# @bbc on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZK-0SZiQIb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66328429-bbc-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/947832f71a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-06-04T17:02:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC (@bbc) — https://gondola.cc/bbc

## Caption

When Ellie Colton was 14, she thought she was dying. But doctors told her it was 'just bad periods'.⁣
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After years of debilitating pain she was finally diagnosed with endometriosis, a gynaecological condition that affects around 1 in 10 women.⁣
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Her story is not uncommon - it takes an average of eight to nine years to be diagnosed in the UK.⁣
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Ellie explores why it takes so long to be diagnosed with 'endo', and meets a woman who had a perfectly healthy appendix removed because she was misdiagnosed. ⁣
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#BBCIdeas #Endometriosis #Health #Diagnosis⁣
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Watch Emma Barnett: Fighting Endometriosis on iPlayer

## Stats

- **Views:** 18,087
- **Likes:** 734
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- **Comments:** 34

## Tags

endometriosis, bbcideas, health, diagnosis

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