I haven't had any luck on medical forums (totally open to suggestions on other places to check out!). For background, the community is in New...
What are the differences between medical mysteries and medical thrillers? Do they both have elements of solving a puzzle and restoring order, and...
Hi, this is my first time posting here on the Writing Forum. My main character is a 13 year old boy. Ten days after he survives a vampire attack,...
In a project I'm working on, the protagonist suffers 2nd degree facial burns, a mild concussion and various minor scrapes and cuts. I'm wondering...
For some context, I’m thinking about writing a story set in a deliberately anachronistic world with several different historical time periods...
Title pretty much says all. What are some common medical tests where you want to test positive?
Hey, I'm researching abdominal stab wounds for a story I'm writing, and I need some help. Part of my MC's backstory is that she was attacked when...
Hi! First post from this noob author. My main character is the 13-yo daughter of a veterinarian and sometimes observes her mother in surgery. Is...
Hello, everyone, I am considering using Serotonin Syndrome as the cause of death in one of my characters. He has been taking antidepressants for...
Hello, My POV character gets shot in a nerve complex in their shoulder, causing them to forever lose use of their right arm. This is after the...
Hi, I am new to this board and hope you can help me out. I am trying to put together a crime story and one of the protagonists is Lynda, a...
I'm almost at a really important point in my novel, the part where the MC's twin rips a switchblade down his arm and cuts his median nerve and an...
OK, so long story short, I had a G-tube in my stomach for my whole life. It has just fallen off. I trust the hole will close up eventually?...
I'm writing an adventure based around an alternate history sleeping sickness. No, not the African version from parasite (I got that earlier). What...
Trigger warning: Character may have received the injuries from abuse Anyone know anything about scars from a splash burn so I don't throw up in...
So I'm in the market for a terminal illness, not for me but for my character. Normally I'd try to find something myself but today I thought I'd...
Any doctors in the house? I need a medically plausible description of an injury that might make it difficult to speak, but keep breathing...
Hi, everyone, I have a situation in my story where a character gets injured but he is taken care of at home (without any medical professionals)....
Near the end of my story, I am planning on having a character attempt suicide by drowning (Nolan). Another character (Robert) rushes in and tries...
Helloooo, I am writing a story that's set roughly between Middle Ages and Renaissance. I have a character who has been sliced fairly...
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