4 parts of the body, in which women experience chronic pain

Many women are not just experienced chronic pain in some parts of the body, whether the stomach during menstruation or migraine. You probably already an experienced fighter with the pain, if you treat one of them, so you know that feeling, when people do not notice how hard for you, but the pain is still very real. But did you know that according to the blog of Harvard Medical School, despite the fact that 70% of chronic pain experienced by women, 80% of the studies conducted on men?

In a recent film, Five Foot Two, dedicated to the backstage life of the singer Lady Gaga, there is an emotional scene of some chronic pain she feels every day because of their fibromyalgia. Yes, unlike the stars, we do not need to prepare for performance at the Super Bowl, but we have every day to go to work, to fulfill family and social obligations, and few people care about the pain that interferes. Singer herself refuses to simplify the show to make it physically easier, because then it would mean that it surrendered. Besides thereby Gaga has let you down everyone who fights with her.

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Of good news: the medicine does not stand still, and now identified the main "problem" areas, which should be paid special attention. Doctors recommend to ensure that causes the pain, and not to delay treatment, if possible.

1. Pain in the face

"The Good Body", a web site dedicated to medical research, said that the National Institute of Health annually conducts research and found that women are twice as likely to experience pain in the face and jaw, than men. Most often it is described as moderate or severe pain, or stress that affects several areas of the face or jaw. In this study focused disproportionately on men and women continue to suffer in silence. No matter how much pain experienced by women - they do not take seriously!

2. Migraines

Migraine - a constant staggering pain that is felt on one side of the head. She is accompanied by nausea, visual and cognitive impairment, and other symptoms. Some studies show that migraine in women is associated with hormones, but this theory has not yet been confirmed. What is known: men experience a similar pain in 4 times less.

Moreover, the BMJ Fund found a correlation between migraine headaches in women and cardiovascular disease, and it looks scary: nearly 15% of the women participating in the study reported having a migraine. They are 50% more likely to have serious heart disease compared with women without migraine.

3. Neck pain

Science Daily reports that the most common problem - a disease of the cervical spine degenerative disc. Symptoms include pain, tingling and numbness, exacerbated by turning the head. Such a disorder found in women 1.38 times more than men.

Constantly pretend that you're all right - it's pretty exhausting, both physically and mentally. Someone refers to the help of massage therapists, someone - to cryotherapy, and someone just grits his teeth and swallowing painkillers packs.

Think about it: women with chronic pain often receive prescriptions for sedatives, but not for serious painkillers. Or here's a little known fact, but the men are waiting for 49 minutes, on average, before taking the pill. Women also held 65 minutes before they are desperate and are drawn to painkillers.

4. Low back pain

One of the reasons that women experience back pain more than men, may be associated with the behavior of a certain gene, according to Johannes Gerstad, a senior fellow at the Norwegian National Institute of Occupational Health. Although all basically the same genes, there are many of these that have small variations. In the blame OPRM1 gene involved in the regulation of body aches. About one in four people, regardless of gender, has the bad version of the gene, and at least six out of ten people from this number suffer from back pain.

Other investigators have reported that the bodies of men and women interact differently with the brain, and all the pain begins in the mind, even though it seems real. And some say that back pain can be caused by even a psychosocial stress! Not only were we the pain of childbirth and restrictions of rights.