‘I’m glad my symptoms have a name’: three women on their struggles with adenomyosis

Naga Munchetty noted in her Radio 5 Live show that there is no dedicated NHS page for adenomyosis. Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Guardian

Karen Dugmore, 44, from Birmingham, had normal periods until after she had her children.

“I had two children within three years and started to feel serious pain around my time of the month at age 35. I went to the doctor and was told it was period pains, so I just got on with it.”