Posts by Mark Hayes10

Hi John,
you aren't the only one dealing with this stuff—trust me. I wouldn't go as far as calling it "psychological," though. I don't think your mental state is bad enough for these issues to be constant. Here's my take: I’m 45 now, and I've been battling stomach and digestion issues since my early 20s. If I eat something and then have to rush somewhere—or if I'm stressed about being late—my digestive system just goes into overdrive, and I'm stuck hunting for the nearest restroom. It was absolute hell back in high school and during college finals; I spent half my exams sprinting to the bathroom. As the years passed, I stopped worrying about it until one day I noticed traces of blood in my stool. At the time, I just blamed it on dry food and stress. Not long after that, I started getting these brutal pains in my tailbone, which is when I realized I had hemorrhoids. Then came the period of intermittent stomach pain, bloating, and mild heartburn. Again, I pinned everything on stress and my nerves—until a red spot appeared on my head, which spread quite a bit over the course of a year. That's when I finally decided to see a dermatologist (thank God for Dr. Sandy) and after a bunch of tests, it turned out I had a stomach bacteria. Of course, that was the root cause of every single thing I mentioned. After a round of antibiotics, things were fine for a while, but unfortunately, the bacteria came back, so I had to go through the whole treatment again.
Everything is okay today, partly because I found a supplement that really helped manage all of it. If you're interested, shoot me a DM—I don't want it to look like I'm just pushing some product.

Could be some bacteria in your stomach; you noticing anything else? Like gas, hemorrhoids, bloating...

hiddenhawk88 said:Sometimes when I first wake up, I feel this need to clear out some mucus that builds up in my throat, though it’s always just a tiny amount and pretty clear and thin. But this morning was a bit different—I had to basically "snort" some drainage from my nose down through my throat just to cough it out, and I noticed some pretty noticeable streaks of blood mixed in there. How much should I actually be worrying about this?

My throat isn't hurting and I don't have a fever, but it feels like I've been producing way more phlegm since this morning started. I actually had my tonsils and adenoids taken out back when I was a kid. I recently went in for a full blood panel and everything came back totally normal. I tend to catch every little bug or cold that goes around, but I'm feeling fine otherwise. I'm 28 years old.

That isn't even concerning; it's actually pretty common for a tiny capillary to pop when you're blowing your nose or clearing your throat. You might see a little blood, nothing major. However—if this keeps happening constantly—you probably have a bacterial infection, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to go get a nasal swab tested.

mellowjackal23 said:Has anyone here actually dealt with sepsis before? Like, what kind of hell did you have to go through and how did it even start in the first place? I'm desperate for some advice, so please help me out!

There isn't much to say—sepsis is basically blood poisoning and it's incredibly dangerous to deal with;
did you actually have it yourself??? how did it happen to you???