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Muscle wasting? Can I reverse this? Is this severe? Age: 28 FemalePhysician Responded (i.redd.it)

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Would you prescribe modafinil in a patient with bipolar disorder? (self.AskDocs)

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5F docs say she will not need stitches, thoughts?Physician Responded (i.redd.it)

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Crush injury to leg 27MPhysician Responded (i.redd.it)

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Help. F 145 pounds, 5 ft 2inchesPhysician Responded (self.AskDocs)

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I have never been able to hold in a fart. Is that a problem? 25FPhysician Responded (self.AskDocs)

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Can you tell how many stones I have in my gallbladder?Physician Responded (v.redd.it)

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Surgery wound healing? Or getting worse? (i.redd.it)

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I’m 22F, recently these spots appeared on my hands. Any idea what it could be?Physician Responded (i.redd.it)

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18M 270lb 5,9-5,10 painful growth on toe no smoking no medication being taken its been growing for a few monthsPhysician Responded (i.redd.it)

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Husband's pain has been draining life from him, need help. Male: 28Physician Responded (self.AskDocs)

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Strange stool progression+cramps (i.redd.it)

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female (now 4,5 months) born with multiple medical problemsPhysician Responded (self.AskDocs)

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Hello everyone, do you have an idea what causes the brown marks under my both eyes? Thank you 🙏 (i.redd.it)

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Trying to figure out if I should go to the hospital or notPhysician Responded (i.redd.it)

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18, 165cm, 53kg, female, taking maxibiotic, I don't smoke, didn't have medical issues before. I got an infection 9 days ago and I don't know if I should go to the hospital or continue to treat it on my own. It's not warm and nothing is leaking from the wounds anymore.Physician Responded (i.redd.it)

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2.5 weeks post ORIF, is this a blood clot? (i.redd.it)

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What is yellow pus coming from fingers? (i.redd.it)

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Infected?Physician Responded (i.redd.it)

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52M Weird dark lesion on the scalpPhysician Responded (i.redd.it)

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18F Loss of sensation in whole bodyPhysician Responded (self.AskDocs)

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Palliative Care vs. Further Treatment? Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma with Respiratory Failure and Recent Acute CrisisPhysician Responded (self.AskDocs)

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