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Stray cat scratched my face 2 nights ago.

This cat, I’ve been feeding him for a little less than a month now and he’s been the sweetest cat like he will rub on you and loves pets. I feed him when he comes to my door.

Anyway, I took this cat in for about 6-7 days to de flea him, took him over to my bfs brothers house to give to him as a pet.

My bfs brother was watching his dads dog and the dog was jumping on me to see the cat (could not get the dog to stop jumping) and when I tried giving the cat over to his brother, he scratched my face trying to get away.

I’ve been to urgent care and the er and they both told me I should be good but something’s telling me I should get the PEP shot.

What do you guys think? Please help, I’m prob going to the hospital again tonight to get PEP. I cannot stop thinking about this bc readies is fatal.

Ik ik you can’t get rabies from scratches but sometimes you can depending on if the cat licked its paw.

Please help

Hi all.

I have this intensely itchy rash on both of my inner calves. The first 4 pictures are this morning, the last 2 are from when I first noticed it about 4 days ago. The rash has spread around my legs and it’s still intensely itchy, painful and swollen. I’ve tried hydrocortisone cream and calamine assuming it was poison ivy somehow. The calamine seemed to calm it down a bit but the rash is still there and spreading. I almost don’t think it is poison ivy because the lack of blisters. I did find out I am pregnant, I am not sure if it could be a factor to the rash.

Is this something I should see a doctor about? I have the means but I didn’t want to go to the walk in for poison ivy or something trivial!

Thank you in advance !

I’m a 38 year old woman, mostly white European and a 1/4 native American. I’m 5’2” and my weight fluctuates between 104-110 depending on whether I’m weight listing or dealing with SIBO. I eat very healthy and generally follow a low Fodmap diet due to the SIBO/IMO.

My test results the last 3 years have been all over the place, and I’m dealing with symptoms that are affecting my quality of life. I’m at my wits end and bc I’ve had to change health insurance so often, it never gets solved and I have to start all over again.

Please if anyone can suggest what might be causing this, I would greatly appreciate it! 🙏🏼

*** Happy to add test results in the comments***

SYMPTOMS THE LAST 3ISH YEARS

- Night sweats, every night where I soak through multiple clothes and sheets. Since 2022. Worse since 2024.

- Hair loss, falling out in clumps in the shower since 2019. Worse since 2022.

- Extreme fatigue, or insomnia. Worse since 2024

- Brain fog. Worse since 2024

CRRENT MEDICATION:

Synthroid 127mcg daily (since 2014-15)

Liothyronine 2.5mcg daily (since 2024)

Spironolactone 50mg daily (since 2022)

Minoxidil 2.5mg daily (since 2024)

Adderall 7.5mg as needed, generally 4-5 per week (decreasing my dosage from 20mg daily since 2007)

CURRENT DIAGNOSES & TEST RESULTS:

2026

- April - Free thyroxine is back to normal

- April - Abnormally low white blood cell count

- April - Abnormally high mean cell hemoglobin

- March - Got injured (fractured vertibrae) and noticed that while I was taking my prescribed Meloxicam and Pregabalin my high sweats disappeared. I’m now off the medication and the night sweats have returned

- Feb - Abnormally high high Free Thyroxine

2025

- Sept - Abnormally high mean cell hemoglobin

- Sept - Abnormally low ALK PHOS serum levels

- Sept - High chloride serum levels

- Sept - Ferritin in the normal range

- July - Diagnosed with SIBO and IMO. Experienced abdominal pain, brain fog, gastro issues and lost weight (weighed 103 at my lightest)

- July - Normal TSH

- April - Abnormally high mean cell hemoglobin

- Feb - Tested for high TSH

2024

- Aug - Got a disturbing Prolactin 20.8 ng/mL result that says I’m “post menopausal?!” Doctor said not to worry

- July - Normal testosterone levels

- July - Ferritin in the normal range

- July - High chloride serum levels

- Feb - Abnormally low testosterone levels

- Feb - Abnormally High mean corpuscular volume

- Feb - High mean corpuscular hemoglobin

- Feb - Diagnosed with hereditary Hemochromatosis with 217ng/mL and underwent regular weekly phlebotomies for 4ish months. I’m now in maintenance and give blood 1x a year.

2023

- I don’t have access to these test results anymore

2022

- Springtime - Diagnosed with high testosterone, was put on Spironolactone. The doctor didn’t seem to care enough to investigate why the numbers were high but it was significant. Just shrugged his shoulders and gave me meds.

- Springtime - Noticed even more hair falling out, clumps in the shower

- Feb - In a car accident, suffered fractured bones and a minor TBI.

- Jan - High mean corpuscular hemoglobin

2019

- Noticed lots of hair was falling out

2014-2025

- Diagnosed with Hypothyroidism.

So for the past 3 years, I’ve woken up every couple months to these swollen, red areas on my fingers. They’re hot to the touch, itchy, and tingle when I bend my finger. It’s uncomfortable to scratch them, or to touch anything hot. It’s worse and more visible in the morning, will calm down a few hours after getting up, then will reappear the next morning. Flare-ups last a few days to a week at a time. My primary care physician didn’t know what they were, so I am going to a dermatologist soon, but I’m curious what you guys think? Thanks!

Last night I was sitting on the couch watching tv for about 2 hours. I went to crack my knuckles but before I could, as I grabbed my hand, it hurt out of nowhere.

I wiggled it a bit and it still hurt, but I thought nothing of it until about ten mins later when I realised it had swollen quite a bit.

When bending my finder it hurts quite considerably and as you can see is badly swollen.

It honestly feels like my finger is badly sprained or possibly broken (I’m leaning more towards sprained)

Don’t even know if I’m posting in the right place but any advice is appreciated; does this look (impossibly) broken?

I was eating and i felt something hanging off my teeth and gum. I’ve also been biting on my gum a few times when I eat.

For context, there are infected bites on the second picture that I have received antibiotics for. On the back side of my other ankle there is a group of around 5 bites that are a bit bigger. As well as this after the first ones got infected I broke out in hives and I got steroids to take care of that. They seem to appear overnight but are only on my ankles even though I sleep shirtless. I do own pets and I have a cat that sleeps in my room with me. My main thoughts are that is could be bedbugs(however, supposedly I would have bites everywhere if it was bedbugs) or fleas but any help would be appreciated.

Only has seemed to grown. Thought it was just a dry patch from sweat and my apron at work. Can I use aquaphor or lotion on itv

I noticed these dots just beneath my eyelid yesterday and it’s the same on the other side. Are these meant to be there or should I get this checked out?

he has never had anything like this before and we’re always together so I know that he hasn’t been with anyone else, but he has been sick the last few days, I’m telling him not to pop it so hopefully it can resolve but I will not be kissing him until it’s gone 😭

I’m 18, 5’6, male

I’m assuming I should go in?

Smoked a bit too much and proceeded to black out when I stood up, hit my head super hard and have a decently sized cut. Wondering if it’s something I can take care of from home or if it’s recommended for me to go in.

I have one on my calf close to my knee and the other ones are by my ankle. It is warmer where I am right now so I was thinking mosquito, but this is a little dramatic for a mosquito bite. I just started going to the gym five days a week last week so I wasn't sure if it was some sort of infection or something from the gym or if it's just a regular old bite from something else

just realized there's another tiny one on the front of my leg too

I work in a kitchen, and I sweat a lot. Months ago it used to itch a bit and felt dry so I stopped wearing my chain and applied cream.

Months went by no issue till my barber said something.

So this is a bit of a weird one. I have moles all over, so i’ve been checked frequently for a long time. I cant remember when, but this mole was removed once, maybe twice, and I don’t recall anything significant being mentioned about it. This was maybe 7-12 years ago. My recent dermatologists have not shown concern in the past few years.

Last night it was somewhat itchy and that had me googling and lead into a rabbit hole of Acral Lentiginous Melanoma.

Just wanted to see what people thought. I do have an appointment lined up soon.

Thanks