Women with past adverse childhood experiences more likely to have ovaries removed, study shows

“Our current findings suggest that physical, emotional or sexual abuse predisposes women to seek medical attention for multiple gynecological symptoms, such as abdominal pain or excessive bleeding,” says Liliana Gazzuola Rocca, M.D., a Mayo Clinic health sciences researcher and psychiatrist. “These gynecological symptoms may lead the women and their gynecologists to opt for removal of the reproductive organs at a young age ─ even when these organs are completely normal.”

“Unfortunately, in most cases, these early life experiences are inaccessible to the women because of psychological mechanisms, and the gynecologists may not be aware of the important connection between early life experiences and the present symptoms. This inability to recognize and openly discuss the past history of abuse may lead to unnecessary and harmful surgeries.”

READ MORE of this article by Elizabeth Zimmermann (7 June 2017):

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/women-with-past-adverse-childhood-experiences-more-likely-to-have-ovaries-removed-study-shows/

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