Uterine Prolapse Symptoms
Health Encyclopedia: Uterine Prolapse
Pelvic relaxation; Pelvic floor hernia
Treatment
Uterine prolapse can be treated with a vaginal pessary or surgery.
A vaginal pessary is an object inserted into the vagina to hold the uterus in place. It may be used as a temporary or permanent form of treatment. Vaginal pessaries are fitted for each individual woman.
Pessaries may cause an irritating and abnormal smelling discharge, and they require periodic cleaning, usually done by the p...
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Uterine prolapse
Pelvic relaxation; Pelvic floor hernia Symptoms Sensation of heaviness or pulling in the pelvis A feeling as if "sitting on a small... Read more »Uterine prolapse
...reduces the risk. How an episiotomy and other obstetric procedures affect the later development of uterine prolapse is unclear. Estrogen replacement therapy in postmenopausal women tends to help... Read more »Uterine prolapse
Uterine prolapse is falling or sliding of the uterus from its normal position in the pelvic cavity into the vaginal canal. Alternative Names Pelvic relaxation;... Read more »Uterine Fibroids and Hysterectomy: Hysterectomy
HysterectomyHysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus and is the second most frequently performed surgery in premenopausal women (Cesarean sections are first). About 600,000 hysterectomies... Read more »Endometriosis: Hysterectomy
HysterectomyHysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus and is the second most frequently performed surgery in premenopausal women. (Cesarean sections are first.) About 600,000 hysterectomies... Read more »Images
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