Women most commonly develop pelvic organ prolapse years after childbirth after a hysterectomy or after menopause.
Pelvic floor prolapse.
In fact about one third of all women are affected by prolapse or similar conditions over their lifetime.
1 pelvic organ prolapse happens more often in older women and in white and hispanic women than in younger women or women of other racial and.
If you have pelvic organ prolapse you ll notice a bulge at the opening of the vagina.
In pelvic organ prolapse the pelvic floor muscles weaken causing one or more of the pelvic organs to fall downward into or out of the vagina.
Pelvic floor disorders urinary incontinence fecal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse affect one in five women in the united states.
The bulge isn t dangerous but it can be very uncomfortable.