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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Hall

Naga Munchetty tells of ‘constant pain’ from womb condition adenomyosis

Naga Munchetty
Naga Munchetty said a flare-up at the weekend was so painful that her husband called an ambulance. Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Guardian

The BBC presenter Naga Munchetty has revealed the excruciating pain caused by a little-known womb condition in the hope of raising awareness of adenomyosis, which is thought to affect up to one in 10 women.

Munchetty said a flare-up at the weekend was so painful that her husband called an ambulance after she screamed for 45 minutes, yet she had struggled to obtain a diagnosis and treatment after decades of painful, heavy 10-day periods that sometimes made her pass out.

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