One in six women experience severe pain on any given day – but over half (56 per cent) feel they are ignored or dismissed, or else deemed as simply “emotional”, a study has found.
Half of women (50 per cent) have felt a lack of support from their GP when it comes to seeking help for their pain, while 27 per cent have said the same after opening up to other healthcare professionals.
In fact, a poll of 5,100 adults found that a quarter of women (24 per cent) believe no-one takes their pain seriously – compared to 17 per cent of men, who said the same.
