Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: Menopause, Midlife, and More

S1 Ep29: Has Your Hysterectomy HIJACKED Your Sex Life?


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Most women who undergo hysterectomy don’t have subsequent sexual problems, but for others, it is no coincidence that surgery coincides with the onset of loss of libido, painful intercourse, or an inability to orgasm.  
In this episode Dr. Streicher discusses: 
  • The reasons WHY someone may have sexual problems POST HYSTERECTOMY
  • What is, and what is not, REMOVED during surgery
  • Proper MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY for what was removed during surgery
  • The potential SEXUAL impact of OVARY removal
  • The potential SEXUAL impact of UTERUS removal
  • The potential SEXUAL impact of CERVIX removal
  •  VAGINAL changes post-hysterectomy
  • If MEN notice a difference post hysterectomy
  • Why there can be PAIN post-surgery
  • Potential PSYCHOLOGICAL problems after hysterectomy
  • For further information on this topic:

     Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
    Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
    Sex Rx- Hormones , Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
    The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy

    Episode 5: Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things
    Episode 15: Post Menopause Orgasm- Everybody Come!

    Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. 

    Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGNMorningNews, and has been seen on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, NPR, Dr.Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS ThisMorning, ABCNewsNow,NBC Nightly News,20/20, and WorldNewsTonight. She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine. 

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    Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

     Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain

    Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat

    Sex Rx- Hormones , Health, and Your Best Sex Ever

    The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy

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