Kate Lawler's health battle undiagnosed for years and left her in crippling pain
The ITV This Morning star appeared on Monday's Loose Women where she opened up about the condition and said she wants to see more being done about women's health issues
Kate Lawler has opened up on a health battle that left her in severe pain. The former Big Brother star appeared on Loose Women on Monday and revealed sheâs raising awareness to demand more education within the NHS about womenâs health conditions.
The mum of one said sheâd been left struggling for so long as medics grappled to find out what was wrong with her that she was often doubled up in agony.
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Kate, 44, told the ITV panel she first experienced the symptoms in 2017 as a continuous stabbing in her groin, which would be exacerbated during her menstrual cycle or after intimacy, as reports Surrey Live.
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After attending a raft of medical appointments, and a trip to A&E when the pain became unbearable, she was still in the dark. She said doctors suggested a hernia at one point, and sheâd even at diagnosed herself with appendicitis, which was ruled out by medics.
The ITV This Morning star revealed the medical mystery was finally solved years later, by chance.
As she was attending a specialist in London for varicose veins, she was told she had Pelvic Congestion Syndrome after she underwent a series of tests.
Article continues belowThe Bond Street medics decided to test for the condition after asking if sheâd had any abdominal or pelvic pain.
The NHS defines Pelvic Congestion Syndrome as a chronic pain condition caused by varicose veins in the pelvis, particularly the ovarian veins.
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Treatment comes after a gynaecological examination and involves an ultrasound and sometimes a pelvic vein embolisation, which means the faulty vein is blocked off.
Kate told the Loose Women panel about her ordeal after being probed by Jane Moore about an experience on holiday in 2018 which saw her rushed to hospital.
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Kate said: âMy symptoms started in December 2017, I had the worst pain in my lower groin area and I went to the doctors I had a transabdominal scan, I had a pelvic scan, I ended up in A&E in the March, here in the UK because the pain was so bad."
She continued: "I then had another scan, everything was telling me, well the AandE trip, she said she thought I had a hernia. I didn't have a hernia. Then I thought I had an appendicitis, it wasn't that.
"Then I ended up in Greece on holiday and I was like 'something bad is happening' and they were like 'everything is fine' and i was like 'am I going mad?"
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The former Virgin Radio host added that she is now committed to raising awareness about the condition and wants to see more being done to educate medics in the field.
Loose Women airs weekdays on ITV1, from 12:30pm.
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