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" We&amp;#039;re sending love and well wishes to Lena Dunham today after hearing that the Girls creator has been hospitalised for a ruptured ovarian cyst.  Her spokesperson, Cindi Berger, confirmed the news in a statement to PEOPLE, saying: &amp;quot;Lena Dunham has been very public with her personal bouts with endometriosis. This morning, she suffered from an ovarian cyst rupture and has been taken to the hospital. &amp;quot;Lena will be undergoing surgery at an undisclosed hospital. We thank you for you understanding and hope that Lena&amp;#039;s privacy will be respected.&amp;quot; Last month, Lena revealed that she was too unwell to do press appearances for season five of Girls because of her &amp;quot;chronic condition&amp;quot;, endometriosis. This is where tissue that behaves like the lining of the womb is found outside the womb, and it&amp;#039;s estimated to affect around 2 million women in the UK.      She wrote on Facebook at the time: &amp;quot;As many of you know I have endometriosis, a chronic condition that affects approximately 1 in 10 women&amp;#039;s reproductive health.  &amp;quot;I am currently going through a rough patch with the illness and my body (along with my amazing doctors) let me know, in no uncertain terms, that it&amp;#039;s time to rest.&amp;quot; Lena added that she felt &amp;quot;lucky&amp;quot; to have a strong support system in the Girls gang, and admitted that she doesn&amp;#039;t find it easy to give herself the rest she needs.  &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s a hard thing to do, but I&amp;#039;m trying, because all I want is to make season 6 of Girls the best one yet,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m lucky enough to have support and backup from Jenni, Judd and the whole Girls gang.  &amp;quot;So many women with this disease literally don&amp;#039;t have the option of time off and I won&amp;#039;t take it for granted. &amp;quot; It&amp;#039;s unclear how long Lena will be staying in the hospital, but we hope to hear news of her recovery soon.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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