Thanks, Nammu, for sharing your observation with us. I have seen this, yet never really thought about it.

For many years, I have read that not only are women more likely to seek medical help, women are more likely to experience more illness. The theory was that the hormonal changes in woman set off more "disease states.' However, this data may not necessarily be correct ; since women were the majority seeking help, it is assumed women have a higher rate of illness. We cannot know this if the men are not seeking medical help for their symptoms. I, personally, do intuitively feel women do suffer more illnesses of most types due to the frequent shifts in hormones.

In addition to the possibility of hormonal shifts causing more illnesses, there are other factors which may contribute to this. One factor might be that women more often play the role of caretaker in many types of situations, often not having a highly balanced life. Due to social expectations, many women suppress their own desires, goals, feelings in order to meet the expectations of those around the women. I feel this is also shifting to some degree.

Then again, I may be mistaken.
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I think the marketing trend might be changing. Commercials for Psoriatic Arthritis, for example, feature both men and women.

Interesting topic, Nammu! Thanks!