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Teenager told she was too young for endometriosis finally gets diagnosis

Teenager told she was too young for endometriosis finally gets diagnosis

Grace, 14, from Yorkshire, suffered excruciating pain from age 13 but doctors repeatedly dismissed it as a "bad period". It took a second private opinion for her to finally get an endometriosis diagnosis, which affects about 10% of women. Endometriosis UK, a charity, states that the idea that only older women experience the condition is a widespread misunderstanding.

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