Hysterectomy
Did you know that over 600,000 thousand hysterectomies are preformed each year? More importantly, only 100,000 of them are actually required! That's 500,000 unnecessary hysterectomies being performed each year!
A hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus often times women also get an oophorectomy or ovariectomy which is the removal of the ovaries.
For women,the ovaries produce most of our hormones including estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. Undergoing a hysterectomy is essentially the same as castrating a man.
Which is especially true for women that have had a total hysterectomy, which included the removal of her ovaries. Woman that have undergone a partial hysterectomy and still have their ovaries in, their bodies generally tend to continue to produce hormones for about 1-3 years after their surgery.
If you had a hysterectomy and an oophorectomy your physician probably put you on hormone replacement therapy. As an attempt to prevent the uncomfortable physical side effects of a hysterectomy: such as night sweats , vaginal dryness , hot flashes , depression, mood swings, decreased sex drive , weight gain and more.
Often times after a hysterectomy a woman's testosterone and DHEA levels will drop by half of what is normal. Which can lead to hair loss, decreased sex drive and loss of libido. A woman's progesterone levels will drop to zero because her ovaries (which makes progesterone) have been removed.
Many women are placed on HRT and because of the huge health risk recently discovered about hrt therapies many women are stopping their therapies cold turkey! Leaving women suffering from common menopause symptoms .
Whether you are currently on hrt or looking at using bioidentical hormone therapy it is never a good idea to stop any medication without consulting your physician.
Bioidentical hormones such as natural progesterone cream and phyto-estrogen like Estro-All and /or a natural testosterone precursor therapy can be helpful in restoring your hormone balance
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