Women who seek help from assistance may suffer from some female disorders Symptoms of highlighting By their doctors or nurses, a new study indicates.
The flood of rejected notes and nullification by healthcare providers can be about disorders that affect vulva and vagina devastating for women, sometimes leading to abandoning their search for help in their pain.
The study focused on patients in the vaginal clinic of Al -Faraji who were looking for medical care for a variety of disorders that could cause pain, sexual imbalance, intestine or bladder.
Dr. Chelet Moss, the main author and assistant professor at George Washington University, said that the roots of the research lie in “years and years hearing these experiences of patients and a feeling that the broader medical community does not know how the sad comments of patients were.”
Moss and her colleagues have created a survey that included the rejecting comments and behaviors that patients face regularly, such as doctors who tell women of weight loss, go to treatment or drink more alcohol to deal with pain.
The survey was completed by 447 women Between August 2023 and February 2024. Some survey questions included:
- “Among the healthcare providers you saw, how many of you feel that your symptoms were” everything in your head? “
- “Have you been told before that you just need to relax more?”
- Have you ever told that your vaginal opening was “very small? “
- “Have you been told before that you just” need a cup of wine “or a similar suggestion?”
- “I was told that the pain I suffered during the physical examination was normal despite the reporting of great pain during the examination.”
Participants reported that 43.5 % on average of former practitioners were supportive. But more than a quarter of the service providers were intersecting with about 20 %, they did not believe the patient.
In general, more than 40 % of women have been informed a little that they need to relax more, and about 20 % are advised to drink alcohol, and 39.4 % said they “feel crazy”.
Many women said they stopped coming to care because they felt that their fears were not fulfilled. About 20 % of patients have been referred to psychiatry without medical treatment.
Moss said: “In particular, the comment was” just a cup of wine “was a special advice that was reported by pain patients was very painful.”
The researchers said that the results are important because women whose circumstances are rejected may stop seeking medical care and a delay diagnosis experience.
There are noticeable restrictions on the study. I was conducted in one clinic and may not represent a variety of population. The researchers did not explore whether there were more problems with male or female care providers, although Moss said that a number of participants felt that they were treated differently based on the gender of the doctor. The survey was based on calling the patient.
However, Moss believes that similar results can be found in other centers.
“The new report confirms women with urine and Pelvic floor complaints Often an experience.
“It is impression that women are traditionally treated and that their symptoms are reduced or marginalized,” said Dmochowski. “Women are constantly ignored or decreased in their symptoms.”
One of the important factors in providing care is the interest in what the patient says. He added: “A truly decisive part is to listen to what the patient says.” “Many patients suffer from a very complex show: pain, PelvisUrine problems, sexual issues. Each piece of mystery is important. Honoament is very important. “
What women should do when doctors do not listen
Dmochowski said that patients should not hesitate to go to a different provider.
“Do not give up,” he said. “Some negative experiences should not discourage you.”
Dr. Alessandra Hersh, Assistant Professor of Gynecology at the Fejel College of Physicians and Surgeons at the University of Colombia, was not surprised by the results of the study.
She said: “In the entire medical community, there is a history to confront service providers who do not believe in women’s pain.” “I was sad and annoying to read patient accounts, especially those with chronic pain syndromes, such as endometriosis, which are not usually diagnosed for many years.”
Hirsch hopes the doctors who read the study “an attempt to avoid falling into these habits.”
Hirsch said it is important for doctors to listen.
She said: “There is a study of chronic pain that showed that patients who had the providers who felt attentive and listened to them recorded the severity of the symptoms.”
Hirsch said a large part of the problem is that doctors do not receive much training in pelvic pain. The health care system makes doctors pay through exams.
Her advice to women: Go if the exams are uncomfortable, and I admit that the gas lighting is a form of disrespect.
