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Heart attack symptoms differ in men and women. The most common ones in men (chest and left arm pain) are less common in women. Perhaps female doctors are more
by cimmanom 8y ago
Heart attack symptoms differ in men and women. The most common ones in men (chest and left arm pain) are less common in women.
Perhaps female doctors are more likely to be familiar with the symptoms of heart attack in women.
Additionally, I think there's a stereotype of a heart attack being a male affliction (probably because the difference in symptoms led to underdiagnosis in women in the mid-20thC). It's conceivable that male doctors are less likely to consider heart attack as a diagnosis for a woman even when the symptoms are typical of a heart attack?