- BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty has revealed she suffers from adenomyosis, a condition affecting the womb that causes extreme pain and an enlarged uterus.
- Munchetty described experiencing debilitating symptoms such as screaming, sweating, flooding, passing out, and vomiting, sometimes while presenting live on air.
- She was not diagnosed until 32 years after first experiencing symptoms, having been led to believe her pain was “normal” despite multiple doctor visits.
- Adenomyosis, often called 'the evil twin sister of endometriosis', involves rogue tissue buried inside the muscular wall of the uterus and is believed to affect one in 10 women.
- Diagnosis can be challenging and take years, with symptoms often dismissed or conflated with normal menstruation, leading to potential underdiagnosis.
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