The England women’s football captain, Leah Williamson has revealed that she suffers from endometriosis
25-year-old describes lying on bathroom floor in agonyPhotograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty ImagesThe England women’s football captain, Leah Williamson, has revealed that she suffers from endometriosis and fearedthat, among other things, causes agonising period pain, would jeopardise her participation in last summer’s European Championship.
Although Williamson ended up leading the Lionesses to glory against Germany in the Wembley final, anxiety that her endometriosis would flare up and leave her lying in agony on a bathroom floor proved a near constant companion during the tournament.
Such worries were exacerbated by a head injury the 25-year-old suffered shortly before the Euros that eventually provoked a bout of particularly acute menstrual pain. “I had a concussion which they say can really impact your next period and it was bad – like, really bad. “You know when you’re on the bathroom floor and, like, can’t move. When it’s too late to take the tablets because I’m, like, in it now.”