Woman 'keeled Over In Agony' From Endometriosis

Since Bekki Thomas was a teenager, she has knowledgeable crippling symptom and chronic fatigue that lasted weeks astatine a time.

Despite nan terrible symptoms, it took 8 years for doctors to diagnose nan Clevedon female pinch endometriosis. GPs initially said her symptom was caused from "over-exercise" aliases "anxiety".

The 26-year-old is now calling for much investigation and consciousness astir nan information to thief different women.

"When I was 11, I retrieve being successful a batch of pain. I thought it was beautiful normal and conscionable meant to beryllium for illustration that. There wasn't immoderate investigation going into it, we didn't cognize overmuch astir it," she said.

About 1.5 cardinal women successful nan UK are thought to person nan condition, which causes symptom and utmost tiredness arsenic a consequence of insubstantial akin to nan womb lining increasing elsewhere successful nan body.

When she was 13 years old, Ms Thomas said she remembered "keeling complete successful agony" astatine nan backmost of nan classroom.

"I knew thing wasn't rather right," Ms Thomas said.

"My tegument seemed a batch worse than anyone I knew, my backmost symptom was crazy. It didn't look rather normal to me.

"Three weeks retired of each period I was going done that."

Her expert put her connected nan Pill to thief negociate nan symptom but it gave her migraines, truthful she came disconnected it successful 2018.

The symptom past grew worse, and her expert said it must beryllium caused by "anxiety aliases over-exercise".

It was only aft her sister googled nan symptoms that Ms Thomas was capable to return to her room and inquire to beryllium tested for endometriosis.

The only curen offered to her was a Mirena coil, and she now feels she has been "put connected nan backmost burner" pinch nary further medication.

She has now recovered a support group wherever group pinch nan information tin talk astir their experiences.

"It's bully to speak to different women who person it," Ms Thomas said.

"There is nary cure. Pain guidance tin beryllium difficult.

"I disguise it a batch astatine activity and successful relationships because you don't want to beryllium a burden.

"There needs to beryllium much investigation and funding. And making much abstraction for women."

A spokesperson for nan Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board said they "encourage anyone pinch concerns astir their attraction to talk these pinch their attraction provider".

"We are moving pinch wide practitioners crossed Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire to guarantee women person nan support and attraction they need.

"This includes updating referral guidance connected endometriosis, arsenic good arsenic different gynaecological conditions, and providing training and education," they added.