‘Doctors said I was ‘too young’ to have endometriosis’

• Endometriosis affects adolescents: Doctors must recognise that severe endometriosis can present in teenagers and young adolescents, not just older women, requiring heightened clinical suspicion in this age group.
• Diagnostic delays have real consequences: Dismissing symptoms based on age alone leads to missed diagnoses and significant morbidity; young patients with persistent, severe period pain warrant appropriate investigation rather than reassurance.
• Early management is critical: Young patients with confirmed endometriosis require prompt specialist referral and effective pain control to prevent hospitalisation and protect quality of life during formative years.

Grace is just 14, but has to spend days in hospital each month due to her endometriosis.

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