If you are a woman, maybe you have already felt that your pain was being brushed aside by doctors?
Well, Arte reveals everything to us in a shocking documentary entitled “Women's health: from ignorance to recognition”. Get ready to be amazed!
Medicine: A world of men for men? 🤨
Medicine has always seemed to have a slight preference for men. Whether in research, teaching or even daily practice, our physiological differences are often put aside. And the worst? When we talk about pain, it seems that our words are evaporating: Women's pain is simply very poorly understood in the medical world, because it is poorly learned in schools and poorly studied by scientists.. Thank you Arte for shedding light on these medical inequalities that affect us closely!
Pain that is underestimated, or even ignored 😤
Typical female diseases such as endometriosis or PCOS Are often misdiagnosed or completely ignored. And medical textbooks? They are written with men in mind. Even disorders such as hyperactivity, long considered masculine, are misdiagnosed in our country. With the passage of time, these stereotypes have taken up space and the treatment of women is now clearly impacted.
Medications... for men? 💊
And when we are finally listened to, the treatments are not always appropriate. Did you know that over 80% of drugs are tested on humans or male mice? Yes, you read that right. The reasons? Hormonal variations in women and female mice. Testing a treatment on us would require more time and money. But hey, our health is worth that, right?
Initiatives to change the situation 🚌
Fortunately, there is hope! The documentary shows us initiatives like the “heart bus” who travels across France to offer free screenings to women from disadvantaged neighborhoods. And health professionals are unanimous: medicine adapted to sexual differences would be beneficial for everyone, even for men.
Recently, it was even the first time that sanitary pads were tested with real blood.
So, are you ready to watch this 55-minute documentary that could change the way we think about medicine? Ce Super Documentary is available for free right here. We say thank you Arte! 💖📺
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