Dr. Ramsey:
Absolutely. There are two types of hysterectomy: you can do a hysterectomy where you just remove the uterus and that will make you go into
menopause earlier, but not abruptly. If you remove the ovaries, you are in
menopause overnight, and that is probably the most traumatic way to go into
menopause, and the very next day the patients are put on hormones because it is an immediate removal of all hormones. The uterus is more of a carrying organ. It does not synthesize hormones, although it does have some effect on it. The ovaries are what synthesize the hormones.
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