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BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty 'normalising the pain' after 'curling up on floor screaming'

BBC Breakfast star Naga Munchetty has revealed how she endured agony so severe she was left curled up on the floor screaming

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Naga Munchetty has opened up about living with a debilitating womb condition, revealing how years of suffering led her to normalise intense pain that at times has left her unable to function.

The BBC Breakfast and Radio 5 Live presenter described the reality of adenomyosis, a condition affecting the uterus that often goes undiagnosed despite impacting around one in 10 women.

Speaking to The Times, she said: You become conditioned to accept extreme pain with adenomyosis. [She suffers from the womb condition.] I have probably got endometriosis as well. If youre curled up on the floor screaming, sweating, flooding, passing out, vomiting, that is debilitating. But you end up normalising that pain. It can come at any time, but you put it in a box and you get on with your job thats what most women do when theyre in pain.

Munchetty has been increasingly open about her health struggles, using her public platform to raise awareness and encourage others to seek medical help. She added: I use my platform to shout about things that are wrong. You hope you can bring about change. I get messages from women who say, I read your book. Ive just booked a doctors appointment. Its a massive achievement to have helped someone.

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The broadcaster, 51, has endured years of persistent discomfort, explaining that the pain is a constant presence that can suddenly escalate. During one recent flare-up, the severity of her symptoms prompted her husband to call an ambulance.

Recalling the ordeal on her Radio 5 Live programme, she said: The pain was so terrible I couldn't move, turn over, sit up. I screamed non-stop for 45 minutes.

She has continued working through ongoing symptoms, telling listeners: Right now as I sit here talking to you: I am in pain. Constant, nagging pain. In my uterus. Around my pelvis. Sometimes it runs down my thighs. And I'll have some level of pain for the entire show and for the rest of the day until I go to sleep.

Adenomyosis occurs when the lining of the womb grows into the muscular wall, often leading to heavy periods, severe cramping, bloating and pain during everyday activities.

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While it is not life-threatening, the condition can have a major impact on quality of life. Treatments can include hormonal contraception to ease symptoms, though in more severe cases a hysterectomy may be considered.

Munchetty, who joined the BBC in 2008, has become one of the corporations most recognisable presenters through her work on BBC Breakfast and her mid-morning show on Radio 5 Live. Away from broadcasting, she has also written about womens health in her book Its Probably Nothing, which explores how medical concerns are often dismissed.

Raised in London and now living in Hertfordshire with her husband James Haggar, she has spoken about the long and frustrating process of seeking answers for her condition.

Its Probably Nothing: Critical Conversations on the Womens Health Crisis (and How to Thrive Despite It) by Naga Munchetty is out on April 23 in paperback

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