Lack of uterus

Uterus is a female, unpaired muscular organ that is part of the reproductive system and occupies a central position in it. The size of the uterus is small, in most cases it can be compared with a woman's fist. However, during pregnancy, it can increase almost 20 times.

Important functions of this body include:

• menstrual;
• endocrine;
• nurturing and giving birth to a child.

However, there are situations when a woman has a lack of uterus. In this case, it is customary to identify 2 forms of this pathology: congenital and acquired. Let's take a closer look at these situations and talk about what the consequences of a woman's absence from the uterus may be.

What is the "congenital absence of the uterus"?

Such pathology as absence of the uterus with absolutely normal ovaries, in medicine was called the syndrome of Rokytansky-Kyustner. With such a violation, all the external genitalia are present and there is nothing different from the usual ones. In this case, secondary sexual characteristics are also preserved. As a rule, in such cases, doctors detect the absence of only the uterus and 2/3 of the upper part of the vagina.

Most often, such a violation is diagnosed only when the expected menstruation of a teenage girl does not occur. All because no other signs of absence of the uterus in this case is not observed, i.e. the main symptom of such a pathology is amenorrhea. In other words, this pathology does not manifest itself in any way, and it can be detected only with ultrasound.

In what other cases a woman may have no uterus?

The uterus can also be surgically removed at any age, if there are good reasons for it, like tumors and tumors, fibroids, endometriosis. The operation for its removal is called a hysterectomy and is used if preservation of this organ threatens with dangerous complications (progress of the process, transformation of the tumor into malignant, bleeding).

Absence of the uterus after the operation, of course, changes the life of a woman. The first thing that these women note is the absence of menstruation. Secondary sexual characteristics also become less pronounced.

Separately, it is necessary to say whether the absence of the uterus affects the course of menopause. As a rule, in such cases it occurs several years earlier than would have occurred without an operation. If a total hysterectomy is performed, then a condition called a surgical menopause develops. In this case, to prevent and mitigate its manifestations, women after surgery are prescribed hormone replacement therapy, which is based on preparations containing estrogens.