What does vaginal prolapse feel like?
What does vaginal prolapse feel like?
a dragging discomfort inside your vagina. feeling like there’s something coming down into your vagina – it may feel like sitting on a small ball. feeling or seeing a bulge or lump in or coming out of your vagina. discomfort or numbness during sex.
What causes vaginal prolapse?
Uterine prolapse occurs when pelvic floor muscles and ligaments stretch and weaken and no longer provide enough support for the uterus. As a result, the uterus slips down into or protrudes out of the vagina. Uterine prolapse can occur in women of any age.
How common is vaginal prolapse?
Vaginal prolapse is relatively common. About one-third of women will experience some degree of prolapse during their lifetime.
What can I do for vaginal prolapse?
Opting For Surgery Know that vaginal surgery is the mainstay of treatment for more severe vaginal prolapse. While strategies such as activity modification, pessaries, Kegel exercises, and estrogen replacement therapy can be helpful, moderate to severe cases of vaginal prolapse may need to be treated with surgery.
How can vaginal prolapse be treated?
Know that vaginal surgery is the mainstay of treatment for more severe vaginal prolapse . While strategies such as activity modification, pessaries, Kegel exercises, and estrogen replacement therapy can be helpful, moderate to severe cases of vaginal prolapse may need to be treated with surgery.
What you should know about pelvic organ prolapse?
Let’s start with some facts. Fifty (50)% of women have some amount of pelvic organ prolapse on examination. Having a small amount of pelvic organ prolapse is often asymptomatic or not noticeable or harmful. Pelvic floor muscle training can help reverse and reduce pelvic organ prolapse and symptoms.
What does a vaginal prolapse look like?
The vaginal prolapse is more common and looks like a pink mass of tissue about the size of a large grapefruit or volleyball. Prolapse of the uterus is a larger, longer mass, more deep red and covered with the “buttons” on which the placenta attached.