Surgical menopause means the onset of menopause as a result of removal of the ovaries, uterus or both. In surgical menopause, HRT is used - hormone replacement therapy. This need arises if the uterus is removed along with the ovaries. But if only the uterus is removed, and the ovaries are functioning, then there is no unambiguous opinion regarding the administration of such drugs. This is due to the fact that in many women the ovaries are able to function before the onset of menopause in a natural way.
But approximately 20 percent of women after such an operation ovaries cease to produce hormones. This may be due to their violation during surgery. Therefore, HRT in the surgical menopause is necessary to alleviate climacteric symptoms.
Consequences of surgical menopause
After the removal of the internal genital organs in some women in the first days after the operation there is a strong sweating, frequent hot flashes, palpitations. Then the symptoms can be aggravated: these women become nervous, they have vaginal dryness, skin problems, urine does not hold, veins grow, a woman gaining weight.
Treatment of surgical menopause
Treatment for menopause with hormone replacement therapy is not the best option, since such methods of getting rid of menopausal symptoms have many contraindications, namely:
- breast and endometrial cancer;
- melanoma and thrombophilia;
- autoimmune diseases;
- diseases of the liver and biliary tract;
- unintelligible bleeding from the genital tract.
Therefore, in any treatment for surgical menopause, a woman should visit the gynecologist at least twice a year. Today, there are many alternative drugs based on phytoestrogens. Such means are more safe, besides they are quite effective.