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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

‘I’m in pain with endometriosis almost daily but have to justify how bad it is to get care I need’

Zainab Kaleemullah spent more than a decade making repeated trips to doctors to get to the root cause of her condition - (Zainab Kaleemullah)

Zainab Kaleemullah lives with debilitating pain almost daily, and despite a 14-year battle to finally get a diagnosis, she says she still has to justify her pain to get the treatment she needs.

The 36-year-old has severe endometriosis and adenomyosis – painful conditions where tissue grows outside of the uterus or into its muscular wall – and spent more than a decade making repeated trips to doctors to get to the cause.

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