Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter explains how major surgery damages metabolism by raising cortisol, increasing inflammation, and disrupting hormones, with effects lasting at least a year. Joint replacements last only 15 to 25 years, so getting one at 45 means you might outlive it and need revision surgery.
15 to 25 years.
At least for the next year, if not years.
It suppresses your natural hormones. So having a major surgery has consequences.
So not only does that impact our short term health because we had this major surgery and having a major surgery really damages your metabolism. We talked about cortisol raises your cortisol level, it raises your chronic inflammatory response, it destroys your gut axis, it suppresses your natural hormones. So having a major surgery has consequences at least for the next year if not years of your life. Add to the that then you have an increased risk of complications because you're younger when you have the joint replacement and then there is no doubt that a joint replacement done when you're 45 will if you live to be 80, it's going to wear out by the time you are 80. They don't last that long. Joint replacements last 15 to 25 years and that's quite a lot better than it used to be. But in a lot of cases it can be even shorter depending on how active you are.
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