Are women being misdiagnosed when going to the doctor for chest pains? Some say this may the case. Gender bias may be a reason by doctor’s fail to diagnose heart disease among women. When going to their family doctor or internist with symptoms of heart disease: stress, chest pain, shortness of breath and family history – doctors are blaming the issue on anxiety not heart disease.
Whereas with men with the same symptoms these same doctors are claiming the problems are courtesy of heart disease. These doctors according to the Bloomberg article claim that women's issues are brought about my psychological problems or their lack of dealing with stress appropriately. However when stress was out of the equation for both genders, the men and women were diagnosed the same exact way.
If this is the case, it may be a good idea to take the Missus to get a heart scan instead of getting a broken heart. For information about virtual heart, lung and body scans go to scandirectory.com.
