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Seriously? Okay then - men don't have a uterus or cervix and their spines don't compress until their ribs touch their hips bones. Am I right? Maybe you could that in your rebutal.

I was dx'd in 03 with a condition called ankylosing spondylitis (AS), which is considered a "man's disease."

This disease, albeit an autoimmune disease, causes degeneration of the bone via inflammation. When this bone attempts to regrow, it does so in such a way that it fuses; thus, the name ankylosing.

As Corgilvr stated, the comment made about the compression of the spine is not too far fetched. Osteoporosis is a bone disease that effects the spine, as well as other areas (e.g., hips, pelvic, rib), as does AS.

My point is this, if we are not yet at the age of menopause, hormonally our bodies react. This is the reason for HRT and other such therapies after a hyster.

However, even the HRT is not guaranteed to do what the normal process of menopause would do. So, yes, there can be spine issues after a hysterectomy. But I believe more so as it relates to developing osteoporosis.

As far as what the body can do, contortion wise, you would be surprised. I know men who have such severe AS that there heads almost literally lay in their laps.

Once the vertebrea starts to degenerate, whether that be in the case of AS or osteoporosis, it puts you at risk for compression fractures. Sometimes which goes unknown until you begin to experience severe pain.

I don't know what the person read; or whether she knows someone personally who had such an incident happen. I don't even know if what she said came out the way she intended. I'm not even sure I can safely speculate what she might have meant.

But I do know, in my particular case, seeing my rheum is a part of pre-op for surgery. My GYN has already discussed with me what could be... One thing has been made clear, the hyster will not eradicate the AS. So, combine that with osteoporosis and it will not be a good day.

I did a little research and came up with the following. I hope it helps in some way because medical research is still being done to arrive at more conclusive findings on how a hysterectomy effects the spine, indirectly (hormonal) more than directly.

Best regards,
Cynthia

The abdominopelvic cavity contains the abdominal cavity (enclosing the stomach, liver, spleen, intestines, and other digestive organs) and the pelvic cavity (containing the bladder, reproductive organs, and rectum).

http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/human-anatomy/2


In a compression fracture the body of the bone tissue of the vertebra collapses. This can occur because of trauma or a disease process such as osteoporosis...

Compression fractures of the back are broken vertebrae, which are the bones of the spine.

Try this..

You could look at the percentage of women that have had hysterectomies (33% by the age of 60). With 1 in 3 women over 60 with a hysterctomy wouldn't we notice more of this? How many women over 60 do you see each day? How many have the condition she is talking about. I think it would be noticable.

That is the best you will do because this is so off the wall that there are no studdies out there that will show it does not happen. Just like there are no studdies out there that show a hysterectomy does not change your hair color to purple.

My post wasn't intended to insight an argument or debate. It was merely to point out the possibility, as opposed to there being any probability. As far as such a case being noticeable, again I point out that cause would not be hysterectomy...but osteoporosis or some other bone degenerative condition or disease. Now, it might be noted in the patient record that she had a hysterectomy at some point. But it would not be shown as "cause" for any deformity (like described by the oringinal poster).

She, the original poster asked how she could respond. I was merely suggesting through my post...with an educated come back. And note, it is not a likely outcome of most hyster sisters. But why plead ignorance. Just let the person know you know. Whatever they think they know...you're one up...you know the risks involved but you are not worried because the incidence of such a thing happening is too rare and or isolated to have any bearing on your decision.

I also believe what Corgilvr and I were attempting to point out is, while the person lacked tact and probably any real knowledge of what she was talking about, there was slight merit to her madness.

No need for any of us to go to war over it.