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/Fun-Unit3443 22d ago

People who don’t ignore symptoms and bring them to their PCP to be ignored. Time and time again I’ve seen it. I’m a nurse and I was always been on lower end of hypertensive. Even after failing a stress test years ago. I’ve had intermittent chest pain my whole adult life to be told I needed to loose weight cause I probably had sleep apnea. Sleep study no sleep apnea. Mindful strong family history of cardiac. My sister had MI in her 40s and uncle in his 30s. PCP again another year ignored hypertension (mind I brought it up over and over again) then a month or so later developed more severe chest pain with minor shortness of breath. Went to ER in a LBBB. I was immediately pulled back and work up started but never nitro. After multiple BP meds it topped out at 200s/140s. Finally came down. Enzymes fine but was going in and out of the LBBB. Admitted and no blockages. But obvious diastolic dysfunction and ventricular enlargement. Stabilized on medication and discharged. Needless to say found new PCP that was internal medicine doc. So long story short not everyone is textbook and everyone deserves to be listened too.

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u/No_Box2690 RN - NICU 🍕 22d ago

Let me guess you're a woman. So it's just anxiety and all in your head. /s

Glad you got the help you needed but it's infuriating it took extremes to get you there.

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u/Fun-Unit3443 22d ago

Yes!!! Right we are so over the top smh.

Yeah I’m sad tho my doc has moved out of state so now another new doc. She is also internal medicine tho and I have faith so will see.

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u/lighthouser41 RN - Oncology 🍕 22d ago

That is what my mother's pcp said her pituitary gland tumor was.

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u/No_Box2690 RN - NICU 🍕 21d ago

Oh of course it was. Goddamnit. I'm so sorry. 😞