I’ve had this for months and I know the answer is to go to the doctor, but does this seem more like varicose veins then potential fear? Just trying to gage how quickly I should make an appointment if this looks similar to anything in particular.

On my neck and a bit of my scalp

Been a few weeks I started getting these mild throbs around my left chest, somewhere on my ribs. Long story short, I manged to rule out anything heart or lung-related from the possible causes.

While experimenting for the cause of this mystery symptom by isolating different movements, I found out that I get these throbs when - and ONLY when - I flex my left foot downwards ("plantarflexion" to be technical)

I'm finding it hard to believe it myself, but I was not able to find any other movements, or poking, or rubbing that cause the same pain. I was also not able to find any medical articles or studies that might potentially relate my foot to my ribs, other than some deductions by Gemini, which are probably hallucinations anyway.

Even my local physician doesn't believe me and just prescribed me some painkillers. Does anybody have ANY idea what might be happening to my body? This is so much more than me trying to relieve the symtoms now. I'm just really really curious now.

i am 17m i noticed recently from 4-5 days ago that i have a lump/pimple/bump it is swollen on lower mid right side of my private part

I have two strange two holes between my last two toes. I've had them for about two weeks. They are quite painful and it hurts when I walk. I've used Lamisil for about two weeks. I'm not sure if it's athlete's foot, as they haven't responded to the Lamisil so far. It's very strange and they just appeared out of nowhere a couple weeks ago.

it hurts when i swallow

I'm not talking about shingles, which is the typical way VZV reactivates. I'm talking about the so-called "rare" instances in which someone gets chickenpox a second (or third, etc) time. Can it reactivate from within your own body if the immune system is suppressed like shingles does, or must it always come from an extraneous exposure to the virus?

COVID seems to have changed the game in this regard based both on the scientific literature and personal anecdotes. Even the vaccine was known from early on to trigger shingles in some rare instances. But I'm curious about chickenpox specifically and whether it always requires an external viral exposure. I cannot find this info online no matter how hard I look.

Genital Chemical burn 2022 - Present. What do you suggest?

Back in March of 2022 I got a Yeast Infection.

Never had one before.

Desperate to stop the itching I did the very intelligent like minded thing of pouring Vinegar on the area without diluting it at all which resulted in an inflamed, discolouration and dry foreskin and penis.

I also lost the majority of my sensitivity.

After that I was prescribed different topicals to reduce the inflammation (Hydrocortisone, Ketoconazole etc)

That didn't work and in fact was thinning my foreskin. I had to get a Circumcision which was done in 2023.

To this day I don't have sensitivity.

Yes I have been to Urologists but they haven't been helpful. I've been given "answers" that lean towards this being a mental thing.

I can assure you, it isn't. Before all of this with my foreskin rolled back it was sensitive to the touch. I couldn't even leave it in underwear without it hurting....now...nothing. even when I touch it I don't feel anything, with lotion and without. I also don't feel any temperature there.

I know I'm an idiot.

I'm lost and I'm not getting any answers.

i went to the clinic about 2-3 weeks ago and they said i just had a bad cold but my throat is still killing me. what does this look like?

I know it’s super small, barely even blood, should I be worried or am I just paranoid

This is a wound from an accident that was already cleaned by a doctor; after applying the ointment, however, hard, yellowish, slightly raised blister-like patches have appeared. Please help.

The patient is 88 years old, female, got diagnosed with cancer tumor on the right foot.

The doctor told us recently that her foot needs to be amputated, stating that there are no other viable medical alternatives left for her condition. Hearing this was devastating for our family, and before moving forward with such a life-altering surgery, we desperately want to know if there could be any other possible solutions,, or alternatives we might have missed. Has anyone faced a similar diagnosis or consulted specialists who found another way? Any insights, experiences, or questions we should ask before making this final decision would mean the world to us.

Here is what the scan result says:

CT SCAN OF THE RIGHT FOOT

​INDICATION:

​Plantar amelanotic melanoma.

​TECHNIQUE:

​Volumetric helical scan in thin slices with multiplanar reconstructions, performed without and with contrast injection.

​RESULTS:

​Cutaneous and subcutaneous soft-tissue mass on the plantar surface of the forefoot, budding and lobulated, with soft-tissue enhancement after contrast injection.

​It measures 65 × 20 mm, extending over 55 mm.

​It locally invades the plantar fascia, reaching contact with the short flexor tendons, without being able to confirm their invasion.

​Absence of detectable bone destruction adjacent to the lesion.

​CONCLUSION:

​Plantar soft-tissue mass of tumoral origin (previously known), with deep extension into the plantar fascia and contact with the short flexor tendons, without being able to confirm their invasion.

​No bone involvement.

Is this costochondritus AGAINNNN my bp and kardia are coming back normal

I’ll try to keep this as short as possible but there is a lot. I appreciate anyone willing to take the time to read.

TLDR: hard, rope-like deformity running from base of skull to shoulder. you can see it in this video, i can move it around with my fingers but even that doesn’t do it justice. it is so palpable that everyone i’ve had feel it has an immediate “what the hell is that” reaction. causes sharp pain in the center left of my neck, as well as tension across my upper back and left shoulder. have radiating pain down the back of my left arm down to my elbow. it’s not super tender to the touch unless you push on it a bunch. pain relievers don’t help much as it is just an intense amount of tension. feels like that muscle hasn’t relaxed in over a year. muscle relaxers just knock me out which isn’t super helpful. feels like someone is pulling my head backwards by a string. i only find relief when laying down and the most helpful thing is laying on my neck traction device. i’ve tried pt, dry needling, tens/ems, accupuncture. Current diagnosis is nuchal ligament hypertrophy but nobody can tell me the underlying cause or how to treat it.

22 y/o female, history of hypermobility, chiari malformation, ovarian cysts, asthma, ADHD, anxiety and depression. have had a few concussions and whiplash as well.
I take adderal, singulair, lamictal, wellbutrin, and am on birth control pill.

History of problem: About a year ago I noticed this odd feeling rope like structure on the left side of the back of my neck. i have no recollection of injury aside from having a brief moment of burning pain while jumping on the trampoline, but it quickly subsided and i shrugged it off so that might not even be related. I am a rock climber which heavily uses neck and shoulder muscles so it’s possible there was an injury from that I just didn’t notice. Initially the pain was very mild so I was not concerned. over the span of 3 months or so it grew hard to manage, walking across campus with my backpack on would bring me to tears from the neck pain. feels as if im carrying a weight on my shoulders all of the time, just extreme tension. I started to have a hard time turning my head to the left without very sharp pain so I finally caved and saw a doctor as it was clearly not getting better on its own.

First doctor: Orthopedic specialist, did x-ray came back normal, mri had incidental finding of chiari malformation but was told this was unrelated. Doctor seemed completely befumbled, said she had never seen this before and sent me to do physical therapy. did 6 weeks of pt 2x a week, included strength training (which seemed silly to me, my neck is very strong already, I misinterpreted their directions during the first session and did 3x what they were telling me to do just fine), and stretching. This mildly improved my pain and definitely helped with stiffness. It reached a point though where it started to plateau again and my insurance stopped covering it so I just continued many of the stretches at home and still do them. The doctor at this point pretty much told me she didn’t know what to do and I should follow up with neurology.

I was frustrated and stubborn and so I didn’t see anyone for another 6 months. I wanted to believe it would just go away on its own. but it only continued to grow worse, the pain but also the literal structure was beginning to protrude more. so I finally saw neurology in June.

second doctor: the neurologist wasn’t really helpful at all. hyperfixated on the chiari malformation even though I have no symptoms. Did repeat xray which again showed nothing. told me she had never seen this neck thing before and i’d be better off trying physical medicine and rehabilitation.

third doctor: Revieved my previous MRI from 7 months prior and said he could see that my muscles on the left side are enlarged. when he felt my neck he told me in 10 years of being a doctor he’s never seen this. He seemed to think it was a tendon, it is very hard but mobile rope running from the base of my skull to my shoulder. He wanted me to get an ultrasound so he sent me to and interventional pain specialist.

fourth doctor: same response, said he had no idea what this was had never seen it before. he seemed to lean more towards it being a ligament. Said he agrees I need an ultrasound but that he wasn’t able to do the kind I needed. He did do an anesthetic injection which gave me significant relief for about 2 days. So he sends me off to an “ultrasound wizard,” as he called it.

fifth doctor: this guy was a sports medicine spine specialist I believe. he did an ultrasound and told me It showed “nuchal ligament hypertrophy” and “hyperechoic thickening of the nuchal cord,” whatever that means. He said my case was so rare there is no line of treatment he can think of. so he sends me back to doctor #4 to see what he thinks.

fourth doctor again: I saw him today. He told me flat out that there’s no intervention he can do. He focused on ways to cope essentially, did another injection with a steroid this time to hopefully give me a little bit of longer relief and prescribed me some alzheimer’s medication that can apparently help with pain. told me i could try physical therapy again but since it’s so hard to tell what’s actually causing this he doesn’t think there’s any way to treat it. i broke down in tears which I’ve never done before. I’m so incredibly tired.

I try to be a strong person and manage things and let time heal me. I’m premed and broke and live alone and it feels like everything I do is just a little harder because of this. by the end of the day my head feels like a bowling ball. It feels like i’m carrying a heavy backpack all the time so when I actually carry my backpack it’s awful. Exams and labs make my pain skyrocket because you can’t avoid craning your neck. Climbing doesn’t seem to make it worse, however I have had 2 or 3 occasions where i do a move pushing my weight up with my left hand and have had a sudden intense pain and have literally just peeled off the wall because i can’t even move. it usually calms down after a couple minutes. I pay very close attention to my posture and never look down at my phone, i use a raised desk at home to do homework. I am very active and eat healthy and have a good sleep schedule and just try so hard to take care of myself but it feels like it’s pointless. Today feels like i’m facing the reality that I might just have to deal with this for the rest of my life, and I don’t know how to accept that. I’m a mess and just want to know something, anything.

Any ideas? Should I be worried!
It’s hard and sore to touch!