内容摘要：* Those affected should boil all tap water for drinking, cleaning teeth and preparing foods which would be eaten uncooked, such as salads

* Those affected should boil all tap water for drinking, cleaning teeth and preparing foods which would be eaten uncooked, such as salads

"My skin seemed a lot worse than anyone I knew, my back pain was crazy. It didn't seem quite normal to me."Three weeks out of every month I was going through that."

Her doctor put her on the Pill to help manage the pain but it gave her migraines, so she came off it in 2018.The pain then grew worse, and her doctor said it must be caused by "anxiety or over-exercise".It was only after her sister googled the symptoms that Ms Thomas was able to return to her surgery and ask to be tested for endometriosis.

The only treatment offered to her was a Mirena coil, and she feels she has been "put on the back burner" with no further medication.She has now found a support group where people with the condition can talk about their experiences.

"It's good to speak to other women who have it," Ms Thomas said.

"There is no cure. Pain management can be difficult.The BCC said confidence had fallen, with 49% of firms expecting sales to increase over the next year. The business group said this was the lowest level since the aftermath of the mini-budget in late 2022.

"The worrying reverberations of the Budget are clear to see in our survey data," Ms Haviland said."Businesses confidence has slumped in a pressure cooker of rising costs and taxes."

A Treasury spokesperson said: "We delivered a once-in-a-parliament Budget to wipe the slate clean and deliver the stability businesses so desperately need."We have ensured more than half of employers will either see a cut or no change in their National Insurance bills.