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Migraines - Hysterectomy the Answer?

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I'm a little over 30 and my doctor just suggested a hysterectomy because I suffer from severe migraines. Does this make sense to anyone out there?

This is probably the best time to talk to another doctor or two about your options. Time for a second opinion!

If your doctor believes your migraines are due to hormones, it is possible to find treatments that help to level out your hormones.

Simply removing your uterus does not change your hormone levels in your body. If the thinking is to remove the ovaries and replace your hormones with Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to stabilize fluctuating hormones, this may sound sensible. Or does it?

Removing an organ (or organs) to replace them with a substandard, not-the-same-as-what-your-body-makes-naturally can be a risk. Creating a situation to induce surgical menopause can be swapping one migraine for a lifetime of other symptoms that are not easily treated.

If you were to take a poll of the members of HysterSisters.com, you would find that they if they had migraines before their surgery, they are likely to have them after their hysterectomy. Some many benefit as a side note for decreased incidences of headaches but for others, they have increased migraines with the addition (or missing) Hormone Replacement Therapy - HRT.

It would be better to locate the cause of your migraines and treat the cause instead of removing organs which may not be the culprit at all. Visit with other doctors who specialize in migraines and treatments.

This content was written by staff of HysterSisters.com by non-medical professionals based on discussions, resources and input from other patients for the purpose of patient-to-patient support.

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