Ella Henderson Reveals Endometriosis Diagnosis

Pop prima Ella Henderson has revealed she has endometriosis and has collaborated pinch a kindness to raise consciousness of nan condition.

In a video connection connected her Instagram account, nan multi-platinum trading creator said nan past fewer years had been "a small spot of a rollercoaster" because of her symptoms but she had yet been diagnosed successful January.

"I've really been struggling, not only pinch tummy bloating, beingness symptom but besides pinch my intelligence wellness connected nan ground that I thought astatine 1 constituent this was each conscionable successful my head," she said.

The 29-year-old, from Tetney successful Lincolnshire, said she wanted to stock her acquisition to commencement "an unfastened conversation" astir nan condition.

Endometriosis causes cells akin to those successful nan lining of nan womb to turn successful different parts of nan body, starring to terrible pain.

It affects 1 successful 10 women successful nan UK and takes an mean of almost 9 years to get a diagnosis, according to Endometriosis UK.

Henderson said though her ain test had been "devastating", it had besides been "empowering" and she had collaborated pinch nan kindness to raise awareness.

In her video message, she said she was wished to amended herself and get group talking astir nan condition.

"I don't want early generations of women to spell done what I did. I cognize that my business isn't unsocial and excessively galore women unnecessarily suffer pinch undiagnosed endometriosis for acold excessively long," she said.

Henderson, who roseate to fame connected ITV show The X Factor, said speaking to different women and learning to understand nan information had been "crucial".

"For me, I really struggled reasoning this was conscionable thing I was going through," she said.

"I want you to cognize if you are going done this you are not alone."

Emma Cox, main executive of Endometriosis UK, praised Henderson for sharing her acquisition successful specified "an unfastened and frank way".

"Ella's willingness to stock her communicative will nary uncertainty thief others successful their test journey, helping them entree nan attraction they need," she said.

As good arsenic raising awareness, nan kindness campaigns to amended acquisition successful schools and for healthcare practitioners to beryllium trained to recognise nan symptoms.

Ms Cox added: "Without acquisition and awareness, those pinch nan illness will proceed to look challenges successful getting a test and accessing nan correct attraction astatine nan correct time, arsenic Ella did."