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The title says it. It scratched me without drawing blood though (thankfully). I just want to ask if there is any precautionary measure that I should consider getting into? Like getting some sort of preventative shot/s? I already washed the area with soap and running water. I’ve put alcohol on it and it didn’t sting. TIA.

33F , 5 foot 6 , 185 lbs.

I take a multivitamin as well as extra vitamin D due to deficiency. I also take antacids regularly.

The following bloodwork was done recently at a routine visit.

My question is- the first test (in parenthesis) was fasted, the second test was not-fasted. I ate some toast with about a table spoon of butter & jam maybe 2 hours before the test. I have had genetic testing which revealed familial high cholesterol.

Are the results good, if not, how can I improve them? Thanks!

Triglycerides 302 non-fasted (73, fasted)

Total Chol 164 (185)

HDL 41 (54)

LDL 74 (117)

VLDL 47 (13)

52F. I have an angiomyolipoma on my kidney (8 mm, very small) and cysts on my lungs incidentally found through CT. All signs point towards LAMs.

Now I’m noticing that perhaps I’m having symptoms (tiredness, maybe short of breath sometimes but maybe anxiety i dont know). But my chest xrays have been ok and my oxygen saturation is 98-100%….

Not enough is known about this disease so if there is any pulmonologists here I’d love to chat. Thank you.

I am in menopause btw (I know estrogen advances this).

I’m feeling very frustrated and I’m not sure if I’m in wrong here and would like an honest opinion

Small background: (26f) liver transplant patient, CKD stage 4, osteopenia, and new mood issues. I see many specialists including an endocrinologist. I am on Mycophenolate (cell-cept) and Tacrolimus (Prograf) I’m also on a slew of other medications/ supplements I don’t believe are relevant.

The issue: After waiting for over 6 months to get an appointment with an endocrinologist I finally found one. Everything was going great, I like the doctor fine, he tapered me off my levothyroxine to make sure it was actually needed and not just a side effect of being ill. Great news: I don’t need thyroid medication anymore!

However I’ve been having some other issue, for one a high pth! After several appointments I come to discover he has not even read my file! He somehow didn’t realize I had kidney disease. I believe I have mentioned it several times, even referencing my nephrologist. Luckily the medication he prescribed for the elevated pth is renal safe (something I had to check myself and run by my nephrologist.) it concerns me that he wasn’t even aware as I feel that could be dangerous in other situations.

I let this role off my back and chopped it up to my file and medical history being extensive (to say the least).

The part of this that is really bothering me, I asked him to test my testosterone as I know tacrolimus can cause decreased testosterone in women. He out right dismissed this and said I was wrong, he would not test for it. When i said I had read about it he pulled up a web MD esque list of side effects of tacrollimus and said “see, it doesn’t cause that” holding the phone up to me.

Im frustrated at a doctor pulling up a web md article after I had easily accessed study’s saying it was a common problem after transplant. I must concede the study’s I read were of renal patients taking tacrolimus not liver patients. So maybe my assumption that it would cause the same reaction is wrong.

I also have symptoms of an androgen imbalance such as cyst and polyps on my ovaries, these were not present before transplant. As well as the osteopenia, thinning hair, mood swings and more. I was told by other doctors to address this issue with my endocrinologist and now I just feel at a loss.

I know I am not a doctor and I know I don’t have the wealth of knowledge a doctor has. I know it’s bad to be googling things but I only look at academic articles. Having a better understanding of my conditions helps me cope.

I am a very anxious person so both of these times I did not say anything. After my appointment today I just felt like I wanted to cry. I feel like I’m taking my health issues head on and maturely but something about these interactions made me feel belittled and like a child. I also feel like I don’t have another option to address these issues as endocrinologists are very hard to find in my area. I think part of this is I’m incredibly spoiled by my transplant team and other specialist who have always taken the time to listen and involve me in my care.

I’m really not sure if I’m being over dramatic or if I’m right to be upset. Im also not sure if I’m right and that this is something that needs to be tested? Or if this is not a concern?

I’m sorry if this has a lot of grammatical and formatting mistakes, I’m very tired and not feeling 100 today.

T.L.D.R- I’m not sure if I’m being over sensitive or even if I’m right to be concerned about a medication side effect my doctor dismissed.

I 18M India have had dandruf straight nonstop for over 3 years, i have no other medical issues but the dandruff dosent seem to go away and my parents dont allow me to go to the doctor for such a silly reason. Details i can include are its alot of dandruf like if i brush my hair its a snowflake

so I have a caugh that has lasted for a year now, and its a little bit worst when I lie down where I will caugh and spit a lot, there's no blood in my caugh only mocus, I had an X-ray the other day and the result is unremarkable, and all things seems perfectly normal, besides the caugh, my body is perfectly fine. I don't smoke nor drink alcohol. one time when I was working as a cadet seafarer, I suppress my caugh and just swallow my saliva so that my other crewmate wont get annoyed by me during sleeping hours. the cause must have been that. I will see a doctor tomorrow and I would love some insight in my condition, thanks.

age:29

status: single

weight:75 kg

height: 5'4

medication: none atm

gender: Male

Caucasian, 28, Male, 180cm (approx)

Not a post I wanted to make but thoughts keep rushing to my head that won't go away.

Starting on the 13th of November, around 9/10pm I noticed when I went to the bathroom my urine was brownish, this went away with enough water. However, come the Sunday, the issue returned, drink wate, it went away but come back after I had a bath, which wasn't too long. I went to a medical walk-in because it was around 5pm and there was blood.

Immediately booked an appointment with the GP the next morning who proscribed me antibiotics on that Monday. I drank water and it went away but it was back and forth. The Tuesday morning, however, was really dark, almost black in appearance. But drinking water would make it better slowly. Followed up with the GP on Wednesday who confirmed it was a UTI and ordered more tests. Did the blood that day (20th) and did a CT scan today (21th).

My urine has been clear for most of the afternoon of the 20th and today it has been clear as well (21st). My concern is I don't feel off, at the start I ate fine, slept fine, that said I have begin to feel worn out and don't seem to eat as much but I am wondering if that may be the stress from this week or something else. I look on the internet and it shows that bladder cancer can often have little pain but bleeding is a sign.

I doubt that there is much that can be done at this stage but any advice or experience would be lovely.

Hello, I will try to type this as short and clear as possible. 28F, 5.3, 150, white, USA. I don't drink, smoke or do drugs.

I've had these symptoms for the past 2 years that I haven't been able to solve yet because every doctor's appointment gets set between 1 to 4 months apart and a lot of it was bogus because they kept ordering more tests.

I have a severe productive cough, extreme shortness of breath (I can't walk a straight road), extreme wheezing. Everything related to my white blood cell count is extremely high. CRP 16.

Now I understand these can be related to allergies too, my epithelial cell count is high but I've taken absolutely every medication the doctor's have given me and absolutely nothing has helped me.

Now the doctor is saying I have to get allergy shots and we will see if they work at the end of the 6 months??

But my situation is so severe that I can't walk around the house. I feel like more extreme measures need to be taken.

The CT scan showed moderate fog and the practitioner wrote possible pneumonia in the result. Considering my other symptoms, I feel like this is a likely diagnosis.

My sputum test showed moderate gram negative rods and moderate gram positive cocci.

My question is what can I do? Should I trust the process and stick to the allergy shots, or what do you think I'm so lost

Thanks for any advice.

I (18M)want to clarify that i have seen a doctor about it and got an antibiotics prescription. Story stars about 1 week ago when i felt that my hearing was a little worse in my right ear but didnt give it much thought and just washed it. Then like 3-4 days after i started getting pains and numbnesses around and in my right ear. and now about a week later from the start of it all my ear feels clogged and numb and hear about half of what my healthy ear can. As far as i heard from the doctors my case was unique because i didnt have any fevers, colds, coughings or any other symptom of infection. The doctor also said that i think my eardrum wasnt as glossy as it should and a little greenish. Anyway i have taken a day of antibiotics and it doesnt seem to get better. Also the pain was much worse in the night when sleeping and i think i got a fever also but it goes away in the morning. As i am writing this i also feel that my right ear and jaw muscle are numb

28 Female 177lb - I woke up this morning with a dull feeling on my lower left backside, I suspected my kidneys, however the pain seems to move slightly, up and down, left and right. It's been coming and going throughout the day, right now it's about a 4, also that area feels hot for some reason. I am only experiencing the ache, no issues urinating, fever, or other symptom related to a kidney issue.

F42 generally pretty healthy. I’ve been having weeks of vaginal issues that the doctors haven’t been able to figure out what’s going on. Negative for std/sti. Recently I had a vulvar swab done and the results came back +4 game positive cocci. I’ve just completed 10 days penicillin and am still experiencing some symptoms. Should I be asking for more antibiotics? Any help is appreciated

Ok this might be stupid but about an hour ago i inhaled a very small amount of ginger ale while taking a sip. I have really bad anxiety in general and anxiety specifically around choking so i just want to know if i'll be ok and if i can go to sleep.

• it's was only a very very small amount of liquid

• i had a panic attack right after and felt like it was hard to breathe but i think it was just anxiety

• one hour ago

• I have a little pulse thing that goes on your finger and it says that my oxygen level is at 99

16M 5'10 160, for the past 5 days ive been coughing quite a bit basically 24/7 ranging from seconds between them and 5-10 minutes between them, coughing up yellowish and other times white phlegm, i dont have any other symptoms and people in my school are havin similar coughs. So it's just a normal cold?

M, 20 y/o: Recently, I have noticed that I experience sharp muscle spasms in my pelvic area whenever people around me cough or sneeze

When I looked into it online, I noticed that sources would say that it could be Pelvic Floor Dysfunction or Pelvic Organ Prolapse

The thing is however when the sources I looked into described the sensation, they all said that it was triggered by the subject in question coughing, not the people around the subject coughing

I guess my question here is if other people around me cough, can that cause Pelvic Floor Dysfunction or Pelvic Organ Prolapse?

Or could it be potentially a different medical issue entirely? If so is there a name for it?

I really just answers and some closure so I can get this stuff treated already. It really sucks to have to deal with pain in my pelvic areas when people cough or sneeze it genuinely sucks.

F20. i got a refill from my doctor while waiting for my mail order to come in. the pills are a different shape and directions say take tablet by mouth. the ones i usually have are circular and dissolve under my tongue, but these ones are oval shaped

On my way home from work I (25M) hit an object on the road and after I got home I tried to take a look at my tire to see if there was any damage, I touched the tire where I saw a white mark before noticing what appeared to be blood and fur on my car as well. I'm starting to worry about any potential dangers from direct skin contact with what I assume could be roadkill. I grabbed my stuff out of my car with my other hand then wash my hands with dish soap after getting inside. Any advice or input is appreciated thank you

I am 33M, height 176cm, weight 93 kilos.

I have GAD and MDD. I take Sertraline 200mg in the morning and Vilazodone 20mg after dinner. Due to the weight gain with Sertraline I take Contrave full dose. Contrave have started giving results after 3 months. My panic attacks have been controlled and I feel normal anxious in highly stressful situations. And I feel comfortable in that. Although my MDD diagnosis came on later after the anxiety and panic attacks subsided. My doc is great. But still I have a few questions:

1. Lately I have identified that I don't feel any interest in pleasureful activities like hugging, kissing, intimacy, etc. I couldn't watch movies due to anxiety before. Recently I have regained that ability. Is this anhedonia or emotional blunting from the medicines I am taking? I also don't feel strong sad emotions. Only exception tears roll down spontaneously when I am watching certain sad videos or reels that I previously would have found funny or nothing to react to.
2. I also avoid social situations and have built a strong dislike for people in general. except my partner and family.
3. If it is anhedonia, does it get better? Is it generally the last symptom to get better? I read it somewhere. Want to know from seasoned professionals. Or is anhedonia another name of depression?

I am hopeful because my irritability has improved. I can have prolonged discussions regarding my mental health with my partner which earlier I couldn't because midway I used to get an anxious feeling in my stomach that forced us to stop discussing about the topic.

At what depth of a needle/syringe does a doctor use treating for hair loss on the scalp? What’s the standard depth? Is it 1.0mm or 2.0mm or more?

Basics: 33F, 130lbs, 5'6"

Location: right hand

Duration: 4 days

Medications: ashwaganda, occasionally gabapentin for

Existing conditions

• insomnia

I sanded my stairs Saturday for around 8 hours. Got most of it done. I didn't notice so much at the time but the next day half my hand was numb and extremely weak. It's still like that now on Wednesday with no improvement.

My pinky and ring finger are completely numb as well as that side of my hand. The entire hand is weak and can barely grip a pencil. I can move the fingers but I can't spread them apart or back together at all they just kinda sit in the same position.

I never heard of hand arm vibration syndrome and I'm freaking out. I never would have sanded so long if I knew. I'm an artist and piano player and this would completely end those things. I'm devastated and so scared I won't regain dexterity.

What can I do?

Hi,

My cat has roundworm (vet diagnosed from stool sample).

She lives in my room. Her litter box is in my room, she sleeps in my bed, and is altogether very clingy.

I have been researching my chances of getting it from her, but every source seems to have different answers. I am absolutely terrified at the thought.

What are my chances of getting it? What can I do to prevent it? Is it too small of a thing to go to the doctor’s office over?

Info: Age- 21 Height and weight- 5’11”, 160lb Gender- Female Medication- None currently Smoking-No Medical issues- Nothing that I am aware of

I think face is swollen, here’s 2links of pictures of me taken within 24hrs

https://ibb.co/VwzDXvp https://ibb.co/5T7ZnYt

So this has been going on for a while, months now at least. I'm a 23 year old male. As far as medication goes, right now I'm taking Keppra 500mg 2x, Qelbree 200mg, Strattera 40mg, Levothyroxine 75mcg, Hydroxyzine 25mg 3x, Buspar 10mg 2x, and Suboxone 8mg 3x.

I live a relatively sedentary lifestyle, I don't eat out much at all. My diet is 'mostly' non-dairy and gluten-free.bI sleep fine, I don't eat spicy foods, I have no clue if it's hereditary.

I'm suspecting it has something to do with my endocrine system/hypothyroidism. I haven't been to a primary care appointment in months, maybe over a year now. Maybe a few years? I've been focused on mental health a long time and missed the few primary care appts I did make.

As I'm travelling Asia I haven't been to a doctor yet but will do when I get to New Zealand.

I would like to present my symptoms and see what people think. I have searched all over the internet and it seems each symptom could have multiple explanations.

The beginning: I'm 35 years old and never had any issues. I had sex a while back with my ex and I sustained a cut on my foreskin. As it healed I slowly developed phimosis. I left my ex and she left me with this problem.

Phimosis: I got to the point where I couldn't retract my foreskin past halfway down my glans whilst erect. Flaccid is no problem. I have been using Hydrocortisone a little bit and coconut oil to stretch out the phimosis and have seen some slight progress over the weeks. I can now fully retract, but it's still tight, especially in the mornings.

Possible causes: the injury I sustained or LS?

Smegma: I noticed some smegma in the mornings, though not for a long time now, and that's cleared up.

Possible causes: yeast infection, bacterial infection?

Cracking of dry skin and bleeding: The tight phimotic band would crack because I wasn't keeping it moisturised when I was stretching out the phimosis. This now has resolved.

Possible causes: yeast infection, LS?

White ring: As I stretch the phimotic band it is showing signs of stretch marks. The band itself is also a whiter shade than the rest of the skin. On the back of the ring, just below the frenulum, there are two or three very small raised bumps of skin. They almost look like you could scratch them off, but they persist for weeks now.

Possible Causes: LS, yeast infection or Scar Tissue as result of my stretching exercises?

Discolour: Right next to the urethral opening on the glans I have noticed a slight discoloration on a tiny patch of skin - maybe 1-2mm. Perhaps a grey colour. I honestly don't know if that's always been there or if I'm just paranoid about LS after reading so much stuff online.

Possible causes: LS or my imagination?

Itchy: very occasionally there will be a slight itch. Always from different areas of the phimotic ring. It could happen once or twice a day. It could be one area one day, and it could be the opposite side the next day.

Possible causes: yeast infection, LS or a result of new skin being formed due to stretching exercises.

As I'm travelling in Asia and on and off busses etc, I'm sweating a lot, and the air is humid. I know these are perfect conditions for a yeast infection to thrive. Most of what I've read about yeast infections show signs of redness. I have no redness. Only the tiny white bumps I previously described. I'm using clotrimazole daily just in case.

LS is absolutely worst case scenario and it does look likely. I won't know for a few weeks until I see a doctor.

The phimosis has been a nightmare, having to commit to stretching exercises everyday and only seeing tiny amounts of progress, and even some days some regression. As I travel I can't stay in hostels and socialise as I need privacy to do my stretches multiple times per day.

I don't even know if the white ring will disappear once I finally get my skin elasticity back to the way it was.

It has been on my mind constantly and is causing me much stress and anxiety. I have to turn down any and all opportunities with women as I travel and have found myself shying away from social opportunities.

I have compared my symptoms to various LS images online and I really don't see many similarities. It seems the condition isn't very well studied and because of the various possible causes of my symptoms, it's making it impossible to identify.

Any input would be valuable at this stage.

Thanks.

5’10 M Average Body weight, on anti depressants.

Last night I asked my husband to apply my bustran patch (20 mcg). It was late and he wasn’t careful and it got folded over. He used his thumb and finger to separate and touched the medicated part of the patch. After he applied for me- I told him to go wash his hands. He only rinsed. He woke up a few hours later projectile vomiting and feeling very off. He does not use any opiates. Was that reaction caused from him handling the medicated part of the patch or are the two incidents most likely not correlated. I am just wondering for future reference. If so, I will avoid having anyone help me in the future. I don’t want anyone hurt.

33m, 5'8, 175 pounds.

Over the last few years, my eyes have been getting dryer and dryer. I hydrate plenty, but I definitely spend too much time on the computer due to work.

Went to the ophthamologist and she didn't seem concerned at all, suggesting that I use eye drops. I do a few times a day, but any sort of bright light has a halo around it and I struggle to make out details when, for example, someone is standing against a brighter background.

I don't feel like the doctor took me seriously at all and this has really become a pain. Any insights on what I can do?

25 Female. 5’3”. 145lbs. European. Canada. No relevant medical issues or medications.

I was in hospital for a few months and closer to the end of it for maybe two weeks they removed any IV fluids and my only source was the same brown tube feed bag that they changed once every week or so. When I tried to tell them I was so thirsty it was unbearable they told me the reason they were doing it was that I had a small spike of sodium in my labs. They never did any follow up labs to see if it was managed.

Is it normal to intentionally dehydrate patients to level out sodium levels?

29F, on a lot of meds so apologies in advance if this is hard to follow. I just had a minor surgery today to replace a busted cervical disc. I have always had bad veins, i am told they are very small and tend to roll and so I am always prepared for multiple pokes whenever I have any sort of blood work/IV placement.

When the nurse came in to start the IV I gave her the usual rundown of where I generally have the most success (left side crook of my elbow) but she told me that since I was having surgery, it needed to be on the top of my hand. She went to place it and while it did hurt a LOT more than usual, I was elated that she apparently got it in on the first try, as she started taping it down and attaching the tubes. I heard her say “it’s probably infiltrated” and something to the effect of “nothing is really coming out” when I asked her if she got it, but she continued to set up the IV so I figured all was well.

It was significantly more painful than what I am used to with IVs and the area around the needle looked swollen. I was so nervous about the surgery that I unfortunately didn’t say anything and didn’t believe it was anything out of the ordinary. Fluids were running for about an hour. When they wheeled me into the OR and were prepping to put me under, the anesthesiologist injected fentanyl into my IV and it was immediately agonizingly painful and I told them what she had said.

They removed the bad IV and used an ultrasound to place one into the crook of my elbow and put me to sleep. I’m at home now and freaking myself out a bit reading about compartment syndrome/tissue death and just kind of hurt/confused as to why she would leave it like that knowing it was infiltrated to begin with.

My hand is pretty sore and a large bruise is beginning to form across the entire top side of my palm, but I don’t want to make a big deal out of it if it’s a normal complication that should heal on its own. Is this normal? Do I need to contact the after hours line? Are there any red flags I should be watching out for?

Early 30s female with no major health issues diagnosed with strep throat last Saturday after being sick for a week.

I am taking penicillin VK 500mg 4 times a day and naproxen 500mg twice a day as well as OTC cold medicine and chloraseptic.

I have now been on antibiotics for 5 days with no improvement; if anything, the symptoms are progressing with drooling and uncontrollable pain throughout my throat and radiating into my jaw.

I am not sure if I should go back to urgent care or try to wait it out. I don’t know what to do — the pain is getting out of hand.

The area between my right breast and collar bone feels numb on touching. I won't say completely numb, not like the way feet feel after inactivity, but little bit on touching. Even my right upper arm does but not as much as my upper chest. I have been taking yoga classes and today we did some neck related exercises. Could that be the reason? Just started feeling this 1 hour before going to sleep. This has never happened before.

My husband (29M) has had frequent (at least hourly all day long, sometimes several within a few minutes) heart palpitations for the last 3 days. He’s never had them before. He doesn’t take any medications, and drinks alcohol maybe a couple times a month. He says there is nothing that he can think of that is new or changed significantly with his diet, routine, etc. although he does travel frequently for work and eats a lot of fast food. We’ve also had some car problems recently that have caused him stress, but it’s not like being under stress is something new to him.

Today he went to urgent care and they did an EKG, but the palpitations didn’t happen during the few minutes of monitoring. They discussed maybe sending him to the ER to put him on a continuous monitor, but for some reason decided against it and sent him home with the recommendation to pick up some magnesium vitamins. He took the vitamins about 8 hours ago, drank Gatorade, and tonight is still experiencing the frequent palpitations.

Not sure if this is relevant, but he is chronically dehydrated. It’s almost like he is incapable of feeling thirst. He’ll often go all day only drinking a soda- but he’s been this way for as long as I’ve known him.

The fact that this came on so suddenly and so frequently seems suspicious to me. Should he go to the ER?