Hysterectomy and Menopause

Question: If I Have a Hysterectomy, Will I Go Through Menopause?Answer: If you need a hysterectomy prior to menopause to treat a women's health issue such as endometriosis or cancer, you're likely to experience an immediate onset symptoms of menopause only if both the uterus and the ovaries are removed during surgery. This type of menopause is called surgical or induced menopause.

If you are able to keep your ovaries during your hysterectomy, you won't experience menopause because your ovaries will still produce hormones. While you won't have periods anymore, you may still experience PMS or PMDD because the hormones made by your ovaries will cause your body to still "cycle" monthly. Occasionally women whose ovaries were not removed during a hysterectomy experience hot flashes due to disturbance of the blood supply to the ovaries during surgery. When you get closer to the natural time you would enter menopause, you may begin menopause a few years earlier than you would have otherwise.

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Menopause and Depression

Question: Does Menopause Cause Depression and Irritability?Answer: Many women in perimenopause and menopause feel depressed and irritable. Some researchers believe that the decrease in estrogen triggers changes in your brain, causing depression. Others think that other symptoms you're having, such as sleep problems, hot flashes, night sweats, and fatigue cause these feelings. Or, it could be a combination of hormone changes and symptoms. But these symptoms also can have causes that are unrelated to menopause. If you are having these symptoms, and you think they are interfering with your quality of life, it is important to discuss them with your HCP. Talk openly with your HCP about the other things going on in your life that might be adding to your feelings. Other things that could cause depression and/or anxiety include: having depression during your lifetime before menopause feeling negative about menopause and getting older increased stress having severe menopause symptoms smoking not being physically active not being happy in your relationship or not being in a relationship not having a job not having enough money low self-esteem (how you feel about yourself) not having the social support you need regretful that you can't have children anymore

If you need treatment for these symptoms, you and your HCP can work together to find a treatment that is best for you.

Reprinted from the NWHIC

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Menopause occurs at the natural end of every woman's reproductive life. So why not treat it in a natural way? Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was long the standard treatment for menopause, however, since we now know that traditional HRT using synthetic estrogen and progestins increases the risk of breast cancer and heart disease, many women and healthcare providers are no longer routinely asking for or prescribing traditional estrogen replacement therapy.

More and more women, every day, are turning to natural alternative treatments to treat the symptoms they experience during menopause including hot flashes, night sweats, and mood swings. Try the following tips to ease your symptoms of menopause:

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