Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome

Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome

Are there truly side effects caused by tubal ligation?

Candy Layne

COM/220, Research Writing

Instructor Amy McKenzie July 15, 2009

Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome

Are there truly side effects caused by a tubal ligation?

Ever heard of side effects from a simple surgery? How about the procedure causing harsh menstrual cycles? Thousands of women across the U.S. have had this surgery and have the same complaint. The surgery is a tubal ligation which is a simple surgical procedure for birth control (Tubal Ligation Health Article, 2007). Doctors do not believe this occurs but yet research shows that a possible syndrome may very well exist. An imbalanced hormone level caused by atrophied ovaries is just one major side effect of this simple surgery (Surgical Menopause (Female Castration), 1997). Imbalanced hormone levels are what cause these harsh menstrual cycles. Hormone levels are how doctors explain away the problems that occur after a tubal ligation (Sterilization not the cause of menstrual problems (pg. 30), 2001). However, the problem is there are no explanations as to why the hormone levels change or the cause. While medical doctors believe this syndrome does not exist, post tubal ligation syndrome is a very real condition that impacts women’s health everyday. [pic]
Here is an atrophic ovary after a tubal ligation surgery. This is just one side effect of the procedure.

There is an actual condition called Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome or PTLS. Research was done in 1976 to show proof it existed. They compared several women’s post surgery menstrual cycles. The study showed women who had been on the pill prior to the surgery ended up with heavier bleeding post surgery. The OBGyn community did not want patients to know this information (Getting Your Tubes Tied, 2005). Money would be taken out of their pockets if women truly knew the side effects of this procedure. Doctors claim the

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