How does a hysterectomy affect your sex life? Learn about what happens to your sex drive and how long you should wait before having sex again. Read more: Does Sex Feel Different After a Hysterectomy? Article
Multimedia: Slideshows, Images & Quizzes
-
Healthy Aging: Better Sex After 50
It's never too late to improve your sex life. Learn how older adults can overcome common health conditions affecting seniors over...
-
Sexual Health: 12 Tips for Better Sex
Can you learn new techniques to breathe better? Healthy breathing helps you maintain the right balance of oxygen and carbon...
-
Sex-Drive Killers: The Causes of Low Libido
Noticing a lack of intimacy with your partner? Here we explore how stress, lack of sleep, weight gain, depression and low T can...
-
Sex Quiz: Love & Relationships Facts
Relationships, sex, and love! Could it be that what motivates physical attraction in us may be all in our minds? Take the Sex &...
-
Senior Health: Guide to Sex After 60
Sex after 60 can be better than ever before, but aging does bring some changes. Learn how to work with and around them to keep...
-
Sex After Birth: How Your Sex Life Changes
Learn how your sex life changes after having a baby. Explore tips on how to regain sexual desire and strengthen your relationship...
-
Health and Sex: How Sex Drive Changes Through the Years
Your sex drive changes as you age. Hormones, other health problems, and the business of life can affect your libido. Find out...
SLIDESHOW
Pelvic Pain: What's Causing Your Pelvic Pain? See SlideshowRelated Disease Conditions
-
Can a Partial Hysterectomy Cause Hormonal Imbalance?
A partial hysterectomy may affect your hormones. Understand the signs of hormonal imbalance, how doctors diagnose hormonal imbalance, and what you can do to treat hormonal imbalance after partial hysterectomy.
-
What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Hysterectomy?
A hysterectomy is an invasive, surgical procedure recommended for women who have problems with their uterus. The advantages and disadvantages of hysterectomy depend on the symptoms a woman is experiencing before the procedure.
-
Duration of Bed Rest After a Hysterectomy
Patients will need good bed rest after a hysterectomy. Most patients need a good recuperation post a hysterectomy. Rest is the key ingredient of the healing process. The body usually needs 15-30 days to recover from the surgery; however, the length of recovery and rest depends on the age, general level of health, and type of hysterectomy.
-
Recovery Time for a Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. Laparoscopic hysterectomy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure to remove the uterus. The recovery is faster, and post-operative discomfort is minimal with a laparoscopic hysterectomy.
-
Can You Have a Hysterectomy With C-Section?
Hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus) may be performed during Cesarean delivery and is referred to as a Cesarean hysterectomy. It involves the removal of the uterus at the time of Cesarean delivery.
-
Vaginal Dryness and Vaginal Atrophy
Vaginal dryness and vaginal atrophy occurs in women during perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause. With vaginal atrophy, the lining of the vaginal wall becomes thinner, drier, less elastic, and light pink to bluish in color. Symptoms of vaginal atrophy include vaginal dryness, itching, irritation, and/or pain during intercourse. Treatment options for vaginal dryness and vaginal atrophy include hormone treatment and over-the-counter vaginal lubricating and moisturizing products.
-
What to Expect After a Laparoscopic Hysterectomy?
The first 24 hours after hysterectomy, patients may experience some vaginal bleeding that tapers off. If the bleeding seems to be getting heavier rather than lighter, the physician should be notified immediately.
-
What Is the Difference Between a Total and Radical Hysterectomy?
Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. It is the second most commonly performed surgery in non-pregnant women. A total hysterectomy involves the removal of the whole uterus and cervix, whereas a radical hysterectomy is the removal of the whole uterus and its adjacent tissues (ligaments), cervix and some part of the vagina.
-
What Happens When You Have a Hysterectomy?
Hysterectomy is a major surgery that ends up impacting a woman’s life considerably.
-
What Does Radical Hysterectomy Mean?
Hysterectomy is a surgery for the removal of the uterus. Depending on whether there is the removal of other organs or tissues, hysterectomy may be of different types. Radical hysterectomy is a surgery that involves the removal of the entire uterus along with its supporting tissues, cervix (the neck of the uterus), and the vagina.
-
What Is the Most Common Reason for a Hysterectomy?
A hysterectomy is a major operation for a woman that involves the removal of her uterus. It is the most common non-pregnancy-related surgery performed in women in the United States.
Treatment & Diagnosis
- Sex & Love FAQs
- Hysterectomy: A New Type of Hysterectomy
- How Is Menopause Diagnosed After a Hysterectomy?
- Could Cervical Cancer Recur After Hysterectomy?
- Can You Still Retain Symptoms Of PCOD (Acne, Obesity, Etc.) After Hysterectomy?
- What Foods Improve Your Sex Drive?
- Do I Need a Pap Smear if I've Had a Hysterectomy?
- Does Stress Lower Your Sex Drive?
- Can You Still Get Menopause After Hysterectomy?
- Characteristics of Female Sexual Satisfaction
- Sexual Satisfaction: Give Your Libido a Lift
Medications & Supplements
Prevention & Wellness
From 
Women's Conditions Resources
Featured Centers
Health Solutions From Our Sponsors
Subscribe to MedicineNet's Women's Health Newsletter
By clicking "Submit," I agree to the MedicineNet Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. I also agree to receive emails from MedicineNet and I understand that I may opt out of MedicineNet subscriptions at any time.