About 1 year ago I felt a hard lump in my pelvis/lower left abdomen. Maybe the width of a quarter. I had some “pulling” pain in that area but it wasn’t tender to touch.

I saw my PCP who felt it during an exam and ordered an ultrasound to rule out hernia. The day of the ultrasound I did not feel the lump & the results were normal.

About 6 months later I saw a new OBGYN because I was having my period 10-15 days twice a month and bleeding until I was anemic. I was also having trouble getting pregnant. A transvaginal ultrasound was normal and the OB said my weird cycle is probably due to breastfeeding.

Now my cycles are more regular but I still haven’t been pregnant. The hard chunk of tissue is much longer and wider. I don’t have much pain but it is slightly tender if I push on the area.

Two years ago I had an emergency c-section and incision infection that went untreated for a couple months bc my OB didn’t think it was infected til an urgent care Dr finally did a wound culture.

Is this just excess scar tissue from my surgery? Why is it getting bigger? Could it be scar tissue endometriosis or would that have shown up on the other ultrasounds? And is it normal to feel this with my hands?

I’ve had some other symptoms pop up over the last year or so:

• pelvic pain especially during my period
• constipation and thin stools, mostly during the week leading up to my period
• bloating in my abdomen no matter what I do, I’m thin and fit but I can easily look 4-5 months pregnant during some points of my cycle

The OBGYN who did the transvaginal ultrasound told me to go to urgent care clinic for a same day ultrasound the next time I felt the mass. Would that actually diagnose what’s going on or would it be a waste of time?

Female, USA, 28, 50kg

Concerned about smaller wavy looking vein in neck

35F, 5’4”, 120 lbs. nonsmoker. no medications, asthma/allergy DX along with MCAS recently concern has been happening intermittently for the past year or so :

I’ve recent vascular concerns including this vein bulging when I am hot/flushed/exercising…

https://imgur.com/a/T32MvLG

Should I be worried? (Ofc I already am but asking if it’s warranted 🤪)

Over the past 3 years my husbands had difficulty breathing, lips turning purple, O2 reading can be normal and then drop into the 70s. He has been seen by the PCP and 2 different pulmonologists who can find no reason for him to needs to use portable oxygen tanks and concentrator. He has had a chest xray, CT, 2 complete pulmonary function tests and nothing abnormal. One pulmonologist mentioned a thin chest wall and the second PFT mentioned a lung defect. I feel his allergies have gotten worse and it may be the root cause of his breathing issues. He has a CPAP machine, normal weight, heart cath was perfect. We moved from a city to a mountain area and I wonder if he has developed more allergies.

What do I do next to help my husband?

Female, 20 years old. 5'2 feet tall. Weighs about 106 pounds.

Cold urticaria seems to be haunting me for the longest time. I have had it for years with 0 treatment as my parents do not believe I have it. It itches and violently burns when I get to cold. Unsure where to go for this as it's approaching winter and I feel like it's gonna be a horrible time for me. Is there any at home treatments?

24F. And am only writing this because I have been. Also experiencing a number of the lower back and vaginal issues for the past 4-5 years and have not been able to get a proper diagnosis despite having every possible test or ultrasound/x-ray done. so I'm assuming because of that it is progressively just getting worse and worse. It started off first as what would typically seem like a yeast infection or discharge so I was put on a number of different antibiotics but it has always led to symptoms coming backand every test I've had for any condition of sti has all came back negative.

However now about 4 years later the pain has morphed into lower back pain especially on the right side and cramping to the point where I can't even walk and start seeing tiny black dots in my vision almost like old TV static. My short term memory is getting worse too I am also noticing. and very recently I have been throwing up every week or 2-3xa week due to pain or extreme nausea. And haven't been able to eat more then a small handful of pretzels a day. And absolutely no water. Soon as I drink water I get instantly nauseous.

I am scared like deathly scared... I cannot get any answers now Mater what doctor I go to. And now I just threw up red in my sink after not being able to eat a full meal or drink water [I can drink anything else that's not pure water fine] or anything like that the past few months. And I'm only worried this vomiting and not eating is a new symptom that's just been accumulating over years of not being able to get a diagnosis or antibiotics. And the red is scary because I haven't been able to eat....

Here is the picture of what looks like blood: https://imgur.com/a/7SOyQXe

I (21M, 170cm, 54kg, never smoked) have been having severe throat pain since two days, and since yesterday, I see these yellow flaky stuff forming in multiple places on my face skin and scalp, near points where I previously had pimples and at some random locations too. It seems to be forming a scar, and I look really ugly now. When i remove it, its looks like weird yellow crystals. I feel disgusted (and I am spending my entire day inside my dorm room alone), and some parts of my skin hurt (the lower hanging soft bit of both my ears are in really bad shape). I don't know what is happening, I had gone to a doctor, who had prescribed a gargle liquid, an antibiotic and an antihistamine for throat pain but I did not mention this weird skin thing, because I thought it was unrelated.

Male, 34 years , 6'2 , 249 lb, high cholesterol, no medication since 2 years after using cholesterol medication 4 years which caused lower urine output at the time.

Recently i took antiobiotica for 7 days, 3 times a day, once I saw dark brown urine.

3 days after finishing the antiobiotica I started to get mild bladder irritation, I went to a kidney doctor, the ultrasound and blood test didn't show any abnormalities, the kidney doctor only saw crystals in my kidney. My serum creatine was 0.89.

2 weeks later I got kidney pain , I did Ultrasound again and same results, nothing abnormal like stones, infection, swelling, but crystals where seen in my kidney, serum creatine was 0.96 and urine analyse was clean.

I noticed the following changes since using antiobiotica:

Higher blood pressure then usually, kidney pain/discomfort, stiff back/spinal cord especially when waking up from sleep, foamy urine, not urinating at all or less when waking up from sleep, muscle twitching, after i got kidney pain my red and white blood cells dropped slightly below the normal range which never occurred before and my last CBC said I have mild absolute neutropenia which I never had before, after using antiobiotica but before kidney pain occurred I also did CBC and my red and white blood cells where normal.

24F, virgin.

I recently got my first shot of Gardasil-9 in late October.

I’ve been casually seeing a guy, 41M for almost a year and we’ve had no other sexual contact besides me giving him blowjobs from time to time. I recently found out that he, apparently, has a wife 36F!!! So, I cut him off entirely for obvious reasons. Before that, as a health-conscious person, I asked him about his history and about his wife. He said he had 4 girlfriends before his wife (they were married in 2011) and has been faithful until me. I don’t know if he has/had HPV or what because I was too pissed to ask further, but he seems pretty healthy and has no cutaneous symptoms on his member. I no longer gave him a mouth inspection for lesions/etc since I was fuming at that moment. He also drinks often. On the other hand, besides endometriosis, the wife has no other OB conditions.

I just wanted to know, what are the chances of me getting head/neck/oropharyngeal cancer just because I’ve been sucking him off? I’m sorry, I’ve been really anxious about all this.

Age 34

Sex male

Height 5.11"

Weight 75kg

Race help

Duration of complaint, not more than 24 hours

Location, Pakistan Lahore

Any existing relevant medical issues, Epilepsy

Current medications, epival epanutin lerace and epitab xr. My left knee is larger than my right but I don't think that there isn't any swelling in my left knee. What could be the reason?

Age 34

Sex male

Height 5.11"

Weight 75kg

Race help

Duration of complaint, not more than 24 hours

Location, Pakistan Lahore

Any existing relevant medical issues, Epilepsy

Current medications, epival epanutin lerace and epitab xr. My left knee is larger than my right but I don't think that there isn't any swelling in my left knee. What could be the reason?

29 y/o Asian male. Was wondering if this looks like it’s infected at all? No pain with palpation, does feel like it’s slightly swollen. Can see streaks of red marks just proximal to the nail around the DIPJ.

https://imgur.com/a/DMCwppM

My mom (44F) showed me this today and said that it started like 15 to 20 days ago from a small spot on the inner thigh of one leg and now it's all over that leg. It doesn't itch but it's spreading. What this might be? Is it serious?

https://imgur.com/a/CXDhjYr

I(24M, height 5'10, weight 200lbs) was diagnosed with hypogonadism with my testosterone levels being 178ng/dl. My mood is absolutely pathetic, memory loss and brain fog have become normal at this point. I have severe anxiety and am depressed. I am taking paxil 25mg and I ococcasionally vape. My triglycerides are off the roof with 488mg/dl making me susceptible to diabetes. My doctor suggests low Testosterone to be the root cause of most of my problems. I'm meeting an endocrinologist later this month to discuss my reports.

Will fixing my testosterone help me with my psychological issues?

This happened years ago and it was a sudden lost to us. It happened so fast that I can only think all of these questions after her passing. Would really appreciate if anyone can explain or answer the questions.

My aunt, 80 years old had pneumonia and late in seeking for medical help. She eventually admitted to the ICU and was intubated. I was told her she is gravely ill, that her body is shutting down with multiple organs in failure. Her blood is acidic but the doctor can't do a dialysis because the blood pressure is too low. She was given medication to increase the blood pressure but it didn't work. At the end of the day, we were counselled for her end of life plan, that resuscitating may prolong her life but doesn't give any quality of life due to the organs damages. We decided for DNR.

The doctors then wait for her to pass naturally while she is still intubated. My question is, why wait for the heart to stop beating instead of extubating her? My only logic is it is more humane rather than her suffocating and gasping for air because I was told her left lung is gone and her right lung is not looking too well too.

My second question is I was told the lungs were badly damaged and it was affecting the heart and kidney. Is this a typical line of damage and to be expected in pneumonia patient? If one organ is better than the other, does she stand a chance to recover?

My next question is, how can her blood gets acidic when she is already intubated? Can this happen at earlier stage of pneumonia, when she was not treated?

I want to start this off by saying that I get extremely nervous about my health every time I experience slight symptoms. I have sweet(?) smelling urine and I have been dehydrated (dry mouth and chapped lips) for the past few weeks. Urine has been happening for longer. I don’t drink a lot of water and I drink coffee which I understand can affect the smell of urine. My mouth has also been watering a lot recently. More context: I had a blood sugar test back in June and it was within healthy range. And before that I had another test about a year ago also in healthy range. Am I going crazy with health anxiety again or is this actually something of concern?

I am an overweight 21 year old male with a very sedentary lifestyle.

Hi all! This is a weird medical question that searching through google can't answer. I've not had a PCP basically ever so maybe y'all can help!

My question is: what is the cause of my (26M) hypoglycemia? Everywhere I read says that it's a symptom of another condition, but I was never told that condition, so I worry that there's something else going on with me. I don't take any medications whatsoever.

Backstory: When I was 4 at Halloween I ate a bag of fun dip and immediately got extremely sick. My mom took me to the doctor. They said I had hypoglycemia. I remember getting a round of 16 shots (although that may have been my vaccinations? Idk it's a blurry early childhood memory) but that's the extent of my treatment. I remember my mom being relieved I wasn't diabetic and I've never had to take further shots. Ever since, I've had to maintain a regular diet that is heavy in protein to stabilize my blood sugar. If I go more than 3 hours or so without eating protein (meat at meals, snacks of trail mix, protein bars, cheese, yogurt, etc) then I start getting lightheaded, headaches, tired, distant, dizzy, irritable, etc etc. At dinner parties when the food comes later in the evening, I'll joke that my personality has finally come back 15 minutes into the meal. I can also eat a carton of ice cream before bed and immediately fall asleep like I took a heavy dosage of melatonin. I've been told that I "never stop producing insulin." Eating sugar will make me overproduce insulin, leading to an even faster crash. That's why I have to eat denser protein, to give insulin something to chew on for longer.

Whenever I've gotten a physical I've mentioned this to docs and they ask how I manage it and I just say I keep a regular diet and then they shrug it off. I used to be on a med that required regular blood testing and my doc always gave me a raised eyebrow when he noticed my blood sugar but then seemed comforted by me saying, "Oh, I'm hypoglycemic." No one has ever seemed worried about it.

So can you just "be hypoglycemic" and that's just the condition? Or should I be worried that it's a symptom of something else that's gone undiagnosed my whole life? This is something that has affected every single day of my life so it would be nice to maybe have a little more understanding! Thanks in advance.

I'm posting on behalf of my partner. We've already been to the hospital to see a dermatologist and they're following this up, bit they've said they have no idea what this is. So we're looking for ideas.

She is experiencing a strange skin issue on her hands. The skin feels very thight for her, almosr like wearing plastic gloves which are too small. It wrinkles excessively, looks almost like parchment. It hurts to use her hands, it feels like pulling the skin apart. The skin also turns very red if we do not hydrate it with creams.

Currently treating it with 'elocom 0.1% cream', active product is Mometasone (steroid) during the night and 'dexeryl' (hydrating cream, without Perfume or parabens). This only brings temporary relief for as long as her hands stay moisturized with these creams, we see no progress in healing.

There was temporary progress when she had a course of methylprednisolon, but at the end of the course the skin issues returned. During the methylprednisolon course the complaints almost disappeared.

The dermatologist thought she might be allergic to her handsoap, they recommended us a type of hypoallergenic "soap" which we've been using for the past week.

Issues started around september 24th, the skin back then was really red and irritated, but the tight feeling and parchment skin was not present then. As far as we know, we didnt start using different soaps/creams/clothing or what have you. She did have a problem with washing her hands compulsivly, but this has died down since then. She now washes her hands as much as any other person.

In two days we have a call with her dermatologist to see if changing soaps did anything for her, so far the answer will be 'no'.

If you have any ideas/suggestions, we would be glad to hear them.

Edit: picture of hands in comments

I (23F) had the flu 2 weeks ago (diarrhea, fever, body aches and chills, fatigue). The fever and aches went away after a few days, but I still haven’t got my appetite back and I still have diarrhea several times a day. I’m a teacher so it’s very uncomfortable having the stomach issues because I can’t just leave to use the washroom whenever I want. I’m a small female- before getting sick I was about 118lbs. Now I’m around 110lbs. I try to eat regularly and have as much calories as I can but I’m so not hungry and I get nauseous just thinking about food now.

Should I start taking probiotics? At what point should I call my doctor?

Also, I had blood work last week (I was told to get it done awhile ago for something else), and it was all completely normal.

I (32F), 5'3", 130lbs, caucasian, was diagnosed with WPW 3 years ago after having palpitations for hours, seen in ED, found WPW pattern on EKG. I saw an electrophysiologist, did echo (normal), holter monitor just showed PVCs, did the stress test but delta wave didn't disappear. EP said it was up to me if I wanted an ablation or just monitor. I went with monitoring and then saw another EP a few months ago who said he would have an ablation even though Ive never (that I know of) gone into SVT because I am young and why chance SCD. But I am terrified of dying during the ablation. I do monitor my HR and I do sit in the high 90s but no sustained tachycardia. I do get palpitations when I drink energy drinks or drink alcohol (Ill drink 2 high noons a couple times a month), but otherwise I am asymptomatic and don't know if the palpitations really count as a symptom since my HR is not elevated). As far as I can tell, the literature doesn't have clear guidelines on if ablation is necessary in asymptomatic individuals. My question is, does this sound like a scenario where you would do an ablation? I really am just trying to weigh if the benefit of an ablation outweighs the risk.

Side note: I am on Wellbutrin 300 mg XL, no drugs, no smoking.

Im a male (21) don’t know what’s going on . I want to know if anyone has had similar symptoms,heard of, or what category this could fall under. Definitely going to get medical attention but need to wait till January 1st to start making appointments again due to the health system. My main symptoms as I type is my sinus having a lot of pressure, mild blind spot on left eye, tight chest, nausea when moving head and malaise feeling. I also just feel week and get waves of feeling horrible(best way I can describe it). I usually get paresthesia (like when you fall asleep on your arm), Typically on my left arm and chin. But these are more activated or caused by a trigger. Like when I talk for go long, try to blow a ballon, scream or go on a roller coaster. These are triggered and can spread to basically my whole body where my whole body feels like it has paresthesia all over, Horrible feeling. I usually get flare ups, during I would feel like I have a hangover all the time and is hard for me to even move. It’s been 3 years like this and my symptoms have progressed. If anybody knows what this could be or has had a similar experience I would appreciate it to point my doctor the right way and get more clarity. I feel like I’m cooked, Thank you.

Doctors of reddit, is it possible for a blood type to change?

CONTEXT: When I was in the womb, my mother had my blood type tested, I was B+. She remembered that they gave her an injection because we have different blood types. This was in India. (She is B-, my father was B+)

When I donated blood a few weeks ago, Red Cross told me my blood type was B-. I have never had a blood transfusion, or any trauma that a quick google search says could have caused it. I am the first child for both of them afaik.

Hi Docs - we have a 10 day old newborn that's in the NICU for low oxygen saturation levels (he needs very little oxygen but is slow to wean) from TTN and a small PDA. However, an echocardiogram recently came back that showed there is VSD and is characterized as "small" by the interpreting physician.

We are quite concerned despite being told this VSD is not the cause for her low saturation levels right now. The only objective measurements on the VSD in the report, after Googling, suggests that the VSD may actually be moderate or large (peak velocity 2.2m/s and peak gradient 22mmHg)

Any one with advice on how to interpret these results would be greatly appreciated.

My 8 year old daughter is having major problems with sleep. She seems to have little trouble going to sleep at bedtime but she just can't STAY asleep. And it is getting worse.

During the night she'll either wake up upset & disorientated (pretty sure these are confusional arousals as she doesn't remember them in the morning), or she'll simply wake and be upset & anxious about getting back to sleep again.

This has been happening on and off for about a year now - every time it started up again we brushed it off as a phase. This time round has been especially bad - nobody in the house has got an uninterrupted night's sleep for 2 weeks now. It's affecting every aspect of our life.

Apart from this issue my daughter is generally happy and healthy. She tells me she has no worries, and her school teacher says she has no concerns about her school life. But is this night waking a sign of severe anxiety?

We've got a GP appointment but it's not for a couple of days. I was hoping somebody here could offer some insight and advice on what is happening here.

Height: 5'6" | Weight: 135lbs | Non-smoker | No medications except birth control

Symptoms:

- Extreme tiredness regardless of sleep
- Brain fog/difficulty concentrating
- Mild headaches
- Occasional dizziness
- Normal bloodwork at annual checkup 2 months ago

No lifestyle changes. Sleep 7-8 hours, moderate exercise 3x/week. Could this be thyroid related? Worth getting second opinion?

41 male 170 pounds 5'10 non smoker no other serious health problems no medications

My bowels smell like rotten eggs.

I've had labs done including blood, urine and stool samples sent to the lab. Everything was normal.

I tried to get a colonoscopy but the doctor said I wasn't cleaned out.

Health care is very expensive where I live so I've tried a clear liquid diet for the last six weeks.

I still have the rotten egg smell and I still have diarrhea with distinct stools.

Any guesses?

30 year old female in the UK Was on the combined pill, but stopped taking it a few weeks ago due to migraines 50mg of sertraline 1 x day (initially for PMDD But I found it generally helpful for mood so take daily) Do wear glasses but only needed for screen time rather than general use. Do have the wrong prescription as I need the acid stuff in my eyes to see my full prescription so I've not worn the right glasses for a year (have eye test booked for next week)

For the last few weeks I've had this weird sensation where it feels as though my eyes are a bit jiggly. When I'm sat down, I'm fine but if I go outside and start walking my eyes feel strange and it's almost like when you get off of a really long airplane ride and you have a bit of vertigo for some time whilst you adjust. But I've not been on a plane and I'm not doing anything different at the moment that could cause this. I do have issues with my ears (potentially eczema although undiagnosed) and I feel like I've partially lost hearing in one ear (also have a hearing test booked next week) but the eye situation when walking makes me feel off, and like if I move my head to quickly or walk too quickly I might pass out, as the off kilter feeling makes me dizzy.

I've also been having headaches, either normal all over headaches, or like a left side headache which feels like a shooting pain.

It would be great to get some directive because it's a really odd sensation and I've not had it before bar after long travel but it never hasn't this long even then!

Hi, I’m currently having a really bad headache, it feels like my brain’s throbbing and it hurts behind my eyes. I took medicine but I’m wondering if a cold or hot shower would be better, or if theres anything else i can do. it’s hurting a lot and I can barely do anything

Age 23M weight 76.5KG

Hi all, I’ve been working from home with long hours sitting at my desk from past 4 days and minimal movement.

Recently, I started feeling a persistent pain on the left side of my lower abdomen (around the liver area). I was feeling uncomfortable this side of area from several weeks

At first, I thought it was just fatigue, but then I got a mild fever around 3 a.m. and some unusual bowel movements, including incomplete evacuation and dark, jelly-like stool.

I waited for a couple of days, hoping it would resolve, but it didn’t. I went to a clinic where two doctors sit, and the one who did my initial check recommended some tests (CBC, CRP, LFT). After seeing my results, he told me I had jaundice due to high bilirubin. The next day he recommended me for checkup again .

I saw the senior doctor (who also checks patients when he is free in the clinic). He reviewed my results and explained that while my bilirubin was high, it might not be jaundice – he said it could be due to rapid RBC breakdown, liver issues, or another cause. Interestingly, I had a similar issue with high bilirubin last summer and consulted this same doctor back then.

He prescribed antibiotics & probiotics for five days and recommended more tests, but the pain is still there, and the antibiotics aren’t helping much. Pain is still there I still had to poop multiple times with same poop properties

I’m not sure if I should be more worried since I can work and do things normally, but the symptoms maybe concerning.

Prescription images attached - http://bit.ly/4fiv5tm

Let me know if someone need to see lab reports too.

If anyone has any advice, I’d really appreciate it!

Thank You

Female age 29 height 5'3 weight 160 recently got this painful sore under my arm in my armpit area it's bigger then a silver dollar, red like a hard ball almost like a boil of cyst .My husband had one in his groin area , well above his groin a few weeks ago I don't know if related or not but I can hardly move my arm . I found it while shaving. So painful I can't move my arm much or even sleep ! Just took everything I had to squeeze it and blood and a yellow ish green maybe gray puss came out . Didn't have a smell .

Stepped on a small glass shard from a broker bangle, Removed it and it bled a little. Showed a doc when the pain was unbearable, he gave painkillers, tetanus shot and did an X ray which came out clear. The thing is that the shot was after 3 days of the incident

It still gets painful at nights and is okay through the day. Does this look like a septic infection?

//PIcs attached on recent profile posts

(Have no fever)