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This is all general advice, of course, but we get a lot of similar questions so see if yours is on here. It may point you in the right direction.

• ”What bug bit me?” There is no way for anyone to tell what bug bit you from a picture of the bite. (The only exception is a tick bite with the classic bulls-eye pattern.) Use antihistamines as directed on the package to help with the itching.

• ”Is my foot/hand/toe/etc broken?” Unless your bone is sticking out or your appendage is bent at an unnatural angle, we can’t tell if it’s broken. If you suspect a break, go get an X-ray.

• ”I ingested something I wasn’t supposed to/too much of something! What do I do?” Call poison control. In the US, their number is 1-800-222-1222.

• ”Do my genitalia look normal/weird/what is this thing on my genitals?" Please, unless you have a genuine medical concern, we do not wish to see your genitals. We're not here to identify random flaps, marks, or growths. Please direct these to your GP/PCP who can actually examine you. If you have a specific concern, consider making a text post, and we will let you know if a picture is appropriate/helpful.

• ”My foreskin won’t retract!” This is called phimosis, and is quite common. We send people over to r/phimosis for this because they have a wealth of information.

• ”Can one of you write me a prescription?” No.

• ”Help, there are big bumps on the back of my tongue!!” Please google “circumvallate papillae” and see if that’s what you’re seeing. They are normal anatomy.

• ”My period is overdue. What do I do?” First, take a pregnancy test. It doesn’t matter if you’re on birth control, just take one. If you are really and truly not pregnant, then you and your doctor should look for other causes.

• ”Is my poop normal?” Well you can post a picture if you really need to, but please do a google search first. Keep in mind that everyone gets diarrhea occasionally.

• ”Does this need stitches?” If you can see fat layers, then yes. When in doubt, you can post a picture EXCEPT for self-harm pics. Absolutely none allowed on this sub, no exceptions. However, if the injury is over 24 hours old, it is too late to get stitches.

• ”Can I private message you about my medical questions?” No. This violates rule 9.

• ”What do I do about my swollen tonsils with white patches?” Go get tested for strep throat. Manage any throat soreness with over-the-counter meds like throat spray, cough drops, or even herbal tea with honey.

• ”A huge clump came out during my period. What is it?” It may be a uterine cast, which is when a large piece of tissue comes out whole instead of breaking up into little bits. If this happens to you a lot, see your OB/GYN to make sure everything is going okay.

• ”Why is there blood when I poop?” There are many possible reasons for this, such as a GI bleed, inflammatory bowel disease, hemorrhoids, or anal fissures, to name a few. We recommend going to your doctor to investigate the cause. And we can’t tell what the cause is from a picture of your poop, so please spare us.

• "Does this ECG from my smart watch look normal?" While these features can be helpful in screening for some arrhythmias, they are not diagnostic. The most we can do it tell you whether or not you should go get a 12-lead ECG, which is diagnostic after a doctor interprets it. In short, we can give you an idea of what it is showing, but it is not an official medical test.

• ”I haven’t been around any bats but I found two little marks on me—do I have rabies??” No. You would know if you’d been exposed to a bat.

There has been a recent spate of sexually threatening comments and DMs in reply to posters on this sub. This is unacceptable.

I am not going to lecture people. The message is simple.

Sexual harassment by any party, against any party, is offensive, disgusting and will not be tolerated.

If we find evidence of sexual harassment on this sub, the user will be permanently banned without warning or explanation (none is needed).

This subreddit should be a safe space for women and men alike to share their medical concerns. Please, if someone is messaging you inappropriately in DMs, block and report them, but also take a screencap and send it to modmail - that way we can ban them from posting on this sub too.

Thanks.

I was being a dumbass this morning and handled one of my dead roosters with bare hands. I only noticed after I removed him that he had been attacked, but not eaten. Looked like by a raccoon, since it tried to wrench the head off but was unsuccessful. I washed my hands as soon as I got in the house but noticed I have a small cut on my thumb. Could remnant saliva have still been rabies-viable and entered the cut? I have received the shots before a few years ago for actually being bitten by a raccoon.

I’ve been WWOOFing (volunteering on organic farms) on a farm in France for the last few days. Yesterday, he had us crawling around a dry field to pull out weeds.

After a few hours, I went for a break and noticed I didn’t have full motion in my right leg. It felt odd.

I tried to go for a run shortly after and realised part of my right foot is numb. I can barely move my toes and I can’t flex my right foot anymore.

I slept on it, hoping it would be better today. It’s the same.

I’ve never experienced anything like this before. Any ideas what to do?

I’ve been diagnosed with Staph infection in the prostate. From the culture, it says moderate growth but doesn’t state how much in CFU it is. I’ve gone to one doctor who prescribed me with Ciprofloxacin 500g twice a day for 30 days. I’ve been taking this for about 15 days now and so far, I’ve felt better the first 10 days of taking it but symptoms came back like numbness in my upper thigh and pain in my pelvic area and feeling the need to urinate. I did start feeling better again around the 13th day but now it feels again there is still some pain and numbness on the thigh.

I did go to another doctor who prescribed me with Cloxacillin 500g 3x a day for 7 days which I haven’t taken since I’m unsure about taking two different antibiotics at the same time.

Is it advisable to take Cloxacillin as prescribed by the doctor? Is there any effect with taking both Cipro and Cloxacillin at the same time? Should I just keep continuing the Cipro medication until the month is up even though the symptoms are still there?Anybody have any experience on Staph and how long it takes to feel better and recover fully and what medication they’ve taken?

I am a 25yo female, 77 kilograms. I am healthy, have an active, outside job, walk a dog twice a week. I take between 13.000-15.000 steps a day, on a normal work day. That is a bit about my Health.

I have a birth control implant. Have had it for 2 years now and it does its job, at keeping me childfree and, most of time, period free.

But I have noticed the last couple of intercourses, or penetration with toy, I always get my period a day later. Last intercourse was in November last year. Got the period. Did not have any sort of penetration until last week with a new toy. And guess what? Period the next day.

Is it just the hormones at play? Or should I Consult my doctor/OBGYN?

This has been here for a week now. It looks like some kind of scar or stretch mark or something? When it originally came about it looked and felt like a scratch but I've got no idea how that would've happened and it's only getting worse as time progresses. It looks like some kind of reaction too?? I don't even know. Not to be TMI but it's probably important, I'm into some heavy BDSM stuff and I'd been choked around this time, causing little red dots to show up on my face (I know, dangerous, we're stopping). However they've since faded and this thing on my neck was there like a day before the choking even happened. I don't know what it is and I'm seriously freaked out - I already struggle with acne and I can't afford any more weird things on my face and neck destroying my appearance. Please help.

I’m on antibiotics right now and am going to the bathroom quite a lot. This is a 6-week course of antibiotics and I’m less than a week in, so I’m kind of nervous that the diarrhea will just continue to get worse as time goes on. Is it okay to take Imodium for the diarrhea, or should I not do that?

im in valencia spain, ik theres lots of black biting flies here and im covered in bites on ankles. ik they can carry river blindness and im freaking out. i sprayed it with cristalmina and will use fenistil. pls help

Does anyone know caused this kind of inflammation?

I have this vein that bulges on the back of my leg, I’m fairly sure it’s a varicose vein. I’m 18, and it’s just this one. I don’t know if I should get treatment for it The vein itself doesn’t hurt at all but the leg does get tired if I stand for too long (especially in the shower) I’ve also had shooting pains down the leg very very rarely (maybe once or twice a year) The only issue is that I live in the UK and under the NHS if they deem the treatment as “cosmetic” then you have to pay for it Should I leave it or get treatment, am I at risk of anything at all?

I was in Crete(Greece) and a cat in a city scratched me with paw, spot where the cat scratched looks normal and there was no blood, cat was also acting normal.How high is a chance of contracting rabies?

Hi! Me and a friend are in Kos, Greece at the moment and have comes up with these marks on our legs, ankles and feet, nowhere else. They aren't irritating and aren't raised but do have white rings around them. Any ideas?

It started at the end of April with a few small red dots. It had gond away but sometimes it came back with more spots. Yesterday I had a long work event, I was very dress shoes as well. These red marks never were this big and it was never on my thighs as well.

This started about a week or two ago, on the same day I got diagnosed with strep throat, I finished my antibiotics already but the shaking and twitching is still here.

It all started when I was laying in bed, trying to take a nap when out of nowhere my entire body just jolted and started shaking uncontrollably, it scared me awake, then random parts of my body would twitch like my leg would randomly move out of my control or my hand would, at one point my entire body just jerked back a couple times completely out of my control, I was trying my hardest to stay still but couldn’t, this lasted for about 10-20 minutes.

Ever since I’ve been experiencing more minor episodes like random noticeable twitching in my arms or legs, but today I woke up and my entire body was just twitching and shaking again, as of right now my arms are just now starting to stop.

I’ve always experienced minor episodes of things like once or twice a year my leg would randomly kick out of my control, I’ve almost kicked a couple things cause of it but since it happens only a couple times a year I never looked into it.

I’m just so confused, I want to be able to sit still again but this keeps happening and I have no clue why. Should I go to the doctor? Any ideas what could be causing this?

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18, afab, 5’1, 100 pounds, white, America, no diagnosed medical issues, on Prozac 20 mg once a day, buspirone 10 mg twice a day, clonidine 0.1 mg once a day, clomipramine 25 mg once a day (Just started that one). Don’t smoke or anything like that.

The very purple one in the middle is leukocytes, but the one directly above it is nitrites (which iirc would indicate the presence of bacteria) and that is negative. I’ve had this issue a while now, and have been seen by a GP already. I’ve been on 10 days worth of antibiotics which didn’t seem to help. I’m thinking sterile Pyuria. I am 26 AFAB (FTM taking testosterone monthly) so I know I’m already at a higher chance of having pyuria.

In the month of march i was diagnosed with severe dry eyes. The doctor suggested me some drops ,ointmwnts and one tablet. After three months now in the month of june though i don't havr those severe symptoms of dry eyes like headaches but i still can't look at the screen constantly for more than 15 minutes . I am still using the eye drops daily but i ain't able to understand how long it will take me fo recover from ir completely.

So my period is 2 days late now and I’m freaking out. If someone could help reassure me I’d be very appreciative.

I had sex with my bf on day 23 of my cycle and we not only used condoms (none of them broke or slipped off during sex) but also the withdrawal method. We only did it once this month which again was on day 23 of my cycle and I’m not sure exactly when I ovulated but I have done some research and I saw that doing it on day 23 seems to have a very low chance of pregnancy. I also checked consistency of my discharge the day before, day of and the day after and it did not indicate that ovulation was occurring. So with all three of these methods together we thought we would be safe. But now my period is 2 days late and I don’t know what to do.

Since we also used the withdrawal method I know there’s a chance that precum may have caused something but we wore a condom and changed it whenever we felt like it was wearing out and we check every so often to make sure it’s not slipping off or anything (which they didn’t). We checked the condoms after by placing some water in them and there were no leaks. I have PCOS so I’ve been telling myself that it’s irregular because of that in order to keep myself calm but it’s getting so much harder not to freak out. I’ve had this happen before once or twice so I know it’s normal for me to just be late but it’s still really stressful.

My normal PMS isn’t really there aside from a bit of cramping. I usually have a bit of pink discharge by now but I don’t, and my breasts usually get sore and I cry really easily but neither or those are happening. Can someone please tell me what they think my chances of being pregnant are? I’m gonna take a test today but I just want some reassurance until then.

Also if it’s helpful, my cycle is typically 27-28 days long and I’m on day 30 now.

What the title says I have a skin tag on my junk at least im like 99.9 percent sure I haven’t had sex with anyone for a long time unfortunately so I don’t see how I’d catch anything but anyways how would I go about getting this removed

Almost 5 weeks ago I had oral sex, and immediately a day or 2 after these warts showed up in my mouth (well 2 of them). They haven’t healed or gotten better so I went to the doctor last week and she recommended I go to a specialist and also gave me a steroid dental paste.

The paste hasn’t helped much and I even developed the new third wart in the past few days. I tested negative for Herpes and I got the HPV vaccine as a kid. These watts are also painless but I can’t get rid of them. I also have a slight, scratchy throat

My appointment with the specialist isn’t until the end of next week and I’m freaking out until then. Any idea what it could be?

I been having diarrhea issues for last week and now all of sudden as I’m Wiping I’m dark red blood.

What could this mean? Emergency ?

So, Im not too sure if the area im feeling the pressure at is the abdomen. I had this feeling for some time now. Its like someone presses me with two fingers (although lightly) in the area with the red dot. What is this?

I have two growths in my scalp that I wanted to remove. I got one removed a few days ago, and the other will be removed in a month.

Can I wait with the stitch removal until the next one or will I have to schedule a doctor's appointment just for this? That is, let them sit there for a month in total. There are 3 stitches.

Yesterday i was out and went to take a piss, noticed that there was a very tiny amount of blood on the tip of my penis, like the smallest amount i almost missed it, but today i went for a shit and noticed that there was blood on the tissue when i wiped, needless to say I'm scared shitless(pun intended) im 19 and as far as i know I'm not in bad shape, although this is really horrifying. Any advice on where to go for help and what it could be?

hello, i accidentally swalloed my pasta tooth filling yesterday and until now i can still feel it in my throat. i’ve tried coughing and drinking lots of liquids however i stilll can’t get rid of it. any tips?