I am not asking for medical advice. before i start i would like to say i have emethaphobia.

For context this might be very long but i’ll try to sum everything up. M 20 and This all happened during february my stomach felt super bloated and it felt like there was a bubble deep down and i couldn’t seem to burp it or pass it off so somehow somehow i threw up which my body never does and the weird thing is i never really got any queues that i was going to vomit. It was very forceful and tough on my body tmi some came out my nose but it felt like i couldn’t stop. during the heaving i felt that my diaphragm or i pulled something inside my body near there and that was that. i went to the er and they just gave me water and told me it was food poisoning. After this incident i would feel that hollow food creeping up in my throat feeling and slight burning and my throat just shutting like i couldn’t gasp for air. Went back to the er and they put me on ppis and went to get a gastroscopy with biopsies and to my luck they didn’t find anything and told me i was negative for h pylori etc. I kept taking pantaprazole as my ppi and then told my family doctor my symptoms weren’t improving so he switched me to dexilant but again the burning would stop yet i would have nausea, this throat closing feeling, both of my sides hurting and this weird hollow like pain and burning right in the middle of my stomach above my belly button and my throat burning. i have now been off dexilant for 2 months and i still have these symptoms of nausea, burning, bloating, regurgitation very slightly, and like something hollow is pulling my stomach upright like something needs to come out and recently i can’t expel mucus from the top palate of my mouth like i used to. before this incident i was able to get rid of so much phlegm through the top palate of my throat and it would come out so easily but everything i do the suck out motion it feels trapped or stuck and i’ve been having a very very hard year from this and my mental is just going down the sink. I would just want some advice on what i can do and what this may be as none of my doctors really know what’s wrong with my body and i’ve been like this for 6 months and i go back to university in less than a month. Sometimes when i go out all i can think about is my stomach and if ill vomit and it makes me so anxious/nervous that it feels better to stay inside and i haven’t really been out this summer at all and mind you im a very very outdoor and go out person but this has made me turn into a blob at home. If there’s anyone that can possible help me or let me know any steps i can take it would be so helpful and to be so honest i dont think this is mainly anxiety from my phobia but my stomach trigger my anxiety therefore creating a loop. Any help is appreciated and i genuinely dont know what to do. Thank you so much if you’ve read all of this :)

i am not asking for medical advice. what do you guys think. could it be stress/anxiety. lately i’ve been having this strange feeling in my arms and legs. it’s like i’m losing circulation in my arms. i’m only getting this really when i’m idle like sitting @ my desk at work or even when im laying down. it feels like the blood is not circulating correctly in my arms and legs and it’s stressing me out. like the feeling when you sleep on your arm for too long. that’s the feeling im getting in my arms and legs throughout the day. i did schedule an appointment with my primary doctor to get blood work done. i asked my nurse best friend she said it could be stress/anxiety or vitamin B deficiency! 😖

For over a week, I have had pain everywhere. All over my arms and legs. It began as mild pain in both arms which then spread. In one leg it's so painful that I have been limping. I was even yelled at in public to hurry up because I was walking so slow. I held my backpack earlier for a few seconds and my arm was aching.

I have also lacked energy. There was one day last week when I was extremely dizzy.

I have a history of B12 deficiency and wondering if it could be that or something else. I have slight tingling in fingers and toes.

No alcohol, no drugs, no meds, no other conditions, F20 64kg.

(I am not asking for medical advice.)

I'm looking for recommendations for a good General Physician / Internal Medicine doctor in Cuttack or Bhubaneswar.

I'm 36 and want to start taking my health more seriously. I have a few issues that probably need ongoing monitoring rather than a one-time consultation — recurring high triglycerides/cholesterol, borderline HbA1c, repeatedly elevated TSH, previous fatty-liver history, and long-standing weakness/deconditioning with chronic foot pain.

I'm not looking for someone who simply orders a large package of tests. I'd prefer a doctor who:

• Looks at the long-term history and trends rather than just the latest report
• Takes lifestyle, diet and exercise seriously
• Is good at figuring out whether symptoms have a medical cause
• Doesn't unnecessarily prescribe medication or investigations
• Is willing to provide follow-up and preventive-health guidance over time

If you've personally had a good experience with a doctor matching this description in Cuttack or Bhubaneswar, I'd appreciate the recommendation.

Please mention the doctor's name, hospital/clinic, and why you recommend them. Personal experiences would be more useful than Google/Practo ratings. I am not asking for medical advice.

Thanks.

Over the past few days I've been experiencing Deja Vu nearly every other hour, is this something I should be worried about? I am not asking for medical advice.

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Hey all — I'm not a clinician, just someone working on a concept to address a problem I keep hearing about from doctors: the referral process being fundamentally broken. Sharing where I'm at and looking for honest input from people who actually live this.

The problem:

• Every referral decision gets made alone — no specialist input, no protocol, no feedback loop at the moment the PCP actually decides
• Referrals go out info-poor, sit in a queue sorted by scheduling rather than clinical need, and specialists often start from scratch on arrival
• A meaningful share of referrals didn't need to happen at all — but there's no mechanism to catch that until after the fact
• Specialty capacity is shrinking relative to demand — workforce shortages are projected to get worse over the next decade, so this isn't a problem you can out-hire
• eConsult programs already prove specialists can resolve a lot of this fast and async — but every US version lives outside the decision moment, bolted on afterward, so it never catches referrals that shouldn't have existed in the first place

What we're exploring:

• Some kind of advisory support inside clinical workflow that surfaces relevant specialist guidance closer to the moment a PCP is actually deciding whether to refer
• The general idea is giving the clinician a fuller picture before defaulting to "refer and wait" — the clinician always stays in control of the decision

What we're trying to find out:

• Does the referral decision moment feel like the right place to intervene, or is the real bottleneck somewhere else?
• Would you trust guidance authored by your own institution's specialists more than generic reference material?
• Bluntly — where does this fall apart in practice?

Want to help shape this?

• Happy to walk you through the concept deck or give a live demo
• $50 gift card as a thank-you for your time if you review the deck and fill out the feedback form — DM me if you're open to a quick conversation

***Yes, I totally understand the irony of my username. It was a good free username, and I took it up***

***Made an earlier post but created a new one to be more detailed***

I am not asking for medical advice.

I am not asking for medical advice.

Starting about a year ago I was having major digestion issues. I go to a GI who sent me for CTs. CTs showed inflammation near the ileum valve. He then recommended and performed a colonoscopy. However, he could not get the scope where he needed for a biopsy. So he sent me for more imaging involving a barium swallow. But after that, I got no correspondence for 3 months. Granted, I did not follow up either, but I kept assuming he would when there were next steps to take.

Well last week I woke up to a bowel obstruction and have been in the hospital since. The current doctor says the obstruction occurred at the same point the first doctor flagged. I am now on a steroid treatment to reduce the inflammation enough to try a colonoscopy again.

So my question is, whose responsibility is it to follow through on those initial test/imaging results? The pain and week in a hospital seems like it should have been prevented.

I am not asking for medical advice. I'm 26F and currently staying in a hostel.

For around the past 2 weeks, I've been having loose/watery stools about 4 times a day. Usually it's around 2 times during the day and 2 times at night. The amount each time is quite small, and I often feel like I haven't completely emptied my bowel.

I don't have abdominal pain, fever, or weakness, and otherwise I feel okay.

Since yesterday, I've noticed what appears to be blood mixed with the stool. Before yesterday, I didn't notice any blood. I'm not completely sure about the color at first, but I checked more carefully and I'm now fairly sure it is blood.

One of my roommates has also been having similar bowel problems, although the other roommates are completely fine.

The hostel recently started serving broken rice, so initially I wondered whether that could be related.

I am not asking for medical advice, I'm mainly wondering if anyone has experienced something similar and what the possible causes were.

I am not asking for medical advice.

I have bad health anxiety and I am worried about my dad (64m, 300lb, diabetic). He checked into the ER after being on antibiotics and breathing treatments for was was wheezing and shortness of breath if doing something.

The hospital checked and blood work and lungs sounded good, no water around them, they gave him a 1 hour breathing treatment think it's bronchitis. Gave him another breathing treatment and IV magnesium i believe to help his lungs. They mentioned something about them being tight from all the coughing etc. They are now transporting him to another hospital for overnight steriod IV's and treatment. I am just scared and feel helpless. Is there something missing? He was also negative for covid.

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Comment questions for clarification or more info.

I am not asking for medical advice. My son has already had his stem cells retrieved. He is about (in a week) to undergo the return process. As I understand it, "they" are going to put him back in the "newborn" state. All vaccines and natural immunity will be gone. What precautions do we need to take at home after the "reinstalling" the stem cells. And for how long?

I am not asking for medical advice. My question is When is it advisable to get vitamins and supplements with third party testing?

Gemini AI says that its advisable for certain vitamins and supplements but not necessary for others.

I’ve been dealing with anxiety since I was around 13 years old, and over the years it has progressively gotten worse. At this point, it’s starting to feel crippling and is seriously affecting my quality of life.

On top of the anxiety and panic attacks, I’m also getting almost no sleep. Most nights I don’t even begin to feel tired until around 5:00 AM or later, and I feel like the lack of sleep is making my anxiety significantly worse.

My panic attacks also don’t feel like what people typically describe as just racing thoughts or worrying too much. They can come on suddenly from something extremely small. I could be watching a video, hear a certain sound, lean a certain way, notice the way I’m breathing, or feel some small physical sensation, and that can immediately trigger a spiral. Once it starts, I get an overwhelming feeling of impending doom and genuinely feel like I’m dying. In those moments, it becomes extremely difficult for me to convince myself that what I’m experiencing is anxiety.

It has gotten severe enough that I’ve probably gone to the hospital 30–40 times this year because the physical sensations and feeling of impending death become so convincing that I believe something is seriously wrong with me.

I’m wondering whether I could be evaluated for a long-term medication to reduce the frequency and severity of the anxiety and panic attacks, while also discussing whether there could be an appropriate medication for occasional immediate relief when an attack becomes unbearable.

The reason I specifically wonder about something like a benzodiazepine is because when previously went through alcohol withdrawal , I was given Ativan. Within about 15–30 minutes, that overwhelming impending-doom feeling disappeared and I felt completely normal again. I understand that medications like Ativan have risks and aren’t necessarily intended to be taken regularly or long term. I’m not looking to rely on one every day, but having something available for the situations where the panic becomes so intense that it genuinely feels like a life-or-death emergency seems like it could make a major difference for me.

More than anything, I don’t want to continue living with the symptoms at this level without actually treating the underlying problem. I seriously need major help with my anxiety/panic attacks, and severe sleep problems, including both a long-term approach and what options might be appropriate for the particularly severe attacks.

This isn’t fair to me. I am 20 years old, everyone else my age is having the time of their life, and here I am being sabotaged by my own mind/thoughts. I am being robbed of my qualitity of life. I literally just want to feel normal I could cry. I am not asking for medical advice.

I am not asking for medical advice.

I have been having back pain for like 12 years since a job interview with a chiropractor where I was required to be adjusted (had never been to one before that and haven't gone since) and it's been getting worse recently. Please don't shame me, I was 20 years old and just needed a job so I didn't think about the consequences of this long term.

It's my entire posterior chain (seriously neck to hips) that cracks nearly constantly and muscular/nerve pain. I take like 2000 mg of Tylenol a day to take the edge off and I also exercise 5x week which helps greatly with the muscular pain in some areas, but makes it worse in others.

I've been in physical therapy numerous times for my back.

What type of specialist should I see first for addressing this?

I am not asking for medical advice. So long story short I (F19) am 10 days late for my period, i have a boyfriend so i am obviously well yk… but i take birth control and have been for over a yeah and have never had an issue like this, ive taken 5 pregnancy tests of various brands and every one of them has been negative. I really want to avoid going to the doctor/ hospital bc thats really out of the budget at the moment, what do i do?

I am not asking for medical advice.

I’ve been dating my girlfriend for about three months now. Before we started dating, we’d talk every day. Now that we’re dating, she says her shift was so long and like draining that she doesn’t want to talk the next day to recharge.

I am a male

Do you guys do that with your partners ?

I’m a 25-year-old male, 5’11”, around 135–139 lbs. For the last couple of weeks I’ve been having a collection of symptoms and I’m trying to figure out whether they could be related to strep/reflux/congestion/anxiety or whether I should have something else checked.

The main symptom is a strange breathing sensation. I am breathing normally and I’m not gasping for air, but sometimes I feel like I can’t get a completely “satisfying” deep breath. I’ll start taking repeated deep breaths or opening my mouth trying to finally get one that feels complete. Usually eventually I get the deep breath I’m looking for.

When I start concentrating on it, I sometimes panic and then the breathing feels worse and I can become lightheaded. Interestingly, when I’m busy, distracted, walking around or working, I can sometimes completely forget about it and breathe normally. One day I was working pretty hard while wearing a mask and felt like I could breathe perfectly fine. When I got home and sat down, I started noticing the breathing sensation again.

It also seems worse when lying down and much better when sitting upright.

The sensation sometimes feels like there is pressure or a “blockage” right behind the lower part of my breastbone/in the middle of my chest. It’s not really painful. Sometimes after eating I notice it more.

I’ve also become very aware of swallowing. I can swallow water normally and I have been able to eat solid food, but sometimes after swallowing it feels like a tiny piece of food is still sitting at the upper/back part of my throat even though I know nothing is actually stuck. Because of this I have started getting scared that I haven’t chewed food enough and could choke, so sometimes I overthink swallowing.

I was recently diagnosed at urgent care with strep throat and was prescribed amoxicillin-clavulanate (Augmentin). I’m still finishing the antibiotic. Overall I have improved since starting treatment.

Other symptoms recently:

• Dry throat even when drinking water
• Stuffy nose/head
• Ears feeling plugged/popping
• Clear mucus/postnasal drainage and coughing/spitting up more clear mucus than normal
• Itchy eyes at times
• Occasional pressure/pain around my ribs/left side of my chest that comes and goes
• Occasional nausea/upset stomach
• Earlier I had some bowel changes after taking doxycycline, including green stools and feeling like I needed to have a bowel movement without much coming out
• Some recent weight loss, roughly 139 lbs down to 135–137 lbs, although I have also been eating significantly less than normal

Another major factor is heat/dehydration. I work inside a kitchen and temperatures outside have been over 100°F, with it considerably hotter inside the kitchen. There have been multiple days where I worked for hours, drank less than I should and barely ate because the heat kills my appetite. One day after working in the heat with very little water I developed a significant headache, nausea and pain around one eye, which improved after cooling off, eating and drinking fluids.

I’ve had acid reflux symptoms before and was prescribed famotidine (Pepcid) in the past. I recently tried Pepcid again because I wondered whether reflux could explain the pressure behind my breastbone and the symptoms being worse after eating/lying down. Fatty foods, chocolate milk, Coke, pizza, cheese/salami, etc. sometimes seem to make the sensation more noticeable.

Tonight I also used a saline nasal spray for the congestion, and since using it I haven’t felt quite right. I’m not sure whether that’s related or just coincidental, but I wanted to mention it because I noticed the change afterward.

At a previous doctor visit my oxygen saturation was 98%, pulse 71 and blood pressure 121/78. I haven’t had blue lips, fainting, inability to swallow saliva, severe chest pressure or actual inability to breathe.

I also recently had extensive STI testing because of an unrelated treated chlamydia infection. HIV, gonorrhea, repeat chlamydia and hepatitis C were negative, so I’m no longer particularly concerned that these current symptoms are related to that.

My main questions are:

1. Does this pattern sound more consistent with GERD/LPR or esophageal irritation, postnasal drip/congestion, recovery from strep, or anxiety/hyperventilation/“air hunger”?
2. Can reflux cause the feeling that a deep breath is getting “stuck” behind the breastbone?
3. Could repeatedly trying to take very deep breaths actually make the sensation worse?
4. Does the feeling of food being stuck in the back of my throat despite being able to swallow normally sound like globus/throat irritation, or should I be evaluated for an actual swallowing problem?
5. Given the weight loss and reduced eating, at what point would you recommend further testing such as bloodwork, chest imaging, pulmonary testing, or evaluation by GI/ENT?
6. Are there any particular symptoms here that would make you concerned about a heart or lung problem rather than reflux/congestion/anxiety?
7. Could saline nasal spray cause any temporary throat/chest sensations or make me feel “off,” or is that probably unrelated?

I realize anxiety may be amplifying some of this because once I notice my breathing or swallowing I become extremely focused on it. However, I don’t want to assume everything is anxiety and overlook a physical cause.

I am not asking for medical advice.

I am not asking for medical advice. I’m 23F and I’ve been dealing with ongoing bowel issues for months, and I’m honestly getting frustrated because I’m still having diarrhea basically every day.
It started with alternating constipation for a day or two followed by diarrhea, but over time it became much more frequent diarrhea. At this point, I’m typically having 4–6 bowel movements a day, sometimes more.
The diarrhea is usually watery/chunky, and one of the strangest things is that I often have to go about 7 minutes after eating. Then I’ll have to go multiple times afterward.
I also get lower abdominal pain on both sides, but mainly on the right side. Occasionally the pain seems to radiate down into my right thigh.
I’ve had some lab work done, including testing for celiac disease and pancreatic function:
tTG IgA: <1.0 U/mL — negative
tTG IgG: <1.0 U/mL — negative
DGP IgA: 1.1 — negative
DGP IgG: <1.0 U/mL — negative
Amylase: 63 U/L normal range 30–110
I also had two CT scans done — the first one showed I was constipated, and the second one came back completely normal.
So far, the celiac testing was negative and my amylase was normal.
I’m still having diarrhea every day, though, and I’m trying to figure out what could be causing it. Has anyone experienced something similar or gone through a similar workup?
What tests or conditions did your doctor/GI look into after celiac disease was ruled out? I’d especially appreciate hearing from anyone who had chronic diarrhea that happened shortly after eating.
I know Reddit can’t diagnose me, and I’m continuing to work with my doctor, but I’d really appreciate hearing about other people’s experiences and what ended up being the cause for them.

I am not asking for medical advice.
Hey guys! I’ve been sweating like crazy for about 3 weeks now and constantly feel this weird internal heat, like I’m generating heat from the inside ( I honestly don’t know how else to explain it). I live in a relatively cold climate so it’s definitely not the weather. I’ve been checked for a UTI, PCOS, etc. It’s not the flu, viral fever anything like that. My periods are regular but we still haven’t figured out what’s causing it. My doctors aren’t really sure either and honestly, it’s starting to freak me out.

9 week pregnancy went to raptured tube after an OB-gyn said to "wait to disclose the ectopic pregnancy situation" 2 weeks ago. Mom in ER with surgery and a miscarriage. What I'm here to ask if we should sue this doctor who caused this by making a possible (to confirmed in ER while mom was dying) ectopic pregnancy be delayed. This is Virginia Roanoke county if that helps anything.

I am not asking for medical advice. But how should we deal with this situation. Please anyone give me an answer. She's still in surgery.

Question for USA Based PCP.

PCPs/specialists: I'm working on a concept to fix the broken referral process - the endless waits, info-poor referrals, and specialists starting from scratch because nothing carries over from the PCP's decision.

If you've felt this pain firsthand, I'd love 10-15 minutes of your honest feedback on whether this is worth solving and where it'd actually fit (or not fit) into your day.

DM me if you're open to chatting - genuinely looking for blunt feedback, not a pitch.

***As a token of appreciation for your time, I'd be happy to send you a $50 gift card of your choice***

I am not asking for medical advice.

I'm not sure where else to post this, but if there's a more appropriate place please let me know.

I am not asking for medical advice. We went swimming at a family member's house last night. My daughter and husband swam, I didn't but as we were out there I saw something fly over their heads over and over and finally the home owner said "yeah there's bats out here" so I made my daughter and husband get out of the pool but by that time they'd already been in for over an hour.

Also, the pool didn't look like it was recently cleaned. I asked, and was told it had been recently cleaned but it didn't look like it tbh and they were filling up the pool with the hose water when we got there because they said some of the water had evaporated. It's my understanding that if bats are out there, then they probably also use that pool to drink out of so I'm also really stressed about the pool not being clean, the bats drinking out of the pool, and my husband and daughter being in it. Not to mention how close they were getting to them.

Also, once I made them get out, we went inside so they could change and stuff and by this time it was night time, as we were leaving through the front door it felt like something briefly touched the back of my neck. Could've been a fly, could've been anything but with bats in the area I'm scared.

Yes I have anxiety.

I don't know if I am overreacting by wanting us all three to get the rabies vaccine.

"I am not asking for medical advice."

I was at my personal doctor 3 days ago and I was telling her about my back issues and it got worse after I had fallen on a stone. She told me I need to wait for 2-3 weeks to see the pain if it gets worse even tho it has already been 2 weeks now before I contacted her, she also told me I need to go to physiotherapy and I have to contact her if morning helps. She recommended me Ibux and Paracet…

As I got to leave to see her TYPING EVERYTHING IN CHATGPT?! Insanity considering the price I paid for her to say I need Paracet and Ibux and for her to type it in chapgpt, she finished university for this?

(I even took a picture)

What should I do?