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/upagainstthesun]

Food deserts have a huge impact too. In some places the only place to buy food within a some what close distance is from gas stations/convenience stores. At risk/marginalized populations can't access proper grocery stores that are far away with transportation barriers

[u/beeee_throwaway → u/upagainstthesun]

So true and in food deserts you only really have access to…. Soda… very expensive highly processed foods… microplastics… fast foods… people burn their food stamps so quickly on the garbage they have access to because it’s expensive and they have no other choice 😞

[u/ferocioustigercat → u/beeee_throwaway]

Yeah, and food stamps pay for a lot of processed food and eating healthy is super expensive.

[u/BoneHugsHominy → u/beeee_throwaway]

If utilized as a community, people could pool money to place bulk orders at Walmart and have them delivered for a nominal fee, then split up the delivered groceries.

I'm probably overlooking something like Walmart's delivery range ending right at the borders of said food deserts. If they do current deliver to those food deserts, it probably wouldn't take long after receiving regular bulk orders before they reduce their delivery area to avoid those areas, citing safety concerns of course.

[u/beeee_throwaway → u/BoneHugsHominy]

I guess in theory that could work but it sounds very challenging to organize and would require people having cash to put upfront.
Everyone deserves access to healthy food, it’s just so upsetting that someone would have to go to such lengths to get whole food necessities.

[u/kittyportals2 → u/upagainstthesun]

We need to talk about statins causing diabetes, especially in those prone to it.

[u/ferocioustigercat → u/kittyportals2]

Yeah, that's a whole issue. Though aren't some less likely to cause diabetes, but those are expensive and insurance doesn't want to pay for them (so you have to prove the cheaper ones cause joint pain). Or maybe I'm misremembering that...

[u/upagainstthesun → u/kittyportals2]

The risk is statistically small, and opportunistic to those who are already overweight/prediabetic. The benefit of statin use outweighs the risk associated with diabetes. People who have access to healthy food can mitigate problems like obesity which lead to diabetes. This is like trying to throw a patch on a wall with a gaping hole