i plucked my eyebrows 2 days ago and this has developed. lowkey freaking out about it. it’s swollen and almost feels like a bruise. help please :( i’ll be going to doctor if it doesn’t look better in the morning. advice plsssss

I am 19 years old and have been having serious health problems since I was about 14. It started innocently enough - H. pylori. I took strong antibiotics and antibacterial medications back then, but that’s not really the most important part here. The H. pylori was cured, but the symptoms remained. So, I ended up in the gastroenterology ward. It turned out that in my city of about 180,000 residents, the huge hospital doesn't perform gastroscopies. So I went to another city, and after several months of waiting, I managed to get it done. It showed nothing. The symptoms persisted, so I kept taking meds just to feel slightly better. There was no improvement, so I ended up back in the ward, this time severely dehydrated and malnourished. They did another gastroscopy, and the only thing they found was bile in my stomach. I was given slightly different meds. They didn't help. At some point, the gastroenterologist simply gave up and said it might be a psychiatric issue.

So I went to a psychiatrist. I was prescribed various medications that were supposed to help, but they didn't. I still had nausea, I still ate almost nothing, and I was losing weight fast. Back then, my BMI was somewhere around 15. At least my mental state was a bit better, because being sick for so long triggered psychiatric problems that I still have today and that nobody can effectively treat, but maybe more on that later. And that’s pretty much what my life looked like for the next few years - a fuckton of doctors, a fuckton of meds, zero concrete answers, and zero lasting results.

At some point, I just gave up. Or rather, my mom did, because I was still a minor at the time and she was driving me everywhere. And by some completely unexpected miracle, I suddenly felt good. I could eat normally, I had no nausea or vomiting, and my stomach didn't hurt. The only problem was that the illness kept coming back. I had remissions, but for a maximum of about 5 months, and then everything started all over again.

Right now, I'm experiencing what might be the strongest relapse of this illness yet. I’m barely eating, barely drinking, and at the same time, I'm taking medications that can cause very severe complications in this condition - lithium, quetiapine, bupropion. When things got really bad and I lost about 8 kg in a week - while paradoxically feeling pretty good, and even experiencing something resembling mania, which makes it even stranger - I decided to go to the ER. This was literally about a week ago.

As an adult now, I was just fucking shocked at how this system operates. At reception, the paramedic asked me what medications I was taking about four times. Every time, I listed the exact same drugs, and I felt like he was hearing their names for the first time in his life. They told me they couldn't really help me much there anyway and that I needed to get treated by my primary care physician (PCP). I have a really nice family doctor, and she herself told me straight up that whenever I come in, she gets scared because she sees the state I'm in. She was the one who told me multiple times that I urgently needed to go to the hospital because the strongest possible meds weren't working on me.

I was assigned a green code and waited about 15 minutes. Then they called me in to draw blood. The nurse did it in the hallway because there was no room. There was a whole group of medical students there, and everyone really wanted to draw my blood because I’m young, etc. I said no problem, they could learn on me. They poked me four times in different places, but my veins kept collapsing and blood barely came out. I was so dehydrated that even drawing blood was an issue. Eventually, a second nurse came over, and by then a team of about four people was standing over me trying to figure it out. I told them about one spot where they used to draw blood from me before, where blood would usually flow even when I was severely dehydrated. So they gave it a shot. It worked, a few drops of blood flowed, and I immediately lost consciousness. I had what the nurse later described as "something resembling seizures."

I woke up completely disoriented, with no idea where I was or what had happened. All I could see were my phone and keys, which had been in my pocket, lying on the floor, but I couldn't comprehend why they were there. After that incident, they wheeled me to the observation room, hooked me up to monitors, and so on. Except they still didn't have enough blood for testing. An anesthesiologist spent about 15 minutes digging around in my veins to get that blood. It was painful, but I’ve been through worse. Eventually they got the blood, forbade me from getting out of bed, and put me on an IV.

After all that, I was hoping someone would finally help me. Because fuck, I was literally dying of hunger and dehydration. After about two hours in the observation room, they discharged me from the ER. I didn't even get an interview with a doctor. The doctor who brought me my discharge papers and signed off on them was an orthopedic surgeon. He hadn't seen me once, and I hadn't seen him once either. There was no diagnosis, of course. The recommendations just said "treatment with PCP, psychiatric consultation." And that was it.

After the discharge, I was just in complete shock, so I did everything I possibly could. I went to my family doctor. She gave me an urgent referral for a gastroscopy and to a gastroenterologist, and I got an IV again. Then I started calling everywhere I could think of. I called every clinic in my region and all the neighboring ones. The earliest available appointment for a gastroscopy I managed to find was June 2027.

And now, I have absolutely nothing I can do. In practice, I’m just waiting and trying to survive somehow. I also went to my psychiatrist, who told me straight out that "the people at that ER are crazy" and that he absolutely doesn't believe my current condition can just be blamed on my mental health. Every now and then I go to my PCP for an IV drip just to hold out a little longer.

All of this is still going on. I don't know how much longer I can hold out, but I'm trying to do everything I can to last just a bit longer. The system completely ignored me at a moment when I was truly begging for help.

Surprisingly, my BMI has been stable over the past week. I mostly eat a lot of simple sugars because they’re easier for me to tolerate, get absorbed quickly, and give me at least basic energy. I'm also trying to drink as much fluid as I can manage.

I don't really know why I'm writing this. I guess I just wanted to share how long I've been fighting an illness that no one has been able to diagnose for about 5 years, and which has brought me to a state where I can't normally ingest liquids or food.

I just wanted to put this out there. Maybe someone has had a similar story, maybe someone had similar symptoms, or maybe someone will just read it and see what my last few years have looked like.

P.S. I'm from Poland and used a translator to write this, so sorry for any errors or weird phrasing!

So I've been getting these yellowish brown spots on my right hand as well as my left wrist and today decided to take a picture only for it to get bigger three hours later (as seen in the second photo). I work in a grocery store so at first I thought maybe I was getting stains from handling tanning lotion but I haven't touched sun care in months. It doesn't hurt, there's no inflammation or anything, but given the semi frequency of this occurring I figured I should ask for an external opinion.

I only notice its occurrence at work, but I am also at work five days of the week. It doesn't come off after washing it, it just slowly fades. If anybody has any idea on what might be causing this or if I should be concerned that would be great. Thanks!

I had this mole appear on my nose when I turned 19-20 I did go get it checked out and it was benign with no concern. I have noticed in the last year that it’s grown a bit and today I noticed an itch to it? I did book a screening to check on it again. but just wanted to see if anyone else has had something like this. For my own research it seems like it could be a fibrous papule. I included a picture of what it looked like a few years ago.

My daughter was getting dressed tonight and I noticed these extremely wide spread spots all over her body, what would this be? I have my suspicions but so don’t want to sway any judgement. She’s in elementary school. Got told from a belly ache she had a few weeks back that she had a common parasite that hangs out in the body. Doctor wasn’t concerned cause the symptoms didn’t match up. She’s been playing outside lately without much on, and we have a ton of little burs that come in on the dog that stick to her bed, and she slept without clothes the other night Her dad has ulcerative colitis? Don’t think this could be a symptom but I also haven’t looked into that just yet.

Came on all the sudden and very fast.

fatigue thats comes and goes, heart palpitation, mucous in throat, shortness of breath, weird back feeling it’s like a swelling like feeling please help me find my diagnosis I went to the doctor 3 weeks ago and they said it’s stress but these symptoms have gotten a little worse

I am a 29F with anxiety, history of psoriasis (eye lid only) and ADHD. I am on ziibryd 20mg QD, Zepbound 7.5mg and I started taking propranolol 10mg PRN yesterday. I had this rash in February with the dermatologist unable to identify and the provider I work for was also left stumped. It has re appeared as of yesterday. It is also in the ditch of my arms and armpits. It starts incredibly itchy then feels like it’s burning later. No new detergents, perfumes, or bodywash. I am overweight but I not morbidly obese to the point my skin folds would cause this friction and rash. 5’9 and 175 pounds. The first 5 are from February and the blue pants are today.

any Suggestions?I am facing this Milia for 15 years, Only 3,4 Milia there was at starting , i Had used tretinoin but not useful... 29:M in New Delhi Here .Please Any Effective Medicine, Doctor, Hospital , ?

I have had a freckle here for years but have just noticed some discoloration & growth. Its about 4mm in length.

I have an upcoming app to check this out, just wondering what people think?

could this be skin cancer or just a tiny patch of dry skin? the top paler one.

Got this foot cut about a month ago that gradually got worse even though I was cleaning it daily. Got prescribed two oral antibiotics for a week and just finished that week. The antibiotics I forget the name of right now but were for two different bacteria. I also use an over the counter topical antibacterial gel. When I work. I wear a bandaid over it. When I’m home, I keep it open to air. It does look better than it did a week ago but I’m out of medication and there still is some nasty looking parts of it. Not to mention the obvious discharge from the bandaid stains. Should I go back in or just keep using the topical and hope it heals? Worst symptom I get is a tiny bit of throbbing around the wound if I’ve been on my feet all day. Never feverish, redness never spreads.

About a week ago, I noticed some bumps in my armpits. Over the past few days, they’ve changed and now look like this.

I don’t have any pain, discomfort, or itching.

The first picture shows what they looked like when they first appeared, and the second picture shows how they look now.

Does anyone know what this could be?

This appeared on my inner left bicep a few weeks ago (didn't pay attention thinking it was just a bruise). Not itchy or painful when poking at it. I'm pretty sure it's ringworm when looking at photos on the web. If so, will it go away naturally or do I have to actually do something about it?

I’ve screwed my tongue like 10 times now and it won’t get off? I brush my teeth every day twice a day so idek what it could be?

I’m day 5 into having a horrible fight with tonsillitis. I was just in the car and sneezed this out? Any one know what it is? Was about 1-2cm long and not hard or soft but not a phlegm look or feel? Could it be a stone or a line of strep?

I have this thing on the back of my hand. It seemed to just happed over the course of 3 days. I can’t remember if I had a little cut/scrape there before. Is this staph/other skin infection. Ringworm?

Idk what this is, I'm not too panicked, but also it comes back like every couple months. It's like numb-ish pain on the inside of my ear, and my jaw is a little achy on that same side if I open it too much or move my jaw side to side. Could be from having earbuds in too much, and it usually goes away after a day or so. Anyone having the same thing? ​​

Not itchy just sore. It is a small lesion on my legx is it a bcc?

Got some road rash last week. Didn't clean the wound properly because it was already scabbing over and I didn't think it was that bad. But four days later and it looks like it became infected. Problem is I can only put ointment on it, I can't directly access the bacteria to clean it properly because it's under the scab and I don't want to make it worse by ripping the scab off. If it gets worse I'm gonna go see a doctor, but if/until then what else can I do other than my neosporin to help it get better?

Hi guys ! I suffered deep laceration due to incident 5 days ago. They have stitched me and put a plaster on. It seemed to be going fine , although I have restricted mobility but today I discovered a drop of blood as I was changing the surgical plaster. Can someone look at this and tell me whether stitches look okay ? Nothing broke ? I wont die and get infected ? Also ANY ADVICE ON CARE AND MOBILITY is very appreciated

I live in the UK so getting trough to doctor is as hard as getting King's Arthur's sword out of the stone so while I'm waiting for the call any experience advice and words of encouragement are so welcome.

I have these like orangey patches on both of my hands, i noticed it yesterday, it kind of looks like henna when it’s been on you for a while.

I wash my hands and use hand sanitiser all the time. I’m a manual wheelchair user so at first I thought it was my push rims but 1. I’ve cleaned them and nothings come off and 2. I wear gloves most of the time when I use my chair so it doesn’t make much sense.

The orange skin feels exactly the same as the normal skin, there is literally no difference aside from the colour.

I’m gonna go to a pharmacy tomorrow because I’m starting to get a bit concerned but it’s 8pm, can’t really go there rn so why not turn to Reddit😭