ConstantWorrying 8 Posted September 30, 2021 I figure they all have to be related somehow, but I don't know how. I had a red, slightly elevated lesion on my back that persisted for years (I started worrying about it in 2014). It eventually faded in color several months after I had started worrying about it/analyzing it with a dermatoscope, but an elevated portion remained. The next year, I had all of these small, weird, permanent white deposits/bumps/patches in my skin that appeared seemingly overnight on my upper back, shoulders, and chest. They never went away. I also started experiencing unexplained bruises above my knees a time or two per year. It's an annual thing. Actually, in the last few years, they've started to instead appear on my thighs or calves. Back in 2010, I thought I had periodontitis because I started developing petechiae on my gums. They eventually went away and I haven't had those on my gums since then. However, in 2014, I started noticing petechiae appearing on the rest of my body. Not very many of them, but every now and then, within a few would appear here and there. I've had urticaria for years. It started out being a problem when I was using a space heater in the winter, and now they come out in reaction to the cold. I first noticed an asymmetric abdomen in the summer/fall of 2018. It seems to have evolved slightly over time as far as how much more it sticks out on the right side than on the left (slightly increased in certain areas). The area of concern is next to and below my belly button on the right side of it. Last year in the summer, I noticed a thin, horizontal bulge further down my abdomen...right side. I initially thought it was a vein. It's by the epigastric vein. I developed GERD-type symptoms in early 2019, after having woken up with acid in my mouth a couple times over the span of a few months. Every so often, I wake up with it rising up in the back of my throat. I suspect I may have a hiatal hernia. I've had excessive gas in the morning since at least 2018. I remember having bad stomach pains waking up in the morning after eating certain foods in years before that, though. Some time in 2019, I had the sensation that something was pressing on my windpipe. It would resolve after I slept, but then come back after I woke up and got going. This went on for WEEKS before finally going away. It recurred a few times, but didn't last the way it did the other times. I had hyperacusis develop in one of my ears in 2018. Again, this lasted for WEEKS before finally resolving after I woke up dizzy one morning, took a shower, and noticed I wasn't hearing the amplified sound of the water/feeling pressure in my ear. It actually recurred after the second dose of the covid vaccine this year, but went away within 48 hours as the side effects faded. I have spontaneous scars that appear in various ways on my body. I have hypertrophic scars on my chest and upper back/shoulders that I used to associate with acne...but now I'm not sure they're from acne, as some of them just formed without any known trauma. The ones my chest actually flattened out after tons of years. I also seem to have spontaneous dents/pitted scars that form on my face, absent any acne lesions. I still suffer from acne at age 36. I have a large, faint mark that appeared under one of my eyes overnight and never went away. It looks like either a long dent or some kind of hyperpigmentation. I have some kind of notch in my neck above my right clavicle that I discovered in 2014 and thought was a swollen supraclavicular lymph node. I have an irritated sensation that comes and goes from my urethra/prostate. My left testicle is way bigger than the other, and the difference seems to be related to a soft, veiny thing attached to the bottom. I thought it was just the epididymis, but the diagrams show that only attaching to the back, so I'm not sure. I never really worried about it being cancer, though. I now have no appetite and no sex drive, as you can read about in my other threads. I have a clicking sound when I swallow that started in 2018 after waking from a dream where I was screaming. I sometimes see sparkly shooting stars in my peripheral version. Sometimes when I lie down, I feel like I have trouble breathing. Before my complete loss of appetite, I would have cramps after bowel movements, and I noticed I wasn't feeling hungry like I used to. I found a tiny pebble-feeling lymph node in the left tonsillar area several months ago. I'm guessing I'm forgetting plenty of other symptoms. What could it be? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doug97 19 Posted September 30, 2021 I'd say about half of your list is either caused by anxiety, or are just normal things the body does (like the sparkles on the edge of your vision, I've had those for years). What have the doctors said? Particularly about your skin symptoms? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites