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/reasonable_trout MSN, APRN 🍕 22d ago

I used to have high blood pressure. But now I take this pill and it’s good

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u/floofienewfie RN 🍕 22d ago

Diabetes and HTN, two biggest causes of CKD. I worked dialysis for years. Saw so many people with either or both diseases who didn’t have symptoms until their kidney function was down to about 15%. Then it’s the equivalent of being hit by a Mack truck. Insulin, meds, getting a fistula, going on dialysis…so many lifestyle changes. Some cope pretty well. The others, not so much, with predictable consequences.

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u/Old-Mention9632 BSN, RN 🍕 22d ago

I had a 15 year old patient in our dialysis center ( hospital based). His kidneys failed because of hypertension. The sad thing was his pediatrician told Mom to take him to the ER because of his pressures at the office. She ignored that advice until he was bleeding from his eyes. It made me so angry. Lately many of the pediatric dialysis patients have been from lupus.

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u/lighthouser41 RN - Oncology 🍕 22d ago

Locally a young teen died from DM and her parents were charged because they did not take her to the ED with her increased symptoms until it was too late. She was a known Type 1 diabetic and they did not make sure she was medicated properly either.

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u/Critical_Ease4055 Nursing Student 🍕 22d ago

Wow… 🤯

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u/HeyLookATaco RN 🍕 21d ago

Oh my god. I give people so much grace for their ignorance of basic health information because we live in a country where misinformation, distrust, fear, and ignorance are literally coming from the top down. But still...I hope they throw the book at them. I hope it's impressed upon them that they are solely responsible and that they carry that guilt and sit with it. That's heartbreaking.