HYSTERECTOMY: QUESTIONS OFTEN ASKED
Why have my periods become less regular, longer and heavier? I am forty-three and am in good health.
Less regular periods at forty-three years of age may be a sign of early changes in the function of your ovaries. This is a normal stage on the way to menopause when you will stop menstruating altogether. Longer and heavier periods have many causes including fibroids, endometriosis, prolapse, hormone imbalance and, rarely, cancer.
Severe premenstrual symptoms affect me for about ten days each month. Will a hysterectomy help?
Hysterectomy may help to reduce some premenstrual symptoms you may be experiencing, particularly pain, feelings of fullness in the abdomen and fatigue. It is, however, unlikely to help some other common premenstrual symptoms such as breast soreness, fluid retention, irritability or depression.
What is a Wertheim’s hysterectomy?
This is another name for a radical hysterectomy, which entails the removal of the entire uterus including cervix and support structures, both ovaries, Fallopian tubes, nearby lymph nodes, and the upper portion of the vagina. It is usually performed to remove a cancer of the uterus or cervix.
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