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People Explain Which Everyday Things Are Actually Deadly That Most Folks Don't Know About

Every time we wake up... it's a MIRACLE!!

Nothing is promised.

Not one day.

Not one breath.

The hazards are everywhere.

There are foods we shouldn't eat.

People we should avoid.

And health regimes we may really need to try.

Life is booby-trapped.

It's time to make a survivor's how to list.


Redditor gaudiergash wanted to warn everyone about all the simple things that threaten our lives on the daily, so they asked:

"What are some everyday things that kill people because most don't know about it?"

Danger is all around.

Be alert!

Don't Forget

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"Carbon Monoxide is something everyone knows about but everyone also seems to forget about."

bottomless-bs

"Knew a girl from school, she and her family were all killed from carbon monoxide poisoning while staying at a cabin on New Year's weekend 2017. Her husband and two young kids. I still think about them going to bed, never to awaken."

hookersince06

Reach the Brain

"Poor dental hygiene and gum infections hit the brain fairly quickly and can be fatal before you even knew something was happening. So brush your teeth and talk to a dentist, most will try to work with you on the money side if you don't have insurance. If not try contacting a dental school near you, they are often looking for test subjects, I mean patients to work on for training."

SomeRandomUser00

"True stuff... this just killed my cousin."

REDDIT

FLAMES

"I know of a few things, all fire-related..."

"1. Pinched electrical wires - having, for example, a table leg or something on top of a wire creates a hot spot that can eventually start a fire."

"2. Toasters under cabinets - if you have a toaster on your countertop, and have cabinets mounted above that countertop, leaving the toaster directly under the cabinets while in use is also a fire hazard. be sure to pull it out from beneath the cabinets before use."

"3. Not sure if this one is still unknown by most people, but I'll add it just in case - water does not put out a grease fire, it makes it worse because the grease/oil is less dense and floats on top of the water and continues to burn, so pouring water on a grease fire is likely to just spread the grease and fire around. baking soda, a lid/cover of some kind, or of course a fire extinguisher will all smother the fire without spreading it around."

designer_sheets

In Defense

"Stress. Stress is a state when your body feels threatened and produces a hormone to defend yourself, which will typically boost your muscle and reduce to minimum other functions, like digestion, your kidneys, and overall all organs that aren't involved in fighting off a bear."

"If you're always stressed (Chronic stress), you will damage your organs. All of them. At once. Chronic stress is a poison, you must avoid it."

"Note that 'normal, episodic' stress like you're taking an exam today or you have 13 missed calls from mom isn't going to kill you. Well, not the stress at least."

Dahns

Drink Up

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"Once read about someone who died when they had the flu - they were medicating with over-the-counter cold and flu medicine and drinking multiple cups of lemsip, one after the other, not realizing lemsip also contained painkillers. they died of an overdose."

StrikeOk9626

I never knew the flu was so dangerous until COVID.

It only takes a sneeze.

The BIG Bullet!

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"People are not nearly careful enough driving vehicles. you are operating a 2,000lb bullet, please stop texting and pay attention."

BigMoney5594

No Bleach

"Mixing cleaning supplies. Cleaners are usually dangerous chemicals, mixing certain chemicals can create dangerous gases. One of the common cleaner mistakes people make is dish soap and bleach, a lot of dish soaps have ammonia in them, and you don’t want to be around the gas that ammonia and chlorine make. Also, don’t clean your kitty litter with bleach, use chlorine-free disinfectants instead. Cat pee naturally has ammonia in it and can cause a reaction too."

SegaNaLeqa

Too High

"High blood pressure."

Ultimatelee

"High BP also presents as just a headache for some. I had preeclampsia and after the baby was born I kept getting these headaches, to be honest, they weren't that painful but I felt foggy and just, off. Come to find out my BP was so high I needed 3 rounds of magnesium to bring it back to normal."

deckpumps_n_deldos

Small Evils

"Bites from the wrong flea/mosquito/tick have been decimating mankind since forever."

Midas_Artflower

"If your tick bite gets a bullseye shape around it, go to the doctor, possible Lyme disease."

"If your spider bite gets raised and white, go to the doctor, possible necrotic lesions from recluse."

"Don't live in fear of these things and squash everything with crawly legs. Do some research (tons of bug info online free from many universities, tons of insect/spider/etc subreddits), and be smart. Wear tall socks in long grass and check yourself and your pets."

BirdsLikeSka

Red Puke

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"Elderberries are poisonous until you boil them. My mom works at a school where a teacher lets some kids eat them because she didn’t know they were poisonous. Red puke everywhere. I also had a friend post a picture on Facebook of her son eating them."

CoffeeCactus92

Why are berries so dangerous?

I love them. Darn it!

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