I'm 15 male and I was going to eat dinner outside with my mom and sister when I started feeling pain in my testicle, it hurted a lot (not unbearable tho). 2 hours later the pain has nearly went away, I barely even feel it. I was scared this could be testicular torsion, but since it wasn't that painful I don't think it was. I have also not ejaculated in 10 days, so that could be correlated. What should I do?

Let's say someone is doing a drug test on you soon, what foods or drinks can you ingest in order to make your urine an abnormal, absurd, or alarming color (other than blood color).

would they faint from the pain the moment they hit the oil or would a person actually stay concious for afew seconds?

I’m 35/ F. For most my adult life I’ve had high blood pressure during the day and night. Soemtimes it’s 150’s/100! I’ve always heard docs say to take your BP upon waking each morning, which I do, and it’s always within normal range <120/80 or a few points left. How can it be so normal in the mornings and all day be way up? Even if I’m sedentary for a while??

Hi all, I'm 30, male, 5'7" and 150 lbs. I've had constant throat drainage for the last 2 months, which triggers my gag reflex and forces me to spit every 15-30 seconds all day. If I don’t spit, I end up throwing up, which has happened multiple times. Here’s what I’ve tried and what’s going on:

Symptoms: Started with a sore throat and cough that went away after a few days. Now it’s just nonstop mucus in my throat.

Meds Tried: OTC options like Mucinex DM and Zyrtec – didn’t help. Doctor prescribed 3 days of steroids, which also didn’t work.

Other Suggestions: My doctor recommended Afrin and Flonase. I’m avoiding Afrin because my dad had a bad reaction, and Flonase caused severe anxiety after one dose, so I stopped.

Without insurance, I’m limited to affordable in-store options or a sliding scale clinic in my area. I’m desperate for ideas on what might work to relieve this drainage.

Temporary Relief: Sunflower seeds (in the shell) actually help stop the drainage while I'm eating them. It’s not ideal, as I have to eat them constantly, but it gives relief for a bit.

Would greatly appreciate any insights on what’s causing this or suggestions for remedies I haven’t tried. Thank you in advance!

Hi all, I'm 30, male, 5'7" and 150 lbs. I've had constant throat drainage for the last 2 months, which triggers my gag reflex and forces me to spit every 15-30 seconds all day. If I don’t spit, I end up throwing up, which has happened multiple times. Here’s what I’ve tried and what’s going on:

Symptoms: Started with a sore throat and cough that went away after a few days. Now it’s just nonstop mucus in my throat.

Meds Tried: OTC options like Mucinex DM and Zyrtec – didn’t help. Doctor prescribed 3 days of steroids, which also didn’t work.

Other Suggestions: My doctor recommended Afrin and Flonase. I’m avoiding Afrin because my dad had a bad reaction, and Flonase caused severe anxiety after one dose, so I stopped.

Without insurance, I’m limited to affordable in-store options or a sliding scale clinic in my area. I’m desperate for ideas on what might work to relieve this drainage.

Temporary Relief: Sunflower seeds (in the shell) actually help stop the drainage while I'm eating them. It’s not ideal, as I have to eat them constantly, but it gives relief for a bit.

Would greatly appreciate any insights on what’s causing this or suggestions for remedies I haven’t tried. Thank you in advance!

Why call them cardiologists, when they could be called Cardiac doctors? and so on so forth ...

I had a date like 3 days ago with a guy. Everything went great until he gave me a handjob and at some point, while he was doing it, he was doing it very aggressively and it started to hurt my penis. I told him to stop because it hurts. I didn't feel any pain on that night or the day after. On the second day after the date, I was shocked to see that I have a bruise on the side of my penis and that my foreskin ( not all of it, just right behind the tip of the penis ) is swollen and a little bit bruised. At this moment, the bruise on the side of my penis is fading away but that part of the foreskin is still swollen. Was he too aggressive? Will the swollen go down? What should I do to prevent complications? I am a virgin, so that's why I thought he was to wild with my penis and he pushed my foreskin too much. And I also put cold water on it everyday .

Hello, just a (quick) question, cuz I could kinda piece together the rest myself... but I was wondering. If someone was for 4 days in a coma and wakes up... would they feel super hungry?

Bonus: If you are a medical professional in Vienna, what would the first thing the nurse/doctors do after a patient wakes up from a 4-day coma after a ruptured aneurysm from almost getting hit by lightning? And how long would they be kept in the hospital if they seem to be recovering amazingly well with no side effects whatsoever (not even burns)? (Non-Austrian medical professionals are welcome to share what they do in their countries, so I get a better idea how off I am with I got so far.)

what should my next steps be following a shitty ER treatment and unresolved symptoms?

i went to the ER yesterday for 4 hours of hyperemesis, which turned into my limbs tingling. this continued throughout the entire night at the ER. zofran did not help, and they refused any more meds without me being in a room.

my nurse kept mocking me and rolling her eyes, and became very rude when i told her i wanted to leave because i was feeling too sick to continue to wait in a wheelchair into the next morning.

they said my lactic acid was high (5.5) my co2(14) was low, glucose high (119) anion gap (119). everything else was normal so they considered me stable and had me waiting all night in a wheelchair.

i became more irritable as the vomiting worsened and turned into violent dry heaving, my nurse was mocking me continuously as i became more agitated and out of body from the vomiting, so i just left AMA and started hydrating here at home.

this is why i don’t like ERs.

Hi r/AskMedical,

I recently had two biopsies done at a dermatologist office and paid $80 plus $220 for the visit. They took off two freckles from my back and sent them to a lab. I received the results and one of them has to be monitored with a second visit next month.

However, I just got a $352 bill for the pathologist in the mail. I wasn't expecting a bill, much less one larger than my actual visit. Is the office not supposed to give me a heads up or is this something I should have known about? Is this allowed? I kind of don't want to go to my follow-up if it's gonna be another $600+.

Hey guys, I hope you all are well.

I'm sorry if this isn't the appropriate place to submit this ask, but I wasn't sure where else to look for advice, and couldn't find any straight forward information or specific legal requirement for my state online.

I also would like to apologise for how long this, As well as forewarn that this contains issues of reproductive and sexual health, and themes relating to such.

For some context I'm a 21 year old woman in NSW Australia. I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), which seems to run in my family as all my sisters also have this, in my early teens and have experienced extremely sporadic menstrual cycles and periods since I began having them at 8 years old.

I also want to mention that one of my older sisters (who also has PCOS) has had cervical cancer and has had to have a partial hysterectomy after it came back. So there's a hysterectomy of reproductive cancers in the family.

I could say so many things about that have already been said about how little medical consideration I've been given by doctors when bringing up concerns with my PCOS, including but not limited to:

• the doctor (my paediatrition) who ordered all my external ultrasounds to diagnose me with PCOS not bothering to tell me (at age 13) or my parents that I did indeed have the condition. Instead telling us that the scans were fine and leaving us to find out about it by an off handed comment from a dietitian she sent me to for help with managing the hormonal weight gain I was experiencing.

• multiple doctors refusing to acknowledge that PCOS can hormonally impact many factors of womems health and instead telling me that I didn't need, and wouldn't have, it looked into or addressed by my doctors at all until I wanted to conceive children with my future husband

• having the contraceptive pill thrown at me at a young age as the first and only way they would medically help me 'manage' the hormonal issues I was experiencing with rapid weight gain, sporadic periods, and severe cystic hormonal acne I was experiencing.

Anyway, sorry for the rant, that's just some parts of what I've been frustrated with when it comes to trying to advocate for my reproductive health.

On to the question I'm asking and the reason I've brought it here.

Late last year, a week and a half straight, i experienced the most pain I had ever had during during, and then continuing for another 4 days after, a period which came after 6 months without one. This pain was mostly coming from my lower back I couldn't stand up straight, couldn't stand at all for more than a minute, couldnt walk without almost crying and feeling like my legs would give out (instead having to brace myself on an office chair and slowly wheel around to go from the kitchen to my bed to get water and try to eat some food when I felt like I could). I also couldn't really go to the toilet properly or clean myself. I had to call out of work, and couldn't go to my university classes.

I ended up taking myself to the emergency room twice late at night thinking that it might be signs of an inflamed ovarian cyst or something else relating to this.

Im lucky enough to usually have hardly any cramping, so this alarmed me greatly. (I've also had quite bad cramps during periods since this incident).

The first night I went to the ER, I stayed 2 hours before being advised around 3am to go home and come back some time the next day as there would be a 8-11 hour wait to be seen.

I went home and managed to get some sleep. I felt a little better the next day, so felt that I might be able to see it out, but it got worse again that night and I went in again. After 3 hours I was lucky enough to be able to see one of the doctors in training (our local hospital is partnered with the university so a lot of students, graduates, and students doing their doctorates are offered placements there). She was honestly lovely and had very good bedside manner.

I went in, layed down on one of the ER beds, and she asked me questions, had me demonstrate whether I could do certain movements to rule out muscle injuries, and felt my abdomen (I assume to try and check for bloating or swelling on one side compared to the other.

She told me there wasn't anything they could effectively do for me that night, game me some panadol, recommend different pain medication to take, and said to have my regular doctor refer me to a gynocologist as soon as possible.

I went home (around 5am) booked the earliest appointment with my doctor (which was 4 days away) and waited.

Luckily the pain subsided two days later, though I was still a bit sore from the way my muscles had strained from not being able to stand or stand properly for so long, and had my doctor send a referral to the public gynocology clinic at the hospital (as I cannot afford private).

She also sent me to have a full set of blood work and ultrasounds done (I love my doctor).

I heard back from the clinic and was told it would be 8 months to a year and a half for an appointment. (I was lucky that someone had called out of an appointment last minute and got in to see a gynocologist 9 months later).

The issues arise with the ultrasounds.

For context, I am a virgin, having never had intercouse with another person, but have been penetrated by objects by myself. So when asked if I was sexually active by the technician, I answered truthfully.

I was then told that despite my consent, both verbal and signed (as here you have to sign consent prior to a intervaginal ultrasound, which i had done so before she began asking routine questions) consent that she and the clinic would be refusing to conduct said the intervaginal ultrasound despite my doctor and myself requesting it, and would only do the external abdominal one. (Also to note, I am admittedly overweight, and have been told that this would possibly impact the accuracy of an external abdominal ultrasound).

Her explanation for why she would not do this, or would not have another technician perform the ultrasound was "because you have not had sex this could be very uncomfortable and even painful for you, and we generally don't perform internal ultrasounds on virgins/sexually non active women and some people may be religiously opposed". Which I understand completely, but had felt a bit angry that despite myself a. Not being religious in the slightest, b. Having had things inserted before, and being fully prepared for some discomfort and pain from the procedure, and c. Consenting to the procedure, having discussed with my own doctor what we believed the best medical testing and decisions for myself would be, and wanting to know answers in the most accurate possible way of why I had had the scary experience and was since then experiencing increased pain during menstrual cycles, that I was being denied parts of recommend medical care all because i do not have a sexual partner and because other people might find it religiously immoral.

I don't even know if it is legal for them to do this in my country and state? I certainly don't think it's right for someone to make these decisions for me contrary to what my own doctor and myself have decided on.

I also had a slight issue when It came to the gynocologist I was able to see.

I had gone in hopeful that I could have my pcos addressed and possibly have my first gynocology checks to start the routine testing so I could be on the look out for any possible symptoms of cancer in the future (again as it runs in the family and my sister had recently been diagnosed with it).

I originally had requested to see any of the first available female gynocologists (not that I have any issue at all with male gynocologists, I have great respect for them, but I am extremely socially anxious (likely due to my autism) and was thinking ahead that I might as a young woman feel more comfortable having my first gynocology appointment with another woman than the one of the older men in their 60s who form a large basis of the population of gynocologists in my local hospital.)

It wasn't until I was actually at the appointment that I was told they were able to find any available female doctor to facilitate this request and that i could either take an appointment with one of their male doctors or go back on the wait list for another 6 months.

So I decide to suck it up and go into the appointment. This doctor basically overlooks all of my concerns, offers and encourages me to take the pill, despite me saying that I had already tried that treatment and not only did it not help, but I had experienced extremely adverse mental health side effects. Then he advises that he would not be able to help me otherwise for another 4 years as I was 'too young' to be in the age range where they would want to begin routine tests. So that was it. 9 months of an anxious wait for 30mins of having the issues I brought up overlooked and sent out to leave as he was busy ignoring me and doing excess paperwork on his desk.

All of this incredibly long post (I'm sorry about that) to ask:

Is this normal?

How is this legal?

Is it legal that other people who don't know me have the right to dictate my access to reproductive health treatment?

How is it okay for people do deny my what other women my age who have access to just because I haven't had sex?

If anyone had any advice on what to do I'd be so incredibly grateful.

I'm going to continue to speak to my actual doctor about this, and continue to bring up my concerns, but thought it couldn't hurt to see if anyone else has had similar experiences and might have some general opinion or advice.

(Ps. We still don't know what caused that week and a half episode, and the issue had pretty much been dropped with 'nothing more' the doctors can or are willing to do.)

I’m a 22F and have recently had some health problems that made me nauseous and not wanting to eat for around a month and a half, I have lost about 20lbs and now only weigh around 100lbs which is slightly below what I should be. I am no longer sick and I have been trying to eat as much protein and keep my calorie intake up but I’m having trouble feeling hungry. I feel like I can only eat half of what I used to eat before maybe even less, I don’t feel the need to eat. It’s really messing with my head because I’m trying so hard to gain weight and every time I weigh myself I weigh the same…I’ve been eating eggs, protein shakes, and carbs. Any advice on how to gain my appetite?

Hello i’am 21F , I came because I don’t know what to do , I went to many doctors but it is not helping that much. To resume : when I wake up from sleep my heart rate can reach 160 btm and my stomach is already bloated and I need to go to the toilet and po*p . Sometimes it can last for 30min or 1hour . I have already had an echocardiogram and ecg the result came good , the cardiologist told that I have tachycardia . have already had an abdominal ultrasound they told me I have an aerocolia and the rest of the day sometimes I feel good until night or I feel suffocated and belly get bloated and some palpitations.I do think that I have some anxiety but I don’t think it is the only thing. "I take beta-blockers which is actually helping, my heart rate now reach 110 or 105 at max . I’am scared , I can’t practice sports like I used to , can’t go out with friends can’t go without some medications even if it’s not that helpful , I feel scared when I go to sleep.

Thank you for reading.

My loved one (29m) has this "thing?" where he can't go without eating for more than an hour or so without getting incredibly sick. His mood drops, his body starts to crash out on him (I.E. shaking, dry-heaving uncontrollably, nose running) and his will deteriorates. We've tried all mixtures of things from shakes and smoothies every thirty minutes through the day to sending him to an eight hour shift with two meals and sometimes that still won't be enough to get him by without dry-heaving into oblivion. I can't seem to find the right set of search words to put into Google to find more information on whatever my loved one suffers from but it takes a huge toll on their mental state from feeling less than capable of living their life and my physical state from cooking all of the time and cleaning up after myself. Does anyone have a name for this "thing" or any sort of ideas for us? We just want to live a happy life without him losing 36+ hours to recovering from not eating a meal two hours after lunch. TIA.

Edit to add: he is INCREDIBLY thin, he gained and lost about 120 pounds within the last five years after winning a HUGE battle with alcoholism about five years back, for more context.