Progestins and estrogens are sex hormones, which in general make a woman a female creature, they are produced in the ovaries. There are cases when doctors remove just two ovaries. But how does a woman live on without hormones? What happens to her body?
As a rule, hormones have a beneficial effect on the body, they have a protective and stimulating effect on many systems and organs, for example, naked, mammary gland, bone, cardiovascular system. It can be said that the entire female body depends on hormones. There is nothing strange in that after the removal of the ovaries the level of sex hormones falls and the work of the whole organism changes immediately. After the operation, the woman begins to develop the so-called postcastric syndrome, which means that general health effects worsen, the skin loses its former elasticity, many diseases start to show up, but also progress. This condition remotely remembers the usual premature aging.
Doctors, of course, understand how important hormones are for a woman, and therefore ovarian removal is the most recent stage of so-called treatment (ovariectomy). However, in life there can be anything, so there are situations when the ovaries need to be removed-leaving them is very dangerous, often in cancerous diseases. Removal can not be avoided, because sex hormones can stimulate tumor growth. It often happens when one ovary has already been removed and the need arises to remove the second one. As a rule, every patient is tormented by one most important question: will she feel and feel herself a woman after that?
Of course! There is no doubt about this. In the womb of the mother, all the signs of the female organism begin to form, and also when the girl grows and lives the adolescent period when puberty occurs. Invert this process is impossible, so a woman from the very first days to the end of her life will remain a woman, even despite the absence or presence of separateorganisms. However, after ovariectomy, the representatives of the beautiful face find themselves in other problems.
If the ovaries are removed to a woman of advanced age who, as they say, has already lived her life and has seen much in her life (the ovaries are practically not working now), then there is nothing tragic. However, in recent years gynecologists have faced the need for ovariectomy in young patients. Of course, after the operation, the organism of the young girl changes, and these changes are similar to those that occur in women who have preserved the ovaries at the age of 50-55 years. This is when the reproductive system has already worked its way and "retired" - the climax has come.
Often a week or two after the first symptoms begin to appear, a month after two or three months they gain full strength. First, in the first 1-2 years after surgery, the most common problem is the violation of the vascular tone, they can be seen from such manifestations:
- chills;
- headaches;
- palpitations;
- hot flushes;
- fluctuations in blood pressure;
- increased sweating.
In the field of the emotional state and psyche of a woman, too, changes occur. These include:
- decreased sexual desire;
- weakness;
- depression;
- anxiety and irritability;
- inattention and forgetfulness;
- drowsiness and insomnia.
Later these symptoms may disappear or simply decrease, however, unfortunately, women suffer from this suffering, because some symptoms change to others. And they are already associated with a metabolic disorder. The whole problem is that the vessels remain without protection, which was provided by estrogens, and therefore atherosclerotic plaques begin to appear quickly. Because of this, atherosclerosis may develop, which will cause a violation of the cerebral circulation of the brain, problems with the vessels of the legs and coronary heart disease. The estrogens of a woman before menopause protect the female body, so they are not actually sick with atherosclerosis, when men of the same years have long suffered from this ailment. Only after menopause a woman loses the right level of estrogen and catches up with her condition as a man. The same thing happens with hypertension. Women who have ovaries removed have a greater risk of cardiovascular disease.
The state of bone tissue also directly depends on sex hormones. Because of this woman, devoid of the ovaries, after a while may experience systeoporosis. The bones will no longer be so strong. Especially women are susceptible to hip fractures, and they are difficult to cure because the patient is in a stationary state for a long time, and this can lead to disastrous consequences.
Most of all hormones depend on the genitals. For this reason, often after ovariectomy:
- frequent urination;
- dryness in the vagina;
- burning and itching in the genital area;
- pain with intimacy.
Because a woman lacks hormones, hair, nails and skin often suffer. Is this situation too tragic? Not at all! It is worth mentioning that the adrenal glands also produce some of the estrogen. Therefore, some women do not face any consequences after the operation. Moreover, modern women have at their disposal technology that can help to adapt. If the patient is not prescribed hormone therapy, then she is prescribed progestins and estrogen, which compensates for the lack of her own hormones. Such drugs are advised to take a lifetime. An excellent result is provided by hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which gives the woman a lasting sense of health.
But if the operation was carried out because of oncological diseases, then the hormones are not appointed in this case. It is not necessary that such effective, but also good homeopathy is needed. Homeopathic remedies for emotional and vascular reactions are helpful. They are able to help a woman to increase her adaptive abilities in a stressful situation, moreover, after them, non-tangible side effects. To prevent osteoporosis, you need to use calcium-containing and fluoride-containing drugs.
However, some drugs can not do. Every woman who is confronted with such a situation must treat with understanding the changes that occur in the body. He must lead an active lifestyle, monitor oneself, fight depression and play sports.