What happens to a woman without a uterus?

The uterus is unique to women. If a woman loses her uterus due to congenital reasons or other diseases, her female characteristics will change. The absence of a uterus will affect ovulation, menstruation will disappear, and pregnancy will no longer occur. The estrogen level in women's bodies may decrease, leading to an increase in androgen in the body. A woman is incomplete without a uterus. This article introduces some diseases that women without a uterus may suffer from in several situations. Let’s take a look.

1. Disappearance of menstruation: Menstruation is caused by the periodic shedding of the endometrium. Menstruation disappears naturally after hysterectomy.

2. Decreased vaginal secretions: Vaginal secretions are composed of secretions from the uterine cavity, cervical glands and vaginal exfoliated cells. Vaginal secretions are significantly reduced after hysterectomy.

3. Early onset of menopause: Hysterectomy can affect the blood supply to the ovaries, accelerate ovarian failure, lead to premature aging, early menopause, and even shorten life expectancy.

4. Decreased quality of sexual life: Hysterectomy affects the integrity of the pelvic floor, the vagina loses support, becomes shorter, and secretions decrease, seriously affecting the couple's sex life.

5. Increased cardiovascular disease incidence: Ovarian hormones are secreted to participate in the body's metabolism. After hysterectomy, ovarian function fails prematurely, endocrine imbalance occurs, and cardiovascular disease incidence increases. Patients are prone to obesity, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, etc.

6. Ovarian function will be affected: Part of the blood supply to the ovaries comes from the uterus. After the uterus is removed, the health of the ovaries will be affected. Insufficient blood supply to the ovaries will lead to degeneration of ovarian function and a decrease in estrogen in the blood. Therefore, menopause will come a few years earlier.

7. Memory loss: The endocrine system of the uterus also has a mutual influence on the human central nervous system. After losing the uterus, the central nervous system is affected, and some people will experience varying degrees of memory loss or even memory loss. Some people may also experience insomnia, nightmares or neurasthenia.

8. Urinary incontinence may occur: A small number of women will experience thinning of the urethral tissue elasticity due to hysterectomy. In severe cases, this may aggravate the symptoms of the entire urinary system, and a small number of women may experience urinary incontinence.

9. It has a certain impact on sexual life: Most women who have had their hysterectomy can still have a normal sexual life, but some patients may have some problems with their sexual life due to scars, vaginal narrowing or psychological factors, but most of them are psychological problems.

10. Infertility: Without a uterus, a woman cannot have children.