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5 Live's launching a new series - "5 Live: Me, My Health and I" - looking behind the issues of our health.

Radio 5 Live鈥檚 Naga Munchetty visited the Centre for Reproductive Health at Edinburgh University to look into why so little is still known about the causes of many conditions that affect women鈥檚 reproductive health, and the development of tests and treatments for them.

Naga was diagnosed with adenomyosis earlier this year, after decades of pain and heavy bleeding.

Lab researcher Kate Walker described an average period as 30- 40 ml of blood, with a 鈥榟eavy鈥� period of around 80 ml.

She explained that someone with a reproductive condition like adenomyosis or endometriosis may lose double that.

鈥淵ou can understand the implications of losing that amount of blood every month chronically is going to deplete your iron levels and lead to anaemia.鈥�

This clip is from Naga Munchetty on 28 November 2023, listen on 麻豆社 Sounds.

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