'My endometriosis is so bad I am in a wheelchair at 16 – after doctors told me it was in my head'
She's not paralysed, she's suffered no injury.Chloe-Elizabeth Elliott is confined to a wheelchair after doctors dismissed her endometriosis for eight yearsFor eight years, doctors dismissed her. She was told it could be a urinary infection, appendicitis, medics even told her it was "all in her head".
Even Chloe's mum, carer Elizabeth, 35, didn't realise the extent of her daughter's struggles, until she started fainting because of the chronic pain.But Chloe's condition worsened when she was on the Pill, so she had to come off it. "In the meantime, medical staff were rude and unsympathetic to what I was going through - saying I was doing it all for attention.
She is also taking part in a pageant to raise awareness of the condition and has reached the finals of Miss South Yorkshire. The exact cause of the condition isn't known, but it's thought it could be hereditary or due to environmental factors - namely the presence of dioxins in the environment. Other complications can include painful ovarian cysts and adhesions - areas of tissue which can fuse organs together., pain during and following sex, bleeding between periods, pain in the lower abdomen and difficulty conceiving.
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