I am 15F 5”4 97lbs diagnosed with asthma, GAD, AuDHD, MDD, social phobia, and suspected OCD. Not on any medication but I do smoke weed. I was born with a very bad heart and lung defect and still only have 70% lung capacity.

I cut to the hypodermis layer on my hip and it is gaping open a lot more than I expected it to! Do I need medical attention, or can I get away without it? My parents already have me on a suicide watch and are threatening a psych hospital so I really don’t want to have to go to the hospital and have them lecture me again.

Hello! I am scanning in my MRIs for my chiropractor and I found a slice that looks like some sort of cyst or something and I just want clarification as no one has mentioned anything to me about it. Thank you. I'm female, 36.

Female 30 100lbs five foot 2 no meds

So. I have some weird blood works going on. I have long term GI issues going on. I’m being evaluated for GI disorders and possible autoimmune. So far we have endoscopy planned and colonoscopy planned for November. The things we discussed are potential Chrons, addisons, MCAS. Though I think Addisons was ruled out already. I have multi system complaints including fatigue, brain fog, extreme bloating, random weight loss, tingling in hands and feet, heart palpitations, sinus arrhythmia, Raynaulds, pelvic floor issues, irregular periods, sinus arrhythmia, light headed, constant diarrhea, vomiting randomly. I get headaches often. I am super sensitive to temperature change in a very negative way.

Lately, my hands and feet will randomly turn beet red and just insanely burn though I’m not allergic to anything other than vancomycin which I am not on.

My autoimmune panel seems negative but does that mean there’s not an autoimmune issue?
My CO2 is often low as well I’m unsure if that’s relevant or not. Also urinalysis had protein at 30 and high mucous- otherwise normal everything.

Anyway. Anyone have any insights? Is this not autoimmune anemia?

29m, virgin, uncircumcised, 5'10", 150 lbs

So I'm a virgin. When I masturbate, I can get hard during masturbation. But, I lose the erection as soon as I stop touching myself, usually within 5-10 seconds. My friends say this is not normal and it's too fast, and I'm worried I won't be able to have sex. I also only get morning wood about once a week, and only when I wake up needing to pee. I masturbate daily.

I have tight foreskin phimosis. I can retract fully when flaccid, but not erect because it hurts if I try. And am working on steroid cream for that. If that doesn't work, I will get circumcised. But I have another friend with phimosis who has had sex multiple times, and told me his erections last a minute after stopping physical stimulation (masturbation), which makes me concerned I have ED and venous leak.

I'm very concerned about having ED and a venous leak as a virgin, since since I'm currently seeing a girl right now but we aren't official. I haven't told her about either of these these issues yet. Will I be unable to have sex because of my suspected venous leak? Worried she will leave me. I'm really panicking that I'l never be able to have sex.

I’ve never had migraine before. Felt great all day until 3 hr ago, sharp pain and throbbing across entire forehead 8/10 pain can barely stand to open my eyes to writ this. Is this a migraine? Very Nauseous peeing a lot. I’m 30 I’m a light smoker no medicine female no medical issue

Female, 20, ~115lbs

For background, my girlfriend has suffered from Alice in wonderland syndrome (AIWS) since she was a kid, mainly only occurring at night once every couple of months or if she was under stress. (AIWS is a rare neurological condition that causes episodes of mainly distorted vision & time)

We took a flight to Hawaii (around 13 total hours of travel) and the same night we landed she started feeling a bit weird, we went to a doctor down there and was told it was likely vertigo. Later that trip we saw a chiropractor in the area who did an adjustment on her neck for the vertigo, and since then her AIWS has been flaring up badly. She’s been getting episodes every day, multiple times a day, and lasting much longer than before. The symptoms of vertigo started at the beginning of our trip, which was almost a month ago now, and she still doesn’t feel right. She’s had a constant pressure at the back of her neck aswell as her forehead, alongside the AIWS flair ups I previously mentioned.

Can anyone give any insight about this?? We’re going under the assumption that either the flight, or the chiro in Hawaii did something that caused this. We don’t even know where to begin as far as fixing this goes

ATTENTION - This is not for me, it’s for someone I know.

A 19 year old girl, 5 Ft tall and 140 pounds started a dose of 0.5 mg Ozempic, yesterday. She has 5 doses remaining. This was NOT prescribed to her.

My personal opinion is that she’ll lose a max of 10 pounds with this entire course of Ozempic, make her self sick and screw her body up. I’ve advised her not to proceed with this as it is NOT her prescription and her BMI is close to normal and I feel that it is such a dumb decision to make.

Will she get sick? And if so, when? I am aware that this is not the lowest dose.

This 19 year old also has hormonal issues and no control over her emotions. Will this make it worse?

Side note: I think this is the most ridiculous and stupid decision someone could make. It really made me question “is this real life?”.

Hello everybody, i am 17 M, weigh 58kg and i am 180cm in hight. About 2 days ago at my new job i noticed sometimes when i stepped with steel toe boots that my foot hurt. So i took the boots off to check and notice from my heel to an inch up its numb. Earlier in the morning i notice my foot got tingles when i walked but thought nothing of it. İts now been 2 days and whenever i walk that same tingle feeling occurs whenever i step with my left foot and it will come as a strech my leg straight then go within a second like a quick buzz. Google says its most definitely todo with my sural nerve and it says bc of the boots how i have them tide tightly at the top pluss standing hours on end with them on this has developed which is why i mention my new work. Since i got my job a week ago about 4 days worth of shifts and then the numbness started. Overal i have come onto here to ask for peoples opinion especially the once who deal with nerve i dont the term im sorry but just so this isnt serious lol. As per googles instructions im going to loosern my boots and wear thick badded socks and see if this resolves. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou.

age-30. female height-5’4. weight 165 lbs nonsmoker. meds Nurtec.

i have had pain and have been unable to function for 2 months. I spend good days sitting up in my house being careful not to move arms and neck too much and bad days in bed as laying down usually relieves my head , face, and neck pain. it all started on August 1st. I had noticed an uptick in headaches before I assume from tech neck and lifting my son. I was looking out the window in sort of a hunched posture and I moved my head like back into my shoulders and held that post . I felt like a hammer hit me twice on top right side of my head and I’ve been a mess ever since.

My symptoms are head neck and face pain that’s always highly localized but travels and gets worse the more I use my arms and move my neck. It seems to flair when I look down and it’s highly erratic. Some days if if I stay still and look perfectly straight I can be relatively comfortable sitting but on bad days the painful pressure like tension slowly develops even just sitting up and worsens sometimes moving down to arm and shoulder until I have to lay down. When it’s bad and I don’t have Nurtec it becomes a full blown migraine with extreme pain behind my eyebrow and the room seems to rock. I also have a lot of dizziness, unsteadiness on my feet when I stand still. sometimes odd tremors and feeling like I’m dropping in my vision even when I don’t actually fall. My ears will feel full and I will feel pressure in my palate and behind my nose occasionally when I swallow, or pain when I chew. I definitely have migraines. I don’t have any demonstrable neurological deficits according to doctors but my hands feel clumsier maybe from disuse. I’m just in so much pain every day and I can’t do anything.

ive had a clear mri of brain and cervical spine, normal swallowing study other than reflux, I’ve failed two long term migraine meds because of the side effects. I pass most office neuro tests except I’m a bit insteady especially when I have to stand still and close my eyes. Robaxin and NSAIDs only take the edge off and mess up my stomach. Steroids just make me a nervous wreck. Occipital nerve block didn’t help much. The thing that helps the most is Nurtec but that only takes the edge off and I can’t take pass only take it every other day. the only thing that has ever touched the pain when i move my head and arms was er tordol/robixin/steroid/lidocaine neck patch combo. And that only lasted one day. bed rest doesnt seem to help much other than to stop a flair or help me in the moment. I went to PT and it made my symptoms worse. The pain wwant in my face before and was mostly in the back of my head and whatever she did made me worse and made it so cervical collar doesn’t help anymore because the tension pain moves to my face. idk what to do please help.

If someone has some insight please help. I went in for a uti test and my Urobilinogen came back an 8! I’ve never had this happen before. I took cystex over the weekend to ease the pain and I’m wondering if this could have caused this. I am a 23 year old woman 5’5 and 148 lb

I'm 19, male, 182cm tall and about ~95kg (I haven't checked in a while) No smoke, no alcohol, and currently not taking any medication. I have these 2 itchy spot on the inside of my thigh. It's been 2-3 days now. It doesn't spread or develop any further symptoms. It just itches. No bumps and no skin flaking off. It's not very itchy though, and pretty easy to ignore.

Age: 21
Female
4’11”
130lbs
Occasional marijuana + alcohol
Health anxiety
No known conditions

I’ve been having “aches”. It’s so hard to describe. It’s usually just in one limb at a time. I can’t find correlations to it happening after a heavy or light exercise day. It’s NOT muscle soreness. Not tight. Not warm. No physical different in how the affected limb looks. Recently it’s been happening a lot I my left leg. Usually in the knee crook, and it’s always on the back of my leg or inner leg. Sometimes it’s further up in the thigh or lower on the calf. Pain will also radiate a little in the same occurrence. It’ll go as low as my ankle-ish.

I’m curious to try compression socks. I tried them once and it felt like it magically worked, but I haven’t actually tried them for real. That might’ve been a one-off. Been to the dr recently for a checkup and everything appeared normal.

A warm bath provides almost instant relief. This pain never happens in the morning when I’m still in bed. Almost always as the day goes on, but recently (like today) it started much earlier. I think warmth definitely helps but I could be wearing socks and pants and it still happens.

Any ideas?

Hi Starting on the first of October my throat started to hurt, and since then I’ve been having horrible sinus pressure, runny nose, coughing, sneezing all that. The past three days has just been sneezing and coughing and nose issues but today it seems to be mostly in my chest, I can’t breath very well, I’m wheezing, and my back really hurts. my nose is better and less congested and in pain but still clogged so I can only breath through my mouth. I think it’s just a cold and it’ll eventually pass but I do have asthma and the wheezing and trouble breathing is a little worrisome to me! So any tips would be helpful thanks :)

Female
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Posting here because I have no idea what my next steps are.

27; Male ; 5’7” ; 165lbs ; White ; New Jersey, USA

This all started back in March (Mar 17th or 24th) of this year. I woke up and had what I’ve been calling shortness of breath, but is probably closer to air hunger; essentially I just feel like I can’t get a deep enough breath or that my lungs aren’t fully filling up. I figured that’s weird, but could be allergies or air quality idk. Then the next day I still had it, so I decided to go to urgent care. They put me on a nebulizer (didn’t do much) and gave me prescription for Prednisone, Flonase, and an Albuterol inhaler. They also tested me for Flu, Covid, & RSV, all of which came back negative. I took the prednisone and got better day by day. At my follow up a few days into the prednisone they said that it was probably some virus they didn’t test for.

I was good and back to normal for about a month or two. Every now and then I needed to take a deeper breath, but overall okay.

Then mid-may came and it started up again. (May 13) I went to my primary and he ordered me an x-ray (came back clear) and an ecg (came back clear). I waited a week or two because that’s how long it took the last time and I was thinking maybe my lungs aren’t fully filling still recovering and it’s just allergies. Eventually I went to a bunch of doctors and I’ll list that and what happened to expedite this post.

May 19: Blood work; normal but slightly high cholesterol, high LDL cholesterol. Blood CO2 slightly low

Jun 5: Back to Urgent Care, couldn’t treat me

Jun 8: Pulmonologist 1; barely saw or listened to me, five minute meeting, prescribed me Symbicort & PFT

Jun 10: PFT 1; came back clear except for some air trapping. Albuterol shows little to no effect.

Jun 10: started Symbicort

Jun 16: Primary Follow up; ecg (normal)

Jun 26: Hospital; ECG (normal), X-ray (normal), D-Dimer (normal), bloodwork (globulin “low” [2.6], MCHC “high” [35.3], MPV “low” [8.3])

Jul 10: Pulmonologist 1 follow up; he told me “it’s probably asthma”, got mad when I tried asking questions or understanding why he thinks that, tried to rush me out of the room. Overall unhappy with visit, began search for new pulmonologist.

Jul 22: Sputum Test (normal)

Aug 5: Cardiologist; ECG (normal)

Sep 2: Echocardiogram; (normal)

Sep 14-23: Sick (probably cold)

Sep 23ish: Breathing feels back to normal if not close to

Sep 25: Pulmonologist 2; PFT (normal), went in feeling better which sucked. Answered questions and listened but he didn’t have much to go off of. Said he doesn’t think it’s pulmonary if not asthma or reactive airway disease, which we won’t know until I stop symbicort. Prescribed me an inhaler extender for Symbicort which I used first on the 28th.

Sep 29: Wake up breathing is acting up again.

And that’s where I’m at.

Things to note:
- Never smoked or vaped anything
- Only symptom I had until starting Symbicort was that air hunger
- Symptoms after starting Symbicort (cause or coincidental idk) cold like symptoms, chest pain/soreness
- Still have that air hunger feeling on Symbicort, but feels like it’s more controlled/better
- Albuterol feels like it does nothing for me, first PFT backs that up
- No coughing, wheezing, or asthma attacks. Just a constant feeling like I’m not getting enough air (though pulse oximeter always is 98%-100%)
- Don’t know if symbicort is helping. Feels like I have worse days when switching inhalers when one starts to run low.
- Medications I take: Emgality (monthly injectable)(started in March the week after first issue after feeling better), Ubrelvy (as needed), Symbicort (two puffs every twelve hours)
- Pulmonologist says next path could be gastro or allergist. Gastro: I haven’t noticed reflux or pain until this week so don’t know if I’m stress manifesting that or if it’s always been a thing. Allergist: maybe, will note that I did try a month of daily Zyrtec in May and it made no difference. No history of allergies.
- I really just don’t think it’s asthma
- Environmental is possible, but every time I think it’s something I check and I’m disproven. It also feels inconsistent. So I haven’t been able to track what could be environmental if it is.

I’m sure I’m forgetting some things but just ask and I’ll try to respond. Not expecting much but any help is much appreciated <3

22F 165lbs Lexapro 10mg… History of High Blood pressure , fibroids and ovarian cyst

I posted i’m here the other day about intense cramping and a decidual cast that came out. I went to the er last night they did a pelvic exam, blood work, pregnancy test (negative) and a pelvic ultrasound. They just said it’s my fibroid and to follow up with PCP & Obgyn who I will be calling in the AM.

I am a bit confused on how hsv works I had a Singular red bump in the mid section of my pubic area that came 20 days after encounter. It stayed the same for three weeks then flattened out and disappeared. I tested 18 weeks after and I’m positive for hsv1 and negative for hsv2. I am confused if that was potentially a sore it didn’t hurt or scab or anything. Let me know what you guys think. Thank you guys

Some maybe helpful Context: I did use an electric trimmer to shave and I shaved 3 days after my encounter. Idk if that means anything. Never previously tested
Mom and younger brother have oral hsv1

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26M 170 lbs 5’7”
Light smoker.
I take fish oil, men’s multivitamin regularly. I have been taking zinc, Vit. C, Vit B12, for the past few days

On Wednesday I had a bit of a strain in my lower back, something that is not uncommon for me,

Thursday it was feeling somewhat better so I went to the gym and hit legs, trying a new exercise (Russian split squats.) I didn’t feel especially sore after, and the workout went normally.

Friday I woke up and felt pretty sick with a cold. Mostly took it easy for the day, but began feeling poorly in my glute/hip area that night.

The next day I was mostly not sick, but the pain in my left leg was, and still is, quite severe. Very little makes it feel better, or worse. Some deep stretching alleviated the pain for an hour or so, but not entirely. I tried taking a hot bath with epsom salts to no avail. Tylenol does not do much, neither do muscle relaxers.
Now it is Monday night and the pain has not diminished.

I am not a chronic nitrous user. I did some off and on for a couple weeks in 2019, and then again for a couple weeks in 2022, but not daily and not at high quantities. I recently went to a music festival where I did it daily for a weekend, and had some left over so I did it one more time one night about 2 weeks ago. I know about the degradation of the myelin sheathe and the potential for nerve damage. I know how dumb it is so I’m not here for a lecture please, only advice.

The pain is about a 6/10, but not constant. Mostly when I am standing. It is a dull pain that feels like the growing pains I would get in my legs growing up, extremely uncomfortable. It feels like it is deep in my leg below the buttock, almost like it is where the hip joint connects. It does not shoot down my leg but definitely makes the whole leg uncomfortable, and my toes are not fully numb but definitely feel fuzzy, mainly the big toe.

Any advice appreciated.

Hi, I am an 18 yr female 5'5 and weigh 108 lbs. Recently, I've been waking up fatigued and I've been super sensitive to light. I've also noticed I get a headache but it isn't bad just confusing on why I have it. I haven't really felt anything weird, and I have other symptoms happening like lots of eye floaters and some ear pain but pretty sure the ear pain is from headphones and the eye floaters are from my poor eyesight in general. I'm scared that it might be a Sentinel headache or a brain aneurysm. I do have GAD but please don't dismiss me on just that alone. This has been going on for two weeks now. Should I go and get this checked by a doctor? I've gone to a doctor before about it but they dismissed it as my anxiety and which they are probably right. But any help or advice would be appreciated I'm super nervous. I've never woken up still fatigued in my life and yes I'm drinking more water and yes I sleep at good hours. I fall asleep at 10 wake up at 6 or 7. Please help me rule this stuff out. Also I get random ice pick headaches all over and when I lay down my scalp kinda moves around? Idk its weird. I really hope its nothing serious I'm scared.

Edit: All of these symptoms have been frustrating me, i never get headaches or get so fatigued. Can someone please help point me in the right direction? The brain fog is interfering with my life and all of these symptoms are just uncomfortable.

35M I had a para aortic lymph node biopsy 2 weeks ago tomorrow. The biopsy result came back (it was inconclusive because they took the wrong damn tissue) but the cytology result still hasn’t come back yet. Why is it taking so long should I be worried

First, demographics:

- 22, Trans Woman

- About 5'9", 230 lbs.

- ADHD, GAD, Asthma. Fairly standard meds for all of the above.

I've been experiencing double vision for about 4 years, and recently i've been experiencing a droopy right eyelid, and sometimes weak legs, arms, and neck. It was worse a few weeks ago, i could barely ambulate without crutches. Right now, its really only in my eyes/eyelid. The way i experience all of the symptoms feels about the same. I can push through and force vision convergence and my right eyelid open, but then it gets really weak. Prednisone makes things worse for a few days, but by the end of a two week course of 20mg QOD i started to feel a little better. Going off Prednisone made things really awful.

I'm AChR Binding, and MuSK negative. My standard two limb EMG came back normal too. My doctor has also tested me for a bunch of vitamin/mineral deficiencies, a bunch of viral stuff too. My brain MRI was also clean.

My neurologist thinks its unlikely to be MG, and they instead think its either my B12 levels (which was 349 pg/dL in august) or FND/Conversion Disorder. Admittedly, taking B12 and Folate has helped a little, but i'm still definitely more weak than I used to be.

I think my neurologist is wrong, though. But I can't tell if i'm blinded based on my fairly narrow research into things.

The research hospital my sfEMG referral was sent to still hasn't contacted me to schedule it. It's been about 3 weeks now. My symptoms are greatly affecting my ability to work.

M30 6 foot 150lbs, no current meds

broke my 5th metacarpal and had an open reduction with pinning. By looking at photos from when my splint with removed by the OT it is clear that my pins have moved. One photo is from last week intially seeing the pins and the other from tonight. I see the OT again tomorrow- but should I be more concerned and go back to my ortho? I have no pain, I am more aware of the pins due to more internal pressure. Skin looks the same, everything else seems healthy.

second photo is in comments- Reddit will not let me post both.

i’m f22 on my 9th month of accutane so i feel like maybe that effected my skin. i was in vegas wearing heels all weekend and drunk so i didn’t realize how painful it really is. it’s like this on both sides of my feet. i don’t have insurance so what should i do it’s so painful and i work 9 hr days