Effects of Hysterectomy(surgical removal of uterus) on women's health...»

Women experience a loss of physical
sexual sensation as a result of
hysterectomy. A woman's vagina is
shortened, scarred and dislocated
by hysterectomy. Hysterectomy's
damage is life-long. Among its
most common consequences, in
addition to operative injuries are:
heart disease, osteoporosis, bone,
joint and muscle pain and
immobility, loss of sexual desire,
arousal, sensation, painful
intercourse, vaginal damage,
displacement of bladder, bowel, and
other pelvic organs, urinary tract
infections, frequency, incontinence,
chronic constipation and digestive
disorders, profound fatigue,
chronic exhaustion, altered body
odor, loss of short-term memory,
blunting of emotions, personality
changes, despondency, irritability,
anger, reclusiveness and suicidal
thinking.
No drugs or other treatments can
replace ovarian or uterine hormones
or functions. The loss is permanent.
The medical term for the removal
of the ovaries is castration. 76% of
women are castrated at the same
time of the hysterectomy.
The uterus and ovaries function
throughout life in women who have
not been hysterectomized or
castrated.
Twice as many women in their 20's
and 30's are hysterectomized as
women in their 50's and 60's.
98% of women HERS has referred
to board-certified gynecologists
after being told they needed
hysterectomies, discovered that, in
fact, they did not need
hysterectomies.
Gynecologists, hospitals and drug
companies make more than 8 billio
dollars a year from the business of
hysterectomy and castration. (Facts
About Hysterectomy--HERS
Foundation)