If I was 42 when I had a total hysterectomy, how much longer will I have to endure menopause?
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Women who go through surgical menopause will sometimes have menopause symptoms until natural menopausal age.
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What's the difference between a total and partial hysterectomy?
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Total means removing uterus, tubes and ovaries. Partial refers to removal of uterus and tubes, but leaving the ovaries. I not sure about surgery which would leave uterus and remove ovaries and tubes. That option would have little medical benefit.Hysterectomy has nothing to do with removal of the ovaries and tubes. During a hysterectomy the uterus is completely or partially removed. The fallopian tubes and ovaries may also be removed depending on the health needs of the woman but when ovaries and tubes are removed they are not called a hysterectomy they are called bilateral salpingo oopherectomy or BSO for short.
Total Hysterectomy is removal of the entire uterus which includes the cervix.
A partial (or supracervical) hysterectomy is removal of just the upper portion of the uterus, leaving the cervix intact.
Bilateral Salpingo Oopherectomy or (BSO) is when both ovaries and tubes are removed. Bilateral (both) salpingo (tubes) oopherectomy (ovaries). There are many benefits to keeping the ovaries because if they are removed then the woman would go into immediate surgical menopause. If they are kept then she won't likely have to take hormone replacement therapy.
The term hyster refers to the removal of the uterus and ectomy refers to removal of.
The cervix is the neck or bottom part of the uterus and is about the size of a coat button. A woman can have a total hysterectomy keeping both ovaries and tubes or she can have an ovary removed keeping her uterus and cervix. Some women want to keep their cervix for some reason as it may help support the bladder or provide better sex but others don't have the option of keeping it for various reasons.
You can see this link below for further information on the different types of hysterectomies. It's also possible for a woman to have an ovary removed like if she had a cysts or a problem with an ovary to keep her uterus and cervix. Just because a woman had an ovary removed does not mean she had a partial hysterectomy because hyster refers to the uterus not the ovaries or tubes. Depending on which ovary and tube she had removed it is termed a right salpingo oopherectomy or left salpingo oopherectomy. She can continue to keep her uterus and cervix if healthy and if she does she will continue to have periods.
http://www.hystersisters.com/vb2/view_hysterectomy_defined.htm
And just for clarification if the uterus and cervix are left she will contine to have periods. If there is no uterus or cervix and she keeps one or both ovaries there is no more periods.. The uterus is the organ that has the linning that builds up each month. When there is no uterus or cervix there can't be a linning to bleed every month. The eggs from the ovaries just disinigrate and are absorbed back into the system. Women who have their tubes tied will continue to have periods till menopause because of the linning that builds up in the uterus but the eggs will not be able to pass through to the uterus. Occasionally there are women who had their tubes tied and still managed to get pregnant.
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