Men or women: who feels more pain

The global study addresses the differences in pain perception between women and men, revealing that women experience higher rates of pain across all body regions examined, including the head, face, and abdomen. The findings confirm that gender differences are most pronounced in cases of headaches and severe pain, with notable increases before the age of 55 and reaching their peak around age 75 or later. Additionally, back and hip pain tend to intensify with advancing age. These disparities are attributed to biological, hormonal, and psychosocial factors, with particular impacts during puberty and in sex-linked conditions such as dysmenorrhea and endometriosis. The study emphasizes the importance of understanding the complex causes behind this variation to improve pain management approaches for both genders.