One in six women experience severe pain on any given day – but over half (56%) feel they are ignored or dismissed, or else deemed as simply “emotional”, a study has found.
Half of women (50%) have felt a lack of support from their GP when it comes to seeking help for their pain, while 27% 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%) believe no-one takes their pain seriously – compared to 17% of men, who said the same.
