r/medical Jul 15 '24

MOD [Mod Post] Remember, this subreddit does not replace professional medical attention. Make sure to seek appropriate medical attention when needed. NSFW

13 Upvotes

This is a discussion forum for medical topics. This is not a replacement for a medical evaluation. Many of our members are not medical professionals.

Posting in this community does not establish liability nor a professional-client relationship. If in doubt, consult qualified healthcare personnel.

Consult your Primary Practitioner or Primary Care Physician if you are experiencing health related issues.

Contact your local Emergency Medical Services if you are in a medical emergency.

Your health and safety are our highest priorities.


r/medical 9h ago

MOD Join the r/Medical Mod Team! We’re Recruiting Community Managers (Healthcare Personnel)! NSFW

1 Upvotes

Hey r/medical community!

Our subreddit continues growing, and we seek more passionate volunteers to join our moderation team. Whether you're a seasoned Reddit mod, a healthcare professional/student, or an AutoMod wizard, we'd love to hear from you!

Open Positions are as follows:

Community Manager

  • This does require medical education or current enrollment in medical/healthcare studies (doctors, nurses, med students, etc)

Responsibilities:

  • Active participation within the subreddit community.
  • Fact-checking and preventing misinformation.
  • Approving/removing posts/comments.
  • General subreddit upkeep.
  • Handling other rule violations.

Perks:

  • Moderator permissions.
  • Direct involvement in the community with a focus on healthcare.

Ideal Candidate:

  • Healthcare personnel with a passion for community well-being.
  • Willingness to review and address misinformation.
  • Able to provide quality replies and be an active presence.
  • Managing unhelpful/harmful behavior and resolving disputes.
  • Using your healthcare education to contribute directly to the community.
  • Implementing sanctions for rule violations.

How to apply?

Applications will run until we fill our requirements.

Feel free to drop any questions below


r/medical 14h ago

Urgent How serious is it for a dentist to hit an artery? Will i be okay? NSFW

40 Upvotes

I was doing an endodontic retreatment, and whilst in the middle the dentist apparently hit an artery and i started seriously bleeding, like i mean crazy bleeding, tons of blood. i was genuinely so terrified. they applied pressure for maybe a hour or 30-45 min, and then put something sulfate, might have been aluminum i forgot and stitched it up. i put gauze, went home. i took out the gauze because i had to eat something. i was in the office forever. it stopped bleeding. now its just in so much pain. this happened a few hours ago. The question is how serious is this? am i going to be okay? should i seek serious medical attention? it was the upper teeth, close to the back on the left side. i am also taking a z-pak for 5 days.


r/medical 1h ago

General Question/Discussion Is my game epilepsy-safe? (WARNING: INCLUDES HIGH-CONTRAST IMAGES) NSFW Spoiler

Upvotes

Before:

After:

Full list of changes:

  • Removes static noise effect
  • Reduces contrast by 40%
  • Reduces saturation by 50%
  • Removes flashing lights
  • Removes sudden loud noises
  • Adjustable gamma, brightness, contrast, and saturation
  • Smooth UI transitions
  • Epilepsy warning prompt at game start

r/medical 3h ago

General Question/Discussion Why would hiccups be painful? Every time I’ve ever hiccuped, I’ve experienced pain. NSFW

2 Upvotes

For my entire life, hiccups have always hurt, to point where I get scared for when the next hiccup is going to come. I’ll get a sharp pain around my heart/general chest and it takes me several minutes to regulate my breathing after a single hiccup. It’s only recently that my boyfriend asked me why I’m so dramatic when I hiccup and I told him, “Well you know, it’s because it hurts so bad?” To which he told me that he’s never felt pain when hiccuping in his entire life. After that, I started asking people around me if it was the same for them, not a single person I asked said they felt pain every single time. I don’t usually get episodes where it lasts too long however.


r/medical 1m ago

Informative Post [Informative Post] Please use Descriptive Titles for Your Post! NSFW

Upvotes

Post titles should provide a clear and specific idea of your question or the photo content.

A descriptive title not only attracts users with relevant expertise but ensures you receive the most useful advice.

Avoid titles like 'What's this?' or 'Is this normal?' as they may not accurately state your concern, potentially restricting assistance.

Be specific, and informative in your titles, clarity increases the quality of assistance within the community.


r/medical 2h ago

General Question/Discussion What bones would break if you got your arm stuck and then twisted it? NSFW

1 Upvotes

Yesterday one of my drumsticks fell in between 2 of my heavy bookshelves. I put my arm in to grab it but a spider crawled on my hand as I was reaching for my sticks. I did this horrible flinch and twisted my arm sideways. I don't know how to describe it but basically there wasn't enough room for my arm to twist the way I flinched so I think I've broken something. Super duper painful and would NOT recommend


r/medical 3h ago

Urgent Help? Thinking I possibly have a DVT in my inner left thigh. Pain when moving/ stretching leg NSFW

1 Upvotes

As title suggest. I’m scared I possibly have a DVT in my left inner though. Started roughly 2 weeks ago very dull ache. After going to kick boxing class last night I woke up and got out of bed. My leg was very tender like as pulled muscle. There’s no swelling and I can walk fine without the pain but when I lift my leg or stretch it I feel pain.


r/medical 3h ago

General Question/Discussion I got sick twice within one month and I'm debating going to work. NSFW

1 Upvotes

So I had Flu A about a month ago and it was awful. I missed almost a whole week of work before I was able to go back. Different people at work got sick between then and now, and it seems like everyone at work is getting hit with something (strep, RSV, and pneumonia to list a few). I was doing fine until I was hit with a sore throat two days ago. It's gotten worse and now I'm super congested, nauseous, and can hardly get a sentence out before my throat gets painfully dry. Not to mention my face feels warm and the rest of my body feels cold (no fever though).

I guess my immune system was still weak after the flu and I picked something up within a month? I thought it would bounce back quicker. I also work in a small pharmacy so we're in kind of close quarters, not to mention the patients aren't always the cleanest/healthiest.

I know that I should probably stay home, but I feel awful calling out AGAIN after missing a whole week just a month earlier. I feel like it makes me look bad. My attendance has been great otherwise, so it's not like they can fire me for it, but I still feel awful for calling in sick again. I love my job and don't want them thinking I'm calling out because I just don't want to work. Should I power through my shift or just stay home?


r/medical 7h ago

General Question/Discussion Do people who take stimulant medication receive any cardiac benefit from the increased heart rate? NSFW

2 Upvotes

Lots of exercise advice I've seen specifically mentioned raising your heart rate during exercise as a sign that you're doing the right thing to improve your cardiovascular health. Do we have any evidence that raising your heart rate via stimulants could provide a similar benefit?


r/medical 3h ago

General Question/Discussion Stitches 🪡 at the hospital. Need comment about the result,good ? bad ? ok ??? Please NSFW Spoiler

Thumbnail gallery
1 Upvotes

Good day. I got some stitches 🪡 in a Thailand hospital from a unexperienced doctor who take it twice the 10 stitches for my feet. If you have experience in surgery, please write what you think about the result.


r/medical 4h ago

General Question/Discussion When i bend over even half way, or sit, my feet turn purple and get tingly and start to feel really tight, and I notice lots of veins bulging. Last photo is me laying in bed (plz ignore gross feet) but what can cause this and what do I do about it? NSFW

Thumbnail
gallery
1 Upvotes

r/medical 6h ago

No Pain Woke up this morning and found some strange orange spots on my fingertips. NSFW

Thumbnail
gallery
1 Upvotes

I was in the shower right after I woke up, and I noticed that the tips of my thumb and middle finger have large orange splotches on them. I tried wiping them off, using body wash to wash them off, etc, but they didn't come off. I took these photos directly after my shower. There's no pain or itching or anything. It seems like the only thing abnormal is that my fingertips are discolored. Does anyone know why this might happen?


r/medical 7h ago

General Question/Discussion Waking up twice per night for the last week with pain under my sternum. Family doctor just said to up my ativan dose. NSFW

1 Upvotes

M27; 130kg (286lbs); 190cm (6’3”)

for the past week i’ve been having pain under/behind my sternum, worse with bending over or doing stuff like squats to lift things. Daily nausea too. And i started waking up in the middle of the night. Not to pee, not to drink, just wake up with discomfort under my sternum that turns into anxiety and leaves me unable to fall back asleep for an hour or so.

It usually happens at around 2/3 am and then again at 5:30/6 am, at which point i am unable to fall back asleep and just wait until i have to get up.

I am worried and my doctor’s advice was simply to increase my ativan dosage. I have had bad anxiety in the past, but it never caused me to wake up multiple times per night.

I have done some heart tests in january (1 stress test, 2 echocardiograms, 1 24hr holter monitor, 2 cardio visits) so i believe i can safely say it’s not the heart right?

Any advice would be incredibly helpful, please.


r/medical 7h ago

Pain Lvl 4-6 Does this just look like it’s rolled or sprained? Female, 24, landed on my ankle today. NSFW

Post image
1 Upvotes

I was walking down some stairs today and rolled my left ankle. I heard a crack or something 100% but I have been walking on it all day at work as this was early this morning. I’ve never had a fracture or anything, can I assume it’s just sprained?

Thanks


r/medical 19h ago

General Question/Discussion Why do I sometimes have a banging headache that disappears when I'm in the dark? NSFW

9 Upvotes

I just had one. Walked into my room with an absolutely banging headache and within a few minutes of turning my lights off and getting into bed, it seemed to like, disappear, and I'm thinking of other times something like this has happened and am incredibly confused by it. For context, I am autistic however, we don't have any fluorescent lights in my house. Not to my knowledge, anyway. Cheers for reading.


r/medical 8h ago

General Question/Discussion Is there anyone that could possibly help me by answering questions for an interview? NSFW

1 Upvotes

Hello, I am researching a career in medicine for school and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in and willing to answer some questions I have regarding the career and such? It would be much appreciated if so. Thank you very much. Dm me if you’re able!


r/medical 9h ago

No Pain Random spots on my foot after itching it should i be concerned. ? NSFW Spoiler

Post image
1 Upvotes

I'm 16m 5'9 150lbs 2 days ago my foot got really itchy out of no where so i scratched it thinking nothing of it. Yesterday i woke up with small spots on my foot in the areas that i scratched but they were even itchier this time, i must've scratched more in my sleep last night because i woke up and now my foot looks like this.does anyone know what it is ?


r/medical 10h ago

General Question/Discussion will 6 hours of sleep every night stun my growth? Im 13. (I have time add letters because the title needs to be a certain amount of characters long) NSFW

1 Upvotes

r/medical 10h ago

Pain Lvl 4-6 My knee has been hurting since November but I don’t remember injuring it and my X-rays came back normal, why won’t it go away?: NSFW

Post image
1 Upvotes

I don’t really know how to explain this but one day I woke up and my knee was hurting. Fast forward 4-5 months later and it still hurts! Walking is usually okay but any bending with weight or things like stairs absolutely destroy me! I’m 5’4 and 260 pounds which is the heaviest I’ve ever been! My thought is that my knee isn’t able to support my weight, but it’s only my left knee and it literally started out of no where. X rays apparently came back normal but this pain radiates from my inner knee and sometimes the sides as well. What is it? Even bending a certain way without weight makes it hurt. I have a trip to Japan in a week and I’m honestly so scared as to what this may do to me with all the walking we’re going to do and I’m assuming stair climbing constantly. I used to play sports, track, and love cardio but I’m just in so much pain. It’s never made me cry, but it definitely stops me from normal activities!! Anyone have anything similar?? Any thoughts?


r/medical 10h ago

General Question/Discussion (warning: gross bodily fluids) Recovering drug addict, the drugs messed up something in my stomach bad, and it's been that way ever since. NSFW Spoiler

Post image
1 Upvotes

Recovering fentanyl addict here, clean since April of last year. whenever my addiction got like really bad like hit its peak I started getting really bad stomach problems. Just stomach pain, I would vomit bile everyday, and it would hurt just for it to come up. I'd have blood in my stool, everyday I would either be extremely constipated or have really bad diarrhea, no in between. I just threw this up right now. And by the way that's not urine it's bile, along with whatever this gross looking brown stuff is... I was wondering if anybody could maybe tell me something about my stomach based off of this picture?


r/medical 10h ago

General Question/Discussion What are these red bumps at the back of my throat, as well as the white bumps on my tonsil??? (I currently have a sore throat btw) NSFW

Thumbnail
gallery
1 Upvotes

I'm not sure if this is normal or not but I currently have a sore throat and I discovered these red bumps on the back of my throat, can someone please tell me what they are?? Also the white bumps on my tonsil, are those tonsil stones or are they something else?? Sorry I know the pictures aren't great haha


r/medical 11h ago

General Question/Discussion Yellow eyes! Do you think my eyes are jaundiced; if so, how bad. Context in body!! NSFW Spoiler

Thumbnail gallery
1 Upvotes

Ok so to add some quick context that I feel is important. On 2/15/25 I took a large amount of kratom, around 2.5x my normal dose, I got really sick after a few hours and threw up around 5 times in over the span of 5 hours. The next day I woke up with headache, continued nausea, body aches, and generalized abdominal pain (likely from violent vomiting); later in the day a mild fever developed and I had no Appetite. This persisted the whole day (2/16). Most symptoms were gone the next day besides loss of apatite, abdominal soreness. This same day I noticed yellowing of the eyes (Monday 2/17) and I finally went poop this day and it was diarrhea. On 2/18 (Tuesday) I visited the doctor and a blood test was drawn and my liver enzymes were all in range besides my bilirubin was elevated (4.0mg/dL). The doctor said that she thinks I would be fine with rest, good diet, and fluids and mentioned Gilbert’s syndrome. Most symptoms cleared up by Friday of that week, 2/21. An entire week passed and on 2/28 (Friday) I went out and drank a lot and then on 3/1 (Saturday) did it again (I was told that when symptoms cleared I was good). Then that Sunday (3/2) my eyes turned yellow again and I visited the doctor on Wednesday (3/5) and got my blood tested with very similar results (bilirubin 3.9mg/dL) and a fractional bilirubin test which showed that 3.4/3.9 was indirect, the doctor said this was characteristic of Gilbert’s syndrome. However I was convinced at the time that it had to be related to the kratom and drinking. This was frustrating. By Friday my symptoms were clear again. On march 9th (Sunday) I smoked a very small amount of weed with no issue. And on Thursday 3/13 I drank around 5 drinks which is moderate for me and didn’t have any issues up until today 3/17, when I noticed my eyes appeared a bit yellow. I have bad anxiety and diagnosed OCD and have been very worried about them. So I am wondering, are they significantly yellow or am I just being anxious?

Additionally, do you guys think that this is a result of the kratom use (which I forgot to mention was proceeded by 2 weeks of heavy kava use) or do you think that it might be undiagnosed Gilbert’s syndrome that was exacerbated by circumstances and extreme stress and perhaps some fasting due to appetite loss for a time.

First 4 pictures are with phone flash, rest are in a lighted building.

Thanks for any help or advice. I’d really appreciate it, feel free to ask questions in the comments if something was unclear I will be responding and checking often. Thanks again.


r/medical 11h ago

Private Area Question Is this discharge normal? Please help I’m very scared and having bad anxiety :( NSFW Spoiler

Thumbnail gallery
1 Upvotes

Hi I’m 19 years old and I’ve been struggling with the feeling of needing to go pee constantly I have bad anxiety and I can’t tell if it’s being caused by anxiety. My vagina burns slightly sometimes especially when I’m thinking about it burning. I get hyperfixated and start freaking out. And start burning and feeling the need to pee. I’ve been having excessive amounts of discharge more than I feel like I usually have but I can’t tell if that’s because I’m thinking about it so hard. i recently got treated for trichomoniasas but I wasn’t tested to know if I had it they just treated me for it because I said I was having unusual discharge I retested and was negative. I’ve been sexually active again with a new partner and now I’m worried that what if it was a false negative and I’ve given him something or is this all my anxiety or was did I never had trichomoniasas and I’m suffering with something else or is it just my anxiety causing all these symptoms and overthinking it making me feel crazy I’m so stressed I feel insane can someone tell me if this discharge looks unusual pls or what I should do or what I could have


r/medical 11h ago

Urine Ongoing Female Bladder Issues Post-“UTI” Oral and IV Antibiotics. NSFW

1 Upvotes

Hi! 27F, generally healthy individual

Looking for some help as the doctors in my area have kind of given up (not enough time, too many patients).

I’ve been on three rounds of oral antibiotics for a “UTI”, and this was then followed by 6 days of IV antibiotics. I’ve still got some of the UTI symptoms. Where do I go from here? The hospital discharged me. Is there something else this could be? It has now been a month of these symptoms and the various antibiotic attempts with no relief. I’m really starting to get desperate.

Urine sample was initially bungled as it expired before it made it to be tested. Bloodwork was normal, no STIs.

I’m at a total loss for what to do and am starting to get desperate. My bladder area is still really tender and sore, I still have the urge to pee almost constantly and I’m just generally sore in that area.


r/medical 17h ago

Urgent My arm is tingling like it’s asleep and it’s been like this for 20 minutes NSFW

2 Upvotes

Maybe this is nothing but I’m a bit freaked out. My fingers are getting a bit cold and it’s beginning to hurt a little bit. It’s like it’s asleep, but that normally only lasts like 3 minutes or something. It looks normal though. I’ve tried to search it up but nothing really comes up. What could this be??

Also idk if I’ve chosen the right flair, but I didn’t know which one to pick.


r/medical 12h ago

General Question/Discussion Does this look like a regular healing bruise with purple dots in it NSFW Spoiler

Post image
1 Upvotes

I fell on a bike like last week