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 today鈥檚 health care professionals.

鈥淢edical gaslighting by health care providers can have a devastating impact on women,鈥� Shawana S. Moore, a board-certified women鈥檚 health nurse practitioner who specializes in women鈥檚 health in Atlanta, told Fox 亚洲天堂 Digital. 鈥淭hese experiences can erode trust in medical professionals, create feelings of self-doubt and lead to delays in receiving proper care.鈥�

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

鈥淲hen it comes to our personal health, we should all feel confident and empowered to be our own advocates,鈥� CEO and founder of conception aid and fertility tracker company Mira, Sylvia Kang, told Fox 亚洲天堂 Digital.

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

鈥淲hen asked specifically about whether or not they had experienced medical gaslighting, one out of every two respondents (50%) felt that they had experienced medical gaslighting,鈥� Mira reported. 鈥淭he majority of gaslighting occurred either with a GP (50%) or in an emergency room (30%), and experiences of gaslighting were reported nationwide.鈥�

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.

鈥淎s a result of symptoms being dismissed, 58% of respondents reported that they struggled to get a proper diagnosis or even the opportunity to undergo further testing,鈥� Mira reported. 鈥�44% of respondents also felt like their medical professional was blaming them for their symptoms or illness, with one patient admitting, 鈥業nstead of feeling seen, I feel like a nuisance.鈥欌��

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