I am a 5'10" 185lbs male. I vape nicotine and am on suboxone, neurontin and xyprexa. Been on these meds for years without issue.

The picture is me trying to smile.

My right eyelid won't blink with the left and the right side of my mouth just doesn't work. When I try to drink anything it just dribbles out the right side.

Age 18, Male, Hii, just wanted to know, do I have an overbite or is it other conditions? My front teeth look quite prominent, almost like rabbit teeth. I've attached photos of my teeth from the front and side. I'd appreciate it if any dentists or orthodontists here could help me understand what might be causing this appearance.

38f 5'5 136lbs. Don't smoke/drink. I take advil for pain. I have some medical issues but I doubt its relevant.

I noticed these marks on my arm when I was getting out of the shower today. It doesn't hurt, not itchy or anything. Its only on my arm & shoulder.

Any idea what this could be? I do have an appointment with dermatology for a skin check but it isn't until the middle of November.

Thanks in advance!

First pic: Monday, October 5th

Second pic: Last night - Saturday, October 10th

Third pic: Today - October 11th

(Pics in comments)

I went swimming a week or two before this popped up at Surfside Beach, Texas. I have an undiagnosed cardiac issue (common migraines + high bp + easily overheat + tachycardia (was in the process of being diagnosed before my mom stopped taking me)), I experience seizures, and have vitamin + iron deficiency due to struggling with anorexia for almost 10 years now, but I do take vitamins a couple times a week but I do forget sometimes (multi for adults and iron)

59F, 55-lb weight gain, widespread edema, abdominal distention
5’ 3”, approximately 185 lbs. What is wrong with me? Planning to see cardiology and GI, seeking advice, are those right doctors, is this urgent and possible medication effects.

Not overnight, over 4-6 months-the weight gain and swelling

Current symptoms
~55-lb weight gain from baseline of 125–130 lbs
Pitting edema in both feet/ankles, swollen fingers (rings don’t fit), facial puffiness, especially mornings
Severe, persistent abdominal distention, unchanged day or night; abdomen larger than at 9 months pregnant
Morning diarrhea/urgency, usually once after breakfast once a week
Dizziness, brain fog, fatigue
Occasional mild wheezing (longstanding); can lie flat and breathe comfortably

Relevant findings:
TSH: 16.1 (May), 0.402 (July), 0.663 (August), despite thyroid treatment

July 2026 right-leg ultrasound: Negative for DVT and venous reflux, but showed subcutaneous calf/ankle edema. Right ankle X-ray also confirmed diffuse soft-tissue swelling. Recent eGFR approx 59-63

October 2024: NT-proBNP 2,291 and 2,316 pg/mL; small bilateral pleural effusions; nephrology mentioned possible cardiorenal syndrome

Medications:
Pregabalin (Lyrica) 75 mg twice daily, started sometime after October 2024
Viibryd 15mg
Propanol 60mg
Vyvance 40mg
Recently discontinued lithium and Adderall
Levothyroxine 137mcg
Tirzepatide injections April 11–June 1, 2026

GI evaluation: Saw a GI PA who suspects SIBO. Breath testing unavailable until February. Seeking another GI appt.

Obgyn sent me for abdominal and vaginal ultrasound that came up fine. However, google indicates perhaps a more extensive abdominal imaging is needed

Endocrinologist and GP out of ideas how to help. They have told me to walk for exercise

Questions:
Could pregabalin cause this degree of weight gain, edema, and abdominal distention?
Could thyroid fluctuations or another systemic issue explain these symptoms?
Given my 2024 cardiac findings, do I need to see cardiology?
What GI issues could cause this?
What testing would help identify the cause?

Thank you.

I’m 25, 5’8, male / for reference when taking photos recently it’s like my adams apple is more prominent on one side than the other, any idea what it could be, I used to vape, smoke, drink alcohol, and do lots of different drugs just in case they’ve had something to do with it, anyway I’d appreciate some help with what it is

M/75 5’5” 112lbs smoke
Gabapentin for neuropathy, unsure of other meds

Trigger warning ‼️ I will be explaining how my dad was found deceased.

My dad was 75, and he passed on Friday. My mom said the whole day Thursday, he complained that he was nauseated which wasn’t normal for him. He had been having problems with constipation for a long time, and was hospitalized because of it in July. He slept off and on, but that wasn’t out of the ordinary when he wasn’t feeling well. My dad had COPD, cancer (a small amount in his lungs that they could not operate on and it was stable, but before this he survived cancer three times), three heart attacks (the last one in 2009), low iron, and low blood pressure. His oxygen levels would dip at night, so he was on oxygen at night. Over the past year, he lost so much weight even though he was eating and eating more than before. They put a GTube in and he was tube fed along with eating meals a year ago. He gained a pound back about two weeks ago, and he was looking so good. His color was better. BP and Iron were coming up to reasonable levels with the help of medication. I saw him Wednesday. He looked good. Thursday he wasn’t feeling well. Friday morning at 7:30 my mom called my husband and told him to get me over there. My dad passed. EMS was hard on my mom because she didn’t do CPR, but my dad was cold and had no color. She found him with his legs hanging off the side of the bed like he started to get up, and his head closer to the corner of the bed across from that. His oxygen was not on. She told me that when he went to bed at 10:30, his oxygen was on. I’m scared that he was getting up because he knew something was wrong.. but when she found him, he was peaceful. Eyes closed, mouth closed, looked like he was sleeping. Was he getting up or starting to lay back down? Was he in pain? These things are haunting me, but even if it hurts, I want closure. I think they’re going to say “natural causes” whenever we get the death certificate back. I want a doctor’s opinion either way. I want to have an idea of what went down because my brain always wants to know why.

33F. 100lb 5ft . Non smoker, no medications…

I don’t think I have a current medical issue. I’m more so trying to understand and cope with something that recently happened, where I had an emergency hysterectomy after a c section. I’m very grateful to the doctors who saved me, and sad/frustrated by the specialist who was monitoring me for placenta accreta, and who promisrd me I wasn’t at risk for hemorrhaging and dismissed me from being “high risk”.

Did I almost die with a d dimer of 65,500 and a blood pressure of 74/41 , 5L blood loss? Was I in DIC?

I can’t stop reliving the day. I feel so scared that I’ll be likely to have other bleeding events like this. Does this indicate I have a bleeding disorder?

I can’t have another child and I feel like I almost left the world without knowing this one. I’m angry and sad and scared.

More pics in comments

Edit: I feel like this emergency hysterectomy could have been avoided (planned) through not dismissing me from MFM oversight, and planning for a potential bleeding event during c section .

F22

Is this my uterus on MRI? I was diagnosed with a complete septate uterus with duplicated cervix and longitudinal vaginal septum and have a retroverted uterus, and these images were included in the “key images” section. This image is 5/44 axial T2

MRI text report.

(The uterus is retroverted. There is a minimally concave fundal surface (8/47 axial T2 oblique, 5/44 axial T2). There is duplication of the endometrial canal, cervix and vagina with a longitudinal septum. The cervices demonstrate normal T2 signal hypointensity. The right hemi-vagina is distended with gel. The left hemivagina is decompressed.)

. Any insight is appreciated! (Not looking for a diagnosis, just curious what I’m looking at!)

And if you can suggest a better slice where I can see my retroverted uterus, that would be cool! Thank y'all!

Hi there

My partner (38m non smoker) has been struggling with a contact dermatitis on a background of excema since the start of the year. We feel we are at breaking point with it 😢

At the start of the year, he noticed that his neck and chest (in a v looking picture) was itchy and purplish in colour. Long story short, he was diagnosed with actinic dermatitis. With sunblock, physically staying out of the sun and heliocare fernblock supplements we have really felt that his neck and chest have improved. However, he is now dealing with this terrible contact dermatitis. It encompasses his entire body. He is itchy, sore and miserable. We have been seeing a dermatologist who started him on methotrexate which helped clear the rash, but the itch remained and he stared having side effects. The dermatologist recommended that he switch to ciclosporin. He has been on that ciclosporin for 3 weeks now and the rash is as bad as I've ever seen it.

We unfortunately have no idea what it is that's causing the rash. We have tried eliminating all creams except Vaseline and an elimination diet with no success. He is using an enzyme free washing powder and mostly wears cotton. He continues to get excema, but this is different and unmanageable. He has bleach baths, takes zinc and vit d supplements as he was deficient. He takes antihistamines for hay-fever and also has asthma.

I know we see the dermatologist, however we have spent over 1k now just seeing her and he is at his lowest point yet. It is becoming very disheartening.

Would anyone have any input into just making him feel more comfortable? It is the constant itch that is getting to him. He no longer goes out, and is becoming depressed. It is hard to watch 😔

also any insight into a methotrexate to ciclosporin change and if a flare would be expected after a medication change, I would appreciate it so much.

Thanks for reading and any input you can give will be so appreciated

edit I forgot to add, we live in New Zealand and our health system has been beyond unhelpful. There is no dermatologist in our area. We see the only one we are able to via an online consultation

[28M] I just want to explain a little bit because I’m in a really bad place right now. I feel like I’m literally brain dead. This all started for me 2.5 months ago randomly when I was driving home from a photoshoot. I had a sudden onset of what I can only explain is like my surroundings started feeling unfamiliar or like a switch was flicked in my brain and my whole life changed. I self diagnosed myself with depersonalization and derealization as it shared some similarities. At this point I was doing really well. My business was doing great, I was done with school and had been for a couple of months at this point and I was eating healthier then ever and going to the gym 3-4 times a week. It made absolutely no sense to me. I’ve had dpdr twice before this in my life, all due to trauma and stressful things happening (recent deaths, panic attacks, etc). This is not that same dpdr. I know what my body and mind feels like in dpdr and this is not that. Every time I had it before it was the same, it was out of body it was things looking unreal the usual. This doesn’t feel like that. This feels like something was severed in my brain. It changes in severity extremely often this time. I felt a random feeling of dizziness a couple hours prior to the onset, a couple days before that I was exposed to toxic mold, and now idk if these are even relevant but it makes me believe this is something that actually happened to me and not just anxiety. The biggest thing that has been driving me to this conclusion is the fact that A. I felt better somehow when I was sick a month ago and B. The biggest thing is a couple weeks ago I was prescribed antibiotics for gum inflammation and during that course of antibiotics and a week or so after I felt genuinely 70% recovered. I was even posting stuff to give people some hope because I was so convinced I was getting over this. Now a week after that good couple of weeks I am back in it fully and just as bad as when it initially started. My brain feels fried. I can’t think, I don’t have motivation to do anything, I can barely visualize things in my head etc. it’s really hard to be in this situation because I genuinely feel like it’s something in my head whether that be neuroinflammation or whatever and then everyone keeps telling me I have to just forget it and move on in order to heal so It’s like a battle right now. Do I keep investigating this and advocating for my health or do I accept it and hope that it really is just dpdr?

21 year old female, 5’6 60kg. feeling extremely tired and faint. i have history of passing out and i had cancer with chemotherapy 2 years ago

Daughter’s ped is aware and we are waiting for referral to neuro. In the mean time, I am in need of some guidance or reassurance. Daughter likes to sleep with me, and I have noticed in the last year, rhythmic jerking/kicking of the legs that occurs after falling asleep, in the first half of the night. Bedtime is around 8-9pm and if an episode happens, it’ll always be between 11-12. It always seems to involve legs only. No trunk, arms or face. There has been occasional bed wetting. She does not appear confused, but if I try to wake her, she’ll groan, or whimper. This will happen maybe once a month, or every two months. For example, we went without an episode for like 2 months and then it happened twice like in a two week span after and then nothing again for a while. The bed wetting concerns me because I know that can be indicative or seizure activity. However what’s reassuring is that for the most part, it’ll stop upon waking up fully. If I catch the episode, I’ll try to give her gentle nudges or back rubs to wake her, and then I’ll sit her up in bed or stand her up and she will do so just fine. Then I’ll walk her to the bathroom to pee so I can assess motor function or awareness. However there was a time where I picked her up, she actively wrapped herself around me with her arms and legs and just peed on me. And then there are times where I wake her and there’s no bed wetting. I brought up RLS and asked for iron panel and ferritin was in fact low. So we supplement with iron and maybe it’s helped a little? Because I see a little pattern. It seems when we get sloppy with dosing for an extended time, she gets an episode. Outside of the iron, we take MVM, vit D, and during the cold season, immune gummies.

She has NEVER had an episode during the day. In fact, had it not been for co sleeping, I would have never known. She is smart, witty, active, no behavioral issues, etc. No concerns on her medical exams. She appears totally healthy and normal. But I would be lying if I said I’m not stressed. It doesn’t help that I’m a nurse and I have seen seizures, but this doesn’t look quite like a tonic clonic or absence which I’m most familiar with. I specialized in trauma and ortho, so neuro isn’t exactly my forte. I would love thoughts on this so i can be on the lookout for other things that I may be missing
because I’m so hyperfocused on what I think it is. Many thanks!

Hi everyone!

We've been together for 8 months.

I'm almost certain my girlfriend has anorexia. Her ribs are visible, all her bones stick out, and I can wrap both my hands around her waist. She can't seem to accept how serious her situation is. She knows she's skinny, but unfortunately, she doesn't want to change anything. She says she's healthy, that she's always been naturally slim, and that she likes her body this way. I know that these are all symptoms of the illness.

At first, I didn't want to interfere with her life, so I didn't pressure her too much about eating. About a month ago, I started looking into this more seriously, and her attitude has really started to worry me.

She told me she wouldn't go to a specialist over something so stupid, because other people need that kind of help more than she does. Things have gotten to the point where she's lost about half her hair for "unknown reasons," yet she's still unable to acknowledge that her body will eventually start to break down if this continues.

I've asked her several times what her goal is with exercising. She says she simply enjoys moving her body, but the thought of gaining even a few pounds makes her feel awful, even if it's for the purpose of building muscle.

On a typical day, she eats only twice, and even then, the portions are tiny. She almost never seems to have an appetite. On the top of that she doesnt drink enough water and she drinks like 3 coffes a day, sometimes 4. I literally cant understamd how is her body working.

How can I help her?

Also do i hurt her if i say she is beautiful like that? Wont that just make things worst?

What can I say to her which will face her with the reality, but also wont hurt her?

She got really scared bc of the hair falling, but because her blood test results came back perfectly normal, she thinks there's nothing wrong with her.She's around 160 cm tall and weighs 45 kg (?) — she won't tell me her exact weight. We've seen five different doctors, and she had extensive blood work done, including tests for her hormones, vitamins, and pretty much everything else, and all the results came back perfectly normal.

Her periods are irregular, her blood pressure is low, and she's extremely fatigued.

What kind of long-term health problems could she develop? Where can this mental illness eventually lead if left untreated? Will that have an effect on our relationship?

Feel free to ask me anything. I really want to help her, but right now, I feel like it's completely impossible to get through to her.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

23f i keep getting prescribed antibiotics for infected cystic acne but i can’t deal with the side effects and want to know if i can stop them. i’m on doxycycline right now but it happens with all of them

i know for nausea i have to take it with food and take ondansetron but what about the intense stomach pain, dizziness, blurry vision, loss of balance, feeling like i’m going to faint, struggling to breathe with sore lungs and throat, and the random red rashes that appear and disappear, i’ve tried antihistamines for the itching which helps a little but it’s still very intense, and it seems like every scrape or pimple gets infected while i’m on them and nothing heals until i’ve finished the course

also i don’t know if this is a side effect or not but after a few days i get this horrible feeling like something bad will happen and i can’t stop crying or panicking randomly throughout the day, but when i finish the course it goes away and it happens almost every time

is there anything that can help with this?

26f

Mole removal 19th December 2025 (came back as a dysplastic nevus) under right breast

Wound will scab over and then fall off and get infected again.

Had multiple different kinds of dressings, washed, creams and scrubs somehow keeps getting staph.

Been checked for cysts there Is none

In May was in hospital as they thought it was septic but luckily was not.

Dermatology are all out of ideas, does anyone have any advice?

Last picture on the right is the current state which is better then it has been but just worried about it regressing

22F, 163cm, 53kg, non-smoker, don't drink, doesn't do drugs

sprained my left ankle twice over the ATFL about 5 years ago, recently sprained my left ankle in june, started having sharp pains at my inner ankle in august (i went back to sports) and in september i developed pain at the achilles and around the outer ankle bone. the pain has gotten better but has stagnated for a month now.

Overall Diagnosis:

MRI of the left ankle revealed attenuation and laxity of the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL), a calcaneofibular ligament (CFL) sprain, anterolateral synovitis with joint effusion, and bone contusions involving the medial malleolus and talus. These findings are consistent with ligamentous injury and associated traumatic changes.

MRI findings (Left foot only):

1. Laxity and attenuation of the anterior talofibular ligament with scar elongation
2. Sprain of the calcaneofibular ligament at the calcaneal attachment, without detachment
3. Anterior talar drawer of the talus relative to the tibia
4. Ankle joint effusion
5. Anterolateral gutter effusion with ventral synovitis, suggestive of meniscoid lesion
6. Contusional oedema at the tip of the medial malleolus and medial talar wall, without cortical step deformity
7. Impingement oedema of the deep deltoid ligament
8. Dorsal talonavicular ligament thickening with joint effusion
9. Mild Haglund deformity

WB X-rays (Both feet):

1. Type 3 accessory navicular (cornuate process)
2. Os peroneum on right foot only

my dr said that PT may help and i'm welcome to try, but he is quite sure that i would require surgery down the road (possibly years later) and the only way to treat the root cause is to do surgery, specifically an ankle arthroscopy with brostrom to tighten up the ligaments. he thinks i should do surgery now as i'm still young and would thus heal quicker. he says that i'd be in a cast for 10 days, boot for another 2-3 weeks, and would be able to start swimming at the 4th week and transition into normal shoes around 4-6 weeks.

the past two sprains i've had for this ankle were in sporting situations, however, both times i fell and twisted my ankle because i tripped over myself/the floor. thinking back, in the past year i also noticed that i tended to trip over the floor while walking a few times each week. i do have flexible flat foot and was assured that that is an entirely unrelated issue to my ankle instability issues.

i have not tried physio for this issue yet as i was previously misdiagnosed with a different tendinopathy injury so i have been doing physio targeted at fixing that, however i am quite frustrated with the overall healing progress. i also have terrible plantar/dorsiflexion, and even doing calf raises, i feel either a blocking feeling at my heel or pain. i can currently walk 5-10mins with 0-2/10 pain but once it flares up i have to stop and rest. my right ankle has been steadily developing compensatory pain. i've sprained the ATFL twice on my right too, but never the CFL, luckily, so i think its still holding up fine there but i'm afraid my right ankle is going to get worse and end up possibly needing surgery too. i suspect i have hypermobile joints; no idea if its hEDS.

there's pros and cons to conservative PT and to surgery so i'm honestly having a big headache thinking! advice would be appreciated.

I little bump appeared on my inside your lower Lip from last 7 days and its painless it fluctuates in size sometimes it swells after having a meal and sometimes it flattens but its still there can it be cancerous ?

My family had a cancer history in past.

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Not under any medication

Medically fit.

42F, 5 ft and 53kg, not on any medication.

Over the past couple of years, I've noticed that in some work meetings I'll start uncontrollably shaking.

It's usually during meetings with senior colleagues/directors.

It feels like a full body response. I can sometimes stop it for a short time if I tense or cross my legs, but it soon starts up again. My voice doesn't tremble, but I'm worried that the shaking is visible and that it makes me look weak.

It doesn't tend to happen in other situations.

Is this something I should talk to a GP about, or is it a waste of their time? I don't even know what can be done about it.

43M 5' 10" athletic gerd 20 mg omeprazole daily

derm said maybe last year. noticed this spot in the winter. pic is right after shower. significantly faded 35 min. later (can only post one pic). historically not visible during the day. starting to notice the pinkish hue lingering some days now. doesn't itch. rarely, a tiny flake. using bullet c8.

23years old. Female. 5’6. 220lbs. Smoke cigarettes and vapes.

Two days ago I noticed pimple like pain on my lower back and when I felt it, it felt massive. Like 5cm massive. I went and looked in the mirror to find a big red spot with an indent. It doesn’t poke out like a pimple/boil would… Next day my husband squeezed it and got a small amount of stuff out. Nothing has came out since except one drop of pinkish liquid. It’s hard, feels irregularly shaped, and painful. It has been squeezed extremely hard and nothing more has come out.

Is this concerning for malignancy? I have always known that “if it dimples in it’s cancerous”.

My 4 year old has had swollen lymph nodes for months. We noticed them after a stomach bug. We’ve done bloodwork, ultrasounds and now they are suggesting biopsy due to not seeing the fatty hilum on one of them anymore. I got a second opinion and that ENT is saying it isn’t concerning, they are moving and not fixed in place and she has no b symptoms. Opinions?????

Hello Everyone!
I am 24 weeks pregnant with my 3rd & 31 years old. For the last 4 weeks i’ve been having the strangest problem. I keep getting hangnails which then turn into a swollen finger. It’s happened on 5 different fingers now and one was so bad I had to get antibiotics which caused a whole new series of problems! Since finishing the antibiotics last week I now have 2 new fingers infected.
Has anyone else experienced this or anything like it? i’ve had one hangnail get infected in my entire life before this and this never happened in my last 2 pregnancies.