For years, many women in Nepal with uterine prolapse have concealed the health complication for fear of being looked down upon by the society.Manaru Rajbanshi of Mechinagar, Jhapa had been living with uterine prolapse for the last eight years. She never had the courage to reveal the problem even to her closest relatives.
At the age of 54, she recently disclosed her problem of uterine prolapse to a family member and finally got it treated.
"Earlier, I was reluctant to talk about my uterine prolapse with anybody," said she. "After the treatment, I felt that I should have sought the treatment much earlier," said Manaru.
Like Rajbanshi, there are many other women who still haven't found the courage to share their problem with doctors or anyone in their family. Many of them think their family would shun them after knowing about the illness.
In the past, only a few women dared to speak about the problem with their family members only when they could not bear the pain anymore.
Some women, who underwent successful surgery at a free health camp set up at Mechinagar VDC-2 two weeks ago, acknowledged that they were completely wrong in hiding their problem.
"Some of the women, who visited the camp, returned home without treatment," said Tika Subedi, president of Lady Jaycees, which organized the camp in the village.
"We are seeing a surge in the number of women with uterine prolapse," said Pappu Rijal, a gynecologist from BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS).
Doctor Rijal said that uterine prolapse is not considered as a disease by a majority of women. "They hide their condition of uterine prolapse until they develop complication," Dr Rijal said.
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