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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
&gt;Do men get Munchausens?
By common usage, the term “Munchausen syndrome” has tended to be used much more for men than for women. Published reports suggest that two thirds of patients with Munchausen syndrome are male, whereas in the more common non-Munchausen forms of factitious physical disorders, females outnumber males by three to one.

They just call it something different in women. Women are 3x more likely to pretend to be sick for attention.
gpt
&gt; People with FD tend to be women aged 20 to 40 years and employed in medical fields, such as nursing or medical technology. Persons with chronic FD (Munchausen's syndrome) tend to be unmarried, middle-aged men who are estranged from their families.

Interesting, seems like the women want to take on the role of the sick instead of the caretaker. The men sound more lonely.