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In its latest issue, the magazine “60 million consumers” highlights the differences in access to health between men and women. Women would be less well supported by the health system and would therefore be more prone to cardiovascular diseases.
In its latest special issue, the magazine “60 million consumers” deciphers the inequalities in access to care between women and men. They would be less well supported by the health system. For example, cardiovascular diseases are less well diagnosed in women. Yet heart failure kills more women than breast cancer.
Lack of professionals
Thus, in France, 204 women die every day from cardiovascular disease. Women ignore female-specific symptoms in the context of triggering cardiovascular disease. “It will be back pain, digestive problems or shortness of breath. Doctors themselves can miss these symptoms. We have testimonies from patients who will say ‘my doctor told me when faced with a back pain and fatigue from changing mattresses'”, explains Sophie Coisne, deputy editor-in-chief of “60 million consumers”.
Women are therefore advised to request, for example, a cardiovascular examination from their doctor, particularly after the age of 50 or when taking a contraceptive. “60 million consumers” also regret the lack of gynecologists in France. One in three women have not consulted for two years. The magazine reminds women that to compensate for the lack of professionals, it is possible to be followed in a university hospital or by a midwife.