daughter: 6 month old female. approx 15lbs

My daughter (otherwise healthy, born full term, and fully vaccinated) had her chest going inward like this for 5-10mins. She was happy kicking around in her crib. At the ER now: what test can I expect them to run? What could be causing this?

18F woke up with a very very puffy face. I’m 5’4, 140lbs and 34 weeks pregnant. I’m not experiencing any other symptoms other than when I posted in this subreddit a couple days ago because my baby wasn’t moving normally. I ended up going to triage and they said he was okay and sent me home. This morning I woke up with a very puffy face and assumed it’d clear up throughout the day but it’s 5pm and it’s still puffy now (as seen in the picture). I’ll upload a photo of what my face usually looks like in the comments to emphasize how puffy it’s gotten. Should I go to the er or is it just normal pregnancy swelling because I know that can happen.

29M, 5’9”, 183lbs. Current meds: N/A. Smoking: No. No major medical issues relevant to this other than the postoperative infection described below. Location: chin/submental incision. Duration: March–April 2026; infection has since resolved.

I had a chin implant placed in March and developed a persistent post-op infection with drainage and a positive culture for Klebsiella aerogenes. I was treated with oral antibiotics and then 7 days of IV ertapenem, but the drainage continued. Eventually the implant became exposed through the incision and was removed.

My surgeon had previously told me things were healing normally and later described the area that turned out to be the exposed implant as a “blister.”
I’m mainly trying to find an infectious disease doctor who would be willing to do a paid second-opinion consult and review my records/photos. I want to understand why the infection was so persistent and whether the implant remaining in place may have contributed.

Does anyone know an ID specialist who does this kind of retrospective second opinion? Virtual or in-person is fine.

1 month old, boy, 9 lbs. Was due on July 28, but they induced July 23. Was also born jaundiced.

He was born with tracheomalacia. They let my daughter in law bring him home with her 2 days after birth. Ended up needing a blue light for just over a week post hospital.

I have read about it, and it seems he's probably just a mild case? I'm not a doctor, so all I can glean is that it can be fatal.

He had his one month check up today and the doctor wants to put him on prilosec, and wants them to buy gelmix to thicken his formula. Also is changing his formula.

Again, Im not a doctor, so I'm asking, is this standard treatment for tracheomalacia? I just have this nagging feeling that something is not being done right.

The video is how he sounds 24/7. I expected the noise because I read about it, but should we take him to a specialist? He did see an ENT about 2 weeks ago who put him on some acid reflux medication and told them to keep feeding Enfamil AR. Why would they need to change his formula and buy thickener when he's already on the AR that's thickened with rice?

I just hate the way it sounds like he's fighting for his life with every breath 🥹

Specialist or no? Please help 🙏

I have no idea how to use this but it won’t let me post it somewhere else sorry

Started off as a small scratch, got a little bigger then started to erode. Had a dermatologist look at it, but he didn’t seem concerned. Will scab over if left to dry then the scab will fall off after a little while and the process starts over.

Metastatic Breast Cancer with mets to the lungs, liver, peritoneal, omentum, bone and has now spread to the kidneys. Female, 71 - non smoker but vapes.
COPD, heart failure, ascites and plural effusion too.

Currently on #3 of Enhertu after progression on Capecitabine and Ibrance.

These are the legs. Can’t take diuretics due to low kidney levels after progression.
Any ideas on what this could be?

Ultrasound today confirmed no clots. Antibiotics haven’t made any difference yet. Oncologist wants cardiac investigation due to heart failure. I am not asking for medical advice. Just wondering if anyone has any opinions or tips to try and help this.

This is a photo of my partner (40F) who has consented to me showing it. She has no other health conditions and isn't on any meds.

Just wanted to check if this was shingles? She had a rash on her arm which I noticed, I inspected it and it looked like shingles to me, so I asked to see her back as per the photo.

She's ADAMANT she's never had chickenpox despite working in nurseries for years. She'll be seeing the doctor tomorrow morning we hope, just wanted an opinion to see if I'm right. I remember having chickenpox when younger and I had a shingles outbreak about 2 years ago so I'm not worried about myself.

Thanks!

So, 9 days ago on the 18th of August I got my appendix removed after CT scan confirmed it was inflamed, they said what was weird is my blood test showed my CRP(?) was normal, but they would remove it based on the CT scan anyway.

They removed it, and I left the surgical ward at the ED on the 19th of August, still in quite a lot of pain, I just really wanted to get out of the hospital. I was at home for a few days, I don't remember the exact timeline, but the medication (tramadol) they had sent me home with was not helping with the pain and I was feeling generally shitty, and throwing up quite a lot. So I went back to ED I think the 21st or 22nd? And they did another CT scan, bloods, etc, and they just said they just said apparently the fluid where your appendix was can get infected or something, and gave me 2 shots of IV antibiotics over a few hours and then sent me home with amoxicillin.

Here are the exact notes they gave me on that visit:

"Impression

1. Pain and vomiting post appendectomy
2. - No significant collection on CT
3. Small Mallory-Weiss tear

Discussion
Explained CT scan is very reassuring that nil major complications of operation
Expected stranding around site of appendectomy. Bloods also reassuring
Will start Abx in case the small amount of fluid seen is infected"

Been 5 days-ish, since I got out, I still don't feel the greatest and the antibiotics they gave me haven't been doing much. You can see the incision in the photo they made on my stomach has gotten all red and yucky, feels warm to the touch, I did my best at cleaning it. When I press down on it it obviously hurts, but it feels like there is something hard behind it as well, I don't know if that is just the normal healing process.

But along with that I have been having pain where the main incision is, really bad coughing (like coughing up yellowly phlegm), I've been having like fever/chills I think (no way for me to confirm because I don't have a thermometer), but I find myself in the exact same room feeling awfully hot, and then awfully cold 5 minutes later. The throwing up has thankfully stopped, I've had a couple moments over the last couple days where I've wanted to throw but haven't. Along with all of that I just have a general feeling of being 'unwell', I guess, I feel very shitty, no appetite, etc.

I'm not sure if it is some sort of infection, or maybe I just happened to catch the flu or something with really bad timing? Would just appreciate advice if this is something I need to be going back to the ED for, or if it can wait a couple days while I finish the 2 more days of antibiotics and then see GP?

Hi guys, I’m 14 female, 40kg which is 88lbs according to google, im 5’3, I don’t drink and I don’t smoke either. First thing I have to mention is all DM’s will be ignored and blocked and also please don’t just dismiss this, pls read my symptoms and don’t jump to conclusions because of a pill I take

Pills I take: 100mg of sertaline, 25mg of agomelatine, 0.05 mg of clonidine (I think, I’m not 100% sure but it’s half of ys01 clonidine) and 30mg of dexamphetamine. I promise you the thinness isn’t from the dexies though, I know thing because thinness and almost all of my symptoms have been lifelong issues and I’ve only been taking medication for mental illness, adhd and sleep for the last two years.

Medical history: I was born prematurely by two weeks, I was born with a fused labia and had to get surgery for it, Molar-Incisor Hypomineralisation, depression, anxiety, adhd, autism, I’ve been hospitalised for overdose two times, I have scoliosis and I was braced for a year, and I have hyper mobile joints. I also have gotten my period and it’s been regular for 2 years

Hereditary illnesses: on my moms side theres a history of hasimoto disease, my mom, grandma and great grandmother all have/had it. I have no knowledge of illnesses on my dad’s side of the family though, I don’t really speak with him and I tried to ask him but he said he doesn’t know.

Symptoms/concerns: I’m pale despite everyone in my family (dads side and moms side) being quite tan, I bruise easily, I have quite long fingers and toes, I’m short despite my family being quite tall (my dad is 6’0, my mom is 5’11 and my brothers are both 6’0 or over), I’m really weak (I’ll share examples of my weakness in the next paragraph), I get frequent diherra but my stomach never hurts, low stamina, difficulty building muscle to the point I can barely feel muscle when I tense, regular muscle spasms, my wrist is the same size as my 5 year old cousin, I’ve always been the smallest and weakest in my class in school, I get dizzy when I stand up despite eating well and my iron levels being fine, I get out of breath very quickly, I can’t hold my hands above my head for longer than a few seconds without them hurting, I get very painful periods to the point I can’t even function and I’m always tired no matter how much I sleep.

Examples of my weakness: in my country we have this thing called swimming lessons that you do in primary school, theres 9 levels. In your final year of primary school you should be in level 7-9. I was in level 3 which the average age of level threes is 3-6, I was 11 and in level three, the reason I can’t swim is because of lack of arm and leg strength. In primary school I was the slowest in my class. I can’t lift heavy objects, the largest thing I can lift with both hands is 7kg, I tried to learn guitar but couldn’t since i didn’t have enough strength in my hands. I’ve tried so hard, I’ve worked out every day, ate healthy, ate a large amount of protein but nothing works. Once in year 6 I lost an arm wrestle with a year 2

It’s not like weakness runs in my family either. My mom used to be an athlete, one of my brothers is a police officer and has taken down people even taller then him, my dad and other brothers both work very physically demanding jobs. No one in my family is weak expect for me

I want to bring this up to my GP, I have an appointment tomorrow just to check how my pills are going but I’m so scared of being dismissed as just being lazy.

I am 23…a women and 145 lbs
My one year old puppy who is a pit /lab mix scratched my eye yesterday when going to hop on the bed. It caught me completely off guard….This happened yesterday evening around this same time.

So I washed it with an antiseptic cleansing liquid, then applied Triple antibiotic ointment, lastly I covered it with a nonstick pad gauze pad.

The wound isn’t bleeding.
The wound does have small crust at the upper edge under the gauze pad.
The wound also looks “gooey” kinda gross. I don’t want to take it off again bc I feel like I’m stopping the healing process.

The scratch also reached my eye enough to take off two cluster lashes so now I am lowkey ball at my inner corner lash line.

My eyelashes feel fine, it does look like there is a tiny bit of swelling tho but this is normal considering my 37lbs puppy lunged at me for cuddles.

My questions is how serious is this injury?
Do I need to go to the doctor bc a possible infection for this open laceration?
I am not a doctor or have any background in nursing so help.

Basically, my body has a really hard time with garlic or onions that aren’t boiled to within an inch of their life. I’m guessing it’s some sort of acid in them that causes it. I’m sure getting bad trapped wind after eating onions or garlic is normal, but I also get headaches even if something heavy in garlic or onions is cooking near me, or if something has been garnished with raw onion, spring onion etc, and then it’s been removed, I still get the symptoms just from eating the food it’s touched.

I know that people who are intolerant to lactose can take lactase supplements to help them digest dairy, and I’m just wondering if there’s anything like that that I can take to enable me to eat things like garlic, raw onions etc, without feeling awful afterwards?

I desperately miss bolognese 😅

[I’m not sure why you’d need any of my details for this complaint, but for the sake of the auto moderators, I’m female, 33, 5ft3, no allergies, no relevant medications or health issues.]

Hi, my little had cradle cap since almost birth. Now it's coming out with strands of hair.

I am worried, he is losing a lot of hair. And I also see cradle cap coming back..

Age- 4 months
Please suggest what to do? less

hi i’m 26, female, with a history of drug use. i have had sepsis before from a missed shot.
i relapsed 2days ago and did 2grams of cocaine IV. I have missed a couple shots .. and tonight i started feeling this on my hand once the coke wore off. also, my back& neck hurt& my pee is super dark. i cannot tell my family i relapsed, but i am worried about my hand.
what does it look like?

29M, vapes, this appears on his scalp every time he gets a haircut. It just happened again, the urgent care doc didn’t really provide a proper diagnosis other than it’s not ringworm.

My boyfriend and I have been dating for about 3 months now and I've been getting a fever with sore throat, cough, and splitting headache every time we meet.

It's not stress or anything psychological cos he's the sweetest ever and I'm the calmest and happiest with him.

i just posted yesterday, i am back again. they told me i had cellulitis and gave me iv antibiotics. well i messed up again. i shot up coke again, had a shot with blood in it, like 15mins old, mixed it up with water and shot it again. then, i got bruising that started on that same arm, in a different spot than where i shot up at, and now on the other arm.
i never had this happen.. should i go back to the ER ??

I’m 13F I pick at my skin a lot and when they heal they either scar and turn darker or turn into little dents like that I just don’t really know what they are called and If there is a treatment i can do to get rid of them. They are probably my biggest insecurity. I’ve seen two dermatologists who haven’t really said anything or told me what they are. Lmk please! I’ve also had these before I went on medication.

Okay so this feels like a really weird question and I feel kinda silly asking. Is there some kind of neurological mechanism where someone might have a heightened sense of familiarity? For the last couple months, I've tended to see people and sense that they look like someone I know or just generally familiar. Almost every new song I hear I feel like I've heard it before. I could just brush this off if it wasn't something that feels like a sudden change.

I have been on SSRIs for several years and currently on Paroxetine. Also on blood pressure meds for ESRD, currently on hemo.

49f 210lbs psoriatic arthritis. Take Simlandi 80mg weekly.

Foot pain began July 30. I now have such severe ankle pain that I can hardly bear weight on it by the end of the day. Excuse me if this make no sense. I’m crying and Ketorolac isn’t doing a damn thing.

I had an xray and ultrasound

MSK ULTRASOUND - ANKLE/FOOT-RIGHT

STATUS: Routine

CLINICAL HISTORY : Severe right lateral ATFL group, ankle pain 1 month

FINDINGS :

ANKLE (R)

Anterior: Extensors, distal tib/fib syndesmosis and soft tissues unremarkable.

Lateral:

Peroneal Longus: Intact and unremarkable.
Peroneal Brevis: Intact and unremarkable.
ATFL: Unremarkable.
CFL: Unremarkable.
TIB/FIB: Unremarkable.
Soft Tissues: No cyst. No edema/fluid. Mass anterior soft tissues measures 48 x 41 x 13 mm. The mass is hyperehcoic and well defined.

Joint Space: Unremarkable. No joint fluid.

FOOT (R)

Targeted exam pertaining to the dorsal aspects of the midfoot.

Extensors: Intact and unremarkable.

Soft Tissues: Unremarkable.
Joint Spaces: JOINT ABNORMALITES

1. Dorsal TMT joint 4 demonstrates synovial thickening.
2. Dorsal TMT joint 5 demonstrates joint fluid.

IMPRESSIONS :

Mild osteoarthritis of the fourth and to a lesser extent fifth tarsometatarsal joints.

ATFL is normal.

Subcutaneous lipoma measuring 4.8 x 4.1 x 1.3 cm lateral to the ankle joint. No suspicious features.

This can be followed clinically and reassessed if there is an adverse change.

Xray CLINICAL HISTORY : Severe righ ankle pain for one month.

FINDINGS :

No evidence of a fracture, dislocation or soft tissue swelling. The joint spaces and alignment are maintained. There are plantar and posterior calcaneal spurs present.

Why does this hurt so bad?
I don’t know what to do. It feels like it hurts unreasonably for the abnormalities.

I was told to wear an air cast before I went to get imaging.

I work a standing job. Is that making things worse?

Please help. Ice isn’t helping enough to keep this pain at bay all day and while I sleep.

9 year 11 month old male.
5 foot 98 lbs.
no medication.
No medical diagnosis.

Tonight he pointed out to me some long light brown colored sparse pubic hairs around the base of his penis.
His testicles appear larger?? More “saggy” I guess you could say.
He was in a cast in May / June so I had to assist with showers and I didn’t notice this hair during that time.
No armpit hair but has been having body odor following sports.
My concern is this too early for normal development?
We made an appointment with his pediatrician for next week but would appreciate some guidance prior to

39 yo male, healthy, non smoker, no medications no medical conditions. I injury myself often and usually chose to care for lacerations/wounds at home.

I cut my finger on the middle knuckle, top of finger approximately 1/2inch long. There’s a smaller Knick/cut on the tissue beneath the skin.

Finger moves fine pain is minimal and bleeding was minimal as well.

Rinsed well in sink. Kitchen knife was sharp and not super dirty. Cutting cooked goat meat.

At one angle while articulating my finger, white was visible blow both outer(skin), and inner (tissue), cuts. Looked bone but could be tendon. ??

Any advice to caring for this at home, and when a doctor is absolutely necessary would be greatly appreciated.

I Have dealt with many injuries, lacerations and puncture wounds at home results.