Matthew Perry reveals that he spent 3 months in the hospital

Matthew Perryrevealed on Twitter Friday that he had spent the last three months being hospitalized.

In August, the 49-year-old actor, known for playing Chandler Bing friends, Has undergone gastrointestinal surgery at a Los Angeles medical center to repair a gastrointestinal perforation, aka an intestinal rupture. The condition is deadly.

"Three months in a hospital bed. Check," Perry wrote in what marked his first tweet in almost six months.

Perry did not specify whether he was staying at the hospital or if he had gone out of the hospital and did not provide any other details about his health.

According to the US National Library of Medicine, while surgery to repair a gastrointestinal perforation succeeds most of the time, complications such as infections can occur. The result of the surgery depends on how quickly the disease was diagnosed, the severity of the perforation and the possible presence of another disease in the patient.

Diseases such as appendicitis, stomach ulcers, gallstones and Crohn's disease can cause gastrointestinal perforations, just like a blow to the abdomen and abdominal surgery. In addition, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption can increase the risk of contracting a person. Perry has been open about his problems with the abuse of alcohol and has his own sober facility named Perry House.