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I don't know if this is normal or not, I'm the only one in my family who has this(I thought it was normal until a few days ago). I can reach it with my tongue and it doesn't hurt whenever I flick it with my tongue. When I eat, food grazes this thing and it feels as if I have a bone in my throat but it doesn't hurt, it just tickles(?). Can any Doctor tell me what this thing is? Please and thank you.

Hello. I woke up this morning and had strange spots on my tongue. Can anyone tell me what this is? I am male, 31 years old, and a non-smoker. I do not take any medication.

My tooth has been hurting since February, if I clench my mouth shut too hard, have anything too hot or too cold. What to do?

33 female 5’5”, 175lbs, non smoker

I met with an internal medicine specialist yesterday, have to go for some labs, still waiting to see allergist.

I am currently off all meds and experiencing cyclical (with menstrual cycle) issues where my eyes go really dark, and my skin is reactive and dumping grease and I get new pimples every few hours. I get **skin flushing multiple times a day ranging in severity**, as well as bier spots on my limbs and some urticaria raised hives (typical presentation) as well as flat/white hives.

I started seeing a naturopath three weeks ago who recently put me on a soup diet for digestion. I continue to have very bad fatigue and sleep 12 hrs a night, and not presently able to work. - Tried to return in Feb, lasted til April, felt good about myself but was really struggling with symptoms and had a major flare up (neck tightening, bodily tremors, dizziness and severe fatigue, skin flushing got out of control).

**Important context** \- I was on a mix of meds and antibiotics last year: clonazepam as needed, and daily vyvanse, guanfacine, cymbalta, and topiramate. I used doxycycline for a few months for dx of folliculitis and it wasn’t helping. I also had pantaprazole for nausea/GERD, no difference.

I also had **rTMS treatment last NOV - but that started the same week that my system tipped over into anaphylaxis** (on day 15 of menstrual cycle) and I had max dose of epi in ambulance, Benadryl and a steroid to bring down the reaction, which involved flushing/urticaria, air hunger (tho spo2 remained 100%), and a BP starting out at 183/131, and had been elevated in that manner for like a year or more leading up. Because of **anaphylaxis event I had to stop all medication in one day. I had benzos for ten days** and that was that. Now that off meds BP is better (120/80 or less!) but still experiencing heart fatigue and pain.

Up to one month ago I wouldn’t have even be able to write this, I was feeling so unwell. Slowly improving since stopping major medications and I haven’t had anaphylaxis since, tho it has gotten kind of dicey and I have questioned if needing to use epi when flushing got so severe when stressed. My body is highly sensitized. I have histamine dumping, and concerned that high cortisol may be involved?

**I am not on any meds supplements or substances.** Even simple vitamins cause my skin to dump grease and I get hard nodules on my neck from it, and can’t wash the grease out of my hair. Hormones feel all out of whack and symptoms of androgen imbalance. Relative estrogen dominance on labs, and adenomyosis per ultrasound 3 month ago and expelling tissue around period.

**I get throat tightening and laryngeal swelling and voice hoarseness. I also get vibrating internal tremors and lots of symptom overlap with autonomic dysfunction**.

The things that help include being glued to the couch in a reclined mode, sleeping twelve hours, and eating consistently having protein and high liquids (soups often), low histamine and avoiding nightshades, dairy, gluten, msg, soy and yeast. My nausea and GERD went away with stopping the meds.

Also noticed average bruising on my thigh and pinpoint bruising under my arm, and some lesions clustered together near my ankle, and petechiae on arms and trunk. Will post pics of bruising in comments!

**What labs do I need and what kind of referrals??**

*Some additional considerations:*
*- I have low ferritin and reacted in 2023 to an infusion (hives and flushing, sick/tired)*
*- I have low b12*
*- allergies to mold/grass pollen/candida*
*- History of hepatic hemangiomas*
*- Previously had b1 injections ten years ago when stopped drinking.*
*- Had web of tissue removed from throat surgically at 12 weeks old*
*- Prior anaphylaxis to penicillin and mosquito bites (?) as a toddler, recent anaphylaxis to prescribed fentanyl during med procedure (D&C) 2018, and during med issues last Nov (4x total).*
*- When my dose of Cymbalta doubled to 60 mg which lasted only 8 weeks last fall, I struggled to pee - once off meds after 2 months I started almost peeing my pants!!! When I do get to the toilet, my heart is pounding out of my chest.*

Thanks for reading and appreciate u all!

They've been there for 15 days now, there's absolutely no itching or any other sensation.

I'm in Mumbai City with a 40 degrees celcius temperature and 90% humidity.

Also on heart related medications but my surgeon responded back saying these bumps have nothing to do with the medicine I'm taking.

Appeared 6 months ago after I popped a pimple on my left cheek.

Stomach gurgling. Sick for 2 years.

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