The gender disparity in health care means fewer women are included in clinical trials, diagnosis takes longer, and self-reported symptoms are often dismissed.
“My pain was so severe that I ran a fever of 104 degrees, and as I shook and trembled uncontrollably, the doctors finally performed an emergency C-section”, reveals Anushay Hossain, author of The Pain Gap (Simon and Schuster, 2021), in the introduction of her book.