Shamita Shetty undergoes endometriosis surgery and urges her fans: ‘You probably have it and you don’t even know you have it and it’s painful’

Shamita Shetty undergoes endometriosis surgery. The actress took to her Instagram account to share about the surgery and urged her fans to search for the term and take precautions as the results are quite painful when it happens. Shamita shared a video from the hospital where she was chatting with her sister Shilpa Shetty about endometriosis.


In the video shot by her sister, Shilpa Shetty had Shamita in a hospital bed, and Shilpa comments, “What a view… Waah, Kya hua hai.” Shamita shared, “I have endometriosis, I didn’t even know what it was. All women please Google endometriosis. You need to know what this problem is.”

Shilpa then asks, “Why should they know?”, to which Shamita replies, “Because you probably have it and you don’t even know you have it and it’s painful. It is uncomfortable.”



Shilpa then asks her sister if she has “any last words before the surgery.” Shamita shared that pain in the body is for a reason and she “listens to your body” and then Shilpa concluded the video by saying, “Swasth raho mast raho.”

Shamita captioned her video as, “Did you know that almost 40 percent of women suffer from endometriosis… and most of us are not aware of this disease?”

She added, “I want to thank my doctors, my gynecologist, Dr. Neeta Warty, and my GP, Dr. Sunita Banerjee, for not stopping until they discovered the root cause of my pain!

What is endometriosis?

Endometriosis is a persistent disorder in which tissue identical to the uterine lining (endometrium) grows outside the uterus, usually in pelvic organs such as the ovaries, fallopian tubes, and the outer surface of the uterus. This tissue reacts to hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle, shedding and bleeding like the lining of the uterus, but it has no exit route, causing irritation, scarring and pain.

Symptoms range from pelvic pain to painful periods (dysmenorrhea), pain during or after sexual intercourse, infertility, tiredness and digestive problems. A pelvic examination, imaging tests and, in certain cases, laparoscopic surgery are used to confirm the diagnosis.

The actual etiology of endometriosis is unknown, and is thought to range from hereditary susceptibility to retrograde menstruation (menstrual blood returns to the pelvic cavity). Hormonal variables are expected to play a substantial effect.