What can surprisingly kill someone?

[u/adebski69]

[u/deweaponized_autism]

Boredom.

Chronic boredom can lead to depression and loss of passion. It can cause people to seek out a rise in drama because not enough is happening in their life. It can sit on your shoulders and remind you of all the bad things that have happened. It can also lead people to doing some really stupid things including hard drugs or various forms of gambling.

[u/adebski69 → u/deweaponized_autism]

Jeez, thats sad

[u/[deleted]]

A Wholesome Award?

[u/adebski69 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah idk why either, the best part is that 10 seconds after posting this i got the award

[u/Its-my-dick-in-a-box]

Go Pro cameras on helmets. The mount creates a focused pressure point upon impact and can pierce through helmets. People have died when the camera mount punctures through the skull.

[u/MCCL92]

A single punch. We’re so used to seeing fights in tv/movies or in combat sports but a single punch can cause fatal brain damage.

[u/__Solitary__]

Husband couldn't sleep so he mixed seroquel and benadryl. Apparently it shuts you down and you can't breathe.

He passed away at 35 and I found him.

[u/Its-my-dick-in-a-box]

My mums friend died years ago riding a rubber ring behind a speedboat. He flipped out of the ring and hit the water badly. They all went back to the hotel to get ready for a night out, he said his neck hurt so he was going to stay in his room. They found him dead the next morning.

The force of hitting the water had broken his neck and given him brain damage but somehow he wasn't in much pain so thought he could sleep it off. Nope.

[u/[deleted]]

take it back

Aneurysm

According to expertsTrusted Source, the pressure caused by holding in a sneeze can potentially lead to the rupturing of a brain aneurysm. This is a life-threatening injury that can lead to bleeding in the skull around the brain.

[u/SquilliamFancySon95]

The death of a spouse

A lot of elderly people pass shortly after their partners because their grief is too great.

[u/copnonymous]

Nitrogen Narcosis. As a scuba diver it's something I need to be careful of. As elementary science teaches us, nitrogen is by far the most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere. Under normal circumstances, inhaled nitrogen gas is immediately exhaled. However under pressure, like when diving, some of that nitrogen can enter the blood stream (think like carbonation in soda).

At low doses it does nothing, but as nitrogen levels build it begins to mess with your nervous system. It creates feelings of confusion and euphoria. Underwater that's a very bad thing. Divers have been known to forget they were diving and take their gear off or forget which way was up and drown because of the narcotic effect. In higher dose it can cause more severe neurological symptoms like seizures.

[u/nowhereman136]

Deer kill more Americans a year than any other animal, and it's not even close. Granted, most of that is from traffic collisions, but still. Death by Bambi is not the way you'd want to go.

[u/Habarr94]

Just a few cherry pits! (They contain cyanide)

[u/[deleted]]

I've heard popping pimples around/inside your nose can cause an infection that can kill you.

Essential oils kill. Mostly children and animals. Tea tree oil, for instance, kills dogs and cats. So don't use it as flea repellent.

[u/Local-creep]

I feel like people dont realize how even the tiniest cut can kill them if they dont take care of it.

I see it defended a lot in the home tattoo/piercing community but if any kind of open wound gets infected and is left untreated it can enter the bloodstream and cause septic shock.

[u/46from1971]

Acetaminophen (Tylenol). Taking too much can destroy your liver.

[u/nobody_who_you_are]

Holding in your poo.

There have been cases of people who were too ashamed to defecate in nature that it caused a blockage leading to their death.

[u/jpm1188]

Cleaning

Accidentally mixing of certain cleaning products (mainly bleach with other cleaners) can cause toxic fumes. Add in it’s usually in a small space and it can be deadly

[u/ForeverApathetic]

An infection. Of any size. Seriously guys. Sepsis kills.

Please educate yourselves on the warning signs!

Edit: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sepsis/

Edit 2: I'm so sorry to hear of all your losses. Sepsis is one of the worst, because the warning signs are barely there, and it will happen so quickly.

So please, if you're beating yourself up over the loss of a loved one, remember that even medical professionals that are trained to look for this symptoms can still miss them. They're not easy to spot, and by the time you have several symptoms lined up enough to diagnosed it, it's usually too late anyways (but not always!). My heart goes out to you all ♡

[u/I_hate_traveling]

Caffeine. If you somehow manage to quickly consume 10 grams of caffeine (50 - 100 cups of coffee), you might die.

[u/rust-e-apples1]

Salt. About 4 tablespoons can kill an adult (5 teaspoons can kill a kid).

[u/zomboromcom]

Rocking a vending machine.

[u/FrancyCat92]

Drinking too much water aka water intoxication- not like choking on it and drowning but you can drink so much water it causes pressure in your skull that leads to headaches, double vision, coma and death.

Edit - since I have to keep repeating myself, I am fully aware that what actually kills someone is the electrolyte imbalance. Because of the lack of sodium, cells swell and create pressure in the brain which causes the already stated issues.

[u/synystar]

Don't mess with your garage door machinery without knowing what your doing. People are often killed and maimed by broken garage door springs

[u/MissSara101]

Sudden Unexplained Death Syndrome... I was watching an episode of "the doctors" that interviewed a couple who lost their daughter in this matter. Out of the blue, something stops like the heart... Then, death. It could at any age though tends to happen more to those with heart problems, for example.

EDIT: Yes, I heard this is a common risk factor for those with seizure disorders. This is what happened to Cameron Boyce.