Bindi Irwin, conservationist and daughter of the late Steve Irwin, took to Twitter on International Women’s Day to share her 10-year-struggle with endometriosis, a chronic disease that can cause debilitating pain and infertility.
Irwin said with support of her friends and family, she finally found a diagnosis and underwent surgery. She said doctors found 37 lesions, some of which were “very deep & difficult to remove,” but that now she is recovering.
Irwin’s post coincides with Endometriosis Awareness Month. The disease affects roughly 10 percent of reproductive-age women and girls globally, or 190 million people, according to theEndometriosis develops when tissue resembling the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus, usually around the reproductive organs, bowel and bladder. The tissue triggers a chronic inflammatory reaction that may cause scar tissue and lesions, according to the WHO.
“The variable and broad symptoms of endometriosis mean that health-care workers do not easily diagnose it,” the WHO says, describing the disease as “complex” and calling for further awareness. There is not one specific cause of the disease, and experts usually treat symptoms with medication or surgery.In her Twitter post, Irwin also urged people not to ask women about their plans regarding children. “Please be gentle and pause before asking me when we’ll be having more children,” she wrote. “After all that my body has gone through, I feel tremendously grateful that we have our gorgeous daughter.
While Irwin sometimes appeared on television as a young girl alongside her father during documentaries, public interest in Irwin
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