2007-10-11 07:41:41 · 4 answers · asked by lady_gertie02 3 in Health ➔ Women's Health
If the hysterectomy only removes the uterus but not the ovaries, then you would proceed with menopause at whatever pace you would have naturally (and no one would know that for sure, as everyone starts menopause at different times).
If however you had a full hysterectomy (including ovary removal) then menopause would be immediate. The symptoms you experience will vary as they would with every woman, but there are medications on the market that would help alleviate the worst of it. If you have severe menopause problems from surgery, then you need to talk to your doctor.
2007-10-11 07:50:26 · answer #1 · answered by Brutally Honest 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's a total hysterectomy (ovaries and uterus removed) menopause begins immediately unless you opt for hormone replacement therapy. If you keep your ovaries, menopause begins when the ovaries decide to quit secreting hormones.
2007-10-11 07:45:55 · answer #2 · answered by Gracie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a laymans guess, but I am saying right then and there. At least within the month. It is called Sergical Menopause. Since you no longer have the horomones in your body, that is it, that is menopause.
2007-10-11 07:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by Question Addict 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
IF YOU STILL HAVE THE OVARIES, THE ONSET OF MENOPAUSE CAN TAKE PLACE WHEN YOU REACH YOUR FORTIES, IF NOT THEN MUCH SOONER W/O TAKING HORMONE REPLACEMENT.
2007-10-11 07:46:47 · answer #4 · answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋