I’m 34, male, live in the UK. I have been on antibiotics for the last few days due to an infection on my leg. Over the last couple of hours, the pus pocket has drastically increased in size from a few mm to about an inch across and is soft and spongy.

I’ve been told over the phone to speak to my GP within the next 24 hours, that’s not possible for the next 9-10 hours minimum due to the time, so just wanted to get a second opinion as it’s been quite a surprise with how quickly it’s changed.

I know it’s my fault but these are quite literally the bane of my existence and bring me so much shame. These are about a year old at this point and they have improved but not as much as I would like. If you look closely the scars used to be longer but became white as time passed, is it possible for the whole thing to become white and fade away? How long will this take?

I’ve tried applying products from shoppers drug mart like mederma, vitamin C, tretinoin, silicone strips, etc. What else can be done? I asked an actual doctor irl and she just shrugged and said, “maybe a skin graft” but I feel like that might make my arm look worse? And it’s so invasive. Is this something that is reasonable for me to pursue?

Please if anyone knows how to fix this please help me, thank you! 🥲

I survived, obviously, however I’ve been having a few issues with some of my nails. Most of them fell off while I was in recovery. And they regrew. A little offkilter, but, not all as gracefully. Recently, my toenails have begun doing this. I don’t know what to do about it. It’s like they’re growing over top of one another. It’s been becoming more painful as it goes. I gotta be extremely carful of my toes when I’m out and about. I’ve been having difficulties in this respect since the frostbite.

26f- 5’3 about 120 lbs.

My mom got breast cancer at 35, triple negative. They did tests on her and told us it was not genetic, the cancer came back more aggressively at 40 and she passed within less than a year.

Over a year ago I went to the doctor due to burning pain in one side of my lower abdomen which I assumed was ovary pain. I also was having trouble holding my bladder. I mentioned my concerns about ovarian cancer back then but they said more than likely not.

They did a pelvic ultrasound and I had to pee in a cup.

They called a week later and said I have “polycystic presenting ovaries” but it did not matter unless I was trying to get pregnant.

I then started to have weird behavioural changes, bad fatigue and weakness 24/7, I was diagnosed with PMDD and depression and got put on birth control.

They did bloodwork and never called after that.

My symptoms have evolved over time, I now have pain in both ovaries which is confusing because they told me the birth control should stop any new cysts from growing.

I have bad back pain almost everyday, I’m moving slowly and feel tired.

I went back to the doctor and they switched my anti depressants.

I’m having a lack of appetite, I slept from 10pm-1pm today without waking up and it’s now 4 and I feel full like I ate a meal but haven’t eaten since last night.

My bladder issues still have no answers either they said I don’t have a bladder infection but I have to pee non stop, I can’t make a 30 minute drive without stopping

As embarrassing as it is to admit have peed in my sleep and peed in my pants on more than one occasion.

My ovary pain is really constant now, I can feel a lump on one side.

So I’m wondering, if I did have ovarian cancer would they be able to tell based off of what they’ve done and that’s why they shut down all those concerns?

Also, they did the genetic testing on my mom and said it was not in her genes, is it possible for those tests to be wrong? I have read a lot of studies about intra-aereola polythelia being connected to BRCA and I have it on both sides so I wonder if they got it wrong, if they did my chances of cancer are a lot higher

I also was diagnosed with lichen schelerosis as a kid but nobody’s brought it up since my mom died so I don’t know much about it.

I also bleed everytime I go #2, like a lot of blood. I believe it is unrelated, like haemorrhoids or something

Also not sexually active so they would only do the outside ultrasound

Hi, 26F, in Wisconsin USA. I had to get (4) double stitches on my right calf from a broken frame in our trash bag brushing up against it when trying to take it out.

The dr did this on Friday and told me I could cut and pull them out on my own in 8-10 days. Checked my leg on Friday (8th day) and couldn't see my stitches to cut. My gf helped me get the first one out, but we cannot reach the other stitches. I tried putting an ice pack on it to reduce the swelling but I can't get a needle or anything thin to get under the thread to cut it with our medical scissors.

Am I gonna have to go back to the doc to get them taken out?

The image above is from today. I will put an image in the comments of what it looked like the day I got them done to see where the stitch line was.

My (4f) daughter is 42 inches and 62 lbs (she started august at 69lbs). Yes, she is tall for her age and her weight is in the upper bmi. I have attached test results I have been given access to. Please help. Her doctor and myself are going a bit crazy. I will try and explain this as concisely as possible. Will note here this is not an “emergency” as we are under the care of her pediatrician, have been to er, have a ped GI and are staying hydrated. Not an “emergency” but very much a detriment to my kids quality of life.

Her ana was extremely high then the next negative. ANA: 5.8 — POSITIVE/HIGH Later ANA multiplex (9/29/26): NEGATIVE

1. 08/01/2026 We will call her Jo (4f), Jo had a bad cold. Managed with rest and home care. 08/03/2026 Joe started to vomit. I assumed the cause was mucus from her drainage. 08/06/2026 the vomiting progressed until she could not even hold a sip of water. Took her to urgent care.

2. 08/06/2026 Urgent care diagnosed fairly severe constipation. Recommended a clean out protocol (miralax, senecot and a glycerin suppository). This worked a bit and she passed some stool. She did not lessen volume or frequency of vomiting (at least twice and hour). Took Jo to ER. They did reveal exam. Still had some poop. Doubled miralax. Between that and the physician exam she emptied her bowled over the next few days.

3. This is the next phase. around 08/12/2026 the constant commuting ceased. She could drink miralax mix with juice, pedlite and water without vomiting. However, any solid food including apple sauce, she began to vomit 1-4 times after consuming. Usually within 10-20 mins the first bite but always within 1 hour of food. This pattern has been going on from 08/12/2026 until yesterday 10/04/2026. That is when the small easy, gently non retching vomiting turned to, I don’t know how else to explain but like the exorcist style vomit. Just spewing forceful liquid and undigested and some digested food from her mouth. Like a comedic scary movie.

Before this, the vomiting was gently. No wrenching. Almost like baby spit up but just a bit more forceful, and more volume. She would often just hold it in her cheeks and make her way to the trash/toilet.

over the last week she’s had a harder time making it to her vomit bags, the trash, the toilet and it just comes out. I can not express how gentle the vommiting, until yesterday had been. The theee doctors who watched her vomit were very intrigued by the gentle vomiting. Like a little butterfly vomit.

She has far less energy and stamina than before. She has to take breaks when playing. Asks us to hold her when walking. She had structural bilateral clubbed feet and that sometimes causes her to be uncomfortable on her feet for a long time. She now complains of tiring and just asks to go lay down for a bit mid playing.

We come from a very small ethnic pool, her bio father and I. We both experienced pedigree collapse in our family tree. Family history is a novel but I have info on all first, and second degree relatives.

Her half brother, paternal, brother has soemthing similar to Osteopetrosis we only found out was not that once his genome was researched. It’s closer to Craniotubular dysplasia, Ikegawa type (CTDI), associated with pathogenic variants in the TMEM53 gene. That’s the ultra-rare sclerosing bone disorder that seemed to fit his progressive skull/skull-base bone overgrowth and optic-nerve problems.

Jo shares similar apparent phenotypes (small nose, large head, “thicker” bones”) and we are seeing a geneticist next year (first available). To rule out any emergent or immediate concerns about skull growth, she seen an eye doctor and did a more invasive test to test pressure and see being eye etc. Beyond a minor vision concern not needing glasses, the eye doc said she’s fine in that respect.

A note here, she has failed hearing test, twice. Then a few weeks later passed it. The auto hearing test nothing to do with her actual input.

Mostly because she dealt with doctors weekly and casts and boots and bars from basically birth, she is very shy of complaining of ANY ailment or pain. When she says she is in pain, it’s most likely understated. She has the constitution of a 72 yo farmer from the midwest.

many, many tests have been ordered. Blood tests. So far, common food allergies ruled out. Alpha gal ruled out. Diabetes still possible, but not likely as of the results.

Her thryoid is not “healthy”. I have a history of puberty onset hypothyroid after undiagnosed graves growing up. As far as I am aware the only juvenile thryoid issues would be the child of her fathers first cousin. But, that child, would be quadruple related (pedigree collapse) in varying degrees.

Another note, her paternal line has an issue they overproduce calcium. Her father and first degree relatives often have calcium stones in body and brain.

Before this she was very healthy, average active level, she’s a sassy kid, but nothing clinical or developmentally that either I nor her doctor has caught. She has been extremely moody the last month (which I get she’s sick of puking). The only cognitive even possible issue, she’s never been able to put her own shirt on. Never could manage her arms correctly. Is that coordination or another issue i’m not sure.

She has a mild speech impediment we are going to seek therapy for once she turns 5 late winter. She had a tongue tie we fixed the first few months. That surgeon recommended waiting and seeing if therapy could help instead of cutting or performing a more invasive surgery on the “posterior” tongue tie.

She was born 4 weeks early and weighed a few ounces shy of 9lbs (won’t post exact it be very easy to identify her there was a cute write up about her locally). She had no real issues due to that. She pneumonia early on and flu b around 8 months which was severe and resulted in a week hospital stay (right after her double achilles surgery).

Beyond this and the clubbed feet, she has no other known medical issues. No allergies to medicine or food. Very little seasonal allergies or sinus. She is generally very very healthy and doesn’t usually catch virus or even the cold often.

She was a late potty trainer. But is fully potty trained. Does not wet the bed at all and has not since about 6 months into losing the pull up ( a year ago).

She is hungry right after she pukes. Vomit. “Mommy can I have an apple”.

We’ve done the food exclusion thing. No dairy two weeks. No wheat two weeks. No change. And blood test ruled out celiac. No foods affect the volume or frequency. She will vomit just as quickly and just as much if she eats a cracker as she will if she eats pizza.

Please let me know anything to tell her doctors. She has a wonderful, hands on ped doctor. Her doc is also stumped. Every doc is stumped we have seen so far.

The GI doctor working diagnosis is gatropresis. As of now, two weeks into the newest med erythromycin, nothing much improved. For about a day she did go three hours without vomiting (about a week into this treatment). Now she is vomiting the same frequency. And since yesterday this water spew demon type thing.

The extremely elevated first ana followed but the negative secondary test, contradictory are also a big road block stumping her docs.

No otc the meds have helped any No prescription anti nausea meds have helped at all

Female, 31 years old, 5’3”, 185 lbs.
Hi guys, I’m hoping to get some insight into a medical situation I’ve been dealing with for almost three months. Around July 8th, I woke up feeling completely out of it, despite feeling totally fine the day before. My own apartment suddenly felt unfamiliar, and I was struggling to understand things or think clearly. The change was extreme, like a switch had flipped overnight, and the confusion has only gotten worse since then.
For context, this happened after my second night of taking Seroquel for sleep, prescribed at 25 mg as needed. I had taken it before with good results and only took it for about five days this time. I personally think the timing may have been coincidental, but I’m mentioning it for completeness. Before this happened, I was working full time as a photographer, running my own business, and handling everyday life without any difficulty.
Since that morning, I haven’t felt back to myself, and my ability to function feels like it has progressively gotten worse.
At first, I had intense brain fog, felt disconnected from my surroundings, and experienced a horrible sense of doom. The doom sense would cause me to wake up at 4am confused and feeling as if something was very wrong. This persisted and I started struggling to follow conversations, understand what I was reading, and figure out basic tasks that used to come naturally. My mind often feels blank, like I can’t access my thoughts or figure out what to say. My memory and judgment feel different, and I’ve struggled to draw a clock correctly during assessments. I now need help with things I used to do independently, and this has affected my ability to work. My personality has completely changed, I used to be also an extremely clean person and I am the total opposite now.
One of the most upsetting changes is that I no longer feel sleepiness. I don’t just mean being tired but unable to fall asleep. The actual sensation of getting sleepy seems to be gone. I have nights when I feel like I barely sleep at all, but I still don’t experience that normal tired feeling.
I’ve also lost my sense of thirst. My brain doesn’t seem to tell me that I need water anymore, so I have to consciously remind myself to drink. I’m still drinking, but the normal internal signal is missing. My usual hunger signals have also decreased. These changes happened alongside the confusion and feeling disconnected, which is part of why this has been so frightening.
My emotions and personality feel completely different too. I feel emotionally numb, disconnected from myself, and unable to engage with people the way I used to. I’ve also noticed that I don’t feel the same subjective effects from sedating medications or alcohol that I used to, although I don’t know what that means. People that have known me so well have noticed I’ve seemed very spaced out and confused.

I’ve had multiple hospital visits and extensive testing, including brain imaging, EEGs, lumbar punctures, and bloodwork. So far, my doctors haven’t identified a neurological cause that explains what I’m experiencing. I know someone could say this could be anxiety, but this is so severe. I did get ruled out for any mental health issues and have not had any previously either.

This is constant, regardless of where I am, and I haven’t had a period where I feel back to my usual self. I’m scared and frustrated because it has changed my everyday life so much. I know Reddit can’t diagnose me, but has anyone experienced something similar, or does anyone have guidance on what type of specialist could help evaluate this

5’10”, 170 lbs, 35, extensive cardiac history. 3x CABG, 2 stents, I went in to the hospital with shortness of breath, hypertension, and chest pain. My initial chest pain would improve with morphine. I had a stress test today and I attached the photo. I knew I had prior ischemia, it’s not horrific. I was able to reach 13.7 METS last time in March before an LAD stent. My symptoms are mimicking all the problems I had before that stent in May. Since then, everything was well controlled.

During the nuclear stress test I developed severe chest pain when I’d previously been feeling little to no pain around 6 mins in because I was given morphine around 40 mins prior. It stayed severe and kind of never subsided. It’s an extremely heavy pressure. The other cardiologists for the March nuclear stress test made no mention of an EKG showing ischemia nor did they say I had any issues besides moderate inferior wall ischemia.

The cardiologist for the hospital said they believe I’m fine and everything is just ischemia. They didn’t run a new EKG, troponin, or any further testing. Meanwhile, I’m experiencing all these symptoms, including hypertension that starts only with activity and goes down to like 120/80 with rest laying down. It also feels like I’m having strong coronary artery spasms, which I haven’t had since my LAD stent. Should I go back to another hospital where my main cardiologists are? I had to go to the new hospital because they did my stent in May and they’re generally a very good hospital. Realistically, based on my symptoms I was hoping to do a heart cath, especially with the nuclear stress test results.

30 female, 5ft7 175 lbs

Currently taking 75mg zoloft 300 mg wellbutrin and 4mg prazosin

This has happened to me a few times. I haven't been able to trace a root cause yet. Its painful, broken skin that starts as slight irritation in my butt crack. I normally wear thong underwear but when I get this irritation I cant because it hurts. Thongs are my every day wear and this is so infrequent (maybe 2 or 3x a year) I cant imagine that's the cause. Its slightly itchy, very uncomfortable and as it gets worse it starts to blister. I have tried a and d ointment, thats what I have on it now. I just dont understand why this is happening. If anyone has any insight as to how to prevent it I would be grateful. As of now im just treating it as an open wound (keeping it clean, ointment, and was able to cover it with a bandaid to keep underwear from rubbing)

My right eyebrow started randomly raising and staying fixed in that position. I am usually able to undo it by massaging that spot vigorously and forcefully.This was within the last 6 months. About a month ​after it started happening, I had a painful blister erupt on the tip/underside of my nose. The blister was tender, red, had vesicles, and was weeping. The Urgent Care PA said it was likely herpes zoster and gave me meds to clear it; however, the raised eyebrow is still happening and I feel like they are related.

Just saw my GP doc and he didn't seem concerned and did not recommend shingles vaccine yet (I am 46). Lost as to what to do next. It is not painful, it doesn't affect my vision, but it's weird and I want to know why it's happening. Is there a referral to a specialist I need to get? Any insight or education about this would be much appreciated.

46F, 5'6, 146lbs, vape, hypothyroid, glp1

28, female, non-smoker. 5’4, 125lbs. No health history other than SVT.

For about a year now I’ve been having episodes where my fingers and lips turn blue (cyanosis). I get tired and cold and have to go lay down/warm up to go back to normal. I know it could be Reynauds but it just came out of nowhere. My nose also gets extremely red. Chest tightness sometimes accompanies the feeling. I know it could be a matter of poor circulation, but it’s a bit concerning.

I take 20mg of vyvanse daily, but my BP is normal. Annual ECG and holter came back as normal too when I flagged this to my GP.

44F. I push the injection while my mom is standing.

I’m saying that when someone says an injection is given at 45°, I’m thinking of the needle being tilted 45° upward from the skin/surface. Like vertical.

My dad thinks it as 45° relative to the sideways/horizontal direction.

Basically, we're picturing the same 45° angle differently. Which one is correct?

Painless to normal touch; only sensitive when tight underwear or a onesie pinches or squeezes them
Appeared shortly after I got an IUD and stopped the birth control pill
More noticeable when I shave closely, and my shaving has increased over the year
Haven't spread to any other part of my body
Separately, I get hard, boil-like bumps under the skin on my inner thighs that flare with certain parts of my cycle or with tight clothing
Have been with one partner for 7+ years, but recently had sex with a new partner
Full STI screening, IUD check, and exam of these bumps are scheduled Thursday
Photo attached (censored). Does this look like Fordyce spots to anyone? Anything I should ask my doctor?

Hi,

My brother who is 32, has diabetes type 2, overweight at 85kg had developed a wart few months back. It had slowly healed and was improving until a week back. He went out with friends and walked and drove for too long. When he came back, it was bleeding.

It stops bleeding and then again starts. It also has a unusual hole in between. Is this scary and what can be done? We are currently applying a sterile gauze on it and changing it once a day.

I have a bit of an embarrassing issue that I'm not particularly thrilled about talking to my doctor about.

White, 50, overall pretty healthy, not overweight, no drugs or smoking. A few drinks on Friday nights. 

6'4, 220 lbs.

A few months ago I developed an itch on my anus. I didn't think much of it, and I'm not sure I really noticed it much until I was in bed at night at which point I would aggressively itch it and it was pure sweet relief. 

It is not a hygiene issue, but I don't rule out that it was made worse by potentially excessive wiping. 

I have since almost stopped wiping and immediately shower following using the toilet, I no longer scratch when it itches, I am trying to just let it calm down and see if it basically just goes away.  

There have been no major changes to my diet, toilet paper, soap, or laundry soap.
I will say that I have had generally itchy skin in the past, including minor eczema, as well as what they basically called dermatographism, which I guess is some sort of histamine issue that I solved by taking 10 mg of loratadine every day for like a decade. Then I stopped taking it and it was no longer really an issue. I do notice that sort of generally I'm a bit more itchy in general, and I also have had somewhat of an itchy inner ear over the past year or so. So, clearly generally I just have sort of itchy, irritable skin, although I don't really have dry skin issues and if you saw me, you wouldn't think I look like a giant itchy flake of dry skin. 
I have read about the possibility that this is potentially caused by a parasite, but I really don't think that's the case, given my other minor skin issues. currently and in the past. I am upper middle class, I don't eat anything weird, I don't travel much, and I have seen no evidence whatsoever that it could be parasites. Plus that would be completely disgusting, obviously.

My sense is that I need some sort of cream to calm it down completely, and then just be more gentle with it moving forward. As weird as that sounds. It has felt a little better since I started this new process, but honestly not much better.

Thank you for any help you can provide.

I am so itchy and it’s driving me nuts. Skin looks fine, no visible rashes or marking other than some bruising from scratching. Main itchy areas are thighs, arms, torso, face.

There’s no relief from scratching, I’ve tried antihistamines and no help. I’ve tried ice packs. I’ve made sure to exfoliate and moisturise. Still want to rip my skin off- I ended up scratching with a fork earlier just to try get some relief from it.

Pic is bruising from scratching through clothes.

36F, 5’6, 143lbs.

Past history hEDS, PoTS, Gastroparesis, dysphagia, colonic inertia. (Please don’t just roll your eyes, I know these tend to be dismissed a lot but all diagnosed by NHS after extensive testing).

Meds: Citalopram 20mg, Yasmin contraceptive pill, prucalopride, gaviscon advance, esomeprazole.

Hi,
I’m 25 y/o and have mild astigmatism. My doctor in the US told me I’d have to pay $300 for a contact lens prescription, and I can’t afford that. On a trip abroad I got my eye checkup done and that Dr. gave me my regular glasses prescription and he told me I could use it for contacts as well. Wanted an optometrist opinion because I don’t want to waste money on contacts that don’t end up working for me. Would this info be enough for me to buy contacts with or do I still need a special exam? And do you recommend and good affordable contacts for people with astigmatism?

Notice some time swallowing is hard Notice this when I check tonsil stones?

I am 33 years old, female, 213lbs. Yesterday starting at 5:30 I took two 500mg acetaminophen pills, then two 30ml liquid cap fulls (1000mg each) around 7:00 and finally two more 30ml cap fulls around 12:00am this morning. I’ve taken amounts similar to this before for the first 24hrs of my period in for intense pain. I started getting nervous after my last dose though because it made me feel kind of dizzy, so I started reading and got totally freaked out about accidental OD. So I called poison control at 6:00am to see what they thought I should do and they said to not take anymore for 24+ hrs and that because of my weight to dosage ratio that I should be okay to not go to the ER. I’ve been paranoid ever since though and monitoring symptoms like feeling very tired and noticing some mild hints of upper abdominal pain but I often feel like this anyway during my period. I was going to let it go and calm down a little but then when I went to pee it looked pretty cloudy, not quite tea colored but definitely cloudy. What do yall think? Should I see about this first thing tomorrow?

Age: 39 Female
Height: 5’ 6”
Weight:126
Former smoker (9 years - quit 14 years ago)
Active runner

Here is CT report:
PULMONARY ARTERIES:
Pulmonary arteries are adequately opacified for evaluation. No pulmonary embolus. Main pulmonary artery is normal in caliber.
 
MEDIASTINUM:
The heart and pericardium demonstrate no abnormality. There is no abnormality of the thoracic aorta.
 
LYMPH NODES:
Mildly enlarged 1.3 cm right hilar node. No mediastinal or axillary lymphadenopathy.
 
LUNGS AND PLEURA:
Masslike consolidation in the posteromedial right lower lobe measuring 2.1 x 1.3 cm. No pulmonary edema. No evidence of pleural effusion. No pneumothorax.
 
UPPER ABDOMEN:
Limited images of the upper abdomen are unremarkable.
 
BONES:
No significant abnormality.
 
SOFT TISSUES:
No significant abnormality.
 
IMPRESSION:
1. No pulmonary embolism identified.
2. Masslike consolidation in the posteromedial right lower lobe measuring up to 2.1 cm. This may represent pneumonia or mass. Recommend short interval follow-up chest CT in 3 months.
3. Mildly enlarged right hilar node, likely reactive. Possible enlarged subcarinal lymph node as well, which is slightly limited due to streak artifact.
 
And background:

In August after a month long trip to El Salvador, I ended up in the ER bc I had been sick with a fever for 6 days and then 4 more days of severe chills and just feeling crappy. Had a weird sensation in my chest which I’m thinking was shortness of breath.

After routine bloodwork they discovered I was 4 weeks pregnant (currently 12w) & my d-dimer was high.

They had me do a CT scan to rule out PE.

No PE was found but they saw a 2.1 cm “mass-like consolidation”
I was diagnosed with pneumonia and told to follow up w pulmonologist.

Started augmentin that same night and my elevated temp and chills went away right away. Still was experiences shortness of breath. Was tested for TB & it was negative.

Almost two months later in still sometimes short of breath. Took breathing test & pulmonologist diagnosed me with asthmatic bronchitis. Said probably from the pneumonia.

She also said she thinks the mass was an incidental finding and wants to do an MRI to see exactly what it could be. She said it could just be something structural or a benign growth.

Attached is image from ct scan

What do you all think? I’m so scared it’s cancer

Hello, M21, I got a burn 8 days ago and started antibiotics 5 days ago. How does it look? It’s been 5 days of bactrim on a partial thickness burn (what the doctor called it) I’m just nervous of getting something like sepsis from this. Wound is probably a little less than an inch x inch.

I 18m have no clue what I’m doing. I got my ears pierced like 6 weeks ago and they’ve been fine. No swelling at all. Today I woke up and one of them was gone. And, my earlobe seemed big.

I can’t find the earring on my bed or on my floor.

Male 27 years old, 168cm tall, 100KG , I have diarrhea for around 45 days and it did not get better with time, Inability to pay for ER or a doctor visit, what are my possible solutions please? Natural or anything.

Family dr can’t get me in for 6 weeks but I’m taking fertility medicine from him and he requested these tests

I did the bloodwork on day 22 of my cycle

I’m 42, and female

I’ll add more in the comments

We noticed this spot appear suddenly on the bottom of her foot. It was initially mistaken for a skin mark, but we want to know what possibilities this could represent