So I went to an ortho doc for middle right sided back/shoulder pain and got a clear X-ray, so the doc referred for me to get a thoracic spine MRI. However I’m worried that it won’t show the issue because I don’t feel pain in my spine at all. It’s all next to it between my scapula and spine, rib area (rhomboid area?). I feel the pain when I push my shoulder back or attempt a push up type of move (I’ve had the pain for 3-4 months now). I feel it stationary too, especially after sleeping on my side. My question is whether a thoracic spine mri would show the surrounding area in my back/shoulder blade area and the muscles there. The mri is already scheduled for Wednesday and I don’t want to wait longer than I already have to get more imaging and spend more money if they end up having to specifically image the scapular area later if there are no spinal findings. And on that note, do you think they would mind changing the location/type of mri if I mention my concerns the day of? Sorry this is long, thanks!

M15 5’5 50kg. For 5 days I’ve had an on and off pain in my left pec. The best I can describe it is a sharp stabbing pain when I make a strange movement: pickup up pen, twisting, bending over, getting in and out of bed. It also seems to be heavily linked to my breathing. If I take big breaths in or out, I get the pain.

It also sometimes appears as a very tight feeling. It still hurts when sitting of lying totally still, however it’s a mild dull ache. By on and off I mean at one point in the day I can do any movements, breath however, it’s fine (on Thursday I did jiu jitsu as usual, no issues except for when I was warming up by running, that hurt)

Additional info:

Started on Tuesday, about 1:40pm. I had just been “play fighting” with 2 friends and we were trying to steal each others shoes as a joke, however it got a bit heated lol (no punching, no heavy hits to chest as far as I can remember) it started about 20 mins after we stopped.

On Thursday I did a light chest workout at about 10am. No pain. Later that day I did jiu jitsu (mentioned above) for the most part no pain.

Right now, it’s presenting with a very tender left pec, and the pain is being triggered by almost anything (sitting up, deep breath) I have also had a lingering cold, if that’s worth anything. Lasted a few weeks. I seem to be getting a NEW cold thanks to unruly sneezing kids at school, and when I cough, it really hurts.

I have had this once before, about a year ago. Went away after about a week. This time it’s slightly more severe. Last time it also was left chest, and started soon after playing an extreme round of multiple different sports for PE. An ice pack seems to help a small bit.

Any ideas?

No matter what antacids I take my stomach just feels painful, burning and gurgly. Not nauseous but absolutely burning and heavy. Not radiating anywhere, just literal stomach area (upper left abdomen), dry burps, acid-y symptoms, pressure in abdomen.

Not diarrhea but lots of bloating and large BMs.

I'm exhausted, no meds seem to be touching me. Feels like no food is actually being eaten, no matter how much I eat. I only drink water and sometimes juice, no soda. Seems to feel slightly better sitting down, the burning pain. That's the only thing that seems to help.

My right ear is hurting a bit too oddly enough.

I work in healthcare, residential facility. I have no fever, certain virus tests are negative. AFAIK no one at my facility is sick right now except a colleague I covered a shift for Saturday. I'm just extremely weak and this stomach pain is practically all I can think about, all I can feel. Just want to sleep. Nothing is helping much at all.

Should I see a doctor? Any input? I'm wondering if it's an ulcer or a stomach virus.

I can't miss my shift today, but I'm seriously thinking of asking to have tomorrow off.

So I got this rash/bruise today, out of nowhere, I woke up with it. And 2 weeks ago, I got the same rash on same place but that was kind of swollen, Can anyone help me out with this and tell me what might be causing this? I read somewhere that it might be some underlying serious health condition

Hi all,

I’m in my early 20s.

Ever since I drank a Red Bull about 2 weeks ago, I’ve noticed cardiac arrhythmia. Usually, I only notice a skip in heartbeat every few months, but ever since then, I’ve been noticing it several times an hour. Now, I notice it almost every minute. How can I improve this issue?

I’ve had this.. thing for years. I noticed it in my early twenties as what felt like a firm, rubbery, disk shaped growth under my skin near my perineum. It has very slowly grown over the years.

I’m aware of how stupid it is that I’ve let it go unchecked for so long. I’m a very modest, private person and have been too embarrassed to even mention it to anyone I know, let alone have a stranger look at it.

Today I woke up and felt discomfort in the area which has never happened before. I felt it and it is slightly swollen. It also has an odd odor. I washed myself 3 different times trying to figure out what was going on until I realized it was coming from that spot alone. The skin around it smelled normal and clean.

I am going to call my doctor tomorrow and get in there as soon as I possibly can, but for now I really want someone to be straight up with me about what I can expect. I’ve resigned myself to the reality that cancer is a likely possibility.

The photo included was taken a few weeks back when there was no swelling.

I’ve recently gotten sick and it’s been able a week, I’ve noticed today that I have black mucus? It isn’t super dark but it’s definitely noticeable to me. I don’t know what to do for it. I don’t smoke and I work at a grocery store so it isn’t super dusty. So I’m just confused about what could cause this

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I have been using my pro-booster for 2 days (https://www.medicube.us.com/products/age-r-booster-pro?srsltid=AfmBOoo3xAu10KROUXD3lvSta_aTEACuFoEDZYVy_x8djXCMrXap5uXf). I was very happy with it, but yesterday I felt a painfull shock through my neck into my chest, when I was using the micro current mode. I still feel it a little bit. I did use it on the areas on the neck that are allowed. When I was using it, it was on the micro current mode. Now I am kind of worried since it has been 24h and I still feel a burn in my chest. I suspect I might have hit a nerve, and stimulated it? Is this really dangerous and what should I do?

when i raise my voice out of anger then I stop, I'm suddenly unable to breathe, unable to speak and cry uncontrollably.

Sometimes I look at someone's face I have this weird thing and their face and everything else seems to retract away and go further away So I always make sure to turn around to avoid it from happening and because it stays for a while whenever it occurs but looking at some other things like a wall would would stop it but the feeling would still threaten me It all started from when I was a lot younger I had the same type thing happening my a dream of mine which seemed to repeat exactly the same once a month or something I tried to Google it but most of it goes above my head as I dont know much about eyes and there are many diseases that are similar

I’m over the age of 18.

I’m trying to understand if I need to seek medical attention today, it’s Sunday and I’d either have to go to the ER in my town or drive 1.5 hours for an open urgent care. And I’d like to know what the treatment could be, if I require any??

I was dilating last night and upgraded to a bigger dilator. It wasn’t painful going in, but I felt a tiny bit of pain after 30 seconds. Not bothersome. About 30 minutes after I finished, I noticed vaginal pain, like a 2 or 3/10. My lower back started hurting (4/10) later towards the night, but at the time I didn’t realize it could be due to this incident.

Today, my lower back is hurting, I have pain in my lower abdomen. I guess overall pain is something like 3 or 4/10. (I’m using DVPRS pain scale which is a little more objective). I went to the bathroom and saw blood, I’m unsure how much. Would be atleast a tablespoon but idk if it was diluted by discharge. Looked fresh, bright red, not brownish.

If pain gets any worse than this, I will definitely take an NSAID or some other kind of painkiller. (Just trying to further explain how bad current pain level is)

I (18F) am constantly getting utis and idk what to do anymore. i make sure everything is clean down there even shower twice a day and take cranberry pills. idk what’s going on. what should i do?

I’m taking Cephalexin for a paronychia (nail infection), and I’m taking 3 500mg pills per day. I just went to urgent care to get it drained, and the doc said I should be taking 4 per day. Do you guys think 2000mg a day is too much?

This all started after the second time I had covid (December 2022) I was prescribed paxlovid which was the only difference in care from the first time I had covid. I have tried everything hygiene and diet related so it’s not that unfortunately. I notice the smell gets worse to others if I have just a slight increase of nervousness. It’s apparently so bad that people gag and the scent is strong enough to fill up a room. The thing is I cannot smell it and my family can’t smell it either so I don’t know what people are smelling. I have asked people if I smell and they say no but the ones who gag I have never asked because they go far away from me. I feel like I’m constantly living an absolute nightmare, and it’s 100 percent not my hygiene, I always had/ continue to have immaculate hygiene. I have tried antibacterial soaps which made me smell metallic/ rot which I was able to smell that. I have gone to my primary who checked labs and the only thing that came back abnormal was my TPO antibody was pretty elevated at 162 and my t4 was 1.66 but tsh normal. I did go to my women’s doctor which everything was normal, the doctor did strongly suggest to go to an endocrinologist so I’m thinking he was able to smell what others are smelling. I have tried to make appointments to the endocrinologist but the appointments are 6 months out. I stopped going out to places and doing things I enjoy because of this, I am humiliated at work and really embarrassed in general because of this. I feel like I am living in a complete nightmare and it’s affecting my dating/ social life. People treat me horrible because of this. I am 33y/o and don’t know if something is physically wrong with me or if Covid altered other peoples sense of smell or If I actually do smell, but I just don’t know what to do. This has completely killed my confidence and has been a really difficult thing to live with. So I am on here if anyone has been dealing with this or knows what this could be. Sorry this is so long.

Am new here so sorry for the long post. Diagnosed with SIBO and gut Candida back in 2018 when I was working with a nutritionist to fix everything but money ran out for private consults so never retested to see whether they had gone but with the awful daily anxiety I have been experiencing which hasn't gone away since 2015 and just putting it down to not being optimal with my thyroid and stuff but wonder if the issues have always been there which have been hindering everything else, although at 62 I have a very long history of anxiety/agoraphobia issues so it's part of it.

Anyway, had to have an antibiotic the other week which knocked me for six so via a reputable firm I have always used for my supplements I asked for a probiotic that would be suitable for me. I started it but didn't realise that a probiotic could cause die-off symptoms so I suppose a whole cap for MY system was a bit of an overload so I stopped those and moved onto a liquid one which helps restore the lining of the gut first ie. first step probiotic so to speak. But I can't help think that all the upset isn't just down to the antibiotics but the fact that I still have SIBO and Candida and am frightened to get tested again because then I will have to try and find some money to work with a nutritionist again with a protocol. As much as I have learned over the years about my conditions, I can't do it on my own.

Consulted with a nutritionist and she advised I start low and slow so last few days i have been having a teaspoon before bed instead of the recommend tablespoon. my stools have been looking a little iffy in that it looks like possible biofilms or candida in them since I started. Starting also having some kimchi with my evening meal and also a few sips of Kefir in the day but I think possibly introduced too much too soon?

2 days ago I felt pretty good, woke up with little anxiety all day which is highly unusual for me and had a bit of energy, first time I have had what I consider a good day this year so I felt over the moon that the priobiotic was doing it's thing and I had got over the worst of the die off symptoms but yesterday and moreso today I feel like hell. Terrible anxiety, fatigue and generally feeling very frightened.

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Always had issues with my stools floating and a bit blobby and not so much log formed ( apparently down to poor digestion of fats) but yesterday and today most sank in the bowl and my stools do look much better. first image was from a few days ago. Is it Candida I can see or biofilms in this one or just toxins clearing. (top right) https://prnt.sc/Fuvmr7D6Xuc7. Yesterday I could see little bits of something but stool was better former and this image is from today which is much better formed https://prnt.sc/miaNk-AL3ZE7 and funnily enough I had to go a second time about an hour later.

My upper and lower tummy just feels off and I struggle to eat due to the nausea. Today I feel awful mentally and physically and just want to literally jump out of the window, especially after having such a good day the other day and now feel like I am no better off and back to where I started. I know it takes time and there will be ups and down but I am hopeful after seeing my stools today that things will improve as it's only really been a few days, but I do need reassurance please and a little comfort from you folks out there because I live alone, completely isolated with no friends or family and it's frightening for me feeling like this, it's like I am dying and apart from popping my Diazepam I don't know what else I can take to help alleviate the symptoms.

I wonder whether I am possibly feeling more die off symptoms again today because of the bit of kefir and kimchi I had and it's a bit of an overload on my system. Maybe I should leave off those for now and just have the small dose liquid at bedtime and see how I feel next day.

I was also thinking of trying some activated charcoal but I have to be careful with the meds I am on but reading up there are no interactions. I did have some Takesumi (carbonized bamboo) via my old FD to help with die off and it's pretty much works the same as activated charcoal It also appears to adsorb mycotoxins and endotoxins (and other biotoxins) from various organisms, take a load off the liver and kidneys.

I just really don't know how to help myself anymore and I have tried so much.

Looking for some suggestions and reassurance that I have the strength to see this through to the other side or am I just fighting a losing battle.

Thank you

he's relatively healthy, nothing wrong had his tonsils pulled but we can see his pulse and it looks like a little lump there.

he has not been feeling good which is why im concerned. i have not noticed this before, but i think its cause he has low body fat.. age 12 boy, healthy, skinny

24F, no medications, not diagnosed with anything.

Every time I have to go #2 I get really intense nausea. This used to happen occasionally, but now it's almost every single time.

I'll be completely fine, and then I'll start feeling like I have the flu, and that my cue that I need to go to the bathroom. It progressively gets worse. I'll be sweating, feel absolutely terrible, and will either be gagging or actually throwing up. Then as soon as the last piece comes out, i'm instantly 100% better.

My poop doesn't really have a smell, and it's not diarrhea. I'd say it's pretty average.

I just have no idea what this could be at all. Any ideas?

29/F. Started with tachycardia,then palpitations, then svt episodes. The past few days I have not been able to lay down ,even elevated because my heart rate gets too low and I can’t breathe in. I have not slept because I have to sit straight up and when I fall asleep I wake up a few seconds later gasping for air. Went to the ER. Results : DDIMER-Positive. O.56 PBNP-High 222 FREE T4- Low 0.71 CT of lungs -“Slight patchy ground-glass opacity in both lungs. Favored to be atelectasis within lingula. 4 mm nodule left lower lobe series 2, image 145 (stable), thought to be benign by Fleischner criteria..

No suspicious bone lesion. Soft tissue body wall intact. Scattered small lymph nodes in the bilateral axilla.” He send me home and said “that’s for someone smarter than me . I only know what I know “. And “ if you can’t breathe laying down then don’t lay down “ Still have low heart rate. Haven’t slept in two days. Chest pain and pain breathing in and can’t breathe laying down.

I (32F) have this weird bump on the inside of both of my eyes. I have lupus/sjogrens/and rheumatoid arthritis. My right eye is the one in photo and the one bothering me. It’s itchy and red.

So for context about three months ago i had this severe headache and I think its faintly around the same region where the weird bump is. It's weird because other than that, I've only had one other instance of a ice-prick headache and nothing else.

I haven't really felt the bump much, but its not your typical small insect bite type of lump, its quite big, and the other side of my head is smoother and smaller like a normal skull. In the rare occasions I do feel it, it feels kinda hard but it doesn't hurt to touch. (at the very most, just the faintest dull throb that only lasts a few seconds) (at least, that's what i deduce from it. Like I said, I don't feel it very often because I'm scared it'll worsen it)

Sometimes though, I feel a faint throb in that area, but I could just be imagining it as it is light and mild enough for me to think so. No, I don't remember and I don't think I've hit my head at all.

Anyways, I can't really get a doctor check up because Im only 13, and they're kinda expensive anyways. My mother doesn't really think it's that dangerous so she's not really bringing me to the doctors, but it's not like shes 100% apposed ( i think ).

I've been freaking out for the past two days rn and I just hope there's a reasonable explanation where this isn't dangerous and harmless.

thks!!

22m white area is bump. only painful if i touch it. should i pop it?

I dont think the skin is breached, i can get any blood out by squeezing.

The stray cat (kindoff stray, he lives in the building but isnt really a pet) basically scraped its teeth on me after i must’ve pet a spot he didn’t like.

I have dermatographia so my skin naturally raises after anyform of irritation, so thats what that is. Im more worried about the red mark. As you can see the most superficial layer of dead skin was a little cut aswell

The cat’s otherwise very friendly, and approachable. Ill keep an eye on him for sure. But i dont know if i should be worried in the meantime Rabies shots are kindoff expensive so i dont want to spend unless absolutely necessary