WOMEN are having their pain dismissed more than men at almost every stage of their lives, according to research.

A study of 5,000 adults examined how everyday pain is poorly understood and mistreated, with 81 per cent of 18-24-year-old women feeling their pain is ignored or dismissed.

This compares to just 73 per cent of men of the same age.

While more than half of women aged 45 and over feel they have been ignored or dismissed, this drops to 49 per cent of men.

In addition, four in 10 women with menopause-related pain had it dismissed or ignored, and one in six women over 45 claimed it took longer than a year for the cause of their suffering to be diagnosed.

Overall, 19 per cent of all women felt their pain was dismissed by healthcare professionals for more than five years compared

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