Healthcare Avoidance
The study presents internalised self-doubt, rather than only fear of external dismissal, as a potentially novel driver of healthcare avoidance. Participants sometimes believed their symptoms were not severe enough to justify consultation o…
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The study presents internalised self-doubt, rather than only fear of external dismissal, as a potentially novel driver of healthcare avoidance. Participants sometimes believed their symptoms were not severe enough to justify consultation or emergency care. Accumulated clinical scepticism led participants to delay or avoid seeking healthcare. Healthcare avoidance is especially dangerous for vascular EDS patients because pain can signal spontaneous vascular rupture.