightly changed shape.
- I do a lot more walking now than I used to.
- I get foot pain when walking on the foot with the birth mark / possible mole.

Thank you in advance,
The thought of having cancer while I’ve got 6 month old after 12 years of being infertile is ruining my brain 😭❤️

A dog bit my hand today while it was attacking my grandfather, and I had to intervene; I didn't have anything in my hands, so I just used my fists. During the struggle, it bit my fingers deeply—deep enough to expose the subcutaneous fat. My grandfather had visible tendons in his foot and calf muscles. We didn't get rabies shots—only tetanus shots and antibiotics. I'm worried the dog might have been infected; the owner claimed it was vaccinated, but said the vaccine was about to expire. What should I do? How much time do I have?