has noted that historically, “white middle-aged men were the model subjects in most funded cardiac trials ... This ’add women and stir’ approach to the implementation of research findings ensures that women will receive either inappropriate or sub-optimum cardiac treatment, whilst men receive a gendered advantage.
When The Irish Times asked readers to share their experiences recently, more than 150 responses were received. Many women described feeling that they had not been listened to, or that their symptoms were dismissed. There were some frequently recurring themes, including delayed diagnosis of endometriosis and Lyme disease, or women being told that severe menstrual problems were just an unfortunate part of life for women. “My GP told me that some women lose up to a pint of blood on their period.
As one doctor wrote in response to the request for experiences: “A doctor’s job is to listen to the patient, and to make as assessment based on their symptoms, clinical examination and – where necessary – blood tests and other investigations. In the majority of cases reassurance can be given and always a safety net is put in place. So if their symptoms are not settling, or if the symptoms evolve, a review and re-evaluation are undertaken.
This is particularly evident in areas related to reproductive or gynaecological health in women, such as endometriosis, that on average takes eight years to diagnose; heavy menstrual bleeding; infertility issues; pain during sex; or issues that occur after childbirth, including urinary incontinence.Chambers agrees that it “is a cultural thing. The more women become better educated themselves to know what’s a normal period and what’s not, when to ask for help, the better”.
The quality of care women described to her doesn’t always meet the standard it should. “There are women in the study who tell us about absolutely delightful care experiences. There are others who describe care that is not acceptable, particularly for post-partum care. This is not unique to Ireland. Women, and these are all first-time mothers, talked about being dismissed, not heard, not listened to.
Doctors are working under difficult conditions and systems that don’t always allow them the time they would like to spend with patients. Nonetheless, it is clear that many women feel systemic change is needed, including better training, more extensive research into women’s health conditions, and a more nuanced approach to diagnosing women’s symptoms. Some of this is already beginning to happen.
Thanks. I found this as a former global biotech PR person & expat yogi in Asia for 6+ years. I’m concerned with clinical trials ad spam selloffs blasts mapped with rude vendor worker hazards & price increases on even paracetamol. And I’m not ignorant enough to join a trial.
Irish Slime, Define what a Woman is?
That's sex bias. Name the problem.
1/4 This is an interesting article but ironically makes gender bias in medicine sound like merely a contemporary problem instead of a one with a very long and shameful history. But also fails in other important respects ClionaOfarrelly NollaigBourke ClionaNi jonstoneneuro
If that’s the height of your medical gaslighting story, I think you should balance it with a “day in the life of a GP who saves countless lives”
The lab is not accredited it is gaslighting and exploitation at its finest
You should spend your time doing actual journalism and investigate that phenomenon. Send the journalists blood to the lab and watch as Thanet are also diagnosed with Lyme and asked for thousands to treat it
Continuing the old “missed Lyme disease” nonsense.This great lab in Germany that boasts it can diagnose 98% of people with Lyme disease. Then get a private dr in Ireland to charge thousands to give antibiotics that don’t make you better and it’s put down to “too late a diagnosis”
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