'Probably just hormones': Women's illnesses going undiagnosed

Woman and girls are significantly more likely to suffer from depression than men and boys, according to the WHO but, again, hormones have been traditionally blamed. Photo: Vladislav Muslakov/Unsplash

Helen McLaughlin says she was suffering so much that she would burn herself with a hot bottle "just because that was a nicer pain than the one that I was in".

But when her medical scans kept coming back clear, the doctors in London made her feel like "there's nothing wrong with me -- it's in your head."