Women with serious medical conditions are more likely than men to have their symptoms attributed to depression and anxiety, and face delayed diagnosis according to new research.
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Each year in the UK, approximately 700 women with bladder or kidney cancer experience delayed diagnosis. It takes longer to get referred to a specialist, even when presenting with exactly the same symptoms as men. One publication, The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias Against Women in the Treatment of Pain, found that women were less likely to receive aggressive treatment when diagnosed, and were more likely to have their pain characterised as “emotional,” “psychogenic” and therefore “not real.”
http://www.theguardian.com/society/...-medical-symptoms-depression-diagnosis-gender