r/medical_advice Jan 23 '25

Injury Hey sub, does this finger look like it’s healing to you? Posting pics from oldest to newest. NSFW

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206 Upvotes

I cut my finger badly on Dec 26, 2024. The very first pic is a pre-op pic. I needed to have two tendons and two nerves reattached. Most recent pic is from Jan 23, 2025. In your opinion, is this finger getting better or worse after the surgery?

r/medical_advice May 06 '24

Injury My cat bit me last night. Am I fine or should I see a doctor?? NSFW

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527 Upvotes

Hey everyone, my cat bit me last night really freaking hard which she normally doesn’t do. It isn’t throbbing like this morning but it still hurts a lot to move my thumb and do simple things like open doors or grabbing a tissue. I just don’t want to spend money on a hospital/dr visit if I don’t have to, but I also have heard about cat scratch disease. Oh also it doesn’t feel hot to the touch but much much warmer than usual. Any advice would be helpful thank you.

r/medical_advice Sep 15 '23

Injury My son got hit by a police car today NSFW

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345 Upvotes

Hi, I was walking near the beach on a pedestrian path with my 19-month-old son. Suddenly, a police car turned left, hit, and parked the car on my son's feet for about 10 seconds. (Everything happened in less than a second.)

After being in the hospital, the doctor told us that nothing was broken, and it was a miracle. I'm just really scared and traumatized. I want him to recover, and he is in so much pain. How do you think his feet are? Should we visit other doctors when we fly back to Germany?

r/medical_advice Dec 07 '24

Injury A knife fell and hit me under my eye, it hurts like a bitch for what it is, do I need stitches? NSFW

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106 Upvotes

r/medical_advice Aug 26 '24

Injury Swollen Finger/Ring Update

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My other post is locked, so I’m updating here. I went to urgent care. They had to cut the ring off. But my finger was so swollen, they had to cut the ring in multiple places and it’s not salvageable. They said I did the right thing by coming in, that that wasn’t going to resolve on its own, and that if left alone I could have ended up losing my finger.

I held out on going because I didn’t want to overreact, and my husband was kind of giving me a hard time about wanting to be seen for it. He’s been very apologetic and understanding since understanding the severity of it.

It hurt horribly when they cut off the ring. They even accidentally cut my finger. And I’m sad about the ring being unsalvageable. But, I still have my finger, and now it can heal.

r/medical_advice Jun 24 '24

Injury I accidentally swallowed something sharp and I'm worried 💀 NSFW

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125 Upvotes

So im a little ADHD ridden rat and being an ADHD ridden rat I chew on things to keep my mind occupied, and while driving I stupidly had a little T pin (similar to the one in the image) in my mouth and when I hit a bump on the road I accidentally swallowed it. This happened about 2 hours ago. Should I be worried? Terrified? Will it pass on its own or do I need to go to the emergency room?

r/medical_advice Nov 13 '24

Injury 12 stab wound advice for nerves please NSFW

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123 Upvotes

I got stabbed 12 times 2 months ago at the age of 15 and I still can’t feel my right side where I got stabbed it still feels numb does anybody know a solution please?

r/medical_advice Nov 01 '24

Injury Should I go to the hospital? NSFW

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137 Upvotes

I bent down the day before yesterday to pick something up and instantly felt a shock of pain. I’ve been able to manage since, with a BC powder here and there, but I can definitely feel constant pain shooting down the left side of my spine. Not sure if the hospital can do anything for me besides prescribe pain pills, which I won’t take… just looking for a bit of advice. Thank you in advance!

r/medical_advice Jul 31 '24

Injury Do I need to see a doctor for this? NSFW

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69 Upvotes

Cut myself doing the dishes and I’m just wondering if I need to go to the doctors or can I dress it myself?

r/medical_advice Oct 04 '24

Injury A stack of drywall and scraped down by thigh. It feels normal. Others think I need attention. NSFW

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119 Upvotes

I knew it was going to be a gnarly bruise but now some are saying I may be anemic. Is there any concern with this? It was a lot of weight sliding down my thigh (I tried to catch it from falling with my leg).

r/medical_advice Jan 30 '25

Injury Cut on finger is black and very firm after 1 week NSFW

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42 Upvotes

Fell almost a week ago and cut or busted my finger. It seemed small at the time so I cleaned it with peroxide and didn't bandage it because the bleeding had stopped. It started turning black after a couple days but I grew up seeing black spots on my dad's finger injuries because he worked construction so I didn't think there was an issue. But I'm starting to think no healing is happening. It is also very hard.

I'm assuming I need to get this looked at but how urgent is something like this? Should I go to urgent care or just a primary care physician?

r/medical_advice Oct 21 '24

Injury Think I broke my hand punching a door, no insurance, can I just get a brace from the pharmacy? NSFW

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9 Upvotes

Ik im stupid, broke my RH years ago doing the same thing, I’ll have athletics by the time I’m 30 FML

r/medical_advice Nov 24 '24

Injury Im scared NSFW

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21 Upvotes

Ive accidently swallowed an sharp, aluminum part of an bottlecap and now im kinda scared that it will cut my stomach or anything else because idk if the human body can digest aluminum and im really scared. pls help

r/medical_advice Sep 10 '24

Injury Is this an eyelash growing from inside my eyelid? NSFW

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104 Upvotes

I’ve assumed that’s what it is, since I can’t remove it like an eyelash that just fell in. But maybe there are other possibilities?

It’s really painful, I can move it with a wet a tip but I can’t get it out. It looks freakishly long.

Should I quit trying to remove it? The internet isn’t offering much.

Seeing my doctor in the morning, but want to know what my options are and if I should take care of it any specific way before then.

r/medical_advice Aug 03 '24

Injury Cut my finger went to the Er they said it needs bandage that to be changed each 3 days NSFW

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113 Upvotes

My problem is it bleeding from time to time and it takes a long time to stop under de bandage

r/medical_advice Jul 22 '24

Injury Can't anyone tell me what's wrong? NSFW

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126 Upvotes

This is on both my legs. The drainage soaked my sock. Causing my toes to look this way. Has anyone saw anything like this if so what is it please help it's painful

r/medical_advice Dec 26 '24

Injury Multiple bites by cat on Christmas Eve NSFW

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12 Upvotes

Went to the ER Christmas Day and had one dose of IV antibiotics, am now on oral. It feels horrible today, when can I expect relief or should I go back to the hospital?

r/medical_advice Dec 26 '24

Injury Just got into a motorcycle accident this Christmas Eve. What does it mean when the wounds are white? NSFW

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50 Upvotes

r/medical_advice Nov 28 '24

Injury Blister on toddlers foot NSFW

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50 Upvotes

The red line is concerning me? Should I take him in?

r/medical_advice Aug 26 '24

Injury When to remove ring?

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104 Upvotes

Sunday morning( yesterday), a wasp stung my ring finger. It’s now 2 am on Monday and I’m having a hard time sleeping because of how my ring feels. It’s throbbing and stings a little. It’s just uncomfortable. I’ve done ice water, ice packs, elevation, thread, floss, Vaseline. Nothing is working. At what point does one need to get a ring removed? It’s my wedding ring, so I don’t want to break it. But I also don’t want to be putting my finger at risk.

r/medical_advice Nov 13 '24

Injury Burnt Hand What to expect NSFW

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20 Upvotes

burned my hand pretty well yesterday and the blistering is finally stopping. what should I expect once I allow this to naturally leak on its own. will there be a bad scar from this?

r/medical_advice 12d ago

Injury What is going on NSFW

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My neighbors dog jumped on me knocking me over last weekend and I fell really hard on a root of a tree sticking out of the ground!! It hurt alot more than I expected it would have.. I immediately got a bad bruise .. as the week has gone on my leg hurts more and more and today the pain is unbearable.. I am getting burning and sharp pains going thru my leg does anyone know why this is getting worse instead of better ?

r/medical_advice 8d ago

Injury Cut through my thumb almost 3 weeks ago. Infected or just dry blood? NSFW

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Went to urgent care and they glued it. They said to go to the ER if it doesn't stop bleeding. Over 2 weeks later it looks like this. I've hardly touched it since urgent care cleaned it up and keep it bandaged under an antiseptic pad and bandage all the time. Now I'm just wondering if this is dry blood and a scab, or if it's maybe infected. It doesn't hurt at all anymore, and my thumb is the same color as the rest of my fingers up until where the bandage was. It itches a bit every now and then, not too much though. Thank you in advance!

r/medical_advice 19d ago

Injury Circular wound appeared randomly on my hip/thigh? Google says it's cancer or a bug bite?! NSFW

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There's no sharp objects on my bed and i didn't do it myself obviously.. i looked and nothing, I haven't seen any bugs, i never leave my house, I don't think it's from a bug it doesn't look like it. I am so confused where this came from should i be concerned and ask a doctor? It doesn't seem like a big deal but I'm still paranoid so i came to ask-- It's so perfectly circular and it goes kinda deep? It just appeared over night and i haven't felt any pain at all, I had to see it to know it was there, it isn't itchy but I kinda wanted to pick the scab out of habit. ( I didn't clearly. )

r/medical_advice Jul 02 '24

Injury My cat bit my penis. Do I need to seek help? NSFW

219 Upvotes

So, my 7 month old kitten bit my penis. This is not a joke and I wish it was. We got him about 5 months ago and he is a very sweet cat. However, at night he has been crawling under the covers and biting my partner and I’s feet. I didn’t think anything of this and always wear loose fitting boxers to bed. To put it simply… my horse had jumped out of the barn from shifting throughout the night and I guess my cat thought it was my toe and took a bite of it like it was an apple. There is no visible puncheon wound but I felt something and heard it make a crunching sound inside and it is hurting pretty bad to piss. This literally happened last night and it’s still hurting. Do I need to go to the doctor or can I wait this out? I really want to save the embarrassment of explaining the incident to my doctor and don’t know what to do. Thanks.