French woman was told by doctors hantavirus symptoms were just anxiety

cdrnsf 28 points 3 comments May 11, 2026
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genxy

The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias against Women in the Treatment of Pain https://philpapers.org/rec/HOFTGW-3 Sex bias in pain management decisions https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2401331121 Gender Bias and Diagnostic Delays in Young Women: A Narrative Review https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12829432/ There is a huge body of research that shows systematic downplaying, ignoring and rating women's health and pain concerns much lower than they are.

aurareturn

I had all sorts of real physical symptoms that I spent years going to doctors for. Some of them took me seriously. Some told me it is in my head. If I had ChatGPT, I would have solved them much earlier and lived a better life.

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