I was fobbed off for YEARS by male doctors when seeking help for premenstrual disorder, says Vicky Pattison

REALITY star Vicky Pattison says she was fobbed off for years by unsympathetic male doctors when she sought help for a premenstrual disorder.

The 37-year-old spoke out as a report by MPs found women’s health concerns were routinely dismissed due to “medical misogyny”.

Vicky said she had to go private to get a diagnosis of a disorder linked to aches and cramps as well as mood swings, anxiety and depression.

The Geordie Shore star told ITV’s Good Morning Britain the condition made you feel “the world would be a better place without you in it”.

She added: “For five years I was dismissed. I was made to feel ashamed.

"For the majority of the time it was men.

“I think they lack an understanding and empathy towards what we’re going through as women.

"They are not given the correct, I think, information, education to be able to treat a woman going through what those women are."

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