Symptoms of surgical menopause brought on by hysterectomy vary with individuals just as the symptoms of natural menopause do. Fortunately, these symptoms will lessen over time. In the short term, severe symptoms including hot flashes, anxiety and insomnia may warrant treatment. These symptoms may all be related to the loss of estrogen that occurs with surgical menopause. Certainly, such symptoms should be discussed with a healthcare professional so that the best course of treatment can be executed.
Hot flashes are probably the best known symptoms of menopause.
They also are among the most disturbing because they can interfere with sleep and affect a woman's well being. The hot flash, technically known as vasomotor flushing, is a sudden fleeting moment of extreme heat, generally traveling like a wave from the chest up to the face and then down to the shoulders. The severity of hot flashes varies from one individual to the next. They are believed to be related to the drop in circulating estrogen. ERT and HRT are both very effective in reducing these symptoms.