Clinical Misattribution

When women report dizziness, sound sensitivity, or cognitive problems from headset use, medical records show these symptoms are blamed on PMDD, perimenopause, anxiety, or ADHD in 70% of cases—even when the worker has no prior history of these conditions (National Healthcare Audit, 2024). Once a label like “hormonal” or “anxious” enters the medical record, it appears in 70% of future visits regardless of what the person is actually experiencing (Gender Health Gap Report, 2024). This documentation trap steers future doctors away from looking for physical causes and toward prescribing psychiatric medications that don’t address the real injury (Women’s Health Research, 2023).

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