NAGA Munchetty has bravely opened up about her health battle and revealed “sterilisation was the only option” for her.
Thehas long been candid about her adenomyosis diagnosis.
The TV presenter, 49, first revealed her condition last year after being forced to take some time off from her hosting duties due to her complex condition.
is a condition that causes the lining of the womb to bury into the muscular wall of the womb.
It is thought to affect one in ten women in the UK.
Naga told The Sunday Times about the long diagnosis process and being turned away by doctors for years.
“It makes you angry. If you are second-guessing that you are not strong enough to be a woman, that you are weaker than all the other women because you’re told it’s all normal, everyone’s going through it, you second-guess other parts of your life,”; she said.
“You shut up, you don’t speak up.”;
Naga was battling excruciating pain from the age of 15, alongside other serious symptoms including vomiting and fainting.
Her periods would consist of heavy bleeding and arrived every two and a half weeks.
But despite the intensity of her pain “there were no answers” and doctors told her it was normal – leaving Naga feeling hopeless.
After 32 years, the TV personality went to a private doctor and was taken seriously.
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