‘Trust your own feeling’: Everton’s Katja Snoeijs on her endometriosis diagnosis

<p>The Netherlands striker opens up on the condition that temporarily derailed her Everton career and the symptoms to look out for</p><p>When the sharp, stabbing pain in her abdomen became so severe that she had to be substituted at half-time during an Everton match, Katja Snoeijs knew what she was experiencing was not merely “normal period pains”. And she was right.</p><p>The 29-year-old Netherlands striker has since been diagnosed with endometriosis, which affects one in 10 women. She says she counts herself lucky, because she received her diagnosis within a year and was shocked to learn the national average wait for a diagnosis in the UK is nine years.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/26/everton-wsl-katja-snoeijs-endometriosis-diagnosis">Continue reading...</a>