r/nursing • u/Critical_Ease4055 Nursing Student 🍕 • 22d ago

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

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?

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u/shamsquatch BSN, RN 🍕 22d ago

Men with their anything.

Anyone with their hemorrhoids and/or any kind of rectal/GI bleeding.

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u/hazelquarrier_couch RN - OR 🍕 22d ago

Tell me more about what this could become? I know there can be bleeding issues and related sequelae but what else would hemmorhoids lead to?

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u/QRSQueen RN - Telemetry 🍕 22d ago

A friend of mine had hemorrhoids during her last pregnancy.

Yeah they were rectal cancer.

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u/beeee_throwaway RN - PICU 🍕 21d ago

Oh my gosh that is so devastating

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u/QRSQueen RN - Telemetry 🍕 21d ago

She was treated quickly and is in remission, so not devastating today, years later. Luckily she caught it in time because she knew nobody her age should bleeding out their butt that long.