What are the effects of hysterectomy?
Disease description:
I have uterine fibroids and am considering a hysterectomy today. What are the effects of removing the uterus?
Hysterectomy may lead to premature menopause in patients. Following hysterectomy, estrogen secretion in the body often decreases, and blood supply to the ovaries may be compromised, thereby triggering early menopause. Additionally, scar tissue formation at the surgical site after hysterectomy can adversely affect a woman’s sexual quality of life.