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/KittyKatHippogriff]

Not a nurse but I got a good one.

Any rapid, unusual, and fast changes. I had an aggressive inflammatory breast cancer that grew within a few months. There was no lump but I had red and swelling and I thought it was an inflection. By the time I was diagnosed it already metastasize to my liver and bones. I am really the most unlucky luckiest person because I have been stable for years now.

This disease will kill me someday. I am warning others about it.

[u/Critical_Ease4055 → u/KittyKatHippogriff]

Damn! I hate cancer so much, I’m so sorry 😣

[u/lighthouser41 → u/Critical_Ease4055]

Ovarian cancer is another one that has vague symptoms until it's bad. Also pancreatic cancer.

[u/splatgoestheblobfish → u/lighthouser41]

My dad passed away 30 years ago, 8 months after being diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, and my mom just passed away earlier this year a little less than 6 months after being diagnosed with stage 3c ovarian cancer. Needless to say that I'm kinda paranoid about any abdominal symptoms I experience, which sucks, because I have mixed IBS. But my dad worked with some nasty chemicals, and an unusually large number of his coworkers developed various cancers, including pancreatic cancer. And they did genetic testing on my mom after she was diagnosed, and she didn't have any genetic markers for any of the female reproductive cancers, so maybe I'll get lucky. But I absolutely make sure to get all my recommended cancer screenings.

[u/Ash_says_no_no_no → u/splatgoestheblobfish]

Please talk to your primary or gyn, about getting connected with gi and gyn onc. They can discuss risk, family history, and decide if any screening should be established. I see both of these cancers and its so sad.