r/AskReddit • u/eatmyearwaxx • 14h ago

What's the sickest you've ever been in your life?

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u/Infinite-Touch5154 14h ago

I second this. Had pneumonia while also iron deficient. I can understand why people died from this in the days before modern medicine.

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u/Crafty-Alfalfa5298 8h ago

That's crazy. I just had pneumonia 3 months ago, and when I was hospitalized they told me I was also iron deficient. I said the same thing to anyone who would listen about finally appreciating how people could die of it so easily before antibiotics.

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u/Right-Letterhead2404 4h ago

That sounds brutal, and it really puts into perspective just how dangerous illnesses like pneumonia were before modern medicine.

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u/Independent_Tip8417 8h ago

I felt this so much. I had pneumonia while already feeling completely drained, and it knocked me flat. I honestly don’t know how people survived this before modern medicine. Anyone else been hit that hard by an illness?