This is a continuation of a post I posted a week or two ago regarding an 83 yo gentleman I’m the caregiver for. He’s had this foot ulcer on the ball of his foot for at least 4-5 months. I posted a pic of the bandage with a greenish hue which was new at the time. He walks on it all day. Refuses to offload. Doesn’t want treatment. I’ve noticed the blue becoming more prominent. The wound is large but I’m not familiar with them at all. His is the first I’ve seen. He has no symptoms of systematic infection. He does have a little swelling in the foot and leg and a very foul odor (fish and rot). Vitals normal. He has chf, uncontrolled diabetes, PAD and diabetic neuropathy. I guess im trying to gauge this wound as far as how advanced it is and what to expect. Today’s bandage is SO BLUE

I got this pimple on my finger a couple of days ago. It was smaller at first, but I tried to pop it and I think I might’ve done worse. It seems to be filled with a yellow infection or something, and to me it looks exactly like a bigger pimple I would get on my face. Now it stayed at the same dimension, but I’m wondering if I should pop it with a needle or it will go by itself? Did anyone else had something similar?

23yo female 5’4 120lbs no medications, no smoking, no current conditions besides occasional seasonal allergy (no symptoms today)
Felt like there was something in my right eye, happens a lot as my eyelashes are straight and get in my eye sometimes. Hurt so bad, looked and had another person look for what was in my eye with no luck. This raised jelly part is growing and starting and I don’t know what it is or why it’s there. Sensation of something in my eye has since passed.
Please tell me what it could be and what I can do. This is horribly uncomfortable
Maybe I rubbed my eye?

for context, i had overdosed on 6000 mg of sertraline and 7500 mg of lamotrigine four days before this. i was on a ventilator for two days in the icu because my lungs failed. i had also developed aspiration pneumonia from choking on my own vomit. like two days after i was extubated and in a regular room, i coughed this up.

it obviously wasn't harmful because they didn't do anything about it while i was at the hospital, but i'm curious what this is. it was hard, but also kind of like bendable if that makes sense. the doctors looked at it, but they never told me what it was.

this all happened in late june of this year. i was 21 years old (turned 22 like two weeks later). i vaped every day before this and still do.

is it like a piece of the skin of my throat or something? or like a piece of my lung?

sorry if this is a dumb post, i'm just really curious!

35yo female, 5'5", 200lbs, 10mg domperidone daily (tapering off from 50mg/daily for breastmilk production), desoximetasone ointment-as needed, prenatal, lactation gummies with moringa, elderberry and biotin.

Around 9 months ago my friend noticed I had l lumps on the sides of my neck. I shook her off and let it be. I didnt have any pain. I do have poor posture from being pregnant and breastfeeding since 2021. Ive also developed a fatty-like deposit on the back of my neck giving me a "hump". I had my labs done about a year ago and everything was fine. I havent been sick and the lumps feel more squishy and fluid like than hard. Is this just inflammation from horrible posture? Or should I be worried about cancer?

I had a colonoscopy and endoscopy 2 years ago and I had a benign polyp, mild reactive gastritis, and microcolitis. I also have oral and vaginal erosive lichen planus. Otherwise im fairly healthy. Im almost done breastfeeding (in a few weeks) and hopefully done with pregnancy for a few months. Not sure what your gut reactions are? Please help.

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25f

I’ve had this line on my nail for over a year now. I got it checked by a specialist last December, where they told me to monitor it and come back if I see any changes.

My main concern is that I can see the line extending into the Eponychium area of the skin.

Should I be worried?

(Age: 29)

22M , have been this lesion for 7 days , the lesion started from vigorous nail scratch(accidentally)

The area is full of vesicles, no pus really but sometimes itchy with altered skin texture

Have been applying mupirocin for past 3 days

What can it be ? Any chance it could be eczema

I had issue of eczema on my left side of belly 3 months ago

I’m 16F and this has been happening since February 2024. They don’t hurt usually, and don’t come with any other side effects. I’ve been to the gp about this a few times, and they just perscribe me antibiotics which don’t help. Whether I go to the gp or not these fade away on their own, but they always come back.

I weigh around 9st and I’m 5ft 6. I don’t smoke or vape and I brush my teeth twice a day so I don’t think that’s the problem. I don’t take any medication. And not sure if it’s relevant but I’m white.

In the past year alone, this has happened 7 times and since they don’t cause me any pain usually so it’s not urgent to me, I’m just curious. From the pictures I have, some not included, I realised it’s always on the same side of my throat which is odd.

Also, incase anyone is concerned, my tonsils naturally look like that. Whenever people see them they say they look disgusting, but I think that’s just how they are I’m not sure why they’re so big haha.

Hello,

I am a 26 year old Male. I weigh 250 pounds and I am from Asia.

On Oct 15, I noticed a hair tuft deep in the navel. Cleaned after bath and got what I think is bloody debris on cotton. Eventually a matted hair clump came out. Now navel looks clear to naked eye, no pain itch smell fever or visible discharge. But when I insert a Q-tip deep to check I still get light blood tinged stain. Currently only rinsing with water in shower, no creams. What is this exactly? Is it a medical emergency?

I have numbered every photo and added some information for better understanding.

Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I genuinely appreciate any advice.

Tuesday: Sore throat and 104 fever Wednesday: Worse sore throat, fever gone Thursday: Sore throat even worse, now with ear pain, but I felt way more functional Today: Temp back up to 103. Woke up and vomited 3 times.

I just wish I knew what I had so I could google what to do better. Negative covid, rsv, flu, strep, both at home and at urgent care

What's wrong with me and do I need to go to the ER?

Sorry, I know this isn’t as important or interesting as other posts on here but I’m genuinely so confused.

S: Female

Age: 24

Height: 5’8”

Weight: around 250, probably a bit above but I can’t find my scale so I can’t say exactly

Medications: none

Smoking Status: none

Medical issues: obesity since childhood but everything other documented diagnosis doesn’t contribute to my physical issue

So I went to England a little over 4 months ago, almost 5, and when I came back my mom said I smelled differently. She asked if I was using any new products and I answered honestly, no. For the past few months I’ve continued to have an unexplained sweet smell. Not sickly sweet or fruity, my mom said more like the vague sweet aroma of certain teas. I repurchased almost all of my products in case the formulas were affected during my travels but the smell doesn’t change. For this past month, I even started using fragrance free products, no perfume, and no hair products when I’m not going out, and the smell is still there. The smell has penetrated all of my belongings so now my room also smells like my new scent. My mom doesn’t necessarily dislike the scent, but she doesn’t like it either because it just doesn’t smell like me. Like she still recognizes me but an additional sweetness she doesn’t recognize.

It’s not from my breath, we checked several times. My breath either smells like morning breath, toothpaste, or coffee

My diet has changed since coming back from England, barely any processed food, everything mostly home cooked. I’ve had a more well rounded diet but I haven’t cut anything, just added. I still eat carbs and protein. I haven’t cut artificial sugars purposefully but I’ve definitely had less since eating mostly home cooked food. I’ve started eating a lot more veggies and fiber.

My skin is a little less oily but I’ve been sweating more.

My mom said that it’s not a specific area where the scent is stronger, my entire body and belongings just smell different now and I’m at a complete loss. Idk why I smell different. Please help!

25 female

no medical history

smoker

overweight

so for the past few weeks (almost a month) I’ve been having a weird feeling in my chest , high resting heart rate and shortness of breath. Ive had normal ekgs and 1 abnormal one. d dimer was .33 a few weeks ago and .56 yesterday. doctor did a xray which was clear and a ct scan which was clear. should I be worried still? and what can this be. I’ve attached my newest ekg from last night but I’m really starting to worry. I was thinking maybe my body is just tired of me smoking (this is the longest I’ve smoked consistently) but now I’m not sure. The shortness of breath gets so bad it physically feels like im unable to take a breath in for a few seconds. And with my heart my pulse has been high even while resting (granted ive always had tachycardia to some degree) but while resting sometimes it’s 117 -120. I’m getting really worried these days as it all came on so suddenly. Any insight would be great as I have to wait till November 25th to get another appointment with my cardiologist for a week long heart monitor.

Male, 27, 220 pounds, 6,0 foot. He takes 300mg of wellbutrin, and also takes vortioxetine, but I don't know the milligrams. He also takes adderal ocasionally, but I also don't know the dosage. He has depression and ADHD as far as I know.

This one is hard, but I'm seriously worried about him. His mental health has declined a lot for the past 18 months or so. He constantly complains that he feels apathetic towarda everything, his higiene habits have worsened, he has withdrawn from his friends and family (basically only talks to me) and stopped caring for all of his hobbies. He has also become hyperfixated on politics, to the point where he follows the same group on multiple different platforms, and spends all his days immersed in it, even when he's working. It has made him verbally agressive and very intolerant against people that think differently, he's also somewhat paranoid that other groups are conspiring against his political group, and that his group is the only group that can save our country (we're not american). It's like he has joined a cult.

He wasn't like this, something broke inside of him and he has been spiriling ever since. I'm at my wit's end here, so I thought about reaching out to his psychiatrist and telling them about what has been happening, because I'm 90% sure that my SO does not tell his doctor about it, because he doesn't see that there is something wrong going on, however, he cannot know of this, otherwise he won't ever look me in the face again. Ah, I forgot to mention that my SO doesn't have a therapist, he actually refuses to, but he does go to a psychiatrist once a month.

With that being said, I'd like to know:

Can I reach out to his doctor without him knowing?

I know his doctor cannot tell me about what my SO discusses with him, but can he tell my SO that I reached out?

What would be the best course of action here?

xray came back normal but you can see that my right shoulder ( left side in photo ) sticks out more and that’s where my pain is. what would be causing this and how can i relieve the pain?

Hey there! I'm Daisy. Age 22. AMAB. Height 5'11". Weight 55 kg.

A pharmacist prescribed me Chlordiazepoxide 5 mg for stress and anxiety. I've been taking this medication for about 7 months. 3 days ago I stopped taking it and got insomnia. I wasn't aware of this medication can cause insomnia on withdrawal. I don't want to restart taking it again. What should I do? Any answers much appreciated!

Hi everyone, looking for medical insight or guidance regarding my father’s recent medication changes and acute GI symptoms.

​Age/Sex: 47M

​Diagnoses on current slip: Recurrent Depressive Disorder (ICD-11: 6A71), chronic insomnia, history of severe headaches/migraine

​Relevant history: Heavy smoker (20+ years), no prior history of peptic ulcers

​Timeline & Background:

​April 2026: Suffered from severe chronic migraines and was treated by a neurologist for 3–4 months with good relief.

​August 2026: Developed severe sleep onset insomnia (could not fall asleep naturally on his own).

​September 2026: Consulted a neuro-psychiatrist (a different doctor from the initial neurologist). The psychiatrist diagnosed him with Recurrent Depressive Disorder and started him on:

​Amisulpride (Joykem ODT) 50 mg (morning)

​Dothiepin (Dothip) 25 mg (night)

​Clonazepam (Zapiz/Epitril) 0.5 mg (night)

​October 11, 2026: Follow-up consultation with the neuro-psychiatrist. Dosage was adjusted to:

​Dothiepin increased to 50 mg (night)

​Clonazepam reduced to 0.25 mg (night)

​Amisulpride maintained at 50 mg (morning)

​The Issue:

Following the October 11 dose increase of Dothiepin, he has been feeling ill and complaining of severe, persistent burning pain in his stomach and intestines, describing it as feeling like raw, open sores ("chaale").

​He has no vomiting or black/tarry stools, but the burning and abdominal discomfort are significant and distressing.

​Questions:

​Given his 20+ year smoking history, could the anticholinergic, gut-slowing effects of Dothiepin 50 mg (especially combined with Amisulpride) be causing severe gastric irritation or delayed gastric emptying?

​Is a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) like Dothiepin still an appropriate first-line choice here for insomnia/depression, or are there gentler modern alternatives (like an SSRI/SNRI/Mirtazapine) that carry less GI and anticholinergic burden?

​What is the best next step: take him to a gastroenterologist to check for active gastritis/ulcers, or seek a second opinion from a different psychiatrist to overhaul this regimen?

​Any guidance on whether this symptom profile warrants an urgent medication review would be deeply appreciated. Thank you.

Used AI to make it more clear for others to understand. I hope you understand

I usually take my dad (m68, 5'10, 155 lbs) to his appointments. He has severe stage 4 COPD, multiple hospitalizations in the last year including once for severe DVT and another for adult failure to thrive (he lives home alone, sleeps most of the day and often goes days without eating). I live an hour away and have two young children and my own health issues, so I am not able to provide him the care he needs and he refuses local meal delivery services because they would require him to be awake to answer the door. He also stopped having in home PT visits because he didn't like having to wake up for appointments.

I dropped off meals for him about two weeks ago and noticed he didn't seem well (worse than his usually not great baseline). He's sleeping most of the time when I call to check on him and the crud has been cycling through my house so I haven't been able to go over there without risking getting him sick. I also am rarely able to get him on the phone because he is always sleeping.

Today my brother told me our dad said he thinks he might need to go back to the hospital, but he "wasn't sure yet." This was apparently a few days ago. I called my dad and he answered the phone and sounded very unwell. Not able to finish a sentence without stopping to breathe. Then he started crying and told me he hasn't eaten in three days (he sleeps a lot so it could be longer than that, or shorter. He often doesn't know what day it is.) He was slurring a lot too. (My brother is bringing him food).

I mentioned to my dad that maybe he should go get checked out and he LOST it. Every profanity you can imagine, insisting he's not going to let those beep beep beeps put their beep beep hands on him, etc. Hes been adamantly against going to any kind of nursing home so I explained to him I wasn't talking about that, just going to the hospital to get checked out. He doubled down and said he isn't going. He's just going to see his pcp, and that's it, and if he has to go to a hospital or nursing home he would rather just stay home and die and that if us kids try to force him to do something he doesn't want to do that he will never speak to us again (I don't think it's an idle threat either).

So my question: he has a doctor appointment on Monday. I am usually the one who takes him and handles these things. I am wondering if I should call the office ahead of time and let them know he's been going multiple days without eating, has admitted he probably needs to go to the hospital and also that he is adamantly refusing care. I'm hoping if they know this ahead of time that they'll be better equipped to help him, but I also don't want to take up their time if it's not really going to matter in the long run. I also don't want them to say something about me calling, and have him think I'm trying to force him into something he doesn't want. I just know that he won't give them the full picture when he goes in there and I want to make sure he is getting the best options for his care (and hopefully things he will actually agree to.)

So, for the doctors in here...whats your opinion? Would you appreciate the call so you could be better prepared for the patient and (most likely) have a more accurate picture of their case, or would a family member calling just feel like an extra, unhelpful thing being tossed at you in an already busy workday?

Hey all, I am a 35 year old male. 5ft 11 and weighing 14st 1 (so overweight). I have Health Anxiety so the smallest changes often point to something drastic for me. However, I've had a weird abdomen sensation that comes and goes now for a bit. Basically my lower central abdomen hurts when I press in on it - ONLY when I'm lay flat on my back, I cannot reproduce the sensation whilst I'm stood or sat. It feels like it radiates into my penis/testicle area too.. as soon as I remove the pressure the pain immediately stops. Is this normal? Is this something serious? I am rather confused about what actually could be causing it. I have no other symptoms.

Hello.

33M, slightly overweight. On an anti-anxiety med, a multi vitamin, and a low dose of a GLP-1 (which has worked well, I’m down 40 pounds in 4 months and running a 5K next week!). Drink some but not a lot, do not smoke.

I will preface this by saying I’ve recently had a very stressful several months and it’s caused a backslide in some serious anxiety issues (including a heavy dose of health anxiety) that I thought I had worked through, and I am seeking MH treatment currently. So, if this is a “your anxiety is messing with you” sort of thing, please let me know.

I’ve recently noticed this pale area in my inner cheek. Google (I know, never google things) says leukoplakia which is apparently pre-cancerous?

So obviously that didn’t help my anxiety very much. Any idea what this is? Should I be worried?

Thanks in advance for any and all advice. This community is awesome from what I have seen.

25F, 5’5, i vape nicotine, 230lbs~, only taken ibuprofen, no current diagnosis

I have had a headache for a week. it is unbearable. it is across my scalp, down my forehead, and into my eyes. anytime i move it absolutely throbs. i can’t move my eyes without my eyes themselves hurting.

what should i do? should i wait this out? urgent care? emergency care? please point me in the right direction 🫩

31/M 140 kg/179cm. Taking Lodoz for high blood pressure.

Hi

So I suddenly forgot where my wife works. No other symptoms. I got scared and felt adrenaline. Now feel ok. I could speak and talk with no issues. She was talking about previous work experience and I just asked where she works now and couldn’t remember. After like 10 seconds i remembered.

Did I have stroke? Or I am just anxious? I have been tired this week and have slept average 4 hours.

My 2.5 year old daughter fell and bit into her lip yestersay. We brought her in and they said no stitches. But measured and its 1.5x 3 cm. This thing is HUGE and everytime she eats (bland food), it's bleeding again.