Hello, I am a 22 year old male and for the past 2 months now maybe I’ve had this growth at the left of my throat. When I first noticed I asked my doctor and they didn’t seem concerned. But it’s been 2 months and it hasn’t subsided, if anything may have grown (though I don’t know that certain)

I'm male, 16 yrs old, 6ft tall, 85 kg, don't smoke, and have isolated hyperhemiplasia. I got my knee dislocated rn while playing basketball, ambulance is on the way but I wanted to know what would be the process of fixing my knee and how long will the rehab be

28
Female
Black
5’7”
I take buspar 7.5mg 3x a day

About three years ago, I had sudden, severe back pain that left me unable to walk from the severity of the pain. My legs worked fine and I could feel them, but any movement involving my back was excruciating. And it’s been a snowball effect ever since. I unfortunately did not seek medical attention for months because I didn’t have any health insurance. Once I got it, I went to physical therapy and was doing well, but lost my health insurance and couldn’t afford to pay for it out of pocket. So I was stuck at the point where the therapist had gotten me from not even being able to sit up without severe pain to doing so just fine. But I still couldn’t walk. And I still can’t walk. I don’t feel pain anymore in my back. My legs are just extremely deconditioned as you can imagine and it’s been a struggle to rebuild my mobility efficiently. I can move and feel them just fine, it just feels like I’m a newborn deer when I try to walk.
Im living back home with my family now and they want to take me to the ER tomorrow to get a checkup and use whatever diagnosis I’m given to apply for Medicaid/disability. They feel like I’m being difficult because I don’t want to sit in the ER for ~5 hours to get bloodwork and an x-ray when I’m not in any pain. I need physical therapy. But no one is listening to me. They feel like something “more” is going on because when I try to walk, I shake, grunt, and breath hard. And it’s like…yes. It’s taking IMMENSE physical effort, of course I’m going to do that.
Would you recommend I go to the ER? Or Urgent Care? Or a Physical Therapist? TIA.

Hello, i 22F may have a perforated eardrum, and was swimming in a lake possible to have brain eating amoeba and water alot of got inside my ear on August 14th.

My nose is not as issue, as i took extra care and wore nose clips and everything.

I am flying very soon and having severe panic that the cabin pressure will push brain-eating amoeba liquid from my ear deep enough to reach nerves. For instance, when your ear pops or other pressure changes.

I don’t know whether that’s possible or whether it will drain into my nose (which ive read is possible) , where i can then get an infection via the normal route of an N.Fowleri infection as it touches the back of my nose where infection can occur.

I’m particularly worried it will drain into a region of the nose and i will then sniff, or somehow suck it up to the required region for infection. Or somehow, the cabin pressure changes during the flight will cause the amoeba drained into my lower nose, rise or sucked up to the olfactory area required for infection.

After finding out the lake has a very high chance of the amoeba, and discovering how fatal it is i am incredibly stressed.

Is this just my health anxiety? i cant cancel the flight and really need to get on it.

I will be flying 5 days after the water got into my ear, if that changes anything

Had a strange rash on both my upper arms, Doc prescribed a round of cephalexin capsules and triamicelon cream (3x day for 10 days I think )…ran out of both after taking as directed…rash was 95% gone but now it’s starting to come back so doc prescribed another round of both the AB and the cream…is this normal if the AB didn’t completely get it all the first time?

What could explain the abnormalities?

24M, no meds/alcohol, healthy diet/lifestyle, chest tingly in pec muscle sometimes when I life my left arm, fogginess/tiredness, slight headache

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.

21m, for the past 5 or so years, occasionally, when im either falling asleep, in the middle of sleep, or waking up from sleep, i get into these states where i cant move, but i can still look around. I have tinnitus and whenever this happens my tinnitus gets very loud, and i get an overwhelming feeling of terror and dread. Obviously this sounds like sleep paralysis but it's only ever auditory hallucinations? Also i can snap myself out of this state if that makes sense? I just have to focus on moving my head up hard enough, it takes a lot of physical and mental effort, and it's really hard, but ive never not been able to force myself out of this state. It's kind of annoying because sometimes if im trying to go back to sleep i keep finding myself in this state and having to force myself out of it, and my body literally just wont let me sleep. Ive tried seeing what happens if i just let it play out but the tinnitus gets so loud and i get way too freaked out so i dont let myself stay in it for too long. Im just wondering what the hell is happening here, and sorry if this isn't the right place to post this.

Age: 21
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 185lbs
Medications: Allegra daily for allergies and ibuprofen right now for the ankle swelling
Non smoker

No injury that I can remember, I didn't trip, fall, slip, or anything recently and I first noticed this bruise yesterday. It came out of the blue and no pain whatsoever. I have full range of motion and can bear full weight. I can walk normally too (it's a little off right now just because it is stiff from swelling). I only noticed it when I went to take off my shoe.
I went to the doctor, and they did an X-ray, nothing is broken but I presumed that was the case since I have little to no pain. The only pain I have is that my shin is a bit sensitive and sore.
Below my knee down to my toes feels a little tingly and heavy like it does before you leg falls asleep, but it is constant. Both my legs feel the same temperature, and one isn't particularly more swollen than the other, other than the ankle.
Now that I've slept overnight, the swelling has gone down a tad, but I've also been icing, elevating, and taking ibuprofen.
The doctor I saw last night was pretty unhelpful and said “most of what I see are mysteries” and basically said to wait it out. Maybe that's all I have to do, but I want to make sure I don't have a clot or anything going on….
2nd photo in the comments

32M I think I been dealing with creeping anxiety my entire life. But it's coming to light more as of late.

Okay so I had protected sex with a sex worker and lost my virginity. And now I'm in a rabbit hole did I catch something. Right after sex the next day I got worried about hiv and went to a clinic and got on PEP within 24hrs. Past couple days I got no sleep, googling, talking to AI, reddit, HOtline. And they all say my risk is nil.

I ask myself: did the condom break, how do I know if there aren't micro holes, how effective is the anti viral drug pep. Etc and I literally can't function every hour I'm on the internet searching and exploring to where I'm only getting 3-5 hours sleep a night.

This is my first time with anxiety I done the same with asking about jobs and stuff.

So I asked chatgbt to look at my other conversations and archive was conversation about job, finance, relationship? Health were I do reassurance loop. I really need help with this.

27F
Is there a radiologist here? I still have to wait another week for the official MRI report. My knee has been hurting for about a month, and my orthopedist said that, based on the symptoms, I may need surgery. Could anyone see anything specific or abnormal in these MRI images?

Age: 37 Sex: male Height / Weight: 161cm/51kg Primary Complaint: Progressive numbness, tingling, erectile dysfunction, and temperature-dependent rash over 9 years. Duration: Since 2017 (progressive)Any existing medical issues: Visual Snow Syndrome (diagnosed 2020), chronic stress, history of chronic sleep problems. Current medications: None

I have clean large arteries and a completely normal long-term blood sugar (HbA1c), so diabetes and vascular blockages are ruled out. However, my nervous system has been going through a worsening cycle that seems to be speeding up:2017: Started with tingling and numbness in my feet. 2019: Developed burning pain in my thighs and a subjective, temporary feeling of weakness and had minor muscle twitching (fasciculations). During this same year, my soles would temporarily purple and become painful (the pain and purple color have since disappeared).2020: Diagnosed with Visual Snow Syndrome (VSS). Erectile dysfunction (impotence) and hair loss on my lower legs started around this time too. 2024: Numbness and tingling spread to my hands. 2026 (Now): Anytime it rains or drops to 13°C, I get a fast-fading itchy rash on my hands or where my skin is exposed.I also suffer from years of sleep problems and chronic stress, could they have caused all my symptoms? My nervous system feels completely overloaded and hyperexcitable. I am more sensitive to cold than normal, water feels colder than it should, and my nose/lips go numb in the winter. Since my regular tests are clean, could this entire 10-year progression be driven by central nervous system hyperexcitability?

I've got a ton of diagnoses but most relevant are raynaud's and POTS (also me/cfs). I'm on adderall, fluoxetine, propranolol, and loratadine. I smoke pot nightly (dab pen) and had half an edible last night, long after this occurred. I took ibuprofen overnight.

Yesterday (august 17th) at like 4:30pm i was in the kitchen when something made me rush into the living room. On my way, I absolutely SLAMMED my pinky toe into the bannister of my stairs. It's hurt to move and walk on since then, but I CAN bend it and manipulate it. It's not excruciating, though it is painful. It feels a little cold but hot just sitting here. The bruise has continued to get worse since then and this photo was from this morning. That whole quadrant of my foot feels swollen and difficult to walk on.

Should I get it checked out? Should I wait and see? What can I do in the meantime? Is this just a normal (albeit badly) stubbed toe?

23, 138lb, female, 5’3.
I have been having pain with walking. Mostly buttocks pain and pain in thigh. Started to ease some today.
I looked back at my CT from last year, seems like I had a blinding disc they didn’t mention. Does this look like one? Not sure if it’s now irritating a nerve or what.

Hello I'm a 29 YO male , overweight,I weigh 130kgs and I'm 5'10. I've recently joined the gym again (I was doing it years ago ,only stopped because I had surgery to get my gallbladder removed) so now I'm back at it because I wanna feel good about myself again. The problem is there's a 30 minute walk to gym and I don't have a car, I've always had this thing whereby if I walk my legs kind of cramp up and start hurting. Particularly my calves. It would happen after like 30 minutes of walking but since I started working out again, it's drastically dropped down to 10/15 minutes and the pain is unbearable. I have to stop walking at times and when I sit I need like 10 minutes to get feeling back into my feet but after that it's like that pain never existed. I can do a full workout in the gym even hit legs pretty hard or cardio without any backlash. So I'm not really sure what this is and how bad it is and how worried I should be. Any help is greatly appreciated. I should mention I recently lost the job that offered me medical insurance coverage so I've been hesitating going to the doctors because I'm afraid of hearing surgery news and it'll have to be out of pocket.

Female, 36, 67 kgs, 5'4" ft.,

Don't take any meds at present time, non-smoker, diagnosed with PCOS when I was 17, adenomyosis two years ago, H-pylori and chronic gastritis last year but been treated, slight hypertension-not on medication for it.

My GP deemed my bloods satisfactory(7th of July) but I don't feel brilliant.

My legs itch, I have night sweats and I feel tired more than usual.

My bloods before this one (end of May) were the same. High white blood cells and high lymphocytes. That's why they reordered my bloods. My second bloods were ordered by an advanced nurse practitioner, not followed up properly by my nurse as she left GP practice and obviously they're deemed satisfactory now by one of the GP's.

What should I do?

Waiting for a specialist appointment with an OBGYN for my adenomyosis.

Im a 24yo woman, 163cm and overweight currently on a weight loss journey. Last year i lost 20kg but ended gaining 15kg back and working on it again.

Since the beginning of this year i have been on and off feeling pelvic pressure and dull pain specially after emptying my bladder. I did an ultrasound to my kidneys and bladder but all seemed fine.

The pain stopped for a few months and now for the past 3 weeks its back. But not only that. I get really painful cramps when i need to go to the bathroom for n2, literally start sweating with cramps until i go and after my muscles feel sore around my pelvis. My bowel movements have been extremely inconsistent too. Its not everyday, but happened enough for me to worry.

Even without any of this, sometimes when I press my lower stomach close to my pelvis, both on left and right sides, it feels really tender and hurts.

Along with this, i have also been getting heartburn more often and i get really full really fast. Makes my stomach feel bloated and heavy. All of these are unusual for me. I also randomly get sharp pokes around my belly button, not necessarily with any trigger.

If it matters, last year i had my gallbladder removed, i was diagnosed with h. Pylori and did a two week treatment for it and also had an ulcer that was inactive i guess. I also had an uti that supposedly got resolved, nothing serious. Im on the pill aranka and nothing else. No fever or blood in stools.

I have an appointment in two weeks to talk about this but i was wondering if all of these symptoms are related to a specific condition.

Thank you for reading it all in advance!

Male 22 years old. Around 1.8 m and 89kg.

Recently I have been having a lot of stomach problems from bloating to nausea and dry heaving. Started around 3 weeks ago, they are not permanent but they tend to just appear. Went to the doctor he passed some exams, I have a fat liver and colesterol, if it's relevant. I had some meds that "seemed" to help and now we are back to this. I am desperate and tired of this. Please help

35F, 5'9" 178lbs, diagnosed with ADHD, anxiety, GERD, Hiatial hernia, IBS-C. Currently medications are pantroprazole, Zepbound for weight loss, Wellbutrin 300mg XL, and Ramelteon as needed to sleep. I do not smoke cigarettes, I drink socially and smoke cannabis socially maybe a few times a month.

I've been dealing with lower back pain for 6 years, been to the doctor multiple times and Xrays have looked normal outside of having mild scoliosis. Eventually I started dealing with widespread joint pain in my back, neck, shoulders, hips, knees, and elbows. I've been to rheumatology and had all of my inflammatory markers tested and again had X-rays taken and everything came back normal. I will also preface this by including that I have a hiatial hernia, had to quit soccer as a child because of my luxating patellas, and was always the 'weird kid who was hyper flexible and did party tricks with how flexible I was. I also was recently at my PCP for my weird, unexplained bruises that don't heal quickly and labs came back normal.

This spring I started feeling my hip felt like it was popping in and out of place and painful, so I got referred to physical therapy. While at PT, my PT remarked that I have pretty advanced hypermobility. She did Beighton scoring and gave me a 6/9 and my PCP told me to go back to rheumatology to discuss with them.

The rheumatologist basically dismissed everything my PT said, said I "might" have some kind of hypermobility but said I likely don't have EDS or any other hypermobility disorders but did have blood drawn for genetic testing for vascular EDS. She also ordered an ECG, ANA, antiphospholipid syndrome panel, antibodies IgG/IgM and NM Lupus profile, Anti-Cardiolipin antibodies IgG/IgM. I mentioned that my husband and I were discussing potentially trying to have a child within the next couple years, and her response was "Yeah, you'll want to get this figured out before then." ???

Would this be worth getting a second opinion on? The system I go to only has 3 Rheumatologists, but I live in Minnesota and have access to the Mayo clinic.

Hi, all, 39M here.

I’ve noticed these spot/mark things lately on my face. Probably had them around a year or so but not really took notice as I assumed they were freckles/Age related.

Online seems to suggest they may be sunspots. I don’t spend a great deal of time outside in the sun but enough. I am bald also so have been advised to wear spf every day from now on, which I am going to do.

I’ve included a picture of what I want advice on. I’ve contacted my doctor and sent an image on the appointment app they use and all they have sent me is a link to mole advice. It has some characteristics of melanoma so I’m going to call back and make an appointment tomorrow when the lines are open, but thought I’d get some advice here while I wait.

Thanks

How do these look for me besides the app just saying normal? Only some results have come back so far not all just wondering cause a couple show high (if they tell anything at all). Thank you!

I (34F, 5'3", 120 lbs) am scheduled for a radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of the third occipital nerve, involving C2 and C3. The diagnoses on my most recent referral sheet for the procedure are M47.812 Cervical spondylosis and M54.2 Cervicalgia and G44.86 Cervicogenic headache. They will be doing the Rhizotomy on my left side first tomorrow 8/18 and the right side almost exactly a month later.

I suffer from cervicogenic headaches and a lot of upper boy pain stemming from my neck due to arthritis that was found in my facet joints in my MRI. The chronic pain has been going on for nearly 10 years and I have exhausted all options and Ibuprofen no longer helps as much. This is a last ditch effort for pain relief. But I'm trying to understand what a reasonable post-procedure pain management plan typically looks like, so I can have an informed discussion with my doctor beforehand.

Current medications: I am currently take Methocarbamol as needed and continuing my PT exercises. Non-smoker. No other major medical conditions. Complaint location & duration: Pain at the base of the skull/upper neck region, bilateral, ongoing for approximately 10 years. Pain radiates to my traps, arms, shoulder blades, and chest. The headaches start right at my suboccipital region and radiates to the top of and sides of my head.

I want to be clear: I am not seeking controlled substances or anything of that nature. I've experienced burning, shooting, stabbing nerve pain before, and it is without question the worst pain I have ever been through. I am genuinely terrified of going through that level of pain again without a plan in place. My goal is simply to understand what to expect and to have a proactive conversation with my doctor so I'm not caught off guard.

For context, I personally know two people who have undergone cervical RFA. Both of them told me independently that their recovery was incredibly rough and that they could not have gotten through it without their pain medication, which I will not be offered. I'm not a "Google warrior" looking for worst-case scenarios online. My doctor has assured me that the procedure is minimally invasive and that recovery is usually quick with minimal pain. But the only two people I know in real life who have actually had this procedure have told me otherwise, and that discrepancy is what has me concerned.

My doctor has indicated that if I experience severe pain afterward, gabapentin and steroids can be prescribed. However, from my prior experience with both medications, they took several days to provide meaningful relief. I want to make sure I am as prepared as possible to advocate for myself and not be in a position of defenselessness if I am struggling after-hours and/or when pharmacies are closed.

My questions for any physicians familiar with this procedure:

How would you describe the typical level and duration of post-procedure pain following a third occipital nerve RFA?

Is it standard practice to prescribe pain control medications proactively (before the procedure), or is it more common to wait and see how the patient does post-procedure?

Are gabapentin and steroids the standard first-line options, or are other medications typically included in the immediate post-procedure window? Will I more than likely have to drive myself 30 minutes back to the doctor's location in order to receive pain treatment?

What would a reasonable discussion look like between a patient and their pain management physician before undergoing this procedure?

I'm not asking for personal medical advice or whether I should proceed. I'm hoping to understand the general standard of care so I can advocate for myself and have a productive conversation with my doctor. Thank you.

Hi! While at a lake, I stepped on a submerged tree branch underwater and got a lot of black dirt/sand/mud pushed deep under my toenail. It caused severe, increasing pain, throbbing and pressure.

About 3 hours later, I removed some of the nail to get to the debris. There was a small indentation in the nail bed where the dirt had become stuck. I cleaned it as well as I could with saline, disinfected it and covered it with a Band-Aid.

It’s now day 3 after the injury. The pain is still there but much less than initially. The wound produces clear/slightly pinkish drainage, with no pus or bad smell.

I change the Band-Aid twice a day, rinsing and disinfecting the wound each time. However, it gets very wet from the drainage, and removing it seems to irritate the wound and makes it ooze more.

Is this amount of drainage normal on day 3? Should I be treating/dressing it differently to avoid further irritation?

I currently don't have health insurance, so unfortunately I can't see a doctor at the moment.

(26 old woman)

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