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RE: Health - A story in confusion [part 2]
This is such a harrowing story. The medical establishment's willingness to say "it's all in your head," especially to women, is appalling.
This is such a harrowing story. The medical establishment's willingness to say "it's all in your head," especially to women, is appalling.
I know - I still have so many friends who are chronically ill who just don't get listened to because of gender bias. Even female doctors have a prejudice, which often surprised me and frustrated me. On average, my friends or I would need to go through around eight doctors before finding one who would listen before drawing conclusions. It is a major flaw in the medical system that no one is really addressing.
It absolutely is, and there is also not nearly enough research around it.
This is so true when really women often have to be in so much more pain to acknowledge we need medical intervention.