We recently asked the medical professionals of the Buzzfeed community to tell us the “small” health problems that ignore people who are actually serious. Here are the EYE opening results:
1.“Snoring. Sleep apnea makes just about any other state of health worse because you don't sleep, and you can't heal and restore your body at night. It is not normal to snore; let it check out and start using CPAP.”
“Ditto: if you are always tired and fall asleep every time you sit down.”
—Anonym, 40, Canada
“Sleep apnea. I have seen patients come in with pretty bad heart failure after they have never used their CPAP machine at night. People have no idea how much tension at night is unable to influence their hearts. Use your CPAP machine! It might be ugly, but it will keep your heart strong, so that you can live the many years that you still have. “
—Anonym, 34, Ohio
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2.“Nurse here. Infected hair follicles or insect bites. Cellulite is not a joke. I have seen people losing limbs by ignoring the infection, or worse, are septic and ending in the IC. Never ignore an infection, regardless of how small it seems.”
—Anonym, 40, Pennsylvania
3.“High blood pressure! Even if it is only a bit high, it still causes big problems in the long term. You need to know that extra pressure in your blood vessels they just surprised. And where do you have blood vessels? Crazy everywhere !!! heart, kidneys, gi tract, your brain!
“Lifestyle changes, such as diet and exercise, are so important, but I understand that it is difficult to stay with it sometimes. But taking a pill or two is easy, and most of these medicines are very cheap. Just take your medicines !!!!!!”
—Anonym, 44, Chicago
4.“It lasts more than 48 hours, it is never good. It means something annoying, either your aperture or the nerves that arrange it. This can be a tumor, an abscess or even a heart attack or stroke. I have seen it a few times, and it is almost always a sign of something bad.”
—Anonym, 40, Canada
5.“I am an ICU nurse. If the patient or family member can answer, is one of the questions we ask when admission is” when was your last bowel movement? ” Because you should have at least three a week, preferably a good 'number two' per day.
“I was instructed to start a tube in his stomach to suck the faecal matter, but he vomited just as much that we were worried that he could stimulate shit in his lungs-what is exactly what happened when he was brought to the operating room to work on his colonob construction. Shortly thereafter. He had not had a real bowel movement in more than two weeks. He knew, the family knew. But he tried it too hard and continued to eat full meals without a shit. He was 45 years old, now left. “
—Anonym, 44, Kentucky
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6.“Do not ignore a persistent runny nose or drop in your throat after you have hit your head!
“Other symptoms that you could have with a CSF leak are a headache that worsens when you get up, nausea, vomiting or neck stiffness. If you have these symptoms, go to the doctor as quickly as possible, because your brain is vulnerable to infection. “
—Anonym, 26, Kansas
7.“Sour reflux! So many patients overlook this because their symptoms can be checked with freely available medicines. Reflux places patients with a high risk of gastro-intestinal cancers, and there may be underlying causes, such as bacterial infection or a ulcer that floating the difficult to drive.”
“If it doesn't get better or if you are often freely available to control reflux, it's worth seeing your doctor!”
—Anonym, 30, Washington
8.“Abnormal porridge outputs. Women are scared or can have barriers to care (immigration status) and postponing the treatment of abnormal porridge's. Moreover, we see more and more young women who have not received the HPV vaccine. So after postponing treatment they are then diagnosed with cervical and volume cancer.
—Anonym, 32, Texas
9.“Suddenly I have easy and frequent bruising. I work in a laboratory, specifically in hematology (blood), coagulation (blood clotting) and flowcytometry (finding abnormal blood cells). It seems almost every week, we diagnose someone with a main tile with a bruising tile everywhere;
“There are many, many different types of acute leukemias, some of which can be treated milder and 'easy', but there are some that are incredibly progressiveAnd the time of the first diagnosis to death is a matter of days; In order not to go scientifically, but the degree of severity has to do with what kind of blood cell the cancer -like is. It is always better to be safe than sorry, especially since only one simple and routine laboratory test can determine whether this is a road or not those who need the pathologists to fall for a diagnosis. “
—Anonym, 29, Ohio
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10.“Persistent cough. If you had an airway infection and still cough months later, consult your doctor!”
—Anonym, 37, New York
11.“That one mole on your head/back/neck where it has grown or sometimes has become scabies over the years – it is probably skin cancer.”
—Anonym, 40, Canada
12.“Glaucoma has no symptoms for late stage. Annual dilated eye investigations can check for this, but I have seen patients early who make the diagnosis early and then they never follow and they return years later with a considerable loss of peripheral eyesight.”
“People think because it is mild and they have no symptoms that it is not a problem. Damage is irreversible, so it is important to catch and treat it early.”
—Anonym, 24, Ohio
13.“Sudden change in eyesight. Never skip regular eye exams.”
—Fabprincess48
“Your ophthalmologist can catch all kinds of circumstances and your vision will at least change during your life.
—Kittylane276
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14.“Colorectal surgeon here. A change in your intestinal habit, such as diarrhea or constipation, which lasts longer than six weeks, without any clear cause (for example, change in diet, change in medication, sudden life event, etc.) must be checked. It is very likely nothing, but it can be a subtle early signs of a polyp or cancer in the.”
—Anonym, 40, UK
15.“Blood in your stool or urine does not belong there; take yourself to a doctor as soon as possible.”
—Anonym, 40, Canada
16.“If a man is allowed in my unit, and he has baby-slippery legs (and clearly does not shave), which points to peripheral artery disease. In other words, the blood flow in your arteries is affected to the point that blood and nutrients do not deliver your body to what it needs to retain your leg hair.”
“And it also means that you run a higher risk of stroke, non-healing wounds, infections, etc.”
—Anonym, 46, North Carolina
17.“Middle age to older women with symptoms of jaw pain with or without nausea. Sometimes (not always) these can be symptoms of a heart attack. For a reason, heart attacks are called the silent murderer of women; mostly women experience non-specific symptoms that are easily attributed to something else small.
“Go right to the there if you feel this because It usually means that something very bad will happen if you don't.“
—Anonym, 33, California
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18.“Take care of your teeth! Look out for toothache or tooth decay. Bacteria of oral infections can penetrate the bloodstream and cause inflammation into the heart. That inflammation can escalate to heart attacks, strokes and valve disease!”
—Anonym, 31, Colorado
19.“Not necessarily small, but important. I am a physiotherapist who specializes in treatment after a concussions. Many people hit their heads and then have symptoms (headache, neck pain, dizziness, imbalance, visual changes, cognitive changes, etc.) and do not realize that this is a concussion.
“By that time the symptoms could be worse and prevented from being worse. So, If you touch your head and have symptoms, check out for a concussion.“
—Anonym, 30, Pennsylvania
20.“I am a medical student, and I would be worried about the swelling of the lymph node above the left collarbone. This lymph node is called the junction of Virchow and is known for the association with cancer. Although there are cases where the swelling can be due to something harmless, it is certainly worthwhile to be checked.”
—Anonym, 29, Vermont
And finally …
21.“General surgery NP here. Inexplicable weight loss is a small symptom that can be a huge red flag. I am not talking about just a few pounds – more than 10 pounds without feeding/medication changes or other contributing factors. I see a lot of colorectal and pancreask cancer in my practice, and even for the other symptoms in the other in the other in the other in the other, in the other in the other in the other in the other in the other in the other, even in the other in the other in the other in the other in the other in the other in the other in the other in the other in the other in the other, even in the other, even symptoms in the other. voor het andere gewone symptomen (zelfs voor het andere van de koeling, zoals bloed in de koeling, zoals het bloed in de kalk, zoals het bloed in de koeling, zoals het in de koeling van de koeling, zoals het bloed in de kalk, zoals het bloed in de koeling, zo is gevallen, zoals het bloed in de koeling, zoals het bloed in de koeling, zoals het bloed in de koeling, zoals het in de koeling van het kalk, zo zijn gevallen, zoals het bloed in de kalk, As the blood in the cooling, as the other cases is, have fallen, such as blood in the lime. Changes in intestinal habits, etc.). “
“If you can waste and not find out why, Consult your doctor and have some tests. It can save your life.“
—Anonym, 37, West Virginia
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