Uvula with spots

Readily, dear Hermesianax, most honoured of my many kinsmen, and in due order will I expound the forms of savage creatures and their deadly injuries which smite one unforeseen, and the countering remedy for the harm. And the toiling ploughman, the herdsman, and the woodcutter, whenever in forest or at the plough one of them fastens its deadly fang upon him, shall respect you for your learning in such means for averting sickness.
Now I would have you know, men say that noxious spiders, together with the grievous reptiles and vipers and the earth's countless burdens, are of the Titans' blood - 10 if indeed he spoke the truth, Ascraean Hesiod on the steeps of secluded Melissēeis by the waters of Permessus. And it was the Titan's daughter who sent forth the blighting scorpion with sharpened sting, when she compassed an evil end for Boeotian Orion, and attacked him after he had laid violent hands upon the immaculate raiment of the goddess. Thereupon the scorpion, which had lurked unobserved beneath a small stone, struck him in the ankle of his strong foot. But Orion's wondrous sign is set conspicuous, fixed there amid the constellations, 20 as of one hunting, dazzling to behold.
You for your part will easily chase and dispel all creeping things from farmstead and cottage, or from steep bank, or from couch of natural herbage, in the hour when, to shun parching summer's fiery breath, beneath the sky you make your bed on straw at nightfall in the fields and sleep, or else beside some unwooded hill or on the edge of a glen, where poisonous creatures feed in multitudes upon the forest, or beside the levelled perimeter of the threshing-floor, and where the grass 30 at its first burgeoning brings bloom to the shady water-meadows, at the time when the snake sloughs the withered scales of age, moving feebly forward, when in spring he leaves his den, and his sight is dim; but a meal of the fennel's sappy shoots makes him swift and bright of eye.
You may expel the hot and harmful doom that snakes bring, if you char the tined horn of a stag, or else set fire to dry lignite, which not even the violence of a fierce flame consumes. Cast also upon the fire the foliage of the male fern with its cloven fronds, 40 or take the heated root of the frankincense-tree mixed with an equal measure of garden-cress; and mingle the fresh, pungent horn of a roe, putting an equal weight of it in the balance. Burn also a portion no less heavy of the strong-smelling black cumin, or else of sulphur, or again of bitumen. Or you may ignite in the fire the Thracian stone, which when soaked in water glows, yet quenches its brightness at the least smell of a drop of oil. Herdsmen gather it for themselves from the river of Thrace which they call Pontus, where the Thracian shepherds 50 who eat ram's flesh so follow after their leisurely flocks. Again, the heavy-scented juice of all-heal stimulated over a fire, and the stinging nettle, and cedar cut with saws and ground to dust by their many-toothed jaws, produce in burning a smoky and repellent stench. With these means you may clear hollow clefts and couches in the woods, and may sink upon the ground and take your fill of sleep.
But if these things involve trouble, and night brings bed-time near, and you are longing for rest when your work is done, then gather to yourself among the eddies of some rushing river 60 the water-loving, leafy mint, for it grows in plenty by streams and is fed with the moisture about their edges, as it delights in gleaming rivers. Or you should cut and strew beneath you the flowering willow, or the strong-smelling hulwort, which has a most offensive odour; so too have viper's bugloss and the leaves of marjoram, aye, or of wormwood, which grows wild upon the hills in some chalky glen, or of tufted thyme from pasture-lands : tenacious of life it draws sustenance from a damp soil, deep-rooted, ever furnished with hairy leaves. 70 And you should mark the pale spikes of the low-growing fleabane and of the agnus castus, and the pungent stinking bean-trefoil. Likewise cut the rough twigs of the pomegranate, or else young and flourishing shoots of the asphodel, and deadly nightshade, and the horrid hypericum which injures the herdsman in the springtime when his cows are poisoned by eating the stalks; and further stems of the heavy-scented sulphurwort whose very odour scares snakes and chases them away should they approach you. so place some of these by you wherever you make a casual couch in the fields; others where snakes lurk, and a double quantity at their holes.
80 Now make in an earthen vessel or an oil-flask a paste of juniper berries and anoint your supple limbs - or of the heavy-scented sulphurwort; or else pound thoroughly in oil the dried leaves of fleabane from the hills, and likewise the healing salvia, adding the root of silphium, which the grater's teeth should grind small - many a time too have noxious creatures fled in terror from the scent of a man's spittle. But if you rub a caterpillar from the garden in a little vinegar, the dewy caterpillar with a green back, or if you anoint your limbs all about with the teeming fruit of the marsh mallow, 90 then you will pass the night unscathed. Also cast in and rub down in the stony heart of a mortar two leafy sprays of wormwood mixed with garden cress - an obol's weight is suitable - and with a pestle pound therein to smoothness a handful of fresh berries from the bay; then mould into rounds and put to dry in a shady, wind-swept spot; when dry break them in pieces in an oil-flask, and you can anoint your limbs with it at once.
If however you can cast snakes coupled at a crossroads, alive and just mating, into a pot, and the following medicaments besides, 100 you have a preventive against deadly disasters. Throw in thirty drachmas' weight of the marrow of a freshly killed stag and one-third of a chous of rose-oil, - essence which perfumers style 'prime' and 'medium' and 'well-ground' - and pour on an equal measure of raw, gleaming oil and one-quarter of wax. These you must quickly heat in a round, bellying pot until the fleshy portions are softened and come in pieces about the spine. Next take a shaped, well-made pestle and pound up these many ingredients in a mixture with the snakes; 110 but cast aside the vertebrae, for in them a venom no less deadly is engendered. Then anoint all your limbs, be it for a journey or for a sleep or when you gird yourself after work at the threshing-floor in summer's drought and with pronged forks winnow the high pile of grain.
But if you should chance to come upon biting creatures when your skin is un-medicined and you are fasting - that is the time when disaster strikes a man - you may readily save yourself by our precepts. It is the female snake that attacks with its bite those who encounter it; besides, it is thicker right down to the trailing tail, 120 and for that reason the doom of death will come more swiftly. But chiefly in summer must you be on your guard against harmful snakes, observing the rising of the Pleiads, those smaller stars which graze the tail of the bull in their course, when the dipsas either sleeps unfed with the young it broods, lurking in the recesses of its hole, or when it makes eagerly for its feeding-ground, or when therefrom, sated with the forest, it goes sleepily to its lair. Beware of meeting at the crossroads the dusky male viper when he has escaped from her bite and is maddened by the blow of the smoke-hued female, 130 in the season when, as the male covers her, the lustful female fastens upon him, tearing him with her foul fang, and cuts off the head of her mate; but forthwith in the act of birth the young vipers avenge their sire's destruction, since they gnaw through their mother's thin flank and thereby are born motherless. For alone of snakes the female viper is burdened with pregnancy, whereas oviparous snakes of the forest warm a membrane-enclosed brood. Beware too when the viper, having doffed the wrinkled scales of age, comes abroad again exulting in his new-found youth; beware when, after escaping in his hole from the trampling feet of deer, 140 he darts in fury his limb-corroding venom at men; for red deer and roe cherish a special anger towards long reptiles and track them down, exploring on every side stone-heaps, walls, and lurking-places, following hard after them with the dreadful breath of their nostrils.
Furthermore the snow-capped crags of Othrys too bear deadly serpents, and hollow gully and rough crags and woodland scaur, where haunts the thirst-provoking seps. It has a varying hue and not one alone, ever taking the colour of the place wherein it has made its hole. 150 Those that live in stony ground and cairns are smaller but fierce and irascible: no bite of theirs can fail of effect on man, but is malignant. Another's body is like a land-snail; yet another has scales of greenish hue which variegate its huge coil; and many there are that frequent dusty places and make their coils rough by wriggling in the sand.
Consider now the murderous asp, bristling with dry scales, the most sluggish of all snakes. 160 Its form is terrifying, but when in movement, it uncoils its weight slowly and ever seems to wear a fixed look in its drowsy eyes. Yet when it hears some strange noise or sees a bright light, it throws off from its body dull sleep and wreathes its coil in a circular ring upon the ground, and in the midst it rears its head, bristling in deadly fashion. Its length, horrible beyond that of any other of earth's creatures, measures a fathom, and its thickness is seen to be that 170 which a spear-maker fashions for a hunting-spear for fighting bulls and deep-voiced lions. Sometimes the colour spread over its back is dust-like, sometimes it is the yellow of a quince and sheeny, at other times an ashen hue, but often, when it grows dark with Aethiop soil, a smoky brown like the sludge which the many-mouthed Nile in flood pours into the sea, as it dashes against the waves. Above the brow over the eyes there appear, as it were, two calluses, while its eye beneath them glows bright red aloft over its coil and its dust-coloured neck swells up as it hisses continuously, 180 when in the violence of its wrath it fastens death upon wayfarers who meet it. It has four fangs, their underside hollow, hooked, and long, rooted in its jaws, containing poison, and at their base a covering of membranes hides them. Thence it belches forth poison unassuageable on a body. Be they no friends of mine whose heads these monsters assail. For no bite appears on the flesh, no deadly swelling with inflammation, but the man dies without pain, and a slumberous lethargy brings life's end.
190 Now the ichneumon alone escapes unharmed the asp's onset, both when it comes to fight and when it breaks on the ground all the baneful eggs which the deadly serpent is brooding, as it shakes them out from their membranes by biting them and crushes them in its destroying teeth. The form of this snake-tracking creature is that of the puny marten which seeks the destruction of domestic fowls, snatching them from their perches as they sleep, where they roost upon a beam or foster their feeble chicks, keeping them warm beneath their breast. 200 But when amid Egypt's rush-grown water-meadows they join with the wriggling asps in a fearsome struggle, forthwith the Ichneumon leaps into the river, strikes the slimy bottom with its paws, and rolling its small body smears its limbs at once with the mud, against the time when the Dog-Star's heat has dried its fur and made it so that no fang may rend it. And then it either springs upon the frightful head of the reptile with the flickering tongue and bites it, or seizing it by the tail, sends it rolling into the weedy river.
You would do well to mark the various forms of the viper. It may be long, it may be short; 210 for so Europe and Asia breed them, but you will not find them alike. Thus, in Europe they are smaller, and above the tip of their nostrils they are horned and white, those, that is, beneath the mountains of Sciron and the Pambonian steeps, Rhype, and the hill of Corax and hoary Aselenus; whereas Asia breeds snakes a fathom long and even more, such as are about rugged Bucarterus or are contained within the strong headland of Aesagea and in Cercaphus. The front of their heads is flat, and at the trailing end of its coil 220 the creature wriggles a stunted tail which is abundantly rough with dry scales. And this way and that through the brakes it strays with sluggish coil. But every male viper is seen to have a pointed head. In length he is sometimes larger, sometimes short, and in breadth of belly he is slimmer, while his tail stretches tapering away, and may be flattened towards the end of its trailing length or rubbed smooth of scales. But the eyes in his face turn blood- red when he is angered, and as his forked tongue flickers rapidly, he lashes the end of his tail. 230 Wayfarers call him the snaky Cocytus. Two fangs in his upper jaw, as they spit poison, leave their mark upon the skin, but of the female always more than two, for she lays hold with her whole mouth, and you can easily observe that the jaws have opened wide about the flesh. And from the wound she makes there oozes a discharge like oil or, it may be, bloody or colourless, while the skin around starts up into a painful lump, often greenish, now crimson, or again of livid aspect. At other times it engenders a mass of fluid, and about the wound small pimples 240 like slight blisters rise flabbily from the skin, which looks scorched. And all around spread ulcers, some at a distance, others by the wound, emitting a dark blue poison; and over the whole body the piercing bane eats its way with its acute inflammation; and in the throat and about the uvula retchings following fast upon one another convulse the victim. The body is oppressed also with failures of sense in every part, and forthwith in the limbs and loins is seated a burdening, dangerous weakness, and heavy darkness settles in the head. Meantime the sufferer 250 at one moment has his throat parched with dry thirst, often too he is seized with cold from the finger-tips, while all over his frame an eruption with wintry rage lies heavy upon him. And again a man often turns yellow all over his body and vomits up the bile that lies upon his stomach, while a moist sweat, colder than the falling snow, envelops his limbs. In some cases his colour is that of sombre lead, in others his hue is murky, or again it is like flowers of copper.
You would do well also to learn of the crafty cerastes, who attacks like the male viper, which he resembles in equality of size. 260 True, the viper is hornless, whereas the cerastes boasts sometimes four horns sometimes two, and his dust-coloured skin is rough, and it is his habit to sleep in the sand or in the ruts down a road. The viper writhing himself darts swiftly forward on a straight course with the long winding of his belly, whereas the cerastes rolls on with clumsy movements of his middle, meandering on a crooked path with his scaly back, like to the dinghy of a merchantman dipping its whole side in the brine when the wind is contrary, 270 as it forces its way to windward when driven back by the south-westerly gale. When the cerastes bites, the disfiguring wound turns callous all around like a wart, and livid blisters like drops of rain move round about the bite, dimly discernible to the eye. True, the man in whom the deadly cerastes strikes his mischief-working fang goes through less acute pain, but nine suns of suffering does he behold. And in either groin and the hams the trouble festers persistent ever, while his skin has a livid appearance. 280 And from their suffering little strength is left in the joints of those afflicted, and with difficulty do they escape death.
Next I will tell you what marks the blood-letting snake, which always sleeps in rocky ascents, making a small, rough lair under a hedge. There it has its lurking-place when it has gorged its fill. It equals a footprint in length, but as to breadth it dwindles tapering from the fiery head down. At times it is of a sooty hue, or again a reddish brown. It narrows moderately at the neck, and its tail is sharply compressed 290 and stretches flattened from the middle onward. In its forehead beneath its snow-white horns are planted two eyes, of which the irises are somewhat like those of locusts, and on high rises terrible its devouring head. And with an oblique and halting movement it ever steers its little body on its brief journeys from the middle of the back like the cerastes, scraping its belly over the earth, and with its scaly body it makes a slight rustling as though crawling through a heap of straw. But when first it bites, a swelling of dark, unhealthy hue rises, and a sore pain freezes the heart, 300 and the stomach's content turned to water gushes out, while on the first night after, blood wells from the nostrils and throat and ears, freshly infected with the bile-like venom; urine escapes all bloody; wounds on the limbs break open, hastened by the destruction of the skin. May no female blood-letter ever inject its venom into you! For when it has bitten, all together the gums swell from the very bottom, and from the finger nails the blood drips unstaunchable, while the teeth, clammy with gore, become loose.
If the tale be true, Bane-Helen coming from Troy was angered with this species 310 when her company beached their vessel by the tumultuous Nile as they fled before the dread onset of the north wind, what time she beheld Canobus, the helmsman, swooning on the sands of Thonis; for as he slept a female blood-letter, on which he had pressed, struck him in the neck and belched forth its deadly poison into him, turning his rest to ruin. Therefore Helen crushed the middle of its trailing shape, breaking the ligatures of the back about the spine, so that the backbone started from its body. From that day forward the blood-letter and the crooked-roving cerastes alone of snakes move haltingly, oppressed by their injury.
320 You would do well to recognise the form of the sepedon, which in other respects resembles the blood-letter in appearance, but it steers a straightforward path; moreover it is almost without horns, and its colour, like that of a carpet, is spread over a rough surface. Its head is heavy, but its tail appears short as it moves, for it curls the end like the rest of its body. Truly the wound of the sepedon is deadly and agonising, and its black, destroying poison pervades the entire body: upon the parched skin everywhere the hair withers and is dispersed like the down of a thistle when it is rubbed. 330 For from the head and the brows of the man who has been bitten the hairs break off and from the eyelids the dark lashes perish, while round spots bespeckle his limbs and leprous eruptions swiftly spread a chalk-like rash.
Again, the form of the dipsas will always resemble that of a small viper; yet death will come quicker to those whom this grim snake assails. Its thin tail, darkish throughout, grows blacker from the end forward. From its bite the heart is inflamed utterly, and in the fever the dry lips shrivel with parching thirst. 340 Meanwhile the victim, bowed like a bull over a stream, absorbs with gaping mouth drink past measuring, until his belly bursts his navel, spilling the too heavy load. Now there is a tale of ancient days current among men how, when the first-born seed of Cronus became lord of heaven, he apportioned to his brothers severally their illustrious realms, and in his wisdom bestowed upon mortals youth, honouring them because they had denounced the fire-stealer. The fools, they got no good of their imprudence: for, being sluggards and growing weary, they entrusted the gift to an ass for carriage, 350 and the beast, his throat burning with thirst, ran off skittishly....

Just found this sub and need to vent about this.
Thought I had a sore throat on Wednesday, found out on Thursday that I had a canker sore growing on my uvula.
Oh my goodness. Absolute agony. I've dealt with these basically all my life. Had them in plenty of different spots, but wow, this is more intense than any ones I've had before. I've probably eaten 1/3 of what I usually eat. Been forcing myself through sheer will power to drink water. Been trying to eat soft and bland foods and just drink water. It's day 5 and still no hope on the horizon. To other people in this sub that have had them on your uvula, how long did it last? Not sure how much longer I can take this. Doesn't help that majority of people completely downplay the pain of these bastards. The pain is so bad it feels like my jaw hurts and it's given me tension headaches. Like a knife being stabbed into the back of my throat.
Been trying usual remedies like saline rinses but doesn't seem to be helping much. Also sucks its in a spot where I can't reach it with Orajel or something on my fingers.

Please help me figure out what this could be
Hello im a 22 year old female and ive never smoked before and rarely drink. Ive noticed this a few days ago and thought it was like a bacterial infection. So i went to urgent care yesterday and they swabbed me for strep but that came back negative. The lady said it could be viral? But idk it look so bad to me. Oh and a few months ago i got swabbed for STDS and everything came back negative as well because i had like a cobblestone throat im guessing due to the post natal drip that i had, which i still have btw. I dont know if this is allergies but like i said it looks too bad. On the right, theres that red spotch and it sort of hurts when i touch it with my tongue. But yeah my tonsils looks swollen, i have red spots all around the tonsils, uvula and throat.
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36 NB, VIC, Australia. Immunocompromised, transplant recipient, neurodivergent+++ multiple mental health disorders. Losing my mind and any shred of sanity I may have had and not getting any help from doctors. Please, please help.
Just noticed this darker small hole within the already gaping hole...is that normal? Throat irritated and sore more often than not lately, but regularly in last 2 years with no apparent cause. Swollen glands on that side. Uvula also swollen & "twisted" (how the doctor described) hard to take a photo of, but shown in pic 2 (taken at the same time, just caught different lighting). Uvula issue 1 month+
Random lumps also seem concerning but doctor previously dismissed...they also said "you've had your tonsils out", which I most certainly have not...I was concerned about the "holes"/gapes in the back of my throat a couple years ago and another doctor has said "that's just your tonsils" and now one saying I apparently don't have any....
Pic 3 is what came out after a Betadine gargle...should I be worried? I thought maybe the bottle was expired but I tried again a week later after using mouthwash as well and didn't get those weird stringy chunks?
Pic 4 is a massive lump ont he opposite side to the hole, that appeared a few days ago and has had random white spots on/surrounding it + have removed stringy pieces (pic 5) & several small hard chunks that are they same size and consistency as what comes out of my skin lesions. Lesion also appeared at same time almost directly in line on my face. I've had a few of these lumps in the last few months and had written them off as some irritation or whatever but they are fairly bulbous and weird and a harder lump can be felt within it.
I've been concerned for some time that the skin lesions that won't go away are some kind of parasite, not because I'm imagining it, but because there are clear migratory patterns between the lesions and linear and serpinigous patterns in them. Never connected my throat irritation to it but now I've seen stuff coming out of the lump that matches the lesions exactly, I'm pretty worried...
I'm on the waiting list to see an infectious disease specialist but due to a string of absolutely horrendous doctors and having to move constantly because housing is so ridiculous, this has been going on severely for a year, but likely started 2+ years ago. I'm not coping, I have no support, isolated in a rural area and having panic attacks almost every day not knowing what this is, how to treat it and terrified its getting worse.
Any thoughts very much appreciated, thanks.

Alright so I’m currently on day 5 (surgery day = day 1) and I want to share my experience for others as there isn’t too much in here regarding UPPP+
I am M24 and I got the UPPP, tonsillectomy, and adenoidectomy all in one go. I suffered extreme tonsillitis as a child but not consistent enough for doctors to be willing to remove them. Ever since my tonsils have grown with me to the point they were touching and pushing my uvula into the top on my mouth. I fell asleep behind the wheel which resulted in my going for a sleep study, got diagnosed with severe sleep apnea and booked for surgery.
Day 1 (surgery day) Surgery was a breeze, stayed the night in HDU due to how severe my sleep apnea is and the fact I lived over an hour away from the hospital. Was given pain meds in pill form which I had no issues swallowing, pain was almost 0.
Days 2/3 Pain was almost nothing, only slightly spiking when getting close to needing to take pain meds again, swallowing was uncomfortable but not painful. Nose blocked
Day 4 Most painful day yet, woke up with an extremely dry mouth which was agony until I got some ice cold water in. Only pain I had was around the stitches from the UPPP which felt tight and made sore spots in my mouth. These stitches actually split later on in the day which was like an instant pain relief but did leave me with a large blood clot which tasted absolutely foul. I left it alone drinking ice water and eating jelly which eventually knocked the clot loose and I swallowed it.
Day 5 No sleep, nose is still semi blocked which causes me to breath through my mouth while sleeping. I’ve tried with my CPAP, without CPAP and with a humidifier but can’t do it. Get about an hour sleep and wake up in pain due dry mouth. Pain during the day has dropped right back off, stitches have all now fallen out and pain from them gone.
So far so good, while I’m sure the meds have a huge impact on the pain I’ve had or lack of but I’ve been in more pain with tonsillitis then what I’ve had so far from this surgery. My biggest struggle has been the taste. The taste of what I’d describe as rotten flesh and blood has been hard to stomach. Aswell as the lack of sleep.

I (22f) was seen at my PCP Tuesday for sinusitis. It started off with post nasal drip symptoms, fluid in my ears, the whole ordeal. Coughing was at a minimum for the time. Uvula was extremely swollen and had white spot on it. I was given prednisone, Azithromycin, and Promethazine-DM. I took the full course of everything except Promethazine so far. However new and worse symptoms are occurring. I had a very stiff neck and awful headache. I went to urgent care and was given fluids, toradol, and Tylenol, no meningitis according to them. I now cannot keep anything down. I am dry heaving constantly. Awful uterine/ovary region cramps. Chest pain. Itching like an allergic reaction to a medicine(a week or two prior I had a Wellbutrin reaction so I knew the feeling). I just keep feeling worse. Any advice?

Hi,I’m 27M smoker (stopped before 7 months) and 6’1. I got fever and sore throat two months ago with white spots on orophayrnx behind uvula, went to urgent care after seeing some blisters at back of throat and they took bacterial swaptest which came negative and after 4-5 visits to walk in clinic they did oral candida which came back negative. Been with ENT three times for throat spots and ear pain, Every time he scoped and he sent back on my way with no serious concern. Now I got referral to other ENT after a year which makes me so worry that it might be a cancer or something bigger. After begging my ENT he sent me for barium swallow which came back normal. But he refused me to send me for a CT scan. Googling this symptoms making my anxiety worse. Please check the clicks attached here https://ibb.co/M71pgKw https://ibb.co/wN5Fh0G

Hi,I’m 27M smoker (stopped before 7 months) and 6’1. I got fever and sore throat two months ago with white spots on orophayrnx behind uvula, went to urgent care after seeing some blisters at back of throat and they took bacterial swaptest which came negative and after 4-5 visits to walk in clinic they did oral candida which came back negative. Been with ENT three times for throat spots and ear pain, Every time he scoped and he sent back on my way with no serious concern. Now I got referral to other ENT after a year which makes me so worry that it might be a cancer or something bigger. After begging my ENT he sent me for barium swallow which came back normal. But he refused me to send me for a CT scan. Googling this symptoms making my anxiety worse.

Hi,I’m 27M smoker (stopped before 7 months) and 6’1. I got fever and sore throat two months ago with white spots on orophayrnx behind uvula, went to urgent care after seeing some blisters at back of throat and they took bacterial swaptest which came negative and after 4-5 visits to walk in clinic they did oral candida which came back negative. Been with ENT three times for throat spots and ear pain, Every time he scoped and he sent back on my way with no serious concern. Now I got referral to other ENT after a year which makes me so worry that it might be a cancer or something bigger. After begging my ENT he sent me for barium swallow which came back normal. But he refused me to send me for a CT scan. Googling this symptoms making my anxiety worse.

Hello, i’m 3 weeks post op after having a tonsillectomy due to abscesses and chronic tonsillitis. i’m now at the point where i just have severe chronic congestion and the ear pain with sinus swelling but i noticed some white spots in the back of my throat near my uvula. my throat doesn’t hurt but i wondered if this was normal or does it mean i have an infection?

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My 2yo has been having blood in his stool since feb 10th. He eats a ton but also is still nursing. He has a bowel movement every 2-3 days or so. I have ibs symptoms when I take my adderall that actually look similar to the photos below of the person who apologized for posting poop. I was prescribed it 8ish years ago
Here’s the tea
8 years of autoimmune symptoms
I have been suspected of lupus for 8 years
I am baffled because the first doctor I went to after starting this medication 8 years ago was the allergist and told them I think I am allergic! Told me it was unlikely and diagnosed me with chronic idiopathic urticaria. I have developed so many symptoms since then and have been to so many dam doctors.
I am positive I am allergic to my medication, and I’m so concerned now because I breastfeed and my son has exhibited the same rash induced for both of us by heat when I take my medicine (which isn’t everyday unless I need it) except for me even when I don’t take it now I get these hives anytime in the sun or hot shower etc. I several times have asked his doctor, my doctor, my psychiatrist, the pharmacist if this could be from my medicine. Again, unlikely is their response. He constantly has these “viral infections” that he never seems to get over. He is 2 and it feels like since he was like 10 months he has not stopped being sick and like 4 months when he started getting the heat rashes. I think he was 3 months when I went back on this medication.
He gets fevers of unknown origin, constant rashes, wheezing, so many boogers like constant booger crust, constipation, and bloody stool, random vomiting a few times, excessive coughing that sometimes makes him throw up, and sometimes sneezing, sometimes extreme fatigue. He’s literally developed 104.5 fever and rash in the past, over his trunk, arms and groin, shoulders and neck before after I took my medicine for the first time after a few days of stopping it, maybe a couple weeks I stopped. It was always just blown off as a virus. As of this week conjunctivitis in both eyes. Took him to the doctor this week and his ears, throat and eyes looked FINE. To her despite the bit of redness, crusting and puss. She said prob viral once again, nothing to do but wait.
The gag is, my fiancé nor I have gotten conjunctivitis or are sick. Yet at the same time that he developed conjunctivitis I felt like my neck was so sore it was killing me in the back of my neck and the next day the sides were hurting. I noticed the right cervical lymph node was a bit swollen and so painful when I would touch it. I had a severe headache mainly in the right side and when I swallowed the side of my neck where the lymph’s are hurtttt. I also felt I had a pill stuck in the back of my tongue. I check my throat and my uvula is swollen and touching. This is called uvulitis, and yet I’m not sick? Literally no other symptoms no boogers no coughing besides the cough iv has for months, no body fatigue. Tongue felt a bit tingly too which started recently. Every doctor is literally baffled by my skin symptoms, swelling and everything else.
They thought over the years iv had lupus, RA, urticarial vasculitis, seizures, stoke like symptoms etc etc but nothing absolutely nothing comes up. My white blood cells and lymphocytes are usually always high and except on occasion and my neutrophils low since starting this med.
So I start looking up uvulitis and my medicine and bam. Drug induced allergic reaction
I came across kounis syndrome and DRESS. Dress and mimic systemic disease but says it starts 2-8 weeks after the allergic drug is administered but it’s been 8 years!!! I can’t find anything on if it can be present for longer but my first symptom weeks after my first prescription of this drug was hives induced by heat.
My symptoms have been heat hives, I had panic attack symptoms and felt like I was going to pass out so I went to the hospital and was diagnosed with sinus tachycardia. I get bruising on my veins, specifically my hands, wrists and feet and it’s always in the same spots when it happens. I had what presented as urticarial vasculitis in 2018 where I would get random bruises on my legs that would appear in minutes and look like I just got beat. They would disappear in minutes too, only on my legs. Saw a derm who saw this in action and biopsied the area as well biopsied the eczematous patches I also got around the same time two years after administration on both shins and she is the one who tested and suspected lupus or RA. Came back negative for lupus, ra and the vasculitis. She told me it could take 6 years to diagnosis lupus. The patches on my shins came up as spongiatic dermatitis.
Anyway more symptoms of mine included palpitations, chest pain, dyspnea, diarrhea with mucous sometimes just mucous and straining, muscle weakness, muscle spasms, muscle tension and pain, muscle contractions, I was diagnosed with severe muscle spasms in my neck this year, joins swelling and pain with red surfacing and hot to the touch, mainly hands, knees and feet. My lower legs get this redness and hotness as well and sometimes it travels. Pretty much RA symptoms. My ears get this hotness and redness as well and sometimes my cheeks. The spongiatic dermatitis that I got 6 years ago which never ever went away and flares and gets red and severely itchy during flares, Raynauds symptoms, dizziness upon standing too fast or moving too fast, hot flash or chills or both, feeling like I’m going to pass out, tingling/pins and needles in limbs, stress induced dystonia which I think may be takotsubo syndrome due to the fact I just had a heart monitor because my ekg showed left ventricle abnormalities. This happened about 5 times within the last 2 years and the last time a couple months ago happened the worst. It lasted about 30 minutes and I was having joint flaring and so I went outside to cool it down. When I stood up and walked inside I got extremely hot, dizzy and nauseous and felt I was going to pass out. I saw the black spots (stars) so I went to my room took my emergency lorazapam and tried to lay down and breath. I started to get numbness in my arms and legs which is always how it starts, then my stomach started to vibrate, my entire body following and then I started to feel like it was hard to breath and chest pain and before I knew it my hands were doing 🤌🏻🤌🏻 on their own and I would only move my neck slightly. My feet were pointing and it just felt so painful and like my hands were closing more and more and my feet were pointing more and more even tho they weren’t. I literally couldn’t move. My fiancé said eventually my hands were turning purple and my face was translucent like you could see all the veins in my face. My heart monitor results haven’t come back yet. My stress test and echo were normal but I didn’t take my medicine that day where as I did when I went to the cardiologist and got an ekg. Iv had tongue numbness, confusion, eye twitching and loss of speech or mixed speech, twitches in my chin below my mouth, I get numbness that shoots up the back of my neck at times, temple pain, headaches, goosebumps that would randomly come without being cold on only one patch of one arm and then go away. Nausea, for two years in 2019-2021 I was vomiting for no reason I lost so much weight I was 92lbs at 5’2 usually I’m 110. Ibs symptoms which include diarrhea that always has mucus and right lower abdominal pain just in the inside of my hip bone. I now recently have had extremely low blood pressure at times, at the hospital the nurse asked me if I took any benzos, I think it was like 90/60. When I was at my stress test and echo a few weeks ago it was 86/62. This never happened to me before. I went in for the temp paralysis always diagnosed as “panic paralysis” and this was the first time they drug tested me. Neg for everything but my adderall. I had symptoms of uti and blood in my urine but no uti or bacterial growth. Bladder pain, kidney pain no infection (I have had chronic kidney and uti infections since 3rd grade so I know how it feels) Uhm pain in my butt a few months ago that traveled down my thigh to behind my knee and down to my foot so bad that I felt I could barley walk and pick my leg up. I get shaky at times, severely fatigued, brain fog, slurred speech at times, cuts on my hands that come up in the same spots when I have flares and go away when I don’t. Mainly on my knuckles and I also have petechiae on my elbows, shoulders, legs, arms that just stay. Iv noticed my son has petechiae too.
There’s so many more symptoms but this is already long.

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My 2yo has been having blood in his stool since feb 10th. He eats a ton but also is still nursing. He has a bowel movement every 2-3 days or so. I have ibs symptoms when I take my adderall that actually look similar to the photos below of the person who apologized for posting poop. I was prescribed it 8ish years ago I’m scared I’m having drug induced hypersensitivity all these years and it’s passing to him.
Here’s the tea
8 years of autoimmune symptoms
I have been suspected of lupus for 8 years
I am baffled because the first doctor I went to after starting this medication 8 years ago was the allergist and told them I think I am allergic! Told me it was unlikely and diagnosed me with chronic idiopathic urticaria. I have developed so many symptoms since then and have been to so many dam doctors.
I am positive I am allergic to my medication, and I’m so concerned now because I breastfeed and my son has exhibited the same rash induced for both of us by heat when I take my medicine (which isn’t everyday unless I need it) except for me even when I don’t take it now I get these hives anytime in the sun or hot shower etc. I several times have asked his doctor, my doctor, my psychiatrist, the pharmacist if this could be from my medicine. Again, unlikely is their response. He constantly has these “viral infections” that he never seems to get over. He is 2 and it feels like since he was like 10 months he has not stopped being sick and like 4 months when he started getting the heat rashes. I think he was 3 months when I went back on this medication.
He gets fevers of unknown origin, constant rashes, wheezing, so many boogers like constant booger crust, constipation, and bloody stool, night sweats, random vomiting a few times, excessive coughing that sometimes makes him throw up, and sometimes sneezing, sometimes extreme fatigue. He’s literally developed 104.5 fever and rash in the past, over his trunk, arms and groin, shoulders and neck before after I took my medicine for the first time after a few days of stopping it, maybe a couple weeks I stopped. It was always just blown off as a virus. As of this week conjunctivitis in both eyes. Took him to the doctor this week and his ears, throat and eyes looked FINE. To her despite the bit of redness, crusting and puss. She said prob viral once again, nothing to do but wait.
The gag is, my fiancé nor I have gotten conjunctivitis or are sick. Yet at the same time that he developed conjunctivitis I felt like my neck was so sore it was killing me in the back of my neck and the next day the sides were hurting. I noticed the right cervical lymph node was a bit swollen and so painful when I would touch it. I had a severe headache mainly in the right side and when I swallowed the side of my neck where the lymph’s are hurtttt. I also felt I had a pill stuck in the back of my tongue. I check my throat and my uvula is swollen and touching. This is called uvulitis, and yet I’m not sick? Literally no other symptoms no boogers no coughing besides the cough iv has for months, no body fatigue. Tongue felt a bit tingly too which started recently. Every doctor is literally baffled by my skin symptoms, swelling and everything else.
They thought over the years iv had lupus, RA, urticarial vasculitis, seizures, stoke like symptoms etc etc but nothing absolutely nothing comes up. My white blood cells and lymphocytes are usually always high and except on occasion and my neutrophils low since starting this med.
So I start looking up uvulitis and my medicine and bam. Drug induced allergic reaction
I came across kounis syndrome and DRESS. Dress and mimic systemic disease but says it starts 2-8 weeks after the allergic drug is administered but it’s been 8 years!!! I can’t find anything on if it can be present for longer but my first symptom weeks after my first prescription of this drug was hives induced by heat.
My symptoms have been heat hives, I had panic attack symptoms and felt like I was going to pass out so I went to the hospital and was diagnosed with sinus tachycardia. I get bruising on my veins, specifically my hands, wrists and feet and it’s always in the same spots when it happens. I had what presented as urticarial vasculitis in 2018 where I would get random bruises on my legs that would appear in minutes and look like I just got beat. They would disappear in minutes too, only on my legs. Saw a derm who saw this in action and biopsied the area as well biopsied the eczematous patches I also got around the same time two years after administration on both shins and she is the one who tested and suspected lupus or RA. Came back negative for lupus, ra and the vasculitis. She told me it could take 6 years to diagnosis lupus. The patches on my shins came up as spongiatic dermatitis.
Anyway more symptoms of mine included palpitations, chest pain, dyspnea, diarrhea with mucous sometimes just mucous and straining, muscle weakness, muscle spasms, muscle tension and pain, muscle contractions, I was diagnosed with severe muscle spasms in my neck this year, joins swelling and pain with red surfacing and hot to the touch, mainly hands, knees and feet. My lower legs get this redness and hotness as well and sometimes it travels. Pretty much RA symptoms. My ears get this hotness and redness as well and sometimes my cheeks. The spongiatic dermatitis that I got 6 years ago which never ever went away and flares and gets red and severely itchy during flares, Raynauds symptoms, dizziness upon standing too fast or moving too fast, hot flash or chills or both, feeling like I’m going to pass out, tingling/pins and needles in limbs, stress induced dystonia which I think may be takotsubo syndrome due to the fact I just had a heart monitor because my ekg showed left ventricle abnormalities. This happened about 5 times within the last 2 years and the last time a couple months ago happened the worst. It lasted about 30 minutes and I was having joint flaring and so I went outside to cool it down. When I stood up and walked inside I got extremely hot, dizzy and nauseous and felt I was going to pass out. I saw the black spots (stars) so I went to my room took my emergency lorazapam and tried to lay down and breath. I started to get numbness in my arms and legs which is always how it starts, then my stomach started to vibrate, my entire body following and then I started to feel like it was hard to breath and chest pain and before I knew it my hands were doing 🤌🏻🤌🏻 on their own and I would only move my neck slightly. My feet were pointing and it just felt so painful and like my hands were closing more and more and my feet were pointing more and more even tho they weren’t. I literally couldn’t move. My fiancé said eventually my hands were turning purple and my face was translucent like you could see all the veins in my face. My heart monitor results haven’t come back yet. My stress test and echo were normal but I didn’t take my medicine that day where as I did when I went to the cardiologist and got an ekg. Iv had tongue numbness, confusion, eye twitching and loss of speech or mixed speech, twitches in my chin below my mouth, I get numbness that shoots up the back of my neck at times, temple pain, headaches, goosebumps that would randomly come without being cold on only one patch of one arm and then go away. Nausea, for two years in 2019-2021 I was vomiting for no reason I lost so much weight I was 92lbs at 5’2 usually I’m 110. Ibs symptoms which include diarrhea that always has mucus and right lower abdominal pain just in the inside of my hip bone. I now recently have had extremely low blood pressure at times, at the hospital the nurse asked me if I took any benzos, I think it was like 90/60. When I was at my stress test and echo a few weeks ago it was 86/62. This never happened to me before. I went in for the temp paralysis always diagnosed as “panic paralysis” and this was the first time they drug tested me. Neg for everything but my adderall. I had symptoms of uti and blood in my urine but no uti or bacterial growth. Bladder pain, kidney pain no infection (I have had chronic kidney and uti infections since 3rd grade so I know how it feels) Uhm pain in my butt a few months ago that traveled down my thigh to behind my knee and down to my foot so bad that I felt I could barley walk and pick my leg up. I get shaky at times, severely fatigued, brain fog, slurred speech at times, cuts on my hands that come up in the same spots when I have flares and go away when I don’t. Mainly on my knuckles and I also have petechiae on my elbows, shoulders, legs, arms that just stay. Iv noticed my son has petechiae too.
There’s so many more symptoms but this is already long.

I had my tonsillectomy on March 7th (I'm a 31F with a very complicated chronic health history) this year due to a host of issues...but the worst ones being huge tonsil crypts that caused major choking episodes. When I say that I had chunks of food and mucus coming out of the crypts (that had to be water picked out daily) I mean it. I was not able to eat anywhere but my home for the last 5 years due to choking episodes and needing to water pick my throat the second that I ate so I wouldn't have major dysphagia (on top of silent reflux and tons of throat mucus due to GI issues). It was exhausting and drained my quality of life in a way that I cannot say. I would barely eat most days. My tonsils on the surface didn't look that bad, but once they were removed they found lots of stones and huge crypts underneath the surface, where the food was going into. I also was a chronic strep carrier and had tons of sinus issues.
This was my fourth surgery this year (I had two cavitation surgeries + a sinus surgery prior to this, all spaced out) so some tools I already had on hand, but I am someone with a ton of food allergies, chemical sensitivities and medication allergies. So needless to say, I was terrified for this surgery because I read through this subreddit and a lot of things people did, weren't possible for me (certain foods, medications, etc). I was also incredibly thin going into this 5'5" and 110 so I was terrified about losing more weight as well. These tonsils had truly robbed so much nutrition, sleep, quality of life, and day to day joy for me for years. I had done literally everything you can imagine holistic to try and save them, but ultimately they were too pitted and could not be saved. I am at 11 days post op right now and couldn't be more grateful that I had this done, despite the recovery. I will say I found the recovery to be challenging during the hardest days (6-9 for me). But I never took any narcotics...I did maybe 8 doses of Tylenol total throughout my recovery and used homeopathy primarily, which worked WONDERS for me. I was really hesitant as to how much it could help me, but there was absolutely no doubt how fast it worked for me and pain. I had my homeopath, who I love, guide me throughout, which was incredible.
Quick overview:
Days 0/1: wasn't that bad...easy to force down tons of liquids and ice chips.
Days 2/3: the mucus was crazy (coming from a girl who already has a ton), and I had nasal regurgitation. Started homeopathics to help with the mucus because I couldn't function. Sinus rinsing + tongue scraping was huge. Got first IV.
Days 4/5: probably the easiest days in terms of pain. Mucus was still present but a lot less. IV's really helped. Swallowing still felt like knives, but was more dull and homeopathics kept it majorly in check. Very swollen tongue.
Days 6-8: wow. I can see why people lose it on these days. Hunger had fully set in, ear pain ramped up, can feel scabs forming more...these days I need intense support from my husband and mom. Wasn't able to hardly do anything. Tongue was massively swollen, so started a homeopathic for that. It helped a lot. Ice in every form brought major relief.
Days 9/10: started to turn a corner. Finally ate some real food tonight (Day 10). I am ravenous now and some of the food I ate tonight sloughed off some of the remaining scabs on the right side. My left side healed faster, which I expected.
I want to share the things that I did + used in hopes that it might help someone! I totally understand the natural route isn't for everyone, it just had to be the route for me, so I wanted to offer my perspective! I'm only 11 days out but I am so so grateful I got this done. I have actually had some food go down as of today and wanted to cry that I didn't have it go into the crypts...it just went down. Something I haven't experienced in over 5 years 😭
Things I did before surgery:

• drank a bottle of pineapple juice to reduce swelling + bruising
• got adjusted (I knew I would be sleeping up and uncomfortable for two weeks so I wanted my body to be as comfortable as it could be going into it..I'm so glad I did because it was all out of whack)
• took arnica a few hours before surgery to reduce chance of bleeding

For post surgery healing:

• Tongue scraper: I used mine several times a day and it made me feel human again.
• New toothbrush: if you've had strep, come how to a clean toothbrush so that way you don't risk all that bacteria back in your mouth! I brushed my teeth multiple times a day, starting on the day of surgery! I used mint toothpaste (a natural one by Jason called Power Smile) and it helped my mouth feel clean so I didn't go crazy
• Salt water rinses: I wouldn't gargle, but I would hold salt water in the front of my mouth especially in the first few days to mainly thin mucus and remove it. As I healed more and more, I would gently gargle to make sure the surgery site stayed clean!
• Daily shower: the humidity helped tremendously to loosen everything up and it just made me feel more human in general. It was good to have something to get up and do and move around to break the day up a bit.
• Sinus rinsing: I talked to two ENT's about this because I am a daily sinus rinser and they said it was okay as long as I was gentle! I cannot tell you how much it helped to thin out the mucus that you drown in the first few days! But I did it at least 2-3 times a day to keep my airway as clear as I could
• A head ice wrap + two throat ice wraps: Icing got me through. I kept one strapped around my throat and the other wrapped around my head pretty much 24/7. I looked like a wounded solider on the field of battle but it was worth it
• Wedge Pillow: I slept sitting up for 9 days straight and I think it helped a TON with swelling. I would only sleep a few hours at a time but it was a blessing because I was up so much that I drank constantly.
• Chewing Gum: the first 5 days, I couldn't....my mouth just hurt too much. But around day 6 when the ear pain kicked in, I was so glad to chew the gum! It does help to relax your jaw and work out the muscles!
• Cool Mist Humidifier: I kept this running beside me 24/7 and it made a world of difference. Since I had my sinus surgery I have been able to nose breathe for the first time in 20 years and it's a miracle 😭 So it did help me to be able to nose breathe, but it kept my throat moist and from drying out!
• Coconut Water: My favorite thing I consumed this entire time! It was so soothing to me that I ended up making ice chips out of it and just eating it that way.
• Aloe Vera Water: so soothing. Oh my word, was just amazing! Promotes rapid wound healing.
• Coconut Oil: I took about 1tsp three times a day because it's a natural healer and it coated my throat and made it so moist!
• Manuka Honey: I took manuka honey several times a day to promote wound healing + reduce inflammation. It really did help (I have used manuka honey lots in the past but was amazed to see how well it worked in this case for healing)
• Quinton Minerals: I took 1-2 packets of these minerals daily because I already had an impossible time swallowing, but I didn't want minerals to impair my healing!
• Bone Broth + Collagen: Would get bone broth + stir collagen in to get some protein!
• IV's: due to my other surgeries earlier in the year (and a really scary sinus post op experience) we decided to get IV's lined up because I got in a really bad spot before hand where I dropped so much weight my heart would pound and I was at risk for passing out. The IV's saved me. You can truly feel them hydrating you from the inside out and it's so much easier to drink (at least it was for me) after them. I truly do not think I could have gotten through without the IV's. I did not get any solid food until day 10, so I was floored reading people's recoveries and how early they were eating. I did have a few days of nasal regurgitation, so I couldn't even get liquids down (which had happened to me after sinus surgery). If you are really struggling, just know this is an option!
• Bianural Beats: I looked up ones on youtube for pain, sleep, wound healing, sinus congestion, throat mucus...anything I was dealing with and they all helped. If the pain was really bad, I would fall asleep listening to the ones for sleep and it would calm my body so much!
• Peppermint oil: inhaling this helped me so much with nausea. I found I had nausea when the scabs started to go down. This and acupressure band for nausea were life saving for me!
• Topical Arnica Gel: I would apply this to my throat and jawline a few times a day. It helped with pain + swelling!
• Homeopathics:
  • Arnica + Mag Phos: these helped me the most with breakthrough pain
  • Rhus Tox: specifically for healing after a tonsillectomy
  • Merc Sol: for swollen uvula + swollen tongue
  • Calc Sulph + Calendula: to promote wound healing
  • Ars Album: for restlessness + anxiety
  • Blend of homeopathics: to reduce mucus...this helped so much

I highly highly highly recommend working with a homeopath to guide you through recovery (if you want to go this route) because I can't recommend the strength or how often (as it was unique to me and I am not a doctor), but it was more effective for me than Tylenol. Which I couldn't use anyways as I broke out in a rash. So homeopathics it was for me...I was floored by how well they worked, I fully intended to take the narcotics and Tylenol until I realized my body couldn't do it.
As far as foods, eating was unbearable for me until day 10. I just couldn't and I just wanted cold liquids anyways. When I could get a bit down, I did these! And I added collagen to literally everything!

• sweet potato + apple + turmeric soup
• cauliflower mashed potatoes with ghee
• dairy free coconut ice cream (vanilla)
• equip protein powder vanilla shake (with macadamia nut milk + collagen + frozen ripe banana + my daily vitamin powder)
• bone broth with lots of collagen mixed in
• coconut water ice chips

I also had a station set up in my recovery area in case I started bleeding. I knew if I did, I would be stressed about trying to find things that would help. There I had:

• hydrogen peroxide and water (1/2 that + 1/2 water gargled can help stop bleeding)
• Phosphorus + Arnica + Ferrum Phos homeopathics can help with bleeding as well
• Afrin (which my ENT said you can put on guaze and press on a bleed if it happens)
• instructions for my caretakers if I did bleed

Other things I did:
I wrote out tips + tricks + reminders for myself about a month ahead. I did lots of research, stocked my pantry, scheduled the IV's ahead of time, prepared notes for my husband and mom and saved all the positive stories I read here. I took screenshots of people who said it was the best decision ever and I wrote myself a long note ahead of time, so that when the pain was bad, I could reason and encourage myself 🤣
Lastly, I had lots of people praying for me and helping support. The last 10 years have been pretty challenging for me health wise (too much to get into here) but I will say the Lord has really helped me every step of the way, so I genuinely pray for all of us who have to have this done. It is such a hard thing, I had tears, I had days I did not want to keep doing this, but I knew it was the right decision for me because of my situation. I hope this can help someone else!
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Yes, I know it sounds ridiculous, but in my attempt to rule out diseases like ALS or MS, I have thought "what if my cat infected me with a virus or bacteria that damaged my nervous system?"
I know it sounds ridiculous, but the thing is that after the cat bit my finger 2 days later I started having the common flu but the difference was that my uvula became so inflamed and my ears even became inflamed that I stopped hearing well. I had a little fever and a lot of tiredness that lasted about 5 days. That had never happened to me before and I remember that while I was trying to sleep the first muscle spasm appeared and it was in the left shoulder. Over time and taking some antibiotics in pills, it went away. It cleared up the fever and flu symptoms, but the inflammation continued and took up to 3 weeks in the case of the ears. The otorhinolaryngologist even put a camera in my ear and my eardrum looked swollen.
But since then I have had fasciculations all over my body that come and go. This morning I started with fasciculatione behind the neck.
Since the cat bite, 52 days have passed today, could there be a disease such as
Bartonella henselae
Lyme
Could any illness like this last so many days?
I understand that my anxiety is making me overthink things but I want to understand these twitches, because it all started from that cat bite or to be more precise since I had the flu-like symptoms.
I did not have the typical symptoms of bartonella or lyme such as spots on the body, but it is also possible that a person does not develop those symptoms, but also my question is, could any illness caused by a cat bite last 52 days? What if my nervous system was damaged at the beginning of the infection?

I think in my life I've had panic attacks but they were usually a grand event the time they happened and then I had a lot of anxiety for awhile until they tapered off. The last time, I think it was a fear that being high up in an office building that I couldn't escape and was given Alprazolam as an emergency medication (super low dosage). I never really felt a need to take them and seemed to comfort enough having them. We're talking years between these, with basically no anxiety or panic attacks anywhere between after they tapered off.
Earlier this week, I had multiple factors piling on and it completely broke me. I am a periodic coffee drinker, so the caffeine was having an effect on my anxiety 110% and led to some other worries. I had to take the next day off, and was starting to feel ok but when came time to eat I felt very nauseous and could barely eat. Late at night I was hungry but did not want to/could barely make myself eat anything so I forced down a bunch of crackers.
Yesterday, I woke up with a severely swollen uvula from snoring and it created a panic now that when I go to sleep I'm going to do it again as I almost went to ER just because of that since it felt so awful but I toughed it out and today that issue is gone. But last night I could not sleep no matter what and I felt a lump in my throat. I've been guzzling water (which is mostly all I drink anyway) and peeing no joke every 30-45 minutes as a result (which also worried me, despite I know it's ok and it's pretty much a straight pass through with how much I've been drinking water). I was able to eat actually fine yesterday, overriding the fear trigger on eating that I think my mind was getting.
I'm not on any medications besides that single bottle of Alprazolam which is actually past expiration. I tried taking a few times this week and really couldn't tell if it did anything.
Been finding myself crying very hard at certain things (mostly the thought of being without my parents, who have been helping me through this - and both had anxiety for many years). Today I almost wanted to go to the ER, but walked around outside and did light exercise and felt better until I came back in.
I'm working with a therapist through BetterHelp and felt really good just talking to them, I was almost thinking I was getting to a better spot and then I basically got no sleep due to the panic that was just slamming me while trying to sleep due to the feeling of a lump in my throat (I think it is Globus). Nothing seemed to comfort or help and I wanted to cry but just couldn't make myself. Strangely I am still not tired today despite that I barely had 3 hours of sleep, so guessing I was running off adrenaline. Talking to my parents and the therapist alone has seemed to have quite a positive effect on reducing the acute panic, weirdly.
Sorry for long post, but even when I thought of going to ER I am an extremely Covid cautious person and worried about exposure risk going to a hospital or them refusing if I bring respirators for them to wear around me (which absolutely will raise my anxiety even worse). I don't leave my house almost ever and up to this point was completely ok with it. I have an appointment with a PCP but not until almost the end of the month (soonest time) so trying to see how much the therapist and my mental fortitude can carry me.
I have so much empathy for all of you who suffer this, and I am sure mine is not even that bad. Ever since this I've been in an extreme hugging mood, so I wish I could hug everyone else when they're going through it - the times I have done it in the past few days I always immediately cry very hard. In my mind, it's some of the worst I've felt in my entire 33 year life. The breathing exercises and meditation I have been trying, but they feel of limited help unless I just breathe in a pattern continuously. Comfort video games, movies, music, and TV shows seem to have limited effect depending on how severe the panic attack is.
Appreciate any kind words or advice. My therapist said they were confident I could get this manageable, so I'm wishing for relief to this near constant panic feeling I've had making a knot in my stomach and chest pain.

Hi there, never posted here before and slightly embarrassed that my first post is a cry for help.
My wife and I have generally been healthy until our LO started nursery two months ago, it has gotten to a point that I’ve been sick for over a month (started with flu and it’s tonsillitis that never goes away, I have been prescribed another course of penicillin after a week and currently on antibiotics and pain meds for the last 4 days but it seems to be getting worse (white spots increasing on tonsil, uvula bent, painful to swallow) the fatigue especially is torturous.
I’ve had chest x rays and blood work done all which came out normal, I do have a follow up on Monday 4 March for an in person GP check up. The previous ones have been virtual.
My wife is now slowly starting to show the same symptoms and has started with fever. She hasn’t gone to the GP yet as it’s quite recent.
My real plea for advice here is
1) since we don’t have any immediate family or friends close by as we moved in over a year go, we are struggling to take care of the household (clean, cook, most important take care of a 14 month old at home outside his nursery hours) luckily we work from home and our workplace is accommodating with our work hours, as long as we deliver. What can I do here? As we just don’t get the rest we need to recover fully as well.
2) should I ride my illness out and wait another 3 days for my follow up? Am I just being too dramatic?
Thanks again for reading I’d share a pic of my tonsils but it’s rather rancid.
Best, Tired parent

• Age: 34
• Sex/Gender: M
• Height and weight: 5 Foot 10 in, 195 lbs
• Race/Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Geographic location (eg. Canada): Washington, US
• Pre-existing medical issues (if any): Acid Reflux, Allergies
• Current medications (if any): Tums
• Duration of complaint (how long has this been happening): Twice a year since 2022
• Symptoms (be specific): Twice a year (and currently now) I get severe sort throats that Drs are chalking up to just an unknown viral infection. The first time I had it the doctor thought it could be related from acid reflux at night because it got worse overnight but two other doctors say absolutely not that it looked like a textbook case of Strep.

Each time I got tested (both rapid and lab) for strep, COVID and other possibles (I think Mono?) But all came back negative. The symptoms start as a scratchy throat, then a day or two later I have petechiae on my soft palate which eventually spread to my uvula and tonsils. Within the next day or two the back of my tongue and my uvula and tonsils are dark red and have white spots on them.
By this point it hurts to exist. I usually have two to three days of severe throat pain which nothing I tried alleviates. (Sore throat spray, otc painkillers at the maximum dosage). I am unable to swallow saliva or water without severe pain like swallowing glass, to the point I don't even eat during this window. After this period it starts to to gradually go away on its own. Usually by day seven since initial systems I can eat some soft and cold food. Throughout the entire time I never have a fever either, but my lymph nodes in my neck swell some.
Since this keeps occuring and I am not sure where to go from here, I figured I'd toss this out and see if anyone has any general ideas.
FWIW I don't understand how I could be getting the same virus like this and it be so severe everytime. I mostly work from home and wear a mask when going to most places. Also considered maybe something I could have ended up with as a result of my wife's herpes simplex, but I would have expected something sooner since we've been together over ten years.
Of every time I've had this occur, my wife never had any symptoms that could be a sign of it spreading to her. it isn't uncommon for us to share water bottles or other drinks. During some cases I was on Omeprazole, some cases I was not. All but two of the cases come shortly after stressful or strenuous events (long haul flights, big work presentations, etc)

I’m about 10 days post-op, and I’d like to ask a couple questions about my healing process.
So, first question I have is if anyone else had a weird experience with their uvula? My uvula has been swollen most of the time post-surgery and has been sorta obstructing my the part of my mouth that allows me to exhale, especially through my nose. I can’t lay flat because it like completely obstructs me from exhaling (I still can but it’s with too much force) and it makes me snore, which hurts. Even if I’m leaning too far back it like completely stops me from being able to exhale through me nose. It’s driving me a little insane and I’m so tired of sleeping at a 45 degree angle on my couch. For any of you who may have experienced this, when do it end? Is there any way to mediate this? Is this just the way my throat is gonna be unless I get more surgery? I’m spiraling man.
Second question- my tongue hurts real bad along with my throat in-between med dosages. When does that stop? It’s like the sides of my tongue that make contact with my teeth regularly that hurts pretty bad for some reason… I’m thankful that the pain is fairly tolerable- but I’m mostly just curious how long I’ll deal with that.
Finally, did anyone else not really notice when the scabs “fell off?” I don’t think I was ever actually able to see the scabs to begin with, and though I noticed the pain get worse around days 7-8 it just… got worse, and then it got better very gradually. I still have sorta a mix of white spots and pink spots in the back of my throat.
Okay I think that’s it 😅
Overall I think my surgery has gone as expected and I’m thankful that I’ve had the proper support from friends and family for it to go as smooth as possible. I’m a singer so I also can’t wait to get right back on the mic ☺️

Dipper Goes to Taco Bell Dipper goes to Taco Bell It was a normal day in Gravity Falls, Oregon. Well, as normal as Gravity Falls gets, anyways. Dipper Pines was reading his book, and Mabel, his twin sister, was wondering what he was doing. "Dipper, are you gonna keep your nose buired in that strange book of yours all summer? You gotta go out, have an adventure!" Mabel exclamd. "Not now," Dipper said quietly. "I'm trying to decode this." He was looking at a cryptogram that said, "XSLFA QBE QXZL YBII". Dipper was offically stumped. He could not figure out what it meant. And it seemd very mysterious to him. "Grunkle Stan is gonna take us to the diner for lunch, Dipper!" Mabel exclames. Dipper, however, was not in the mood for the diner. He was publicy humiliated the last time he went, and he thougt the food wasn't very good anyway. "Mabel, I don't want to go to the diner," Dipper said solemmly. "I want to go somewhere else."
"But there is really nothing else in town, ulness you count the Taco Bell near the forest." Mabel replied. "Taco Bell?" Dipper's ears perked up. He had never eaten at Taco Bell before, and ever since last week, he had a craving for mexican food for some reason. "Why don't we go to Taco Bell today?" Dipper asked. "Taco Bell?" Grunkle Stan questioned. "Why d'you wanna go THERE? It smells like the bathroom when it gets clogged." "I had my heart set on pancakes, Mabel moaned." "Listen, you can go to Taco Bell if you want to, but don't come crying to me when you smell like expired onions." "Fine, I Will." Dipper said harshly. "Don't let the door hit you on the way out," Grunkle Stan said. But as he was exiting the Mystery Shack, the door hit him on the way out. "AH HA HA HA HA HA!" said Grunkle Stan. He was laughing.
So anyways, Mabel and Grunkle Stan went to the diner, while Dipper tried to find the Taco Bell. He had brought with him his book and a couple bucks. But finding the Taco Bell was harder than he had previously thought. He had been looking around town for what seemed like days. The Mysteru Book wasn't helping him either. Until he saw a flicker of a sign in the forest. He went into the forest. "Why would there be a Taco Bell in the forest?" Dipped asked himself. After hiking for about an hour, Dipper finally got to the Taco Bell. But it sure didn't look like any Taco Bell he'd ever seen. It was surrounded by a barrage of giant Oak trees, in an open field, completely different from the rugged terrain of the Oregon forest. The open field was covered with at least three layers of pine needles, which got the attention of Dipper. He stuck his hand into the pine needles.
"OW!" Dipper shouted. A pine needle poked him. It hurts. The resturant, Taco Bell, looked like a silo, sort of. Well, it was very cylindrical. The outside had rusty picnic tables, and looked like no one used them at all. Dipper walked up to the resturant's door. "Should I go in there?" Dipper asked himself. "I'm starting to have second thoughts. Why is there a small, desolate, Taco Bell in this forest, miles from the nearest road? But I guess it's my only option. Mabel and Grunkle Stan are probably don with lunch right now." And they were. Mabel wondered why Dipper hadn't come back yet, but Grunkle Stan didn't give a damn. So Dipper entered the resturant. But he was relieved to see that the interior was normal, except for its high celing. There were also no customers inside, but Dipper thought that was normal, considering how the franchise was so isolated. He went up to the counter. There was only one cashier working the registers. A very old, slightly deaf, bored out of his skull cashier. Dipper decided what he wanted to order, than approached the register. "Excuse me, I'll hav—" "WE ONLY GOT TACOS!" the cashier interrupted. "Ok, I guess I'll have a taco, then." Diper said. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?" the cashier yelled. "I SAID I WANT A TACO." Dipper yelled back. "Ok, then." The cahier said, then went in the back for a few minutes. When he came out, he was carrying dippers taco. "That'll one dolla," the cashier said. Dipper gave him the money, and went to sit down at the least grimiest table.
He bit into the hot, spicy, juicy taco, filled with thick, pure, meat, mild, tantalizing black beans, and sour, fluffy, sour cream. He enjoyed the single bite of that perfectly cooked taco, and still tasted it in his mouth after he swallowed it. But as he was about to bite into it a second time, he felt a churning movement inside his body, something that he had felt often. "Uh oh." Dipper said, than rushed to find the lavatory. "Man, that really went through me," Dipper said to himself. For some reason, the bathrooms were hidden in a corner, far from the counter, and far from the table he was sitting at. When he walked in, he found that the bathrooms were surprisingly clean, for a fast food resturant, anyway. And Dipper found this suspisicious. All of the stalls were full, and no one was using the urinals. But, right on cue, someone walked out of one of the stalls. Dipper didn't pay much attention to who was walking out, but he was wearing all black, and had a plastic bag with him. Dipper just had to go. Unfortunaly, he didn't make it in time. He checked his pants and found the worst of all. "Diarreah." Dipper said. "Yeegh." He was about to leave the stal when he noticed a bulge in his pants. He touched the bulge, and once he touched it, he knew excatly what it was. It was an erection.
He found himself completely aroused after touching it, and started to do it some more. Eventually, he was ready to hardcore masturbate. He didn't know what was arousing him, but he knew he was aroused. He took off his blue shorts and his soiled underwear, revealing his medium-sized, but not small, penis. The tip was bright and red, like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Dipper started to yank his Johnson harder and faster. The five-incher was getting pumped. Dipper's soiled hands started to feel bits of pre-cum on his dry fingers. Eventually, the medium-sized dick couldn't take it anymore, and burst in an explosion of cum. The cum got all over the walls and toilet, and Dipper felt proud. He had creamed himself for the first time, but he was upset that it was not over Wendy. "No," Dipper thought. "All this is not enough for me. I need to release all of this!" With his erection still active, Dipper began yanking his penis again. It was much quicker, and Dipper cummed quicker. It was a bigger release than last time, and it began to rain Dipper's seed. Dipper felt more proud than last time, his heart about to burst from all the droplets of cum falling down from the celing. He felt as happy as he felt on the day of the first snowfall of the year. He stuck out his tongue to tast the cum, shiny from the faulty flourescent lighting in the bathroom. He tasted it, and he thought it was the one of the best tastinf things in the world, better than the largest chocolate bar, better than the rarest pig, and better than the taco he was having earlier. By now, he couldn't stop. He couldn't leave now and miss out on this great masturbation adventure. He wanted to taste the cum. He scraped a handfull of it off of the stall and put it in his dirty, wet, mouth. He grabed another, and another, and another. He was getting more aroused by consuming the cum, and he released another load. "So that's where it's all coming from," Dipper said to himself, cum all over his face and teeth.
Dipper came up with a solution to get a more hardcore, adult, masturbation expierience. He was going to put it into action. He tilted his head down, sat down on the cum-covered ground, grabbed his hardened Johnson, and stuck it in his mouth. Once it was firmly in, Dipper began to suck on the very hard rod. He sucked it like the lollipop he got a the county fair a while back. It taste alot like it to. The legs were so expertly over his shoulder that he could've been a gymnast. The more he sucked on his hard dick, the more his aroused legs shook. Eventually, just when he was going to give out, he came in his mouth. It was the best thing he ever expierienced, and kept on performing fellatio on himself. As he was stimulating himself orally, he accidentally fell over to his side. He broke from his his penis and cummed on the floor. The floor was covered in so much of Dipper's cum that he started to make a snow angel in the cum, or, a cum angel. He was eating som in the process. But then he looked to his side, and immediately became so hard that the red tip was touching his short pubic hair. He saw what was causing it. He saw his underwear, covered in dark brown feces. He held up his underwear, which was covered in the cum-filled floor, and marveled at its erotic beauty. The feces were so beautifully ejaculated, so smooth in its sticky browness, so perfect they felt in Dipper's white hands. He wanted his shit. He held the brown underwear like a fish on a lure, and put his sticky white lips into the sticky brown feces. His tongue was rubbing the crap all over his tighty whites, making his mouth all a brownish-white mess. He was biting into the shit and sucked it in his mouth. It was more stimulating than ever before. He now knew that he didn't need Wendy, or Mabel, or any of the other girls in Gravity Falls. All he needed was a big pile of his shit.
He tok a scoop of the feces (He had a lot of diarrea) and began to spread it over his dick. Every time he spread the crap, he was getting more and more aroused. Once his dick was completely brown, he came again. It filled up all the spots in the stall that weren't covered in Dipper's cum. Once again, Dipper took big scoops of cum and consumed it in large gulps. Now Dipper had to put the brown sticky feces all over his penis again, and boy, did he do a good job. The brown stuff was all over his external genitals, and his testicles. He had cummed a few times here and there. Now, his beautiful, brown genitals, needed to be cleaned. But Dipper didn't have any cleaning supplies, so he had to suck the shit off. He brung his erection up to his mouth, and began to suck. This time he made it very clear to lick the feces off with his tongue, and as soon as the tongue touched his dick, he cummed. He was having the most fun he ever had in that bathroom stall and forgot who he was, where he lived, where he was, or what he was eating. All that was on his mind was his sweet cum. He just thought of a great idea. Dipper took a scoopful of diarreah and a scoopful of cum, and put it in the toilet. He flushed it, but before it want all the way down, he grabbed the wet pile of shit and cum, and stuck it in his mouth. Dipper was consuming all of the shit, cum, and toilet water, and it tasted great. He kept on doing it for god knows how long, and one of the times, he hit his head against the toilet rim. Dipper's brain must've been knocked out of place at that time, because this time, instead of putting the shit and cum in his food hole, he started to lather it on his penis again. He wanted more of his Johnson, but that would be a fatal mistake. Once it was covered again, he put it in his mouth and began sucking. But did it too hard. As he was sucking and cumming, he accidentaly bit on his dick. As soon as he tasted the blood, he broke out of coitus, and saw his lacerated penis. He saw a mix of blood and cum coming out of it, like aa lava, and his erectile muscle pointing out. Dipper grabbed it and grimaced in pain. He winced at it, and looked horrified. He snapped out of it all, and tried to figure out a solution to the castration. He put some more diarea and cum on it, but that didn't stop the bleeding. Dipper spit out the piece of dick that he bit off, and tried to reapply it, but it didn't work. No matter how many times he tried to reattach it, they all failed. He put more of his reproductive fluids on the castrarion, but they only made the penis swell up, like the Goodyear blimp. Dipper was licking the blood off the try to stop it, but the blood was coming faster than he could lick. He was now in ultimate pain, and felt nothing like this. He screamed, as loud as he could, and felt like no one could hear him. He was screaming louder and louder, saying, "HALP! I BIT MY DICK OFF!" He was going insane. He started to bang against the stall, screaming "HELP!" as loud as he could yell. After a full 5 minutes, with a large mix of blood, cum, and feces on the floor, he was banging his head against the stall. The banging was louder than the loudest thunderstorm, and yet no one came for help. Dipper was alone in the bathroom, alone in the stall, alone with his beloved dick, now to near death, and unfortunately, he was near death. After one final blow to the head, the now-screaming Dipper was now as silent as Christmas Eve. He felk to the floor, eyes turned skyward, and fell in a mix of his own blood, cum, and feces. At the Mystery Shack, Mable was feeling very worried about Dipper, so she went off and tried to find him. She went off into the forest first, (She knew where it was) and, suprinsignly, got there in less time than Dipper. As she entered the newly cleaned doors, she immediately noticed the once-bitten taco on one of the tables, and immediately knew it was Dipper's. Mabel rushed into the men's bathroom, (she liked to use the urinalls) and rushed into a random stalls. It was her brother's. Mabel looked at how messy the stall was, and how it was used to do the deed. Her pink sneakerswere sticky from stepping into the reddish-brown mess of fluids. She walked around the messy stall for a bit, but then saw the most horrid sight she could imagine. Dipper's corpse. Mabel was welled up in tears at the sight of it, and began to cry. As she was crying, she sat down in a pile of the blood, feces, and cum and looked at Dipper's lifeless face. It was beautiful, as his smooth facial features complimented his circle of cum around his lips. "Oh, Dipper," Mabel said through her tears, "Let me clean the white stuff off of your lips." Mabel brought Dipper's head up to hers, and she kissed him. After pulling out of the kiss, Mabel enjoyed it, and so she kissed him again. She didn't want to let go of Dipper, not now. Not when he had just died. He was her brother, after all! She held Dipper's naked corpse in her arms, and she felt a tingling feeling in herself, an secret dirty side. "No one would care if we just did it, right? He is dead, and know 1 would know in this restroom stall…" Mabel thought. She immediately came up with an answer. She pulled Dipper's head up to her head, and kissed him again, only it was a french kiss. Once Mabel was done, she put the body on the floor, then Mabel got down on the fluid-covered floor, too. Mabel started to go on a kiss-krazy frenzy with Dipper, that made it lok like Dipper was alive. Tongue went into Dipper's deceased mouth, scraping the feces and cum off of the roof of Dipper's mouth. Mabel was shaking even more now, that her tongue was touching Dipper's. She unzipped her jeans, slowly slid them off, and then threw them at the wall. They stuck there from the cum. Mabel revealed her nice, clean, exposed, virgin, vagina. She took Dipper's corpse, not noticing the eternally bleeding penis, and brung it closer to the cervix. She rubbed her clitoris for arousal perposes before she stuck it in, and once the dick was firmly in, she finally felt joy in her life. She loved the feeling of losing it to her dead brother's body, and started to get the oddest feeling. She lost it. She finally lost it. She squealed in happyness, and started to french kiss Dipper harder. Her tongue almost touched Dipper's uvula. She kept holding on to his lacerated dick in her vagina, and sloshing her tongue all around Dipper's mouth. She kept pulling in an out with Dipper's stick. Blood was getting on her urethra walls, not noticing one bit. She did not want to leave the body, not now. She would kill herself if it could mean they'd be in coitus forever. If only Dipper could kiss her back. After what seemd like hours, it wouldn't fit in. Mabel finally looked down at the now pretty messed up penis. Mabel couldn't look away at it. It was now swollen to the size of her head, a whole mix of rainbow colors, and still spewing lifeless cum. Mabel vomited on it, which only made it worse. It grew bigger and bigger. "Oh, Dipper," she said soflty. Then Mabel started to scream. She was horrorfied at the sight of it, and started to barf again. She tried to put a giant mix of blood, cum, vomit, and feces on the dick, but it didn't work. She tries to suck it all off, but found herself enjoying the sucking and the taste of Dipper's penis blood. She kept on sucking on it, tasting the blood, and touching and fondling Dipper's dead erectile muscle. She was esctatic. She was more happy than she ever had been. More happy than she was before. As she was squealing with delight, the stall door started to open a crack. Mabel took notice of this. "Huh?" she asked. The door started to open more (It wasn't locked). Mabel started to get nervous. She didn't want to go to jail for necrophilia, she was only a child, who bit off more than she could chew. She got too ahead of herself, after lusting after her twin brother for so long. If it was the police, she had no hope. She hoped it was just another Taco Bell employee, who would listen to her and help her out. The stall door finally burst open. Standing in front of it, was a man dressed in black. He had a Taco Bell logo sewn on the left of his fleece jacket. He was wearing squeaky shoes, that squeaked across the bathroom floor, He was wearing dark sunglasses. The mysterious man walked up to the two of them slowly. Mabel stood up on her feet, fear and blood on her face. The man stared at Mabel for a long time, until he finally said, "Are you supposed to be in this bathroom, young lady?" Mabel was shaking in horror, now. She turned to face Dipper's naked, violated, dead body, and turned to face the man again. "M-mist-ter, I-idin-din't inten-nd to do t-this to m-my br-bro-brother," Mabel said, shaking with tears in her eyes. The man brought himself closer to Mabel's face. "S-sir, your, your, your, in m-my p-p-per-ersonal spa-ace," Mabel tried to manage. The man was inspecting a red spot on Mabel's cheek. After several seconds, the man touched the spot, trailed his finger in it, and put the finger in his mouth. "Blood," the man whispered to himself. "W-what did y-you s-sa-say, S-sir?" Mabel asked him, not understanding what he was saying. "Little girl, do you know what that is on your cheek?" the man asked. Mabel repeated what the mysterious man did to her cheek, and said back to him, "I-It's bl-blood." "And with the blood being on your cheek, have you developed, shall we say, a desired taste for it?" the man asked back. Mabel did not notice the retractable chisel in his right hand. "Um, uh, y-y-y-y-ye-ye-yes? I didn't m-mean to, I j-jus—" "Ssssh," the man quieted her. "If you like the addicting taste of it, why didn't you say so?" and, without warning, the man cut her across the chest with the chisel. She screamed at the pain of it. Blood started to pour out of the diagonal cut fast, almost covering her stomach. "You can lick that up. Your blood probably tastes better than that kid's," the man said pointing to Dipper. Then the man gave another cut, across her face. She screamed again, louder this time. "Now you can get the blood close to your face. And just to make sure your silent," the man then slit her across the neck. She could not scream this time. The man went into her neck, and pulled out three vocal chords. The man streched the chords out, and he jumped rope with them, while slashing Mabel across the face several times. When her face was cut so many times that her nose fell off, the man decided it was time for the scalping. He took out a bigger knife, and slammed it right above Mabel's eyebrows. The man gripped the knife's handle, still in her face, and began to make a deep cut. The man put all his strength into it, because he decided to make the hardest part, first. He tried to do it right on the skin, but sadly, did not do the job he liked. Mabel's head was now topless, the top of her skull exposed and violently cut, so that you could see her brain inside the skull. Tge pieces of muscle and flesh were still attached to Mabel's hairy scalp, so the man cut them off. The scalp was now thin as skin, and still full of Mable's hair. He hung the scalped scalp up on the hoor on the door. It would be his prize, something he kept for himself. Now the man prepared for the rest of the body, What he wanted to do next was to make it rain. Not water as you may think. He wanted it to rain something else. He got down to Mabel's blood covered slashed chest, grabbed her not fully developed breasts, and began to cut off Mabel's nipples. Once he was done, the blood started to come out, like Old Faithful Geyser. He was amazed by the sight of the fountain of blood, and began to dance around in the stall, stepping in all the fluids that were on the floor. When the blood was starting to flow a little less slowly, the man moved on to the legs. The man hung Mabel's nipples next to the scalp (the nips were his prize too), and started to cut Mabel's legs. He started to cut faster than a race car driver on a smooth asphalt track. Teh cuts kept on appearing on her kneecaps until the capbone was exposed. By that time, her lower legs and her body were only attached by a thin string of cartilage. Then the guy moved on to her toes. With the knife as sharp as knife, he cut every one of her little toes off. Mabel body was losing so much blood that she started to flatten out. The place where it was mostly coming out of, was her toes. The toe blood was making a sea of red on the floor. The man, now with his Taco Bell fleece jacket splattered with red on it, now dug the knife into Mabel's left foot. He began to make another cut, similar to what he did to her scalp, and began to cut ths skin off of the foot. The cut was much better than what he did to the scalp. He did the same to the other foot, and then hung the skin up next to the scalp. Mabel's feet were now just a big mess of flesh, muscle, blood and nerves, Mabel (who was still alive)'s face was now completely exposed to all the cuts she was getting, he mouth hanging open like a gaping person. The blood was already covering her chest, and since the man actually had a soul, he didn't want to subject the little girl to the misery she was about to endure. So he took the long knife, and stabbed her in the middle of her chest, where her heart was. Blood poured out of it more than her cut off nipples did. Once most of the blood was done spewing, the man got down near Mabel's bloody vagina. He very carefully took his knife, got down near the cervix, and stuck the knife's blade up the hole. While in Mabel's cock cave, the man was rotating the knife, cutting up the walls of Mabel's egg chamber. The tip of it got finally inside it, and, very carefully, snipped every one of Mabel's fallopians. It was a hard job. He had to be very careful. He had done it many times before, but today wasn't his best day. He accidentally slit some of the sides of Mabel's vagina, cutting into the muscle surrounding it. The man was very embarrassed. "Shit, hopefully no one will notice that," he said to himself. He took the knife out of Mabel's hole, with ovaries and two Fallopian's on the blood-covered blade. The man got out a big plastic trash bag, and scraped the knife on it, making the contents on it go into the bag. But since the knife's handle was covered in more blood than it usually was, he accidentally let it slip, and it dug into Mabel's right shoulder. "Perfect," the man said ominously. The man got out a pair of vinyl gloves and put them on his hands. He gripped the knife tightly, wanting a deeper cut than he had before. After a while, after digging and digging and digging, the man's knife got throught to the other side. Once the man saw the job he did, he threw the arm in his trash bag. He felt great pride, and felt that he could easily achieve his goal now. So he went to the other side of Mabel's nearly skinned body and began to cut that arm off. It was easier to do than the other one, suprisingly, and once he was done with that, he threw that arm into the garbage bag. Mabel's body was now almost flat, due to all the blood loss. The man tasted some of it, and thought that he should get a jar four later. Now for the legs. The man did the same with her legs, and they felt like they were getting easier to cut off each time. The legs were off, and the man threw it in the bag. Mabel's body was flat now. Almost all the blood from her body was gone. Embracing Mabel's dismembered body, he hugged it, licked the remaining blood off, and put the body in the bag. The man, now, had just noticed Dipper on the floor, and figured, "He must've caused all this on the walls." "Another one couldn't hurt," the man said to himself, and started to cut off Dipper's appendages. He did it in the same order and same manner as Mabel's. It was done quickly, and put all of it in the bag as well. Now it was time to clean up. As you can imagine, the bathroom stall was a big mess of fluids. The man got out a big chisel, and started to chisel the cum off of the walls and into the bag. It took a long while, about 2 or 3 hours. Once it was done, he needed to clean the floor, so he went outside the stall, and got a mop that he had with him the whole time. He mopped the whole mess of things up off the floor and into the bag, until the floors and wall looked respectable, for a fast-food bathroom, anyway. The man got out some toilet cleaner and cleaned the toilet, because it was way more messier than the stall itself. After a few minutes, the toilet cleaning was over, and the stall was a clean as a new car. It smelled like it too. The man left the bathroom, and the stall waited, ready for it's next victim. The man got out of the bathroom, and went into the back kitchen of the Taco Bell. He got near a machine. It was an odd looking machine. It had a crank on the side, a funnel on the top, an something shaped like a taco on the side, near a conveyer belt. "Why do I have to do everything myself?" the man questioned. He hung up his blood-stained jacket and sunglasses, revealing his Taco Bell employee uniform. It was spotless. The man took the bag, and, one by one, started to put the body parts into the funnel. Once the bag was half-empty, he kept on putting more parts in, only this time, he turned the crank. Once the bag was empty, out popped out two tacos. They weren't really tacos, really. They were actually human body parts in the shape of tacos. They went down the conveyer belt, and the employee, using spray cans, began to spray paint the body parts. Once they got to the Taco Bell tissue paper at the end of the conveyer belt, they looked like genuine tacos. The man grabbed one of the 'tacos', wrapped it in tissue paper, and went to the front of the counter. He handed it to the old man cashier, then went back into the depths of the kitchen. "Here's your TACO, SIR!" the cashier said to the fat customer. "You're welcome," Soos said, handing the cashier the money.

Hi everybody,
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I (25M) have this issue and been to numerous doctors. They tell me this isn't something to be concerned about but I'm dealing with it since December 2023. But had some previous symptoms:
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Mid November: got strange discomfort in right side neck, all the way to SCM muscle but since I was writing my master's in that time both my doc and I agreed it is caused by bad posture which is not great.
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20th of December: Since I have eosinophilic esophagitis my gastro specialist told me to take jorveza, budesonide corticosteroid. Everything fine but after 5 days I get those white spots on tonsils and very very sore throat. Also problematic swallowing in tyhroid area.
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January first half: With neck issues and sore throat I did general blood test with all parameters normal and CRP 1.2 (less than 3 is normal). I went to ORL specialist and he told me that everything is right and that he sees that small papilomatic formation on uvula but that he is not concerned because it does not look dangerous so we didn't do biopsy. I did neck and thyroid ultrasound, everything fine with some minor minor increased lymph nodes but they told me it is normal. I did oral HPV test, negative to all types (did it because I had one short oral sex, and only oral where I gave oral few years ago with girl I didn't know too much, one night stand on holidays). Started again with jorveza.
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January second half: Sore throat again and further inflammation on uvula area with sometimes dry mouth. Went to stomatology university, they checked and told me they wouldn't touch anything and that most likely reflux is causing this.
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February: Neck tightness, uvula inflammation and sometimes sore throat, I deal with that every day. Did anyone have this kind of health issues? I'm pretty sure that corticosteroid destroyed my immunity system because I have never had all these issues at once. Right know I'm at holiday trip, but most likely when I come back I'll go to third doctor because they didn't give me any medicine except mouthwash and paracetamol when I feel bad.
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Thanks for all the answers.

Ive had a bad sore throat for a few days now with a cough and a runny nose. I got it checked with a doctor and she said it looks viral as strep would cause white spots. But now I have a white spot on my uvula which looks like a canker sore so Im wondering if it is one or if I need to go back to the doctors.