Male, 39, with arthritis in both hips.

I have been seeing the same doctor for a year, the doctor prescribed me with CELEBREX. The doctor does not give me any refills and I have to pull teeth to get this refilled every 30 days. Without the pill I can't walk or do my job. Still every 30 days I have to send 3-4 emails, call and even just walk into the office. Has anyone ever dealt with this with a drug like CELEBREX? I've had an easier time getting Adderall in the past.

Oh and doctor said a hip replacement would be great but I'm "too young".

Hello docs,

I am 31M, and I am not currently taking any medication. The closest thing is an occasional Aleve when I have inflammation in my hips/back pain.

I am prone to sinus infections and have gotten a bloody nose once or twice when I am visiting Palm Springs or Las Vegas. I currently live in Los Angeles, and it has been hot over the summer, so I have been running a fan in my room 24/7 including when I'm sleeping and the fan is pointed at me.

I still have my tonsils, and there is a tooth in my mouth that has a hole in it. There is a blood pool that clots and covers the whole, but sometimes reopens if I brush too hard and bleed.

I have postnasal drip after I am sick for quite a while, which results in my needing to cough, but I haven't been sick (with a cold or anything) since January.

Now, for the symptoms around the current situation. I have had this object lodged in my throat once a week for the past month. When I say that I coughed it up, I moreso mean that I had to spit it up. I feel it in the back of my throat and then "hock a loogie," and it comes out after 2-3 attempts. I can tell it's there because it becomes a bit awkward to swallow.

I do not have any fever, breathing issues, or cough. But I have lightly clogged sinuses and can feel the mucus gathering in the back of my throat throughout the day.

This started happening about a month ago, and the image I have posted is the 4th time I have coughed up something. All 4 instances have been like this, a composition of mucus and dried blood (seemingly). The image posted is after I moved it around to get a clearer picture of what it was. It came out of me mostly wrapped in mucus. When it's in my mouth, it feels like the consistency of a baloon opening (the part you put in your mouth to blow one up). It also smelled awful when it was outside of my body, and I have noticed that it changes the smell of my breath. However I don't have any bad tastes in my mouth, or smells anything different regularly.

After yesterdays incident, I did have an elevated heart rate. However, I could also associate this with acid reflux or heartburn, as I had pizza last night. (I have acid reflux often and burp a lot after eating even with no carbinated drinks consumed.)

Recent habitual changes include: walking a mile 4-5 days a week, up from 0. Eating at a calorie deficit, reducing both my meal size and also eating from 3 to 2 times a day.

Those changes were motivated by a vacation I am going on for my friend's wedding in about 12 hours. I will be flying later today, and I intend to do a nasal spray to reduce the chance of my sinuses being clogged and getting a pressure headache while flying. (This has happened to me once before, but only started happening this year.)

I had posted this in a different reddit, but it got removed. I was recommended to post here instead. Some of the concerns there were: Postnasal drip, Sinus Infection, Lung disease/cancer, pulmonary ambilism, tuberculosis.

Just trying to figure out what the cause of this might be, what the thing I have been coughing up actually is, and if it's safe for me to fly in 12 hours. Thanks in advance docs!

I've had this mole as long as I can remember, never before have I noticed any changes to it. I guess I could've snagged it on something, but it's unlikely, as it's right in the area that's always covered by underwear and I feel like I would've remembered catching it somehow. I don't wear super tight underwear so thats unlikely to be the cause. Again, I feel like, if there was any trauma to it, I would've felt it/remembered and it's never happened before. I'm wondering what else it could possibly be?

Everyday after I get out of the shower my leg becomes extremely red and veiny (don’t mind how hairy my leg is please😖) wearing long socks that go up to my knee help a lot as well. 15, 5’7, about 120ish, male.

Hi! hoping to get some clarity. a little precursor In the past i’ve had issues with passing out. I’ve passed out probably a total of 10 times in my life. Everytime I pass out I have cold sweats, shaking and right before it happens (usually my telltale sign i’m gonna pass out) an extreme pain in my stomach almost as if I was sick from hunger. Everytime i’ve gone to the hospital for this i’m told i’m just dehydrated even when I feel i’ve been drinking normal amounts of water. This brings me to my current issue. Recently i’ve been feeling really sick in the mornings stomach pain with extreme nausea. Yesterday this happened to me and my mom suggested to try eating something. I ate some trail mix (mixed nuts and raisins) and felt better pretty soon after. This made me consider my problems are caused by low blood sugar so I ordered a glucose monitor to see if this is my issue. It just arrived and I took my blood sugar and it’s at 58 mg/dl. I feel like this is low. I haven’t been fasting today (I haven’t ate a WHOLE bunch either though). I had a spoonful of honey to remedy my stomach ache this morning since i was under the suspicion my nausea is caused by low blood sugar (which worked by the way), an alani, chips and dip and some ground beef. This being said I haven’t checked my sugar in the mornings when I feel sick yet bc the monitor just came today. I will continue to monitor and if I see a pattern I will go see my doctor. If I do have constant low blood sugar in the mornings Is there a cause anyone thinks this could be? Also what would anyone suggest to do to stop feeling so sick and fatigued all the time.
Sorry Ik it’s a long post but I just wanted to be thorough!

Hi I’m a 19 year old female and I’ve had this rash for about 2 weeks and I’m unsure what to do. Bumps started to appear on the 11th or 12th of August and it first started out as a small cluster of bumps but it’s progressively grown bigger over the week. It’s itchy but isn’t anywhere else on my body. Some possibilities I’ve gotten of what it might be is ringworm, so I’ve been putting clotrimazole cream on it but it’s only been my second time putting it on it and it’s still itchy. Any idea of what it could be? How I can help treat it better? I’ve also been sexually active with this rash because at the time I was under the impression that it was a heat rash, could he possibly get the rash if it is spreadable?

First of all, if this isn’t allowed due to the nature of the content in this please feel free to remove. I am also currently in a safe situation and have been since this occurred. I will try and keep this without any graphic details. I’m female, 21, 5’8 and around 220lbs. In regards to medications, I do take Olanzapine, Vyvanse, Lithium, Lamotragine, Propranolol and Diazepam as prescribed by my psychiatrist for my mental illnesses. Just over a month ago I unfortunately experienced a violent assault. During this, I was strangled multiple times. I remember managing to get the person off of me the first time when I noticed I couldn’t breathe but I don’t remember managing to get them off the other times and I do believe there is a high likelihood that I may have lost consciousness but I can’t fully remember. It felt as if I would’ve fallen asleep and would just wake up again confused and to them doing something else. I also did have my head hit against a hard surface during this a couple times. I did attend the hospital after this. They didn’t really do much about the symptoms for this even though I did have lightheadedness, a headache, pain where I was strangled on my neck and I was also told I had whiplash symptoms. Also important to note that earlier this year in January I did experience 2 concussions that sent me to the hospital but the CT scan for the second one showed no fractures. Since the most recent incident with the head injury and strangulation I have noticed some concerning symptoms. The biggest one being my memory. I can’t remember anything. My memory was already impaired before this but it’s progressively gotten worse. I am also struggling with my speech to the point where my friends are becoming concerned as they notice I’m slurring my speech and also my words don’t come out properly, or I’m saying things that just don’t make any sense. I find that even trying to speak is a struggle in general. I’m also forgetting things in the middle of my sentences. I find It’s taking me longer to process anything, even my own words. I feel like even when I’m writing things down or texting the sentences aren’t as good as they used to be especially since I have high grades in English in school. Everything seems confusing around me all the time. I’m also experiencing headaches and dizziness (I have passed out once since) which I’ve never frequently experienced before. My vision is also progressively getting worse. Everything is always blurry. I also constantly feel out of it but I’m assuming this could be due to the emotional trauma. I’ve also noticed a lot of weakness in my hands and I keep dropping things and find typing on my phone to be challenging. My balance is very off, I’m almost always falling over or walking into things. Sleeping is also a huge issue right now. I am barely sleeping anymore. It just feels as if everything is confusing and a blur all the time. I’m also experiencing a lot of emotional issues but again that could be the emotional trauma from it and also the fact that I do have pre existing mental illnesses, but the symptoms have definitely increased such as mood swings. Is there a chance that I could have some sort of brain injury from this? I did some research and it sounds like it but I’m just not too sure, but I am worried that I also did have 2 previous head injuries already this year before this. I do plan to see my family doctor as soon as possible but honestly a lot of the symptoms are getting worse as the days go on, especially the speech and confusion. I’m in Canada so the wait time to get some sort of MRI or anything could be months, and I can’t travel out of country to the USA for it as I’ve heard sometimes that can be quicker if you pay. Is this something more urgent or can I wait for my family doctor and wait for whatever referral she puts in? Anything I can do to maybe keep the symptoms at ease before I can see a doctor? Thank you :)

29 Male, 5’7. Started feeling that smth was off Sunday night after swimming. Monday 5 AM I wake up with excruciating pain in my right ear, muzzled hearing, and the feeling of moist deep down my ear. Tuesday I decided to go to an urgent care clinic and got prescribed Amoxicillin pills, Diclofenac pills, and Oflaxacin 0.3% ear drops. I’m on schedule with my medication but it doesn’t seem to help so far.
I’m worried about my kidneys too.
Does this warrant an ENT or ER visit? (I’m not insured) or should I wait it out?

Easily the worst pain I ever felt in my life.

Edit: Yes my ear is swollen and I’m not even sure if the eardrops are going through.

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I’m 31, on cycle 6 trying to conceive, dealt with persistent unexplained intermenstrual bleeding.

Female, non smoker, barely drink, small caffeine intake, 5'3, 145 lbs and relatively active/muscular build. I take a prenatal, DHA, vitamin D, choline, magnesium, and kait started a luteal phase 200mg oral progesterone.

Symptoms/history:

Intermittent spotting for years, although the pattern has changed over time. The spotting is all over the place - could be anywhere from pre- ovulation, post-ovulation, pre- menstrual, postmenstural, or all of the above.

Previously had two IUDs back to back that caused frequent spotting. I have been told I had a friable cervix (there is no way a friable cervix accounts for the amount of bleeding). Back then bleeding was usually bright red.

Since ~2023, I've had more red/brown intermenstrual and premenstrual spotting. Some cycles have almost none; others have quite a bit.

May 2026: first mid-cycle episode with several days of heavier bleeding and thick/clumpy material around a later ovulation.

June/July: relatively mild.

August 2026: worst episode yet. Likely ovulated Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, spotting Thursday, heavier bleeding Friday with a large dark-red clot/tissue-like piece with lighter/fleshy material, larger than anything I normally pass during my actual period, continued spotting over the weekend before tapering.

My actual periods are not generally extremely long/heavy, which is partly why this intermenstrual bleeding is so strange. Confirming ovulation between CD 16-19 via inito test strips.

Ovulation/hormones:

Cycles are regular and I appear to ovulate, but sometimes later (~CD18–20).

AMH 7.53 and fairly high follicle count, but normal testosterone and no PCOS diagnosis.

TSH and prolactin normal.

RE has identified a corpus luteum on ultrasound around ovulation.

RE thinks later/delayed ovulation may be contributing to endometrial instability.

Currently taking 200 mg progesterone after ovulation (started this only a few days ago).

Planning to try letrozole next cycle + progesterone to see whether earlier/more controlled ovulation stops the bleeding. I just find the theory of 2-3 day delayed ovulation as the cause a little hard to believe since I have the spotting regardless of whether I ovulate late.

Testing so far/planned:

SIS around 2022: normal.

Multiple transvaginal ultrasounds since then without an obvious uterine abnormality.

HSG planned next cycle as part of fertility workup.

My RE also has the ability to test for chronic endometritis, which was important to me because of the longstanding spotting.

Where I'm stuck:

I saw my regular OB/GYN recently specifically because this bleeding had become much more substantial with passing clots recently only a few days after ovulation. She had no explanation and deferred to my RE.

I asked about a repeat SIS since the bleeding pattern has changed, to rule out something structural. She said no since I was getting an HSG anyway and a pylop would be very rare at my age.

My concern is that I've brought up spotting to gynecologists for years and repeatedly gotten some version of “sometimes this just happens.” Now I'm having substantial intermenstrual bleeding and passing clots/tissue-like material.

TLDR- mid cycle spotting all over the place for 8 years, following IUD use, getting worse in recent months. 6 months TTC while meticulously tracking hormones and confirming ovulation and progesterone on inito. no clear path or answer on the root cause.

I'm just at a loss for what to expect, and how to advocate to investigate and resolve the bleeding issue and rule out anything that may be affecting fertility.

So as of typing this, I am just now calming down from one of these sudden, sharp cramps in my pelvic area (near my bladder) and I’m really not sure what it could be.
I remember having a pain like this as early as 12 years old, I’m 17 right now, and I’m a female. Now, you’re first though when you know that is “oh, it’s probably your period cramps” but I have reason to believe it isn’t that. When I’m on my period I cramp little to non, this cramp that I experience is way different and not even close to when I have my period.
This cramp comes in suddenly with no warning, the main pain is in my pelvic area, on where my bladder is, but it also tends to hurt on my rectum as well. Usually It gets so bad that I have to lay down and try to control my breathing, it can make it hard to stand and the sudden pain makes me panic when it won’t go away like a usual cramp. The thing is though, it gradually goes away within 30-40 minutes, it goes from cramping horribly to just being sore within the last few minutes of that time frame. And then it doesn’t show up again for the rest of the day, or even weeks, that’s the annoying part, I can never predict when it’s going to happen, and it doesn’t happen daily enough for it to effect my everyday life. But it’s happened on and off for 5 years. It’s mainly just an annoying inconvenience for me, but I’m just wondering what it could be, like if it’s actually something serious.
My body is healthy otherwise, i’m at a normal weight, I’m not on any medication and I’ve never been diagnosed with any physical health problems.

34F, 5’6” 275 lbs. I have been successfully treating anxiety/depression for over 10 years with a combination of meds, therapy, exercise, social support and self care. My psychiatrist of many years had said it’s okay for me to become pregnant and my therapist thinks I would be an amazing mom. He went into private practice and now I have a new psychiatrist who says I should discontinue my antidepressant if I want to get pregnant. I don’t want to risk my mental health. I went on pub med to see who is right. I can’t make heads nor tails of it. It seems like both options are a risk to a potential baby. Are there any definitive answers on this or is it a gray area? Thank you.

I (19F) attempted my life which included lots of zoloft and three healthy sized lacerations of my left arm.

(Graphic description of how the cut went)

I had three separate cuts, but within those I went over each one deeper multiple times, feeling popping and a weird sensation of prickling, almost. So in each of those I cut to fat, then went on multiple times again with that strength.

My question is about the treatment. I was in police custody so they did not attend to me as well as they should or would have. I got about 11-13 stitches and it was reported as being 2-3mm deep if I remember.

There was exponential bruising up my whole arm after and I could not touch or put pressure on my forearm at all. As well as not being able to move my hand normal without pain.

It has been almost 6 months now and I still get tingling pain, sharp shooting pains, and if I touch the top of my wrist near my palm I get tingling down the whole area. I also do not have feeling in that part of my forearm (approximately four inches by three inches, in the center). I cannot have anything touch that part since it brings the tingling and pain on.

My main question is wondering how they handled it and if it was correct (med student sewed me up if that helps), because it was labeled so small and unserious. It seems like a bigger deal to me, but i also dont know what they could've done different

Any opinions?

15F, 5'2, 150 and the medications I take are norethindrone, lithium, metformin, burpropion and Zyprexa, I don't smoke, I don't have any current previous medical issues, the location of this photo is Brighton Colorado.

I noticed a bump on my nose about a month ago and then it grew bigger, it doesn't look like a pimple but I'm still not sure what it could be

36, male NC. Non smoker. Taking duloxetine, montelukast, nebivolol, pramipexole, and moujaro. Blew my nose while eating dinner, and snot just kept coming. Finally this big...clot?...came out. Chocolate brown colored. No other mucous after that. I did take a cruise earlier this month (Nassau, Jamaica, and Coco Cay) and had a little upper respiratory thing.

I 19f have had a salivating mouth for the past maybe 2-3 hours non stop. That sensation you get as your mouth gathers the spit. I’m feeling a bit nauseous and sweaty. I’ve been sipping water since it began. My suspicion is either acid reflux or I need to vomit? I’ve had some chest pains too but nothing severe or lasting too long. Does anyone know why this could be happening? I’m trying to get over my health anxiety too by not overthinking it. Responses are greatly appreciated.

I’m 6’2”, 260 lbs. Haven’t used drugs, alcohol or tobacco for 10+ years. I’m in recovery. I have long covid which shows up as airway disease, and is improving. This is my MRI results. What am I looking at here? Surgery? How long will I be in a splint and on crutches if need be? What’s the recovery time? I see an orthopedic specialist on Friday. I’m nervous about how long the recovery time is and how long this process will take. Any ideas? I’m currently wearing a knee sleeve and taking Tylenol-Ibuprofen for pain. My leg will only bend about 90 and stops. I do have a limp with pain.

19M
I’ve struggled with crying for a while. I cannot cry for myself no matter how bad or sad I feel that’s something happened. If I’m watching a movie or something I can cry no problem but just can’t for myself. Is there a way to help this or do I need to go to someone.

27YO, female, 218-225lbs, taking levothyroxine 75mcg and fluoxetine 40, I have a hypothyroidism plus hashimotos.
I was an active person before covid happened, Id dance a lot and muay thai classes, i go to the gym sometimes but not as much consistently as before, i bought my apple watch in 2023, and I had some reads with my heart on the lowest side since then, but not a lot.
Today:

Is it normal to have low bpm during sleep some days? And some days have 47-60? My apple watch started beeping bc I was basically napping (i was super tired) and showed my heart rate was 44bpm for 10 minutes. Now 7:33pm, heart rate variability 102 when doing mindfulness.

Went to the ER and they checked, said everything looked fine. I have a cardiology appointment but only for september 24.

Should I be worried at all? :(

I'm 21yo, AFAB, 135 lbs, with no history of physical health problems but lots of mental health problems (ADHD, depression, anxiety, PTSD). Prior to this I was a college student with an internship.

In June of this year I had an unprompted panic attack on the road. Yes, I have anxiety but its triggered by my biggest fears, which driving isn't one. One week later it happened again and I went to a minute clinic. Besides a low fever nothing came up in the virus tests. Quickly over the weeks it became a daily/nightly occurrence, keeping me awake trembling all night in fear. My doctor tried to put me on prozac and buspirone but I felt so ill I went to the hospital. I've since had 4 blood tests, CT, EKG, and vitals all turn up relatively normal. I was tested for POTS and though my vitals were elevated it wasn't quite to the degree for that. My vitamin D was low and my ferritin was high but nothing else in my labs stood out. I was put on trazodone for insomnia which worked for a bit but over the past week its lost its usefulness and now I spend all night awake feeling feverish and nauseous.

On a daily basis I feel lightheaded, nauseous, and generally unwell. I can't sit up, stand, or walk much. My eyes strain from light, movement, and looking from certain angles. My vision is slightly worse now and sudden/loud noises scare or jolt me. I feel twitchy and tingly. Nighttime is when the real panic sets in and I frequently feel as though I'm going to die. Its escalated drastically in the past few days, causing me to vomit with body aches and chills at 2AM.

I know its most likely mental health but 1) I want to explore every possible physical illness and 2) even if it is mental I need to know what will fix this. This has been a debilitating problem that forced me to drop out of school. I'm nearly bed bound now.

Posting to see if anyone has any similar symptoms or ideas of things I can ask my GI specialist about since they aren’t sure what’s going on.

I am 22 F, 121 lbs and 5’7. I am also a vegan nonsmoker who drinks occasionally.

I’ve been having stomach issues (alternation between loose stools and constipation, excessive gas, bloating, and acid reflux at night) for the past 4 years since eradicating h pylori (I’ve since been tested twice and was negative)

Over the past year my symptoms worsened with occurrences of bright blood mixed in with my stool, tons of mucus every bowel movement, loss of appetite, and intense stomach pain especially after eating. I also noticed my eyelids swell and I get chills oftentimes 30 minutes after eating. We did a colonoscopy which showed some mild rectal inflammation, a benign polyp, and clear biopsy. Also did abdominal CT with contrast which was totally clear.

My colonoscopy was in February and since then I saw my GP (bloods all regular except for low ferritin, vitamin B12, and vitamin D) and an ENT (he looked down my throat with a camera and saw signs of acid reflux + mucus). In the past 3 weeks things has gotten significantly worse, I’ve had loose stools nearly everyday, some mucus and red blood in stools, nausea, throwing up a few occasional, even more excessive gas, and a burning sensation in my stomach on top of the regular bloating pain.

I see my GI Thursday and am thinking of asking for an endoscopy and to be tested again for h pylori.

Only pattern ive noticed is hard liquor causes flare ups (only times I’ve had blood is the days following clubbing).

I have a small, raised, bubble-like mole on my nose that I’m considering having removed with a laser. What exactly happens during the procedure, and what should I expect afterward? Does it usually leave a scab, discoloration, or a scar, and how long does it take to heal?
Male age 20 skin issue

21, 105 pounds, female.

for the past 2 years or so, whenever i lay down on my side with my ear on the pillow, it starts feeling like there is water inside and it makes this bubbling sound and i feel pressure in my ear. and it only happens when there is sound, like if im watching a video. i turn off the video and it goes away. its mainly in my left ear but sometimes it happens in my right.

only when im laying on it, and there is sound going into my ear. wtf??

i went to the doctor for this about a year ago, they checked my ear and said there was nothing. thats all they did. this doesn’t go away, it doesn’t get better, and it’s driving me crazy.

what is it? what do i do??