Which makes sense, really. If the main images of periods we’re shown are angry, crying women in pain, we’re not exactly going to want to shout about our menstrual cycle.

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The former carer, now 26, said: "I was in a lot of pain, I knew something wasn't right. I was crying to my mum and asked her to take me to the hospital.

An emergency room physician broke down outside his California hospital after losing a 19-year-old patient — and the rarely seen image of a doc doubled over in pain quickly went viral.

Molly Harbron was just 22 when she went to A&E crying in pain with a numb and discoloured leg. Medics had suspected blood clots, but failed to carry out adequate tests.