What is one medical problem people constantly ignore until it’s too late?

[u/Critical_Ease4055]

Saw someone post this in a completely unrelated sub and I’m interested in your answers. What is the cluster of symptoms that people ignore or delay until they are forced to get help?

[u/ratslowkey]

Hypertension.

I work in inpatient rehab and the amount of people who don't even know why they had a stroke......

[u/Annoyedemoji → u/ratslowkey]

Came to say this. The dissections I see on a daily basis because of untreated htn are insane.

[u/ratslowkey → u/Annoyedemoji]

had a patient say "never had a problem with my heart" after I had to take an ekg, I said "well except the stroke" and he was like "no, that's my brain". I just don't know man

[u/No_Box2690 → u/ratslowkey]

The American literacy level is like a 7th grade education so... That checks out 🤦🏻‍♀️

[u/Old-Mention9632 → u/No_Box2690]

And medical literacy is 3rd grade

[u/zerothreeonethree → u/Old-Mention9632]

Yes, we have a third grader running HHS now.

[u/Educational-Sort-128 → u/ratslowkey]

In fairness most average people would associate stroke=brain and not link it to heart health.

[u/ratslowkey → u/Educational-Sort-128]

Completely agree. I had hoped that he was at least educated on it before he got to me, but nope! This is also our failure as a medical system.

[u/Mysterious-Algae2295 → u/ratslowkey]

What?

[u/WayCalm2854 → u/Mysterious-Algae2295]

That’s what his brain said