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Zaynah, who is 18, explains how extreme period pain has been affecting her life. She was diagnosed with endometriosis & adenomyosis last year.

The charity 鈥榃ellbeing of Women鈥� has found that around one in five girls aged 12 and 18 experienced symptoms that left them bed-bound and unable to live normal lives because of the debilitating pain they got during their periods.

Speaking to 5 Live鈥檚 Naga Munchetty, Zaynah said: 鈥淚 felt like the only person I should have been speaking to was my mum until it started to affect everything, my grades, my friendships.鈥�

鈥淭he only person you should be relying on shouldn鈥檛 be your mum. You should be able to go a teacher, a doctor, a friend, anybody.鈥�

This clip is originally from 5 Live Naga Munchetty on Monday 19th August 2024.