An international team has carried out the study and found that women experience more pain throughout the course of their lifetime, more often, and actually for longer duration as compared to men.

What's interesting is that the study found that women are also less likely to get the right treatment as most drugs, trialled mainly on men, are often less effective on them, 'The Independent' reported.

According to researchers at International Association for the Study of Pain, it is due to different hormones, body composition and central nervous systems that make women more susceptible to a range of painful conditions than men.

Dr Beverly Collett of Chronic Pain Policy Coalition in Britain said, "Most doctors and nurses are unaware of these differences that has life-threatening consequences for women."