Footballer Leah Williamson feared that crippling period pain could have ruined her chances of leading the Lionesses to glory at last summer’s European Championships. The England’s women’s football captain suffers from endometriosis which can make her periods so debilitating that she is left lying in pain on the bathroom floor.
Williamson, 25, told Women’s Health magazine: “Before the Euros I had a concussion, which they say can really impact your next period, and it was bad – like, really bad. You know when you’re on the bathroom floor and literally like ‘I can’t move’. When it’s too late to take the tablets because I’m, like, in it now.”
Endometriosis is a long-term condition where tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows in other places, such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes. Painful periods, pelvic pain and cramping, uncomfortable bowel movements and excessive bleeding, are among the various symptoms.
