Symptoms of Surgical Menopause

The symptoms of surgical menopause are the same as those that would be faced by an individual that was experiencing menopause at the normal stage in life. The largest difference would be that the woman is experiencing menopause far earlier than she would otherwise. Any women that go through surgical menopause can tell you that it is one of the largest decisions and life changing things they have ever done. Unfortunately, it was probably a life saving situation in which they had little to no choice in making either.

Nevertheless, there are symptoms of surgical menopause that are quite like those that any women would experience during a normal menopausal period. Symptoms can be any of these:

• Hot flashes
• Depression, in varying degrees
• Hair loss
• Night sweats
• Suicidal thoughts
• Insomnia
• Increased appetite
• Weight gain
• Anger
• Irritability
• Incontinence
• Vaginal dryness
• Painful sexual encounters
• Lowered sex drive
• Thyroid dysfunction
• Bladder infections

Why do you face so many different symptoms? Mainly, those that have had a hysterectomy will have had part or all of their reproductive system removed which means that there are no longer menstruation periods. In those women that have had their ovaries removed, they have also had their hormonal system messed with. The ovaries produce more of the hormones in your body that control these symptoms regularly. This includes estrogens and progesterone. During a normal menopause, the body faces a large decrease in the number of hormones produced which will bring on many if not most of these symptoms.

The same is true for surgical menopause. When the body no longer provides these controlling hormones, there is a real risk of the other systems in the body to be thrown off and therefore, you would face these symptoms.

Treatment Options

The good news is that there are surgical menopause treatments for those that experience these symptoms. You will find that some of the best treatments can be that of just maintaining a healthy diet, getting at least thirty minutes of exercise per day and by decreasing the amount of stress you place on the body.

Another solution is a hormone replacement therapy that your doctor may require that you select. This is generally a therapy that will provide your body with higher levels of progesterone and/or estrogen. When you add these back into your body, your body’s symptoms stop or at least lessen.

There are also a number of herbal surgical menopause treatments that you can consider. Those will provide you with a number of benefits including a reduction in menopause symptoms in a natural way that does not produce any harmful side effects.

The symptoms of surgical menopause and the treatments of those symptoms are something that your doctor can help you to make decisions on.

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