Health Recognize Medical Gaslighting

It’s been called the metoo of healthcare  doctors misdiagnosing dismissing. Even  gaslighting their female patients about health. I  heard everything from you’re just tired  too . One doctor actually said well i think  it’s just because you have your period.Maria Garcia suffered  from intense stomach and back pain but  says her doctors told her there was  nothing wrong. She just needed to slim  down when her symptoms escalated  vomiting weakness and hair loss. She says  her specialist still dismissed her.

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I was probably about two weeks away  from death. So did you feel once you got  your diagnosis rage or relief  both.  Everything could be attributed to either  me being dramatic  exaggerating  and being fat.  You’ve got nurses studies show bias  against women. When it comes  to health is based on men yes  experts say the worst medical gas  lighting comes in the diagnosis of  autoimmune diseases. Which impact an  estimated one in five women and involves  symptoms easy to write off like chronic  fatigue autoimmune diseases.

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so now i stand up for myself and i  encourage other women to do the same  stand up you’re worth it  if you aren’t feeling heard by your  doctors experts say another good  approach is to ask them hey if you were  in my position what questions would you  ask and what specialist would you see  next so it’s important to remember that  doctors are often patients themselves so  they say appeal to them on that level  and i just think the whole thing about  not research not being done on women for  diseases that are affecting women  ridiculous exactly yeah so women’s  health is you know decades behind but  that’s beginning to change but  particularly for women my age who go to  ask for information about menopause or  perimenopause hormones  we don’t have the research but the  important thing feeling