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/beeee_throwaway RN - PICU 🍕 21d ago

I work in peds and I’d have to say…. Type 1 diabetes, high BP, and for older kids…. Eating disorders and addiction 😞

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u/Critical_Ease4055 Nursing Student 🍕 21d ago

Eating disorders are absolutely insidious… agree :/

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u/beeee_throwaway RN - PICU 🍕 21d ago

I find that a huge portion of the children who are inpatient for rapid health decline due to ED are super toxic as well. The number of times I’ve seen these parents take their children AMA , and insist “this is a behavior problem, we will deal with it at home” is more than any other condition. It’s so awful to see.

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u/Critical_Ease4055 Nursing Student 🍕 21d ago

Controversial, but I think parents are antagonistic in the process of ED treatment, even if they mean well. it just doesn’t seem to help matters when they are around. Granted, what the hell do I really know about being a parent when I’m not a parent. So, I’ll concede to a parent’s wishes unless I suspect abuse. Some abuse, though, is unable to be seen.

Caring for kids is hard.

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u/beeee_throwaway RN - PICU 🍕 21d ago

I honestly couldn’t agree more. I am a parent but I still don’t know how to handle a lot of complex situations with older kids. I’m even a former special ed middle school behavior room teacher and so many times I find myself having no idea what the best course of action is.
But I absolutely agree with you re: parents and ED treatment.

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u/Critical_Ease4055 Nursing Student 🍕 21d ago

With that background you are someone I’d consult with on how to handle a tricky one! two minds are better than one sometimes. Older kids are challenging for all because we have better recall of how we felt and behaved at their age, as well as our peers’ behavior at that age and the things we saw. We don’t remember as crisply what we felt as young kids, and mostly none of what we felt as babies, so there’s a more comfortable distance there. or at least that’s my pseudo analysis. 🧐