Is that a vein?

It's not blue or green at all. It's not painful but I can feel it. I feel it more when standing. I don't have it on the other side.

Any pointers?

u/RokaO — 4 days ago

Tingling / cold sensation in the leg

Hi there,

I'm 44M, quit smoking 15 years ago.

I've always had visible veins. The veins in my feet are a bit bulgy but nothing crazy (or so it seems to me, also I saw two doctors recently for a sprained toe and none of them made remarks on them).

I've had telangiectasias on both inner feet for at least 10 years now. They're evolving, but slowly.

My father (who never smoked) had veins removed in at least one of his legs when he was in his 30s.

4 days ago I had a somewhat intense workout where I made cossack squats. After that I sat at work where I had an annoying sensation of blocked circulation in the right leg.

I still had the feeling the next day, even though it went progressively better.

Now, the sensation is far better, but I still get an intermittent sensation, like a small amount of blood was withdrawn from my veins, with a kind of a slightly cooling effect, when I stand up for a few moments or when I sit. I also have barely noticeable sensations like something budging under my skin (both legs) and minor pains that go away after a few seconds.

I have no swelling and my legs don't go red nor burn.

I have slightly bulging veins on my legs when standing for a while, but most of the time they're barely visible (last image).

Nothing has visibly changed for the past several years.

Do you think it's CVI?

I wonder if the sensations could just be due to a kind of muscular contracture due to exercise and intensified by dehydration, but I wouldn't expect this cold feeling.

Should I see a doctor or simply continue to hydrate, eat clean, sleep welll, exercise regularly?

Many thanks in advance

u/RokaO — 13 days ago

Questions about lingering mono (4 months) with flares but without throat ache

Hi all,

First thank you all for putting up this incredible database that I'm only now discovering. It's baffling how this illness seems poorly understood and how little advice is available out there: I was researching the description of the illness to find if it was normal to experience ups and downs from day to day, as no factsheet that I could find describes this, which is crazy since it seems to be a critical aspect of the illness with these ups and downs being very demoralizing by giving the impression of something that's never going away.

So, my first question was: is it normal to experience big ups and downs, aka mini-flare ups? I get from what I read here that this is a yes. Am I correct?

My gf has been diagnosed with mono about 6 weeks ago. The symptoms started 4 months ago, with intense throat ache and deep fatigue. Since then, she had ups and downs, no clear improvement. Liver enzymes spiked for about a week then returned to normal.

As of today, she has no swollen lymph nodes and no throat ache.

The only symptoms are thus extreme fatigue with better days and worse days, getting sleepy several times a day, occasional headaches, and some occasions of a raspy voice coming out of the blue.

She only had pain in her throat for the first 2 weeks.

So my question is this: Can it really be mono without lymph nodes swelling nor throat ache?

I got the impression reading the posts that swollen lymph nodes is extremely common among people. Is it possible to not have them at all?

Also, I read that there is a PCR test to make sure it's really mono and/or if it's gone dormant and the body is now solely repairing. AFAIK, she was only diagnosed on the basis of the antigen, and it's quite confusing since at the beginning the doctor even thought it wasn't mono; from what I read on a post, it's actually a thing that the antigen are not conclusive at all since it could just be an ancient occurence and not mono at all, as the doctor thought at first. Is it right?

Then, is it a good idea to take the PCR test?

Thank you a lot in advance ❤️

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u/RokaO — 19 days ago

Bac tri déchets compostables

Bonjour r/ecologie,

Le tri des déchets organiques est sûrement devenu une obligation chez vous aussi.

Je suis en appartement, je trouve le "bio-seau" confié par ma commune d'une impraticité totale.

On voit bien que cette idée a été pondue sans implication des usagers et par des personnes qui ne font jamais la cuisine.

C'est pas pour rien que les poubelles sont munies, depuis quelques décennies, de pédales : pour pouvoir y jeter quelques chose même quand nos deux mains sont occupées ou sales. Mon "bio-seau" n'a même pas de poignée sur le couvercle, il faut agripper le couvercle par le bord des doigts en mettant sa main dans une position pas du tout naturelle (quasi à l'envers) et on peut même le faire basculer en l'ouvrant.

Je trouve que distribuer des seaux sans pédales, trop grands et qui donc puent atrocement au bout de 3 jours et sont un cauchemar à rincer à chaque fois, est un frein à l'utilisation, beaucoup de gens vont en conclure que c'est pas pratique du tout et vont continuer à jeter leurs déchets organiques dans la poubelle.

L'un de vous aurait-il une recommandation de mini bac à déchets (quelques litres) ? J'en ai vu quelques-uns qui sont conçus pour se mettre sur un plan de travail. Il y en a même qui ont un système d'aération et de filtre à charbon anti-odeurs, mais je trouve ça complètement overkill, je préfère le vider tous les 2 jours si nécessaire.

En revanche, je n'en vois aucun avec un système pratique conçu avec l'utilisateur en tête :

- une pédale ou à défaut un bouton qui permette de maintenir le couvercle ouvert

- idéalement avec un bac intérieur qu'on puisse enlever, transporter au composteur avec des poignées et surtout rincer sans galérer avec le couvercle.

Sinon, bah je monterai une startup pour lancer le concept 😆

Toute suggestion bienvenue. Merci !

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u/RokaO — 2 months ago