/r/askashittydoctor
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What does "+HT in right ear" mean?
I googled it but can't find anything. I was recently involved in an accident that involved falling on my right ear, with a wireless earbud in the ear. Got pretty bloody and still feel dizzy weeks afterward.
So I have severe anxiety. I'm a hypochondriac to an extent. I've been under ALOT of stress recently and my anxiety and stress have been alot higher than Normal. My bf this past week got sick really sick with some kinda cold flu virus. During this time he and I both took alot of vit c tummeric ginger multi vitamin b elderberry and stuff. I never got "traditionally sick" but my bf got fevers congestion coughing you know the normal stuff that happens when you have a flu or cold. A few days prior to him getting sick I would occasionally get really really hot flashes and some mild facial Flushing(face looks red hot to the touch and can feel the heat). Ever since he has been sick the hot flashes and facial Flushing happen more and are so beyond annoying and like my normal self I have been researching and looking up stuff thinking I have every disease Under the Sun between Cancer EBV mono lupus and many many more things... Etc but the problem as always with my hypochondriac and Google together is that I never have enough symptoms my only symptoms literally are anxiety facial Flushing hot flashes. I'm a 30 year old man. The last time I felt like this was when I was taking niacin and took too much of it this was a very long time ago( around 19). Now my boyfriend is basically almost all the way better he hasn't had fevers in days and at the usual end how it usually works when you're at the end of the flu or cold. Me personally I am still having hot flashes and facial Flushing. Does anyone have any ideas. I have taken vitamins and supplements since I was a late teen as a precaution I have stopped taking everything a day ago and so far nothing has changed. My boyfriend is basically all the way better. But my facial Flushing and hot flashes continue the hot flashes are becoming less but the facial flushing is about the same. I have checked my bp oxygen heart rate and temp a few times during all this. All was nomal my bp the last time i check it was just a little high 130 / 80 my bp normaly runs around 120/80. But if your under stress and anxiety it can raise a little. I don't have insurance or money and the last time I went to the clinic (1yr ago) for a different matter thinking I had something wrong with me then. I had immense anxiety fatigue tingling constipation. They gave me anxiety medicine and told me there was nothing else wrong with me..... I don't like the side effects I've read about the anxiety medicine so I haven't tried it during this episode of facial flushing this is the first time I've ever experienced anything like this except for when I had taken way too much niacin a very long time ago. THE FACIAL FLUSHING IS DRIVING ME INSANE ANY IDEAS OR HELP!? I forgot to add I occasionally have itching but I've always occasionally had itching from time to time.....THE FACIAL FLUSHING IS GOING TO DRIVE ME INSANE!? HELP!?
For example: arachnophobia. I am scared to death of spiders but I have never in my life captured a spider just to torture it. I usually just avoid spiders at all costs.
Am I cured? Or did I never really have arachnophobia to begin with?
I surely don't plan to walk more and even these 6 km is me walking out my dogs, a duty nobody can help me with.
Am I going to live a year more or something? Anything encouraging but real. Thanks!
So, just to preface this, I do not have health insurance. Budget options would be greatly appreciated.
Yesterday I was playing frogger on the local free way. (I dress up as a frog and dodge cars), and mistimed my last jump only for a semi-truck to clip my left leg knocking me over. After that about six to seven more cars swerved to run over my leg. The middle of my thigh is mushy and when pressed on feels like a wet bag of re-fried beans with twigs mixed in. I decided to walk it off and see if it gets better on its own but at this point the pain is pretty unbearable. I am ideally looking for an all natural way to both ensure my leg heals on its own and to help with the pain.
Back in 2020 I ate three large scented candles. Is it true that this can affect my fertility? I intend to continue such behavior in the future. I have no regrets, they were awesome.
My doctor prescribed me Strattera recently. It doesnt work very well, and I recently went to urinate and semen emitted instead. What does this mean?
Those cardboard boxes won’t melt themselves.
Do I have a twin, and what is he saying?
The symptoms came slowly at first. My bra wiggled from time to time, but I thought it would only happen when I moved my upper body in general, so I was not question it any further.
One week ago my mom hinted at those weird movements my bra did and I only casually answered „That’s ok. It’s probably just some nerve rotating under my skin.“ My answer made her more confused, but I was totally ok. Not understand it either.
Three days ago I finally witnessed something bizarre and unbelievable, if you didn’t happen to film it (my uncle Buck, who we call Pepper occasionally or Cinderella, because he’s losing his shoe all the time, but only the left one, took a video of this incident, but he’s denying it for whatever reason). My right nipple suddenly shifted upwards, pointing towards my face and then the left followed.
You can imagine that I was extremely horrified and in utter shock. I thought, only Jackie Chan was able to do that. In my case, it was involuntarily and happened at McDonalds, where a probably six year old looked at me like I stole his sticky, oily ballon for entertainment. I did, but that’s beside the point.
Yesterday was the final straw: while I brushed my three hair strands, breast out and about, my nipples turned again. But this time, it didn’t stop. They rotated into a steady helicopter motion from left to right. They weren’t quite synchronized, but if I had turned on „Who can it be now?“ from Men At Work, they would’ve for sure.
Any advice on how to proceed? And no, I won’t do OF.
When I was around eight years old, something odd happened. I went to the bathroom, and after returning to my bedroom, I suddenly felt the need to pee again, and it was a lot. This didn't happen again for a long time, but as I get older and entered my teenage years, the issue came back. I started peeing frequently with short intervals, sometimes lasting for a few minutes to several hours. The color of my urine changes to clear. This could happen in the morning or at night, but the nighttime instances bothered me more. The pattern was irregular, with breaks lasting weeks or even months. Worried, I initially thought it might be diabetes. I tried a diet, but have decreases in blood sugar, especially since I am an active person. Surprisingly, when I am very hunger or I have low blood sugar, this case doesn't show up. Additionally, sometimes staying up all night might cause this situation. I wondered how a diabetic person could experience decreases in blood sugar without medication. During these episodes, my hands felt somehow dry, and this dryness persisted until the frequent urination stopped. Since yesterday, I have been going through the same issues again. I stayed up all night due to severe constipation, and the frequent urination occured and continued until morning when it finally stopped. It seems to happen more at night, like around 75% of the time. Just to note, I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but I don't think it's connected to these symptoms. Any thoughts on what might be going on? Has anyone else gone through this? Could it possibly be Diabetes Insipidus or some hormone-related problem? I am not sure, but sometimes sleeping in really hot tempuratures seems to be connected, although it has to be extremely hot. I figured this out, because I remember going through this for a whole month in the summer. When I started using air conditioning, it stopped. However, it still happens in the winder, so I am not sure what is going on.
I can't sit down
It's not here I can't find it.
A few weeks ago, i started to get bloated and have small pain in my right abdominal zone, after eating fatty foods, like hamburgers, pizza, and specially after drinking protein shakes. (I lift weights, and I was on a bulk diet)
I'm from Mexico
I'm a 23yo white Male skinny person,
I'm 1.80M and 65 kilos
I do not drink or smoke, but I do use whey / mass gainers (natural)
a couple weeks ago, I went to visit my doctor, (I live in mexico, and I have a free publi healthcare just for having a work)
He gave me an appointment for a liver and bile ducts ecography for March 2024.
However, I was severly worried and anxious a couple days ago so I went ahead and made the exams on a private laboratory.
I do not have stones, my liver and kidneys are working fine but my gallbladder is bigger than usual. My aunt is an urgenciologist doctor and she told me that I need to avoid eggs and avocados, as they can inflame more my gallblader and explode, then I will need to get it removed.
She told me that if I go to the IMSS (free healthcare) they will just give me pain pills and do nothing until it explodes or gets really dangerous.
I'm honestly worried and scared, also stressed, and she also told me that if I stress myself it will be just worse, I started to feel small pains while I wrote this.
please, any advice will be appreciate, I can attach pictures of the medical exams and echography if needed, but they are on spanish :(
thank you a lot!
I use Imodium to workout because it forces me to strain and flex my abs while on the toilet. I’m close to getting the 6pack of my dreams but the hemorrhoids are getting unmanageable. My doctor refuses to treat me if I continue taking the Imodium. How do I get rid of these things?
This is so weird. I don't know who to ask and it's probably not important.
M36. I was sitting down watching a movie with a friend, i was kinda half sitting half lying down and when I tried to get up it felt like something in my stomach pushed against my lower ribs on the right side. I sat up. Then it made a sound. Like a pretty loud Splooorrrp. It didn't hurt but I fainted for like half a second. It was like my whole body rebooted. But I was out literally just half a second. I opened my eyes and saw my friend looking at me in horror. He had also heard the noise.
I'm not worried. This was three days ago and I feel fine.
What was that noise? Did I poke my liver or intestines with my ribs? Is that a thing? Is my liver upside down now? Seriously. It's a serious question. Have anyone experienced anything similar?
Does smoking cigarettes lead to a more hypertrophic or “muscular looking” neck in a way? This is just off an assumption. I’ve smoked on/off for almost 6 years and find my own neck looking rather “bigger”, and ig kind of like Andrew tates neck. (Not veiny at all, but very defined)
I'm a 25-year-old male who has been experiencing numbness in my left foot and a burning sensation throughout my body for the past 4 years. This began after staying for a few months in my grandfather's old, dusty studio. I'm now wondering if I might have been exposed to lead in that environment. Has anyone else faced similar issues? Could lead exposure be the root of my nerve pain? Or it’s a coincidence ?
I'm going to a doctor this evening for extreme abdomen pain, I I know if they'll ask me for a blood/urine sample but if they did, seeing as I vape 50mg/ml nicotine vapes. Will these tests show the concentration of nicotine in these tests? the reason I'm asking this is because I'm still 17 and I don't want my parents to find out