Women Suffer Pain Longer, More Intensely Than Men
A pain expert from the Atlanta Center for Behavioral Medicine has said that women have the tendency to suffer from chronic conditions that cause pain more often, for longer periods, more intensely, and sometimes with more than one condition at a time.
Jennifer Kelly categorizes chronic pain as anything that causes significant discomfort for more than six months without relief through any kind of medical treatment. This include IBS, migraines, arthritis, carpel tunnel, fibromyalgia and other conditions.
“Chronic pain affects a higher proportion of women than men around the world. We need to encourage women to take a more active role in their treatment and reduce the stigma and embarrassment of this problem,” Kelly said in her report while she showed her findings.
It is hard to say what actually causes this problem, or why it seems to target women more than men. But it could be anything from hormonal differences to the way that medication affects both men and women.
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