Authors Erin C. Sanders, MSN, WHNP-BC (She/Her/Hers)
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THREAD: Women and "Unexplained" Diseases
It's interesting that even a condition as common as #Migraine is still not well understood.
Significant overlap with many other conditions mostly impacting women that are also "not well understood" is present.
https://t.co/EhrnxfItsm https://t.co/R7QUKrZvhR
2/ As a women’s health clinician & #COVID researcher I know ME/CFS, #LongCOVID & most autoimmune diseases disproportionately impact women after puberty. Female preponderance has likely contributed to the historical neglect of funding & subsequent lack of interest in studying them
3/ Paradoxically, the ongoing dismissal of many of women’s symptoms and abuse by the medical system is a direct result of our lack of understanding & ongoing LACK of funding.
cc: @jenbrea @ahandvanish @AthenaAkrami @Dr2NisreenAlwan
4/ This pattern of ignorance/lack of understanding and dismissal, further perpetuates the trauma women suffering from chronic illness must endure. @ahandvanish @AthenaAkrami @jenbrea @RanaAwdish @VirusesImmunity @angie_rasmussen
Example stats ME/CFS:
5/ Or Functional Neurologic Disorder (FND) aka Conversion Disorder, Hysteria, or Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES).
Majority of patients with PNES are women, outnumbering men by a ratio of 3:1. Female sex preponderance occurs after puberty & usually before the age of 55
It's interesting that even a condition as common as #Migraine is still not well understood.
Significant overlap with many other conditions mostly impacting women that are also "not well understood" is present.
https://t.co/EhrnxfItsm https://t.co/R7QUKrZvhR
2/ As a women’s health clinician & #COVID researcher I know ME/CFS, #LongCOVID & most autoimmune diseases disproportionately impact women after puberty. Female preponderance has likely contributed to the historical neglect of funding & subsequent lack of interest in studying them
3/ Paradoxically, the ongoing dismissal of many of women’s symptoms and abuse by the medical system is a direct result of our lack of understanding & ongoing LACK of funding.
cc: @jenbrea @ahandvanish @AthenaAkrami @Dr2NisreenAlwan
If you work on #longCOVID and say \u201cI\u2019m not an #MECFS expert, I don\u2019t know anything about it, it\u2019s not my job to know about ME or \u2019fatigue\u2019\u201d then you really, REALLY need to learn about ME. This is what MANY infections can do, not just SARS2. pic.twitter.com/zke0MqwrEd
— Jennifer Brea\U0001f992 (@jenbrea) January 14, 2021
4/ This pattern of ignorance/lack of understanding and dismissal, further perpetuates the trauma women suffering from chronic illness must endure. @ahandvanish @AthenaAkrami @jenbrea @RanaAwdish @VirusesImmunity @angie_rasmussen
Example stats ME/CFS:
In ME/CFS is about 80/20 female/male. Before puberty, gender ratio is 50/50. Many anecdotal reports of trans people who take hormones: F to M improve, M to F experience worsening symptoms. Female preponderance is found in both sporadic cases and historically, in outbreaks.
— Jennifer Brea\U0001f992 (@jenbrea) January 12, 2021
5/ Or Functional Neurologic Disorder (FND) aka Conversion Disorder, Hysteria, or Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES).
Majority of patients with PNES are women, outnumbering men by a ratio of 3:1. Female sex preponderance occurs after puberty & usually before the age of 55