Your doctor will then feel for any lumps in your pelvic area and inside your vagina. They may gently put an instrument called a speculum into your vagina to hold the walls of it open so they can see if there's a prolapse. Sometimes they'll ask you to lie on your left-hand side and examine you in that position to get a better view of the prolapse.
You can ask for this examination to be done by a female doctor and, if you like, bring someone you trust along with you for support. If you have problems with your bladder, a GP may refer you to hospital for further tests. If you do not have any symptoms, or the prolapse is mild and not bothering you, you may not need medical treatment. If the prolapse is more severe or your symptoms are affecting your daily life, there are several further treatment options to consider.
The recommended treatment will depend on the type and severity of the prolapse, your symptoms and your overall health. You and your doctor will decide together what's the best option for you. Pelvic organ prolapse happens when the group of muscles and tissues that normally support the pelvic organs, called the pelvic floor, becomes weakened and cannot hold the organs in place firmly.
Whatever the course of action, it is important that you do something about the prolapse or your symptoms are likely to get worse. In some women, strengthening the pelvic floor muscles and changing their daily activities may be all that is needed.
You may be recommended to see a pelvic floor physiotherapist or a continence nurse to help with this. Some women may be offered a ring pessary, which is a small disc put high in the vagina as a support. In severe cases, women will be advised to have surgery to repair weakened tissues, insert synthetic mesh to replace damaged tissues, or remove the uterus entirely hysterectomy.
The best thing you can do to prevent a prolapsed uterus is to keep the pelvic floor muscles strong. You can do this with pelvic floor exercises:. Visit the Continence Foundation's Pelvic Floor First website for more information about the pelvic floor and how to keep it strong.
Learn more here about the development and quality assurance of healthdirect content. A prolapsed uterus uterine prolapse is when the uterus womb drops down from its normal position.
It may cause no symptoms but if troublesome can be treated with self-care measures, pessaries or surgery. Read more on myDr website. Read more on Better Health Channel website. This hub provides information and support related to urogynaecological transvaginal surgical mesh devices. Urogynaecological mesh implants have benefited some women in the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence.
Other women, however, have experienced very serious complications with these devices. Uterine and vaginal prolapse. What is it and how is it treated? Learn about types of prolapses, what puts you at a greater risk and how to prevent them. Read more on Jean Hailes for Women's Health website. Congenital heart defects are problems with the structure of the heart that are present from birth.
Overview Uterine prolapse Open pop-up dialog box Close. Uterine prolapse Normally, supporting ligaments and other connective tissues hold your uterus in place inside your pelvic cavity.
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