Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Organ prolapses occurs when the pelvic floor muscles and connective tissues that normally hold the organ(s) in place are weak and lax.

Women with prolapse often report feeling a heaviness, fullness, pressure or protrusion of the lower abdomen, at or near the vaginal opening.

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Types Of Pelvic Organ Prolapse

  • Weak connective tissues and lax pelvic floor muscles cause the bladder fall into the vaginal canal.

  • The small intestine bulges into the pelvic cavity at the top of the vaginal canal.

  • When the connective tissue that help support the wall between the rectum and vaginal vault weakens and the bowel distends into the vaginal canal.

  • The connective tissues and pelvic floor muscles that hold the uterus are weak, lax or damaged resulting in the uterus sinking into the vaginal canal.

  • Where the connective tissues and muscles no long support the vaginal canal and it fold in on itself.