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I Have A Condition That I Am Afraid To Go

Posted on Fri, 31 Jul 2020

Question: i have a condition that i am afraid to go to my doctor about. I am a 59 year old white man with a couple of ongoing issues i.e. hypo thyroid type 2 diabities, hep c and the general getting old problems. but i recently noticed a problem in my scalp. i dont know what it is but there is something that is burrowing into my scalp and the spots that it goes in is very tender and is painful when touched. i feel it moving and it seems to be like a flat worm like thing i can pull it out of the places it goes in at but it just finds another spot its driving me crazy can you help me

Answered by Dr. Aaron Branch (15 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Can you send a picture?

Detailed Answer:
Hello, I'm Dr. Branch, thanks for using 'Ask a Doctor'. I'm sorry this is happening to you, would you be able to take a picture of your scalp where these spots are and send it? Can you pull out the worm and take a picture of it?

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana

Follow up: Dr. Aaron Branch (8 hours later)

Dr. Branch thank you for your help im not sure this is a worm it just feels like that because of the way it moves. it kinda stays in one spot but searches for a way inside my scalp it seems that the end of it is like a very fine fiberous string and another part has a serrated flat part that digs in. the location of this is around the out side of my ear on the right side is there any possibility that this is part of a gland that has somehow come out of my scalp and is trying to get back in ? i just dont know what it is. it is flat with one side sharp and slicing into my skin and the other side seems crusty and exposed and its very painful to try and touch or move.

Answered by Dr. Aaron Branch (14 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Any way to take a picture of it?

Detailed Answer:
Is there any way you could take a picture of it? A worm like this would be very unusual, so I suspect that it is not a worm, but if you could take a picture of it, that would help to be able to figure out what it is.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng