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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ella Pickover

New period checker could ‘open discussions’ about problems

Women are not seeking help for severe period pain or heavy bleeding when a variety of treatments could be made available to them, said a top doctor (Anna Gowthorpe/PA) - (PA Archive)

Women and girls are “suffering in silence” with menstrual problems, one of the nation’s top women’s health doctors has said.

Professor Dame Lesley Regan said that women are not seeking help for severe period pain or heavy bleeding when a variety of treatments could be made available to them.

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