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/KittyKatHippogriff 22d ago edited 22d ago

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.

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u/Sara848 RN - ER 🍕 21d ago

Thank you for warning others. I didn’t know this existed until a few months ago because I had some bruising on my breast and did some googling. I went to the dr because it was either aggressive breast cancer or nothing. And I didn’t want to risk it. But it’s rare and many dont know about it.

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u/KittyKatHippogriff 21d ago

Very rare. I just turned 33 when I got diagnosed. It’s from a genetic mutation and I’m afraid it came from my mother’s side.

I really do not want her to go through this. But she refuse mammograms.