One in four delay seeing doctor due to 'embarrassment'
According to Bupa

Vaginal bleeding, pelvic pain and bleeding from the bottom seen as 'most shameful symptoms'
Potential cancer symptoms are being ignored by 25% of UK employees - the equivalent of 4.7m people - because they are too embarrassed to seek advice from a doctor, research from Bupa has found. The research, which surveyed 1,245 workers, estimated that nearly half a million (480,000) people have avoided doing to the doctor altogether, risking a serious condition going undiagnosed. Vaginal bleeding is viewed as the most awkward symptom to discuss by UK adults, followed by pain in the groin,...
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