Most women have heard of hysterectomy, being removal of the uterus, for treating uterine fibroids but many may not be familiar with uterine artery embolization (UAE). This is a procedure where arteries leading to the fibroids are blocked so that the fibroids effectively starve and shrink. This procedure can be used on its own to [...]
Before your hysterectomy
Before your doctor gets to the stage of recommending a hysterectomy for you, usually he/she will have done the following: Taken a complete medical history from you including types of symptoms, their duration and severity. Done a thorough physical examination which may include a vaginal exam. Done some tests to confirm his/her diagnosis. Your doctor [...]
Having a hysterectomy? 5 reasons to hang on to your ovaries
About 6000 hysterectomies are performed in the U.S every year and about half or these are accompanied by removal of apparently normal ovaries. The reasoning behind this is that it reduces the occurrence of ovarian cancer, i.e. if your ovaries aren’t there, then they can’t become cancerous. Ovarian cancer is not common – about 1 [...]
Hysterectomy : Keeping ovaries may prolong your life
Traditionally, if a woman over 40 is having a hysterectomy she is advised to have her ovaries taken out to reduce the risk of developing ovarian cancer. While this is very good advice if you are at high risk of developing ovarian cancer, it’s not necessarily the best advice for other women. Risks of removing [...]
Sex after hysterectomy
Sex drive after hysterectomy You may have heard that your sex drive will go down after a hysterectomy and that you’ll no longer enjoy sex. Actually, about 75% of women find that their libido remains unchanged and 20% actually had increased sexual desire. If you expect to have lower libido you may actually think yourself [...]
Hysterectomy side effects
Hysterectomy side effects include excessive bleeding damage to nearby organs e.g. bladder, gut infection pulmonary embolism You are more likely to develop side effects of a hysterectomy: if you are obese if you are having a hysterectomy because of cancer if you have any medical condition e.g. diabetes the older you are, the more likely [...]
Hysterectomy
Hysterectomy is the second most common major operation performed in the Western world after cesarean section. About 30% of women over 50 in the US have had a hysterectomy. There is a lot of unreasonable fear surrounding this procedure. Some of these fears come from reports from other women who have had a hysterectomy. These [...]
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