Pelvic organ prolapse

Pelvic organ prolapse isn’t life-threatening. In some cases it can cause little or no problems. However, in more severe cases, it may feel very uncomfortable. It might stop you doing the things that you enjoy, and affect your quality of life. Like incontinence, prolapse isn’t inevitable part of ageing.

Speak to your doctor if you think you might have a prolapse. You don’t need to suffer or feel embarrassed. Many women can experience prolapse, but it can be treated.


Speak to your doctor if you think you might have a prolapse. You don’t need to suffer or feel embarrassed. Many women can experience prolapse, but it can be treated.

Symptoms

Some women with a pelvic organ prolapse don’t have any symptoms at all. The condition may only discovered during an internal examination for another reason. For example, during a cervical screening test (smear test). Other women will experience symptoms. It’s normal for your symptoms to feel more or less severe at different times of the day.

Speak to your doctor if: You think you might have a prolapse or you have symptoms of a prolapse such as: a feeling of a bulge or something coming down the vagina a feeling of a bulge or something coming out the vagina, which sometimes needs pushed back up (you may be able to see this with a mirror) discomfort during sex problems peeing – a slow stream, a feeling of not emptying your bladder fully, needing to go to the toilet a lot or leaking