2023-07-27 16:04:54
– Women are ill differently – men too
Gender plays a role in almost all diseases. Despite this, in practice women and men are still treated the same for almost all ailments. An overview.
Published: 07/27/2023, 18:04
Which ailments affect mostly men and which ones mainly affect women?
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On average, women in Switzerland are four years older than men. However, they suffer significantly more often from physical complaints, as the 2017 health survey showed. Women are much more likely to develop autoimmune diseases, while men are more likely to develop cancer. Men are more likely to suffer a heart attack, and women are more likely to die from it. Women are more depressed and depressed, men go to the doctor less often. And so forth. “There is hardly a disease where you can say: Gender doesn’t play a role here,” says cardiologist and expert in gender medicine Catherine Gebhard from Inselspital Bern.
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