Saffron Devereux McCarthy sought a consultation with a doctor when she grew concerned that she still hadn’t started her period by the age of 17.
The teen suspected that the issue might be linked to the fact that she was born with a single kidney, positioned unusually in her pelvic region, and that it was “messing with my hormones or organs,” she told Newsweek.
In early 2024, she was referred to a kidney specialist who, to her surprise, offered no explanation for why she hadn’t started her period while all of her friends already had.
