“A fundamental freedom to make decision about your own body”
Why does a woman have a “A fundamental freedom to make decision about their own body” when it comes to the health issue of pregnancy, but when it comes to the treatment of both acute and chronic pain, she seems to have less – or no – right to make a decision about her own body?
Our Founding Fathers declared in our
The Declaration of Independence
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Who believes that our Founding Fathers intended that their successors would create definitions for and micromanage what the meaning of our unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness are?
Our Founding Fathers – in their 18th century vocabulary and mindset – stated that ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. 250 yrs later, there is so little equality or equity in our society. Are “we” too segregated into too many “tribes” to get our society back on the track our Founding Fathers initially put us on?
how many women in the USA are dealing with intractable chronic pain are being denied inadequate or no pain management?
from www.perplexity.ai:
Based on the search results provided, there is no specific statistic given for the exact number of women in the USA dealing with intractable chronic pain who are being denied adequate or no pain management. However, the search results do provide some relevant information about chronic pain in women:
1. Women are disproportionately affected by chronic pain compared to men. According to a CDC report, 21% of women reported chronic pain, compared to 19% of men. Additionally, 8.5% of women reported high-impact chronic pain (pain that frequently limits life or work activities), compared to 6.3% of men[1].
2. Women are more likely to experience chronic pain conditions compared to men. Some conditions that are more common in women include migraine, musculoskeletal pain, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and neuropathic pain[2].
3. Women often face challenges in having their pain recognized and taken seriously by healthcare providers. They are more likely to encounter skepticism regarding the severity or legitimacy of their symptoms due to gender biases and cultural norms[2].
4. Women are more likely to receive prescriptions for sedatives rather than pain medication for their ailments. One study showed that women who received coronary bypass surgery were only half as likely to be prescribed painkillers compared to men who had undergone the same procedure[3].
5. Women wait an average of 65 minutes before receiving an analgesic for acute abdominal pain in the ER in the United States, while men wait only 49 minutes[3].
6. 70% of people impacted by chronic pain are women, yet 80% of pain studies are conducted on male mice or human men[3].
While these statistics don’t directly answer the query about the number of women denied adequate pain management, they do suggest that there are significant disparities in how women’s pain is perceived, diagnosed, and treated in the healthcare system. This implies that many women may indeed be receiving inadequate pain management, though the exact number is not provided in the search results.
Citations:
[1] https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/for-many-women-pain-is-still-a-problem/
[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10937548/
[3] https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/women-and-pain-disparities-in-experience-and-treatment-2017100912562
[4] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8119594/
[5] https://www.iasp-pain.org/advocacy/global-year/pain-in-women/
[6] https://journals.lww.com/jbjsjournal/Fulltext/2020/05201/Sex_and_Gender_Issues_in_Pain_Management.7.aspx
[7] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7215a1.htm
[8] https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/interactive/2022/women-pain-gender-bias-doctors/
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””’Mankind is designed to accept suffering,,thus ,,When any form of government,,Evinces by design,to reduce its citizens to absolute despotism,it is our rite,our duty,to throw off such governments and find new guards for our security,,,, for ”’;”’Evil is sufferable..”,,,,,,,,,,,,
The men who wrote our Declaration of Independence,,,were in a time peroid,,of war..most participated in the ,”Indian Wars,” thats jmo,,stole the land from the Indians,,,but they witness w/there own eyes,,that mankind truly is,,theee most dangerous animal on earth,,and these words,, our natural law
via the declaration,,were written thru the eyes of wisdom gain from witnessing and thru experience of the actions of mankind who behaved for survival like animals..The hand to hand combat in older wars is theee worse,,it truly was,if I don’t kill u,,,u will kill me…but it taught these men,,,
basic humanity,,,thus why these words hold true today!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is a scene,,in The Sons Of Liberty,” no longer shewn here,,because if these words/scene,,,”It was General Thomas Gage, from England ,who brought in John Adams to house General Gage had stolen from Alexander Hamilton,,,,.Thomas Gage was sitting at a desk,,with John Adams deed to his house,, deed to his farm in the country, deed his law office in Boston and his liscence to practice law in Boston,,,and General Gage saids to John Adams,,,and I quote,””I want you to understand Mr Adams,,how easy it is to take alll this away from you,,,if you do not behave yourselfs as the crown see fit,””’,,,,Sons of liberty has been pretty much censored on any t.v. channel now,,,,,,but is available on dvd because of that scene,,,,,It reminds me,,,of our doctors,,,jmo,,maryw
It is unconstitutional to have any federal laws pertaining to anything we eat, drink, smoke, or inject. This should have been something that pain patients and doctors should have jumped on, and help get the CSA repealed. But no one has. And since no drug is the cause of addiction, it would be easy. Too bad. So sad.