Talk:Female predominant diseases

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Vos 2010 (now added) is data from the World Health Organization for all neurological and psychological disorders eg Alzheimer's, Parkinsons.

This is also licensed for full reuse - one of the images (Fig 2?) would be great for this page.[1]

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notjusttired (talk) 07:17, 31 March 2019 (EDT)

Mental health plus headaches?[edit source | reply | new]

Might be worth adding some of these to the table - headaches and migraines more common in women according to Vos2010, but also a Fukuda criteria. More common depression in women means any CFS studies not controlling for gender will see greater rates of depression and anxiety compared to general population as per biopsychosocial model. Anorexic and eating disorders far more common in women / girls - but are they now common in females with CFS? Can't find any good data on this. notjusttired (talk) 07:17, 31 March 2019 (EDT)

Gender discrimination?[edit source | reply | new]

If covering a brief mention plus adding info to Ethical issues or Stigma and discrimination would be helpful. No particularly good sources for this but I think this is a sociology topic. notjusttired (talk) 07:17, 31 March 2019 (EDT)

=More on gender bias+[edit source | reply | new]

Physical symptoms emphasized for men, ignored for women, reality of illness questioned for women. [2] - notjusttired (talk) 19:44, 17 April 2019 (EDT)

Racial differences and discrimination[edit source | reply | new]

Leonard Jason has found (as well as others) that ethnic minorities are more likely to have CFS but less likely to be diagnosed. Is a separate page worth adding for this? notjusttired (talk) 07:17, 31 March 2019 (EDT)

Edit: I changed your comment to read “ethnic minorities” instead of “ethical minorities”. You gave me a good laugh there!
Pyrrhus (talk) 12:03, 31 March 2019 (EDT)