Doctors of reddit, what are some of the most trivial reasons for which someone has died?

I'm a physician. Female patient of mine in her mid-sixties who had recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) over the years. Decided to see a naturopath for an obvious repeat UTI infection with classic symptoms. Kept going to naturopath instead of me, even when was developing urosepsis (according to family). Found unresponsive at home, ended up dying due to multiple system failure secondary to sepsis. Family furious with naturopath (as am I). Naturopath still in practice, family plans on suing. Such a simple thing to treat. I knew this patient for 10 years and we had a good relationship. Fully believe the naturopath was a competent salesman, but an incompetent cliniciam. Forced her to buy lots of cranberry extract, homeopathic antibiotic remedies, and god knows what else. Absolute shame that she passed away due to bad advice and a charlatan selling her lots of non-effective remedies. Still makes me angry typing about this.
— IamsomebodyAMA

Not a doctor, but I work admissions. A woman passed away after she sat up to sign my paperwork for admission. The doctor said he was sure she threw a clot when she sat up. She died from sitting up in her bed. Technically a clot, but that one simple movement broke it loose.
— csoup1414

My uncle was walking his dog. Dog tripped him up with the leash. Uncle falls back, hits his head and dies
— Brian3613

One that sticks out in my mind is Monty Oum, one of the main dudes from Rooster Teeth who worked on Red vs Blue and later created RWBY He had a routine dental then dropped dead from an allergic reaction, just a brutal reminder of mortality.
— LaserDeathBlade

Male patient with Parkinson's and neuropathy. Both were well controlled with medication. His family member thought that essential oils would cure him. He believed them, and quit taking his meds, using tea tree oil instead. Shockingly it didn't work. Patient decided it's because using it topically was the wrong way to go. So he drank the whole 4 oz bottle. He felt the need to vomit and tried to get to the toilet. Neuropathy makes it so you lose feeling in the affected area. He lost his footing and smashed his head into the corner of his hardwood desk. Died of a subdural hematoma. Essential oils not even once
— satanshonda

Not a doctor, but Steve Jobs dying from curable cancer because he decided to try and cure it by eating fruit
— Lewisf719

Im not a Doctor ( yet ) but already have a lot of experience working in Hospitals. A pretty young adult died after he trained too much. He thought if I just power through the pain and the burning sensation and just train and train and train, that would be effective. He died from rhabdomyolysis: Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which damaged skeletal muscle breaks down rapidly. Symptoms may include muscle pains, weakness, vomiting, and confusion. There may be tea-colored urine or an irregular heartbeat. Some of the muscle breakdown products, such as the protein myoglobin, are harmful to the kidneys and may lead to kidney failure.
— RadiantQA

(Nurse.) Lady with symptoms that really sounded like a blood clot refused to let us call the doctor/send her to hospital because she did not want to leave her cat alone at home.
— tacotirsdag

3 year old patient comes to the ER in cardiac arrest and respiratory failure after she had a bad asthma attack and went into respiratory distress at his pediatrician's office when there for a regular check-up. The pediatrician called an ambulance but the parents didn't want to pay for the ambulance ride. The child died in the ER after the parents drove her there in their personal vehicle, probably sitting in traffic much longer than needed.
— watpuppy1

I asked my spouse, who is a doctor. He says a patient choked on the pill they gave him to relieve the issue he was there for. I would suggest Jim Hensen is also up there.
— tinyahjumma

Someone in my family, my dads great uncle I think, died when he cut his toenails wrong got sepsis and that was that.
— Mr5wift

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