For a long time, medicine was based exclusively on the male body. For example, if women are in pain, they are more likely to take pills to keep going. Biological sex plays a role in many diseases, as an expert in gender medicine explains in the “Krone”.
A heart attack is a serious illness. That is why almost everyone knows the typical symptoms, such as chest pain and tightness. However, when a woman suffers from the life-threatening condition, it often manifests itself differently, namely through nausea, shortness of breath and pain in the upper abdomen or back. That is why patients with a heart attack only come to the hospital after an average of 3.5 hours, and men after three hours. This time advantage also appears to have an impact on the death rate from heart attacks, which increases fivefold for men after age 75, but increases ninefold for women.
Source: Krone
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