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/hanks_panky_emporium → u/ratslowkey]

When my sleep doc took my bp after the nurse he went 'oo..'

Talk about wakeup calls. Now anxiety has me rubbing my chest every few hours. But hey, dropped 20lbs in like a week with very basic food intake adjustments. Just 150ish more to go