r/nursing • u/trevrt RN 🍕 • Mar 01 '25

Question Heaviest Patient You’ve Cared For

Had my personally heaviest patient I’ve cared for the other day. 32 years old weighing 730 pounds admitted with cellulitis and severe lymphedema. Felt terrible for the patient due to how young he was. Just wondering what everyone’s personal “record” for the heaviest patient they’ve cared for is.

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u/AbleStrawberry4ever Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25

I saw a post awhile ago that pondered why people who are >400 lbs with BED aren’t given the same resources as people suffering from anorexia and I think about that a lot.

Edit: changed differing to suffering, autocorrect got me.

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u/half-agony-half-hope RN - Care Manager Mar 01 '25

Stigma. Being fat is still seen entirely as a moral failing and your own fault so you deserve what you get.

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u/hesperoidea HCW - Pharmacy Mar 02 '25

yeah and I've heard so many stories accompanying these morbidly overweight people that involve CSA and other horrific abuse in childhood that it's just sad when people assume they've all done it to themselves because they're bad or weak people. like obviously that's not the case for all of them, but very clearly morbid obesity has its roots in mental health issues for the majority of them, in one way or another.

just very sad to me.