Women Are Sharing How They've Been Dismissed In ERs Despite Serious Pain And Medical Conditions
May 29, 2025
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“One of my best friend’s partners is an ER nurse and told him (and me by extension) that women who look like me (piercings and blue hair) are usually dismissed as faking things like seizures and are assumed to be drug seeking. I have diagnosed epilepsy and have a couple of neurological birth defects, but apparently, the color of my hair means I must be an attention seeker. I…