What a new global study on pain reveals about women’s experiences

The Hindu · Afshan Yasmeen ·

Global study of 6.1 million people reveals women experience more pain across 11 sites, with under-recognition and complex causes highlighted.

The study’s findings about women having a higher prevalence of pain across anatomical sites, resonate with observations from India, say experts, noting that even so, women’s pain has historically been under-recognised, misunderstood, or inadequately treated

pain killers and a woman in pain, expression of suffering.

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