‘I was writhing around and screaming in pain’: BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty reveals debilitating womb condition that saw her husband needing to call an ambulance
BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty has revealed that she has a debilitating womb condition.
The presenter, 49, suffers with adenomyosis which leaves her needing to take pain killers everyday.
On Monday she told how she suffered a flare-up of her adenomyosis over the weekend, which got so bad that her husband called an ambulance for her.
The presenter said on BBC Radio 5 Live: ‘The pain was so terrible I couldn’t move, turn over, sit up. I screamed non-stop for 45 minutes.
‘And then it happened again in the middle of the night and we had to call an ambulance because I couldn’t be moved. And I was just screaming.
Difficult: BBC Breakfast’s Naga Munchetty has revealed that she has a debilitating womb condition
Tough: The presenter, 49, suffers with adenomyosis which leaves her needing to take pain killers everyday (pictured with co-presenter Charlie Stayt on the show)
‘All I remember saying is ‘if the ambulance comes’, which it didn’t. ‘Do not let them, give me a full hysterectomy’ because that is the only cure to get rid of it.’
‘It was like something was exploding inside of me constantly. It was all around my pelvic area, down my thigh, and my lower back – to the point I couldn’t turn over.’
Speaking to the Independent she also discussed a time she nearly passed out on BBC Breakfast due to the sever pain.
She recalled: ‘I just said, ‘I have to leave’. And I went to the loo and I thought I was going to pass out, but I threw up and then just came back.’
The broadcaster has had a long wait for answers and treatment from doctors and revealed she’s in pain even as she works.
She said on the radio: ‘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 is a condition that causes the lining of the womb (the endometrium) to bury into the muscular wall of the womb.
Support: On Monday she told how she suffered a flare-up of her adenomyosis over the weekend, which got so bad that her husband James Haggar called an ambulance for her (pictured with James)
Horrible: The presenter said on BBC Radio 5 Live: ‘The pain was so terrible I couldn’t move, turn over, sit up. I screamed non-stop for 45 minutes’
It can affect the whole womb or just one part of the womb.
Adenomyosis is not a life-threatening condition, but the symptoms can have a big impact on your day-to-day life.
One in 10 women is thought to have adenomyosis, yet it can often go undiagnosed for years.
