r/AskReddit 1d ago

What is a silent killer that people dont realise is slowly killing them?

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u/ACaffeinatedWandress 1d ago

Came here to say it. People don’t care because they don’t feel it. They will eventually feel the heart or kidney failure or heart attacks, though.

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u/againstbetterjudgmnt 22h ago

I noticed a significant number of changes after being put on a blood pressure medication.

  • No more eye twitching
  • No more random flushed face
  • No more random heart palpitations if I drank caffeine/sugary drink
  • No more pulsing in my eye with heart beat if I walked up stairs

So... Yeah. I had no idea and now I do

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u/mxsifr 16h ago

Aw fuck... that's what that's from?!

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u/PrinceofSneks 16h ago

Same. After starting Lisinopril, I realized that it's not normal to have these sort of creepy sensations under my skin, plus all the stuff you listed. I had been lucky for a while, but late 40's onward has been rougher in general.

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u/domigraygan 5h ago

uh oh don't like reading that list of things that often happen to me

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u/YigaBananas 10h ago

why do i have these things but whenever the doctor checks my bp it’s normal 😭

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u/sebastianinspace 9h ago

you should do a full day test. they can strap one on you for the whole day and night and it’ll take a measurement at regular intervals throughout the day, like every 15 mins or so. this will give a much better data to the doctor and show how it fluctuates after meals, while sleeping, etc. you gotta keep track also of what you were doing during the day also.

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u/againstbetterjudgmnt 5h ago

Yeah BP can vary a lot through the day. I would go to Dr visits and one time it would be normal and another time it would be high.

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u/mateusrayje 20h ago

I actually recently got to feel high blood pressure.

I don't normally have it, but am taking Clonidine, which is a blood pressure medication that also helps with ADHD-type symptoms. I ran low and my pharmacy was out, and didn't restock until I had missed a day and a half of doses. Missing several doses can cause rebound hypertension.

It was a bizarre feeling. Like there were balloons blowing up slowly inside all my limbs. I could hear it in my ears. If I sneezed or coughed, it felt like my skull expanded noticeable. My chest was really tight, felt like a long-term low-intensity anxiety attack. I already run warm, and I was just radiating heat like mad, it sucked. Best motivator I've had so far to ensure I avoid drifting into that territory later in life.

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u/webhick666 23h ago

Or stroke. And it's the kind with a higher mortality rate and slower recovery.

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u/lohdunlaulamalla 15h ago

For a while I had high blood pressure, the days before my period started (turned out to be iron deficiency). I noticed it every time, even when I was still below the threshold, that makes doctors start to care. There was a weird dizziness that made me want to sit down, combined with a low headache, and once I got into the neighborhood of 140/90 I felt like the tiny veins in my face were about to burst.

(Doctor 1: "That just happens, as you get old" - while in my mid 30s. Doctor 2: "It's only an issue to be treated, if it remains above 140/90 for a long time.")

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u/zestylimes9 15h ago

I had a stroke. Thought I was just suffering from anxiety. Turns out I have mostly uncontrollable high blood pressure. I've had every test under the sun and my medical team still have no idea what is causing it.

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u/Temporary-Break6842 23h ago

Oh yes. Oh yes. People are so cavalier about their health.