Now topping over 226 million views on TikTok, the social media tag #medicalgaslighting offers an outlet for patients to voice their concern about not feeling heard by todayB次元官网网址檚 health care professionals.

B次元官网网址淢edical gaslighting by health care providers can have a devastating impact on women,B次元官网网址� Shawana S. Moore, a board-certified womenB次元官网网址檚 health nurse practitioner who specializes in womenB次元官网网址檚 health in Atlanta, told Fox B次元官网网址 Digital. B次元官网网址淭hese experiences can erode trust in medical professionals, create feelings of self-doubt and lead to delays in receiving proper care.B次元官网网址�

Medical gaslighting, when patients feel their symptoms are dismissed by their health care professionals, is most often experienced by young people, women and minorities.

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According to a medically reviewed Mira study, 72% of millennial females feel dismissed by doctors.

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Nearly 66% of women surveyed said they were told by their doctor that their symptoms were due to stress or anxiety. Another 53% reported that their doctors told them they needed to lose or gain weight.

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