My husband is a 26 yr old male. Zero medical issues other than this. He’s 5’4 135 lbs. doesn't take any medications. He’s always been super healthy. He woke up one morning with a lump under his clavicle. mri was concerning. His biopsy was inconclusive so he has another one next week.

25F I’ve been congested the past couple of days and threw up this morning. I coughed this up very easily about an hour after vomiting. It’s firm, but malleable and has a balmy texture. No smell or taste. It’s about the size of a dime.

I normally don’t have particularly heavy periods, in fact my periods are pretty stock standard. By that I mean that they usually five days, the second day is usually the heaviest, I don’t get cramps or pain etc. even at my heaviest day, it was nothing compared to what happened last night.

Yesterday, while I was in the shower, I already noticed that my period seemed to be different I guess ? At one point it almost seemed to shoot out rather than just gradually flow, and it started running down my legs. I mentioned this also because normally when I'm in the shower, my period like “stops” I guess. You know how water does that sorta like stopping of it (idk the proper word). Anyway, it wasn’t doing that and i felt like something was off but I ended up assuming that it was probably going to be a heavier period than usual.

Then last night, I had three separate episodes where I was lying down, stood up, and it was as if I had peed myself but it was just blood immediately gushing down my legs. The metric of soaking a pad doesn’t feel like it works here because the blood seemed to come out so suddenly that it was basically bypassing the pad and going straight down my legs and actually leaving a trail behind me. I ended up having to change my pants three different times because it was completely soiled. My bed and sheets were miraculously fine because it was only really when I stood up that I “soiled myself”. And I had to shower all three times to get all the blood off.

The third time I went back to bed, I’ve had to wear like really tight bike shorts on top of period undies on top of pads just so I don’t risk it running down my legs again.

I also developed a pain in my lower left back which doesn’t feel like cramps. It actually feels weirdly muscular like I’ve pulled a muscle but it’s painful enough that when I move my neck or when I try to walk it does hurt a bit.

I should also note here that I have been significantly more exhausted the past couple weeks like I’ve needed days of sleep to catch up on things (part of this could be autistic burnout and also because of not taking my ADHD med some days but this tiredness that I am experiencing is way out of the norm for me)

To be honest, all of this is way outside of the norm for me, so I’m kind of just trying to figure out how to explain this to a doctor but also trying to figure out what I should do. My mum told me that she used to get like really heavy periods like this and that it’s just like a heavy period but it doesn’t feel like that.

I also have a history of having like a grapefruit sized dermoid cyst on my left ovary and I’ve also been tested for like PCOS/PMOS in the past (and the only reason I wasn’t diagnosed with it was because I was one cyst short - when they used to count the cysts)

Anyway I have a telehealth appointment with my doctor in like an hour and a half but I’m just wondering if that’s a good idea and what I should say to like get across the gravity to the doctor that this is not my normal.

Thank you

29F, USA, 5’7, 174lb, Caucasian.

Hashimotos disease.

Since the beginning of August, i have been battling cold after cold. I have 1.5yr old twins who go to daycare, so this seems all par for the course. The first time i got a cold, i was put on keflex for 7 days for a sinus infection. A week or two after finishing abx, i got sick yet again, this time with a double ear infection. Amoxicillin for 10 days. Now, a week or two after finishing that, im sick again, although this is much gentler than the other two times. I do have some fluid in both of my ears, mild congestion, and I’ve been sneezing a LOT. but the weirdest part of this is these headaches. I’m someone who gets migraines frequently, I’m no stranger. But these are weird! I’m getting pain in my jaw as well as in my sinuses (black outlined areas), and i have a ton of tension in the pink area. I genuinely feel like i have to relax my entire face to get any relief, and as soon as i stop, the pain comes right back. It’s not crazy painful, just irritating and nagging. Is this just sinus headache that’s radiating to my jaw? Is this a sinus infection again?

It doesn’t help that i just saw the latest chubbyemu video where the lady thinks she has a sinus infection with fluid in her ears and it turned out to be a deadly brain tumor that wasn’t caught until she died. That was a great thought to put in my head.

Hi folks, 42F here, I'm not really sure if advice is what I'm after, but I'm just very confused and concerned after today and hoping someone can put my mind at ease.

I am currently a methadone patient in long-term recovery (4+ years). As part of being at a clinic I have to undergo a yearly TB test which I took two days ago. I returned today to have it read, and the nurse tentatively read it as a positive reaction. (Sorry for the poor lighting in the photo, I'll try to get a better one with natural light tomorrow AM.)

Of course this was very alarming as I've had multiple PPDs in the past and none of them ever came back positive - my most recent one prior was almost exactly a year ago.

I did notice the area around the injection did seem more reactive than I ever noticed in the past, especially yesterday. It's gone down a lot since then but there is still a hard bump at the injection site. But I assumed it was just erythema from the injection itself and not an immune reaction.

I do work in a pharmacy in a very busy, high volume inner city location, so I do work with the public including many sick and immunocompromised people as well as a significant homeless population. That is really my only risk factor. I only dose in person at my clinic once a week so I don't spend any significant amount of time around high risk individuals there. I am not on any immune-suppressing medications and my immune system itself is generally strong. I rarely get sick from anything. I have not experienced any symptoms that might suggest an active infection, no shortness of breath, chest pain, sweating or etc.

I am clean and free from all illegal substances as well as alcohol and tobacco. My only other medications are Doxepin, Minipress and Zoloft as well as methadone 50mg (currently tapering down).

Obviously now I have to get a chest x-ray and blood test to confirm or rule out, I guess I'm just wondering whether I will have to undergo any sort of treatment for this, or if it's possible that I was simply exposed to the virus and did not actually contract it (I'm not really sure how that even works but maybe someone can explain lol).

Has anyone ever dealt with this themselves and what was your experience like?

One week ago, my wife’s psychiatrist decided to take her off of clonazepam and switch her over to clonidine. She had been taking 2-3 mg of clonazepam since December, and I’m unsure if she was advised to go cold turkey or not, but has not taken any in 7 days, taking I believe .3mg of clonidine a day since then. Today, she started to exhibit potential symptoms of benzo withdrawal. Nausea, headache, elevated blood pressure, a strong pressure behind her forehead, confusion, balance issues, and possibly hallucinations. The last few are hard to recognize because she is also recovering from a tbi so those symptoms haven’t exactly been unheard of in the last few months. She still has some of her previous prescription of clonazepam, is it safe for her to take any until we can get in contact with her provider again for advice and assistance? The provider is through headway, and we have no way to contact them outside of the message portal on the website.

Should I be concerned? My OB says I’ve been healing well but the last few days I had some cramping (already had my period as well) and today I look down and had this white tissue material covered in thick discharge come out. It almost resembles tissue to me like the kind you use to blow your nose. I’m still having extremely thick discharge coming out as well that’s clear and snot like. I know it’s not toilet paper because I’ve only been using my peri bottle religiously and saw this exit my vagina. Does anyone have a clue as to what came out of me?? I’ve never passed anything like this before.
26 F, 5’7, 170 pounds, 2 months post partum recovering from 4th degree laceration

I am 5’7” and approximately 240ish pounds. I take magnesium glycinate, fish oil, Prozac, and amitriptyline nightly. I have had bowel issues in the past with frequent bleeding (seemingly because of tears on rectal tissue) but have yet to have something like this happen.

Approximately yesterday at 3:00, I sat down on the toilet and tried to poop. It managed to come halfway out, but I couldn’t get it fully and I started to feel nauseous and gave up. It eventually went back in. Prior to this (for approximately two days), my poop had been hard but still came out. In fact, the day prior I had managed to pass stool. I took a stool softener and read more into it and then ordered MiraLAX and a suppository. I took both, but I couldn’t get the suppository in all the way. I’m not sure if it’s because it was blocked or if it’s because my body kept tensing up, but I failed (twice).

Cut to this afternoon and I tried to do it again to see if anything worked. I got further this time, but after nearly 45 minutes, I started getting faint and sweaty and had to stop. It wouldn’t go back in and I was in pain so I panicked and tried to dig it out. Eventually, it cut a piece of it off and fell into the toilet. It was approximately the size of a russet potato (weird measurement but couldn’t think of a better comparison). It had the consistency of clay: not necessarily hard as much as it is packed and dense. I have a picture but uh… I’m kinda embarrassed to post it and am not sure it’s even allowed.

Afterwards, I was sore and slept. At this point, I’m not sure what to do. I feel the constant need to poop but I know it’s not going to come out easily. I tried the tricks of doing “acrobatics” on the toilets (moving side to side) and even got desperate enough to squat on the floor. My pain tolerance is low so I was trying anything. I could try another suppository, but it states I shouldn’t take another even after 24 hours if there was no bowel movement. I know it didn’t go all the way in but I was still nervous. I could try an enema, but I was unsure if I should use it for the same reason. I called a pharmacist and she said going to the ER after 24 hours seems a bit overkill, so I wasn’t sure. Any time I move my sphincter feels uncomfortable. I had to force myself to eat ramen today because I couldn’t even get an appetite. Any help or advice?

Hello, I am female, 5’7, 140-150lbs, 19, relatively healthy.

Meds : Prozac, quietiapine, vyvanse, propanolol. Never had issues with them.

I don’t have any specific health conditions except mental health ones. I got diagnosed with urticaria as a kid but the hives were rare and temporary, they would come when I was stressed, after sport, after hot showers, etc.

These marks started appearing five days ago. At first they were only small and not itchy. Now there’s a lot more of them, they’re bigger and itchier. There’s marks on my chest, belly, back, butt, and now there’s some appearing on my legs and arms.

I don’t have a doctor and I didn’t really wanna go to urgent care yet for this.

No bed bugs and I haven’t seen anyone recently.

Sorry for my bad English.

38F
125lbs
Not on any medication other than ibuprofen when menstruating

This nug came out on day 2 of my period. It was firm and about 1 cm in diameter.
I had experienced some pretty severe cramping earlier in the day. I’ve passed large clots before but this is something totally different. I generally have extremely painful periods and always have since starting around age 11. I’ve had drs tell me I probably have endometriosis but have never had the confirming laparoscopic surgery.
Unfortunately I didn’t think to keep this thing to have it tested so just looking for any insight as to what this might be and if it’s something that I should be concerned about.

NB MORE ACCURATE PIC IN COMMENTS!!

M41, 75kg, smoker, meds: Lamotrigine, Vortioxetin, Mirtazapine (for dystymia).

My husband's been wondering about this little bump on his arm. He says it feels like he always had it there, like a birthmark. He says it feels like it started growing around a couple of years ago (we don't really know).

It doesn't hurt, the skin doesn't feel "stretched" or any other problems other than cosmetic. However, today I grabbed it to feel it (bc he asked me to post here) and it is hard and he said it hurt when I touched it. It is loose, you can wiggle it around.

I thought I could see like white spots in it, but it doesn't really show up on pics and on further examination I'm not sure. When I stretched the skin it appears "all white" with a red circumference. The stretching of the skin wasn't painful.

Thank you in advance!

Look forward to some great professional advice,thanks

I 31F, AFAB, over 400lbs have been off my meds for over a month now. I have bipolar 2 and when I have flair ups I stop taking all meds. (Working on that with mental health worker)

Due to the bipolar 2 it is not uncommon for me to have bad sleep schedules. So I took so zzzzquil and slept so hard I wet the bed. And have done it another 3 times in the last 3 days.

I am also super exhausted no matter how much I am sleeping.

Finally I took my blood sugar this morning (I have historically had spikes in the morning even when fasting) and it was 366. I got it down to 290 when I finally ate like 4 hours later. And now after eating I am climbing again.

I put in a instacart for ketone urine strips.

If it comes back positive for ketones do I need to go ER? I have no insulin nor a prescription for any.

Hello, I am a 15 year old female, about 170 pounds, 5’5.
I have been dealing with asthma since I was 12.
My asthma (in my eyes) has always been “uncontrolled” I have been on many different inhalers. I am currently on Symbicort.

I also take trazodone and sertraline on a daily basis.

I was admitted into the hospital on the 27th, for an asthma attack, cough and sore throat. They checked my heart rate as soon as I got there and it was at 180 😬. They treated me in the ER with inhalers, but it didn’t work/saw no improvements. I just got out today. (the 2nd) during my stay I didn’t eat much (probably only about 2 cups worth of food in 5/6 days) I was on IV fluids, as I wouldn’t drink much either.
I went 37 hours without peeing before they finally gave me a urine catheter on Monday, where they got 1715ml worth of pee out of me 🙈 from Monday to Thursday night I had FOUR catheters, each catheter got over 1000ml worth of pee out of me. I started peeing on my own again AFTER they took me off the Ipratropium inhaler.
I have since been discharged. I was resting in bed, i got up to go do something and i passed out (felt dizzy then I woke up on the floor)
Is that something to be concerned about???
Should mention they were blaming my inability to urinate on mental health 🫪

14 years old
female

i have always had bruises on my legs and i don’t know what caused them. they don’t hurt or anything like a regular bruise, they are just there.
i am currently on a feeding tube after being diagnosed with MALS. i was going days without eating, and that caused the bruising to get worse. i have POTS, HEDS, SMA and more. is this normal?

I got what I think was an insect bite while in Japan. It started off really small and itchy, but over the next few days it turned into a massive fluid-filled blister. It became really heavy and uncomfortable, so after a few days I sterilised a needle and drained it while keeping the blister roof intact. Has anyone experienced anything similar after a bite?

Age:31
Gender: Female
Weight: 62kg

20f, 5’4, 96lbs, non smoker, i take lamotrigine 400mg, topiramate 100mg, fluvoxamine 75mg, vyvanse 30mg, & clonazepam 0.5mg. no physical health conditions (unless anorexia counts?). mental: bipolar 1 w/ psychotic features, ocd, general & social anxiety disorder, cptsd.

Hi. This is a cut from last night, and i heavily debated a visit, but financial reasons and toxic household held me back. It took a really long time to clot- definitely more than 20+ minutes with pressure without moving. There was an area that was pulsing (with my heartbeat), and im not an idiot, i know what that means, but it wasn’t spurting upwards/outwards, so i didn’t feel as freaked out. it’s been covered with a nonstick gauze pad and wrap and I’ll wash it out with wound wash. it’s not bleeding anymore, but the inside is still exposed. im sorry if this isn’t a good place, I just kinda don’t have anyone in my corner.

Hi Reddit! 29F, 5’7”, 145lbs, 11 weeks postpartum. I take no medications (was on Allegra until this week, off of it due to allergy testing next week). Non smoker, casual drinker.

For the last week I’ve been experiencing heart palpitations. They’re infrequent, maybe 2-10 times a day, and almost always in the evenings as I’m winding down. I’ve experienced heart palpitations before, after COVID several years ago, and did a holter monitor then.

Yesterday I experienced several while working out and got dizzy, so I went to the ER. I had a mildly elevated d dimer (370) so they did a CT with contrast to rule out PE and everything came back completely fine.

My potassium was 3.2 so they gave me some potassium and sent me on my way, saying the ECG (or EKG? Not sure. EKG at check in then put on different pads and had me monitored for 30 min) and heart monitoring didn’t show anything abnormal, it’s likely PVCs, and to follow up with cardiology (which I’m doing Thursday).

I’m now reading about postpartum cardiomyopathy and dealing out. Are the tests that were done sufficient to rule that out? Should I head back to the ER?

I’ve had 3 palpitations today. I’m a fairly anxious person so shortness of breath and tingling in my hands is pretty much the norm for me in times of high stress, which with an 11 week old…..yeah.

Thank you in advance!

Have two warts on same finger for about a year. They don’t hurt unless I hit them on something. What’s a for sure way to remove them at home?

Hello! This honestly happens kind of randomly but still enough to worry. I was diagnosed with POTS about a month and a half ago and got prescribed midodrine 2.5 mg 3x a day and metoprolol succ 12.5 mg (25 mg pill cut in half) 1x before going to sleep. I’ve honestly always struggled with my breathing before but my stamina’s been average until April when it started deteriorating faster than before (felt it more often during my martial arts classes which I now quit). Two nights ago, I had a random panic attack (?) at night, and last night when I laid down it felt like no matter what my lungs weren’t getting enough oxygen at all, and even felt like I was going to suddenly pass out because my lungs just forgot to breathe. Before May I could sleep comfortably in any position but now I can only really sleep sorta comfortably on my stomach (but this didn’t help last night either). I have no idea if this is due to the POTS, or a sudden panic/anxiety disorder that’s been building up since May? (Because I had panic attacks 3 nights in a row.) it feels like my body is reacting to the stress and anxiety rather than my mind since I don’t really think about my worries that much to trigger anxiety directly. Sometimes when I’m waking up but will laying in bed I feel really quick palpitations on my chest but when my check my pulse my heart is beating at a normal rate. I read somewhere that metoprolol helps with the physical symptoms of anxiety also, but I take it last night so honestly I don’t know if it’s just too low of a dose. Any advice helps now since I don’t have an appointment with my cardiologist until late October, thanks!

I was looking into amantadine because my psychiatrist recommended it and I had never heard of it before, and I saw that it works partly as an NMDA/glutamate antagonist, which confused me a little because I was told it might work somewhat similarly to ketamine, but my understanding of ketamine is that even though it blocks NMDA receptors, part of the antidepressant effect is thought to come from the downstream glutamate surge and increased AMPA activity that then contributes to neuroplasticity. So I was wondering how amantadine is similar to ketamine mechanistically versus how it is different, and especially whether taking amantadine regularly could potentially change or lessen the effect I get from ketamine, since they are both interacting with the glutamate/NMDA system but not necessarily in exactly the same way. I’m also wondering if there is any reason I would need to space the amantadine out from ketamine treatments or not take it on treatment days, or if that isn’t really considered a concern.

I am diagnosed with depression and I guess ocd which was thought to be psychosis and I take ability and venlefexine plus migraine meds like rizatriptan another concern I have is polypharmacy of adding the med. For reference I was hospitalized after the cops brought me to the er after I tried to jump from a bridge due to sadness and frustration with a complete lack of a treatment plan (I was discharged from a hospital to a psychiatrist who was leaving and didn’t get a new one who could see me once a month and my social worker didn’t show up to our appointment which was three weeks after I had been hospitalized and I needed help because I had to stop all my meds due to moving around when my grandma died and also believing I killed my grandma because of ceasing contact with my rapist because my grandma had to go to the hospital and I was raped on the same day

F25, 152kg, 157cm, methylphenidate 36mg daily.

Last night at around 2300 I suddenly got a horrible stomach pain out of nowhere (kinda felt like my lower abdomen was burning from the inside out), I last ate tomato pasta at 1900. I could only lessen the pain by curling up on my front with my legs under me and then propping myself semi-upright with pillows (idk if that makes sense?) Anyway I eventually got to sleep at about 0020 ish. I woke up again at 0300 and the pain was mostly gone but I was terrified of moving wrong in case it started again, I managed to fall asleep again but woke up again at 0415, though the pain is completely gone now.

What could've caused this? I've never had stomach pain like this before. I didn't vomit or anything, it was just like a horrible burning pain in my lower gut area completely out of nowhere. Ideally I don't want to experience that ever again, so would like to know how to avoid it.

25, AFAB (ftm), 5'1, ≈120lbs. diagnosed with a UTI today at urgent care, location unspecified but i have had chills and back pain so i worry the kidneys are involved. i'm attaching my urinalysis results as well, with personal or sensitive info censored in ugly red scribbles.

i am... confused about a couple things? my urine, though frequent in its need to exit my body, has been mostly clear for most of the past day and a half. like, WEIRDLY clear. then its was suddenly deep dandelion yellow for the sample i provided, and then... back to clear two pee trips after. is this something that can happen with UTIs sometimes, or is it a sign that there might be something more going on?

i was prescribed sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim; twice a day for five days. the pain in my back has kind of spread further upward as well. is this a "get your ass to the ER, debt be damned" situation (uninsured american...), or is it safe to wait 24-48 hours for the antibiotics work to bear fruit?

Okay, do bit of a long story, I (29F, 5'7", 145 lbs.) unexpectedly gave birth to twins November of '24 (no problem during the pregnancy) and at my postpartum check up had an IUD placed (liletta). Had complications with the iud and had to have it removed and another placed, few months later had to have the 2nd removed and a third placed with ultrasound guidance due to anatomical issues. The day the 3rd was placed with ultrasound guidance was placed had a date in March set for a bilateral salpingectomy (fallopian tube removal). Surgery day came and surgery was a completed without complications and recovery was a breeze. I elected to keep the IUD in place to keep periods at bay, but as the year went on it became a constant problem between me and my husband. Well when I went in the middle of August if '26 for my annual, I had the IUD removed and given I have my tubes removed me and my OBGYN decided it was not necessary to be on birth control. Well 2 days after my visit, I began to bleed and assumed it was my period starting to return. The bleeding lasted almost 2 whole weeks and here I am 4 weeks past the day I stopped bleeding having intermittent cramping and feeling like I might start my period again. The cramping and bloated feeling has been going on for over a week and my anxiety about being pregnant again is starting to come back. I have already been put on medicine to curb the anxiety when I had the first IUD removed and stopped it due to gave the surgery. The way feel now is the way I felt when I found out I was pregnant with the twins and turns out the cramps were from embryo implantation. I took a pregnancy test that has cane back negative. I don't know if it's because I tested to early which shouldn't be since it's been over 2 weeks since the estimated ovulation and last time of slip up, but I need to know has anyone else experienced anything similar after having an IUD removed? I know the literature says the first period can return in 4-8 weeks up to 3 months and it can take up to 6 months to return to normal cycling. Help me out please before I spiral off the deep end! I have 4 children and while I love mine wholeheartedly, I mentally don't think I can go through another pregnancy let alone raise anymore kids hence having the aforementioned surgery.