Akarawut – stock.adobe.com
This is an additional inequality: women needing a lung transplant receive it on average six weeks later than men. A delay synonymous with a very deteriorated quality of life, and which exposes them to a higher risk of death.
This is one more inequality, which is added to a long list… We know that women’s health and their biological specificities are less well taken into account in medical research and practice, exposing them to less good treatment. in charge. A new study drives home the point: when they need a lung transplant, women wait on average six weeks longer than men, French researchers show.
Lung transplantation consists of transplanting one or two lungs into a patient in whom this organ has become completely dysfunctional, exposing them to a high risk of death. The main current causes are obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and post-smoking emphysema, which lead to obstruction and destruction of the lungs respectively, or pulmonary fibrosis which generally occurs in older people.
These diseases affect women as much as men. So, out of around 300 transplants…
This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 80% left to discover.
-
Flash Sale
€4.99 per month for 12 months. No commitment.
Already subscribed? Log in
