Trending Women Are Sharing Times When Their Husbands Were Offered Pain Medication, But They Were Not, Despite Having The Same Procedures Can we please start taking women’s pain seriously?
Women’s pain is often not taken as seriously as men’s.
Both were treated by the same doctor, and yet he was prescribed Percocet for the pain, while she was prescribed ibuprofen.
Twitter: @DrAudreyGlover Advertisement This person was getting breast surgery when she alerted her doctor to the pain she was experiencing.
“He laughed and said it was just pressure, not really pain and it was my imagination,” they said.
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Women are reporting instances in which, despite having the same procedures, their husbands were offered pain medication but they were not.
Could we please start paying attention to the suffering of women?
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In the field of healthcare, medical bias is an unpleasant reality.
According to a National Library of Medicine study, out of the nearly 1,000 ER visits that were examined, women with acute abdominal pain were about 25% less likely than men to receive an opioid prescription.
An additional study revealed that middle-aged women who displayed symptoms of heart disease, such as chest pain, had twice the likelihood of receiving a mental health diagnosis compared to men who made the same presentation.
What unites these prejudices is the tendency to undervalue the suffering of women relative to that of men. And this idea was brought to light when a user on Mastodon, a social sharing website akin to X (previously known as Twitter), shared the account of a woman who had her husband’s root canal done on the same day. Even though they were both seen by the same physician, she received an ibuprofen prescription while he received a Percocet for his pain.
Hundreds of women shared their own stories after the post went viral on Twitter, garnering over 4.5 million views.
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Some claim they were only given Tylenol after having their wisdom teeth extracted.
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A male doctor once informed a patient that painkillers weren’t “necessary” for her cervical biopsy, which is a process in which a portion of your body is literally removed for examination.
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This patient informed her doctor about her pain during her breast surgery. They said, “He laughed and said it was just pressure, not really pain and it was my imagination.”.
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It seems that this guy’s wife’s other doctor “forgot” to give her an epidural while she was in labor.
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Throughout the comment section, plenty of people shared stories where doctors commended them on foregoing pain relief when they were never made aware that this was an option.
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It serves as a reminder of just how critical it is to stand up for oneself.
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Let us know in the comments what you think, and if a doctor has ever discounted your pain.
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