Meet The Male Student Who Says He "Suffers Periods" When His Female Flatmate Does

#1 George Fellowes is a 22-year-old university student and believes he gets what he describes as "a male period".

A student has revealed that he's so close to his female flatmate he suffers from symptoms when she has her PERIOD.

George Fellows says that when it's Amber-May Ellis has her time of the month, he's struck with the cramps associated with women's mentsturation.

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He even admits that he's had to take the day off when they get really bad.

Although it seems unusual, George, a student at the University of Reading, says that he puts it down to the pair's closeness.

"We feel the same emotions," he explained to BBC Newsbeat.

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He describes the issues, which have been "like clockwork every month" over the last three years, as being similar to the understanding many have of PMT, or pre-menstrual tension.

"I get pain in my lower abdomen and in the groin area. I get super moody, really erratic and angry with most of my friends," he said.

"I also get emotional. I'm not really one for a cry but during that time of the month I'm an emotional wreck."

#4 Many women suffer with period cramps in their abdomens - and so does George

He clarifies that he doesn't have bleeding like women, but he believes his hormones have "synced up" with Amber-May's.

The doctor prescribed George abdomen pain pills, but an expert from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists believes it can be psychological.

According to Medical Daily, a quarter of men experience 'PMS symptoms' due to daily hormonal changes including stomach cramps, mood swings and hot flushes.