MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS AND HYSTERECTOMY AND OOPHORECTOMY
Posted by adminAs I have said already, if the uterus is removed periods cease, but, if the ovaries are left, hormones are still produced and menopausal symptoms should not occur. However, in patients attending our clinics, and it is reported elsewhere as well, a large number of hysterectomised patients do have menopausal symptoms earlier than expected. This is thought to be due to the fact that the blood supply to the ovaries is interfered with, and they atrophy or shrink following operation.
Oestrogen replacement after oophorectomy Unless it is con-traindicated, oestrogen therapy should be given after an oophorectomy. It is routinely done in most cases, particularly with younger women. Oestrogen replacement should be continued at least until after the woman would have normally had her menopause in her fifties as this prevents thinning of the bones or osteoporosis (see chapter 5).
7 thought I could not become menopausal if I had had a hysterectomy’ This is a common statement. If ovaries are present menopause will, in many cases, occur at about the same age as you would have it normally. If ovaries are removed it follows soon after operation.
Hysterectomies do not affect your sex life at all. If ovarian production is also interfered with but the symptoms are removed with replacement therapy, this should not affect your sexual life either.
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