Women are misdiagnosed more often and treated differently

[Gingernaut]

If you search my username, you'll see a thread about ADHD.

There are obvious sex linked illnesses that can only affect one or the other sex - ovarian or prostate cancer for example.

However, there are other conditions and illnesses that affect both male and female patients, that are misdiagnosed or mistreated if the patients are female.

Women suffering heart attacks are less likely to be recognised as such, but are more likely to survive if their doctor's a woman.

www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/06/women-more-likely-to-survive-heart-attack-if-treated-by-female-doctor-study

My recently diagnosed condition, ADHD-PI (or ADD, to give it it's old name), has often been misdiagnosed in girls and women, due to our different presentation.

www.additudemag.com/gender-differences-in-adhd-women-vs-men/?utm_source=eletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=adult_august_2018&utm_content=082118

Everything from diagnosis, treatment and even treatment trials all seem to discriminate against women.

www.pharmaceutical-journal.com/opinion/comment/sex-bias-in-drug-research-a-call-for-change/20200727.article?firstPass=false

And why is the medical profession only starting to work out how to treat women now?

Do the other posters really agree with what she says about your fathers, husbands and sons?

What is your problem? womanformallyknownaswoman was referring to one man, not every man.

@AllDayBreakfast

You say that but statistically women have preferred male bosses for years and tend to vote more strongly than men in regard to this preference. It's an odd one!

Internalised misogyny.

It's not only men who learn that men are 'better' than women. Girls grow up with the same narratives.

I know a couple of incredibly misogynistic women. In both cases, they will accept the most intolerable behaviour from men in relationships and blame these men's choices on their ex wives/mothers.

In one case, she holds a snr potition in a large organisation. Her male boss can be very dismissive and her male colleagues are obstructive etc. She describes their behaviour or meetings out of anger and frustration. Yet who does she hold responsible? The "gossiping secretaries". I kid you not.

Direct Quote:

"I reckon most men have a profound disability that causes them to only see other men and hence should be considered unfit for any sort of leadership role in our societies"

Coy,
Which one man was she refereeing to when she referred to "most men"?

Don’t forget too that most drugs are mainly tested on men (worries about effects on future fertility and children) - and they don’t always have the same effects or require the same dosages in women.