Taking nystatin, just diagnosed. In horrible pain, cant swallow well or talk. Just wondering if it would do more harm than good to use a throat numbing spray. Thanks in advance

I am scratched by a stray cat. It didn't form a wound not did blood came out. I am scared of rabies. What should I do?

Hi! I haven’t had sex in around 3ish months. I normally get back ingrowns but these are scaring me. I had these spots pop up about a month ago and they went away and then they came back in the same exact spot about a week ago. It’s on my lower cheek/inner butt area. They don’t hurt or itch unless I’m wearing jeans and the jeans rub against them a lot. I can’t tell if they look like blisters (HSV-2) or something else. Thoughts?

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Hi! I haven’t had sex in around 3ish months. I normally get back ingrowns but these are scaring me. I had these spots pop up about a month ago and they went away and then they came back in the same exact spot about a week ago. It’s on my lower cheek/inner butt area. They don’t hurt or itch unless I’m wearing jeans and the jeans rub against them a lot. I can’t tell if they look like blisters (HSV-2) or something else. Thoughts?

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Hi everyone I had a middle ear infection a few weeks back and since then I feel like my TMJ has gotten worse. I am 29 now and had braces from age 15-17. I noticed my lower right jaw clicking since shortly after my braces removal in 2014. I’ve had loud clicking since then but a few months back I noticed it getting worse to where my right cheek feels tense and now sometimes the left side will click. I have anxiety so idk if it’s causing it to get worse but I’ve always been an anxious person. My neck, shoulder, and trap muscles are extremely tight and my jaw has been hurting more. Certain foods will stop the clicking and I have to kind of like stretch my mouth/jaw out again for it to click/loosen up.

I’m not sure if it’s remaining from the ear infection(ear infection is cleared up from antibiotics) but it’s starting to affect my mental health. My teeth have shifted a bit since my braces removal in 2013. My Dentist can make night guard but it is 400 dollars and I’ve seen mixed things about them.

It now hurts to chew and talk and I noticed that sometimes at night I bite my tongue in my sleep as well. I had molds taken in case I get a night guard but I’ve noticed a Blood taste in mouth recently although there is no bleeding. I have an appointment with an orthodontist tomorrow for a consult and saw a TMJ specialist today who said he could make me a custom orthotic for $2,400 (which I likely can’t afford) that I’d wear for 24 hours at first and eventually wean off. Which is the better option in this case?? Thank You for reading.

Edit to add: I also work at a desk 8 hours a day with bad posture. The TMJ specialist showed me that my upper cervical spine is off as well. I’ve gone through some trauma the last few years and am considering getting back on anxiety medication or seeing a new therapist. I’m hoping it may help.

Hello everyone!

I'm 22yo and since I'm 15yo I have some weird things happening in the left part of my body (face, arm, and leg), it tenses up during some seconds (≈10 seconds max) and there is no logical explanation behind it : sometimes it is happening when I need to stand up, while I think about it happening and not wanted others to notice it, while walking, alone at home, while being under stress, while not being stress, etc.

Since 2017, tried for 7 years to understand the logic behind it but it never had any logical explanation behind it... It can happen up to 100 times a day and sometimes none (very rare), I also have some weeks when is it more present and some were it is less present.

Important point, I'm able to feel it coming before it's going to happen, which is helpful to make myself be less visible by others (like stopping a conversation or making myself little to not be seen) so if its happening no one is looking so it's fine.

To prevent it I have found some tricks to "help" by getting up much slower, when feeling it going to happen while walking: stopping to bend down and tie my shoelaces, crossing my arms to stop it from going to orbit lol, etc.

In 2020/2021, I have talked about it with my old doctor who told me to see a neurologist and do an EGG and MRI, which came back normal (which is logical because none of my "moments" happened during those exams) and so my doctor talk me it was just something psychosomatic and I have to live with it...

Recently, a French celebrity from Miss France have made the news because she openly talked about her condition which is "Paroxysmal Dyskinesia" and the most important thing is that I related to what she was saying! Examples:

• "When sitting, I was told to get up, and if I didn’t prepare myself five minutes beforehand, I would have a crisis. I could no longer make a spontaneous gesture without having a crisis." -> This is a pretty good summary of my daily life with my condition.
• "My father taught me how to swim, but I had a crisis at the pool; a student helped me. I started to develop a phobia of water because it scared me tremendously to do something I couldn’t control in an environment I couldn’t control either. My daily life was about constant adaptation." -> I also have to adapt all of my life because of the fear of doing a "moment" in a wrong situation, while doing a presentation, while driving (which I never enjoy because of that, it was so dangerous driving and dealing with a "moment" at the same time, so I stop driving), etc.

After looking at her interview, I made some research on "Paroxysmal Dyskinesia" and I ended-up on Reddit and finding people saying things that are EXACTLY what I'm going through, naming it "Paroxysmal kinesigenic dyskinesia" (?) which is making me feel so good because since the begging of having this condition I feel misunderstood and alone, no one understand what I'm living...

This is why I'm making this post, I'm looking for people to talk about it, maybe some people can also share their life with a condition similar to mine, if someone can put name on what I'm dealing with it will be interesting, etc etc. Anything that can help me gain information! (I'm going to see my newest doctor (which I'm comfortable with) next week so the more info I can show him and talk about with him, the better)

22M Have an e-coli infection and I have 2 more days of antibiotic to take, the symptoms have been gone since day one of medication, 10 days ago.

Doc told me to not masturbate as to not risck it spreading to the testicles, but now that i am basically almost done with the treatment and have no symptoms am wondering if I can indulge a bit, since it's starting to get to my head...

Any advice is welcome. Thanks

Edit: For any answer, please explain so that I can understand better at least. All sources online point out that as long as the hygiene is thorough, there shouldn't be problems. Also I can't contact the doctor, that's why I am asking here.