Does vasectomy affect women's sexual function?

Sterilization is a common contraceptive method in today's society. Sterilization is not only effective in preventing pregnancy, but also has relatively few side effects on the human body. Common contraceptive methods for women include wearing IUDs and birth control pills. Women can also undergo ligation for contraception, but some women worry that ligation will affect their sexual function. Does ligation affect women's sexual function? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. Does sterilization affect women’s sexual function?

The main symptoms are decreased libido and unwillingness to engage in sexual intercourse.

2. When not to perform sterilization

1. Infected person. Some mothers cannot undergo sterilization surgery if they experience infection during caesarean section or natural delivery, such as abdominal skin infection, genital infection, etc.

2. Weak physical condition. The patient is extremely weak and cannot withstand the operation. For example, patients with postpartum hemorrhage, shock, heart failure, etc. cannot undergo sterilization surgery.

3. Fever. During the ligation procedure, the doctor will first measure the mother's temperature. If the temperature is above 37.5 degrees twice, the ligation procedure cannot be performed.

4. It is not suitable to be performed during pregnancy. If you become pregnant again after giving birth, you cannot undergo sterilization surgery at this time.

5. Postpone surgery for mental illness. If postpartum depression or psychosis occurs, surgery may need to be postponed.

In addition, if the mother has a more serious heart disease or heart failure, surgery is not recommended. Therefore, before deciding whether to have a vasectomy, you can also undergo a physical examination first, and then undergo the vasectomy surgery if your physical condition permits.

3. Post-vasectomy complications in women

1. Irregular menstruation

Many women have normal menstruation before having tubal ligation. However, after tubal ligation, menstrual cycle disorders, excessive or insufficient menstrual flow, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, and oligomenorrhea occur, which is called menstrual disorder after tubal ligation.

2. Irregular bleeding between periods

This is due to the rupture of the follicle and the fluctuation of estrogen, which cannot maintain the growth of the endometrium, causing local ulceration and shedding of the surface layer of the endometrium, resulting in a small amount of breakthrough bleeding. This is the phenomenon of ovulation bleeding. After ovulation, the follicle quickly turns into a corpus luteum, which can secrete a certain amount of estrogen and progesterone, which can quickly repair the ruptured endometrium, and the bleeding will stop automatically. Therefore, the amount of bleeding during ovulation is generally very small, and it will stop automatically after a few hours or days. No treatment is required.

3. Emotional instability

Women will experience the following emotional changes after tubal ligation: tension and anxiety, irritability and frequent temper tantrums, and memory loss. There is a pessimistic and melancholic mood, manifested as depressed thoughts, silence, low mood, accompanied by poor appetite, weight loss, decreased libido, increased heart rate and other symptoms.

4. Feeling unwell

Women who have undergone vasectomy are prone to chronic low back pain, abdominal pain, irregular menstruation, loss of physical strength, fatigue, weight loss, obesity, anorexia nervosa, nausea, etc.