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‘Gaslit by doctors’: UK women with endometriosis told it is ‘all in their head’

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‘Gaslit by doctors’: UK women with endometriosis told it is ‘all in their head’

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Interesting Global [email protected]English • 1 year ago

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More than 1.5 million women in the UK are affected by the painful condition - but new study says NHS is failing them

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Is it common knowledge yet that the word hysterical is based on the ?latin word for uterus?
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  Yes. See also: hysterectomy

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