BBC Presenter told to suck it up over extreme menstrual problems [View all]
BBC presenter Naga Munchetty has told a committee of MPs that doctors told her to suck it up after she experienced extreme menstrual health problems.
Ms Munchetty and TV personality Vicky Pattison said GPs had repeatedly called their gynaecological symptoms "normal".
Both turned to private healthcare to have their conditions treated.
The pair were giving evidence to the Women and Equalities Committee as part of an inquiry into women's reproductive health.
Earlier this year, Ms Munchetty revealed she had adenomyosis, which affects the womb, but called the process of being diagnosed "infuriating".
She had suffered debilitating symptoms, including excruciating pain and heavy menstrual bleeding, since her teens, with her husband even calling an ambulance because of the pain, she told the committee.
But the attitude of the GPs had been: "Those are your [treatment] options - and if they don't work for you, then suck it up."
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-67151967
I had similar problems, which were eventually found (at the time of my hysterectomy at 52!) to be due to fibroids. But since my teens? I dunno. And I got told to "deal with it" too.