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/r/DiagnoseMe

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Is a liver "lesion" & gallbladder polyp. Do I worry yet?

A 2.2 mm lesion was found on my liver and in the same ultrasound, a 5mm gallbladder polyp was noted as well. I'm in my 60s and should get a copy of my report but am too afraid. Otherwise, I'm pretty healthy. They said to wait until this time next year to image it again. But I've spent a lot of time with Doctor Google and thought I would post here. Should I be really concerned?

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2024/04/29
23:45 UTC

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Is this hsv-1?

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2024/04/29
23:30 UTC

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Brain Shut Off/Down

I’m (18) Male and I’m dealing with a peculiar problem that IDK how to solve.

It started Yesterday (Well the” LIST” of my Problems Started a Week Ago) I took my first Edible at school (with no sleep go figure) which ended up with me having a panic attack. Ever since then, anxiety has completely taken control over my body, staying awake all night researching symptoms, and treatments on how to “Fix” everything. My grandmother then took me to the doctor where he prescribed me (Hydroxgine) which helped me calmed down & get some much needed sleep. Anyway the next day happens & I was given the same pill and started to meditate in my sleep/ using breathing treatments/ cold air/ white noise becoming the most relaxed I’ve ever been these last couple of days. Trying to forget everything that was bothering me and it was working.

Until, a sensation where It felt like my brain had turned off/shut down started to occur. I know it would occur cause everything would go blank & all sound (like my white noise) would go away for a few seconds. At first I didn’t really care and tried to get the sleep I needed but then it kept happening which became even scarier, I just thought it was the affect of the medicine (It’s only a been a day so I don’t really know or not) but it’s been bugging the crap out of me so I took too the internet again, but this time I haven’t seen anything about this which is making my anxiety even worse. I’ve only seen an old forum & a post from r/sleep here a few years back that has had the same experiences.

If you know what I’m talking about or experiencing please share your experiences down too, it makes me feel like I’m not alone🙏

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2024/04/29
23:21 UTC

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Repeat food poisoning, Am I vulnerable? Why!?

I’m a 34 year old active female. I’d say healthier than average but no rockstar. I’m the past six months I’ve had a bought of food poisoning 3x! Two were terribly severe, this last one was much quicker to work its way out.

What might make me more susceptible? I do have a toddler in daycare so perhaps that. I’ve also been more stressed over the past 5 months or so (fertility issues and returning back to work).

Thoughts?

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2024/04/29
23:15 UTC

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Headaches and nose bleeds

Hi, i (20f) have been getting headaches for a few years now. Lately they have been getting worse and have been almost constant. Here’s a list of my symptoms:

  • pain behind right eye and right side of head (idk how to explain the pain in my head is at eye level and above)
  • pain when touching around face/cheeckbone on the right side of my head. The pain shoots to behind my eye and to my head.
  • a few years ago i suddenly had alot of nosebleeds but my doctor said its because of allergies. Now they’ve suddenly started again and i’m scared it’s connected to the headaches because they’re also on the right side.
  • when i have headaches i sometimes get dizzy/nauseous.
  • sensitivity to sound and light (especially artificial light) during headaches.
  • i’ve tried to time them but there’s no consistency.
  • sometimes the pain is very bad and it radiates to behind my left eye.

Yes, i drink enough water. I eat and sleep enough. I’ve been to the doctor about 2 weeks ago. She prescribed fluticason nasal spray. I’m supposed to call back if its not working after 2 weeks (and i will call back). She thought it could be stress but even during non-stressfull periods, i get headaches. I’m central asian so i have a bit of a tan and i do take vitamine D (because i live in west-Europe). I’m about 5’7 and have a normal bmi. If i have a stressfull periodes or sleep/drink less, my headaches get alot worse. I don’t notice any difference during my menstruation. I’m have hay fever and am allergic to dust mites, horses, dogs and cats. About two years ago i got a cat and i have built up a tollerance/immunity to her. My headaches started before i got her.

If you need more info, just ask. I’m very scared it might be a tumor but the doctor said that’s probably not it. She also said it’s not migraines or glaucoma. Thinking it might be something like pressure behind my eye idk.

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2024/04/29
22:18 UTC

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Took my cast off after 3 days of having it wet

My cast got soaked for 3 days, my foot felt like it had a million ants biting it so I went the hospital they took it off. The pain disappeared an hour after they took it of and never came back, but my foot was wrinkly, white, and had blue spots on the top. Doctor gave me Fucidin cream and a walking boot, told me to come back after 2 days. Got back home applied the cream twice and now the next day after applying it 3 times the whiteness is gone but the blue spots have turned dark brown/black which worries me a lot. I check up with the doctor tomorrow but I can't help but ask, has anyone had an experience similar to this and what was the outcome?

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2024/04/29
22:16 UTC

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Is this oral herpes?

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2024/04/29
22:06 UTC

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i’m at my wits end.

I know exactly what i’m suspecting, but i will not say so that this post is not corroded with my preconceived ideas

I plan on going to a psychiatrist this summer to get screened.

  • M(19)
  • no diagnosed pre-existing mental conditions
  • no meds
  • solid home life (this is why all of this confuses me more)

symptom info (general):

  • consistent depressive thoughts and mood swings since 11
  • did not get to suicidal ideation until 13
  • 14-16 brought intense fear of losing friends/people close to me, random periods of lashing out and wanting to quit hobbies

Anyways, wrote a rant to myself a week ago because i was feeling so fed up with living the way i do. this should be enough of a description

i wish my mind wasn’t so polluted with irrationality. i hate hating everyone i care ab for small bursts of time over stupid shit. i hate it so much. im fighting lashing out and blocking people like hell rn. i’m sorry. i don’t even know what set me off this time. take me to a boxing ring for fucks sake, put me on meds, i need to not feel like this for once in my fucking life. therapy only goes so far. i can’t redirect behaviors 24/7 as much as i’m told to, because it’s like a drug to me. but “it can’t possibly be” what i think it is right? great, tell me what’s wrong with me. please. so i don’t put an end to everything before im 30. it’s genuinely so mentally exhausting living in my brain. i’ve learned to fully disconnect from the thoughts that boom through my head like fucking lightning, but that just means my days go by quicker, and my time on earth feels more and more meaningless. how the fuck is that not dissociative enough for you? how the fuck is any of this not enough for a professional to fix me?

i don’t know how i got to this point, i don’t get it. i feel entirely disconnected from my friends and family when all they do is show me love. i am selfish. maybe that’s why i’m so pathetic and internally broken to hell. i destroyed myself. i will never be good enough for anyone or anything. i should be laying under the earth.

I can handle myself a lot better than I could when I was 15-16, as those were my peak years of outbursts, lashing out, cutting, and suicidality. but I’m feeling all of what I did back then times 10. Can someone tell me if I’m normal? If I’m not, what’s wrong with me? Please? I’ve asked professionals, I’ve asked my parents, I’ve asked everyone, what am i? am i a monster? am i evil? why do i wreck nearly every meaningful friendships and relationship in my life with my overclinginess and intense pre-mourning to prepare for when i will be thrown away. a figment of the past. that fucking hurts man. it really really hurts. im sick of living like a beat puppy.

i am more mentally fragile than i thought i was. you ask me, “why do you share yourself and what’s on your mind so openly here?”. i answer with the following: everyone who already knows this information was already going to hurt me with it in the first place. what’s the point of protecting myself if i know everyone’s going to hurt me lol. how can you protect one’s trust and privacy if it has already been brutalized? i am your dog, i am beneath you. i am nothing. so why would i bestow that power onto anyone other than i?

sure, go on and punch down on me. mentally, i have nothing to lose. i am but a worthless, worthless dog.

i am a product of my own loneliness. i want connection, yet when i see others connecting without me, i feel bitter towards them. i’ve only just realized that i was never bitter towards them, i was bitter towards being left-out, being “abandoned”. it’s my own fault. i always assume i’m the odd-one out. i always assume no one wants me. for fucks sake, what’s wrong with me man. why do none of my friendships or relationships work. everything hurts. i am nothing, but if i am something, i am shit.

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2024/04/29
21:30 UTC

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Lip/chin twitching for over a month

I (18M) have been having twitches in my lip/chin area for over a month now. I haven’t been able to find any way of stopping it or any potential causes. It comes and goes a bit, I might have one 2 hour period where it’s completely fine, and then another where it just won’t stop. Any advice appreciated, thanks

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2024/04/29
20:38 UTC

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Got a tiny prick by a fish hook

My dog got a random fish hook with string/line attached to her fur during a walk by park/marina. As i was getting it out of her the hook gave me a tiny prick and i bled a tiny amount fora second. It wasnt rusty.

Do i need to get a tetanus shot tomorrow?

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2024/04/29
20:17 UTC

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Knee Pain

I need a knee diagnosis

4 days ago while playing soccer I injured my left knee, I am out of town and wont be home for at least another week so I have not seen a doctor. I have done my best to keep it easy by not running and staying away from stairs but the pain still comes back a few times a day. There is no swelling or other visual changes to the knee. From online images I believe it to be my meniscus or a nearby muscle.

When I am sitting or laying down I have full range of motion with no pain but sometimes when I run or go down stairs I have this sharp pain on the inside of my knee. If I sit down to stretch or massage the hurt area, it goes away in under a minute. Then I can continue walking like normal.

If it is still bothering me in a week, I plan to see a doctor but I am wondering if anyone has info on what might be wrong or offer some treatment / timeframe info I can use in the meantime. Thank you.

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2024/04/29
20:04 UTC

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When I pee my look like the water clear or transparent but when I pee in a cup my pee is not clear or transparent it dark-yellow

When I urinate in the toilet, the color of my urine appears clear or transparent. However, when I collect my urine in a cup, its color is dark-yellow. When I pour it back into the toilet, the color of my urine turns light yellow or clear again.

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2024/04/29
19:35 UTC

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Randomly sleeping?

Hi!

F/34/165CM/67KG No meds High cholesterol since early 20s ( both ldl and hld high but genetic ) Blood pressure is either great or slightly low ( docs have trouble measuring it sometimes) No thyroid issues.

I cannot go to sleep at will but sometimes after carb heavy meals I feel the urge to lie down. I usually end up passing out for an hr or so.

This also happens if I'm fasting for a longer period as it makes me more and more larthargic instead of energetic as some others have reported. I lie down and before I know it I am asleep.

Normally I would assume blood sugar issues but my fasting is still under 100, and a1c is also within normal guidelines.

I've also randomly passed out from just lying down and scrolling my phone after a work day.

Heavy exercise also makes me sleepy and need to lie down or nap.

When in public I have not had thus happen but very common when in my house. Though sometimes I've felt sleepy waves while sitting in someone's living room after intense workout or heavy meal.

Because of these random naps my sleep schedule can get messed up but I don't quite know what is the trigger. I don't have any known allergies but try to eat low sugar and gluten free most of the time because of the formentioned sleep attacks as it seems to help.

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2024/04/29
19:24 UTC

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All my tests are fine but why am I still tired??

Hi I’m a 20F I have had pain in my upper abdomen and upper right part for a while now on and off it increases whenever I eat something unhealthy or coffee or anything considered heavy to digest

I also have bloating, belching and post nasal drip and my colon is going insane ( cramps and loud sounds), I currently have constipation and a mild hemorrhoids.

I have been eating healthy for a while now so my symptoms are sometimes alleviated but whenever I eat chips or smth it hurts again.

I have did a lot of tests ultrasound, blood test and H.pylori stool test and all of them were negative thankfully but I’m still annoyed since I don’t know what the problem is.

I don’t want a diagnosis I am asking what could be wrong or what tests should I do so I can know what’s wrong or does that mean that’s it’s idiopathic?

For my medication history I only take antacids because of my current acidity and sometimes anti flatulence and that’s it.

For my disease history I don’t have any except anemia that I just discovered lately from my blood test and it’s the iron deficiency one

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2024/04/29
18:28 UTC

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Intense stomach pain

24F, no medical history, 164 cm, 75 kg Symptoms: extreme pain in the top part of stomach that lasts for a few days. I deal with it with pain killers. Did tests a few times at different places. One place said I had an infection but didn't specify anymore. Other tests showed nothing wrong. I get the pain once every few months

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2024/04/29
17:58 UTC

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