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It’s Probably Nothing

Critical Conversations on the Women’s Health Crisis (and How to Thrive Despite It)

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It’s Probably Nothing

By: Naga Munchetty
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Women’s healthcare is in crisis. It’s time to empower women to fight for the care they deserve.

‘Sizzling with rage and disbelief, here’s to a much-needed women’s health revolution.’ Emma Barnett

'This book will inspire women to be stronger advocates for themselves so they can access the healthcare they both need and deserve.' Dr Louise Newson

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Female health issues have been an afterthought and sidelined for too long. It’s Probably Nothing exposes the truth about how women seeking help with their health have been repeatedly failed.

Drawing on her own experience of being dismissed, undiagnosed and misdiagnosed, Naga Munchetty explores the devastating outcome of decades of ingrained medical misogyny. She hears from dozens of women and their loved ones who have sought care only to be told that their symptoms are normal or all in their head. These testimonies highlight the consequences of not being heard, which has left so many living in pain, with chronic and life-changing conditions.

This book illustrates the common problems women face and offers insights from doctors and experts on what we’re entitled to at every stage. It will arm women and their loved ones with the information and confidence to successfully advocate for the best health outcomes.

Women want to be listened to. Women want to be healthy. Women deserve to live their best lives now. It’s Probably Nothing highlights the urgent need for change.

©2025 Naga Munchetty (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers Gender Studies Medical Physical Illness & Disease Professionals & Academics Social Sciences Health Mental Health Medicine

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Critic reviews

'For too long women and their health needs have been overlooked and neglected causing immeasurable suffering. Naga unpicks this fundamental flaw with our health care system and exposes it for what it really is. She is fighting for and representing all women, spearheading the change towards equality in healthcare.' Dr Naomi Potter

'A passionate and empowering call for women’s understanding of their bodies to be respected, validated, and taken seriously.' Elinor Cleghorn

'Reading stories about missed opportunities is visceral and gut wrenching. A book with actionable lessons to ensure that you and your loved ones thrive.' Dr Nighat Arif

'This book will give you the knowledge and confidence to challenge, ask questions and obtain information you need to make your own choices about your health. I wish I’d had it to read a decade ago.’ Dr Linda Gask
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This was a sad and heartbreaking read but so important. Thankyou for writing this book and Thankyou to all those that shared their lived experience. I too have battled and fought hard to get my pain experience validated. It took 4 years and many words spoken by these women I have experienced first hand. I did find a solution to my chronic pelvic pain and it’s my life’s work to manage it. I had to advocate for myself time and time again. Anyone who has a women in their lives living with pain whether it be a colleague at work or at home should read this book and start listening. If you are a women living with pain- pick up this book and you will find words and advice to support and validate your experience.

Compassionate and well informed

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I like the examples used, the clarity, the voice of the author and the overall purpose of the book which is to be used as a guide for women health.

Great Book , a must read

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This book is informative and interesting without being overwhelming. It covers all aspects of female health from pregnancy to elderly issues supports with real life case study’s, wish I could take this to my local GP and ask they read it!

Must read for all women and medical professionals

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bravo Naga! excellent information and advice and encouragement to expect better health care and responses from professionals. without apology..it is our right!

much needed and helpful

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An enormous amount of information delivered in an easily understood format.
Superb and much needed advice to help women to advocate for their rights. Given that I needed to do the same over 25 years ago, this book will be a valuable resource for those women who have found self advocacy hard, or who have wrongly felt that they don’t want to be a bother.
All women should be a bother when it comes to their health. Stamping out medical mysogyny will be as impossible as stamping out societal mysogyny, so the advice in this book is more essential than ever.

Super informative

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Perhaps I had hopes that were too high, but the general theme of this book is "go to a GP". For women who've been gaslit over pain or butchered (think various contraceptive fittings) without pain relief, that's assuming a lot of trust in people who've demonstrated that as a collective, they cannot be trusted.

The author mentions several times how lucky they are to have access to private health care in the UK and it's possible this is why they've found going to medics more helpful than other women have.

I felt that rather than a cohesive, "all in this together" approach, the tone was more hectoring.

There's references to "trans" throughout, which seemed nonsensical and out of place in a book about health issues due to female anatomy. It's not clear why a different topic was shoehorned in.

Overall, I was disappointed. I'd expected a modern, sensible guide on dealing with health issues that have been written off by medics for centuries. There was nothing new or useful and whilst hearing anecdotes can be reassuring where the experiences are familiar, it does nothing to change the conversation. Expecting women to have faith in medics who've so disgracefully failed them is not reasonable nor sensible and therefore, I would not recommend this book.

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