Survey Finds One In Three Women Suffer Silently With Pelvic Prolapse

Up to half of each women will acquisition immoderate grade of pelvic organ prolapse successful their lifetime. The information tin origin incontinence, constipation and nan descent of nan bladder aliases uterus into nan vagina. It tin go debilitating from terrible unit and chronic pain.

A caller study from Orlando Health reveals 1 successful 3 women are suffering successful soundlessness pinch communal misconceptions astir pelvic prolapse: 

• Half (50%) do not cognize incontinence (urine leakage) is not conscionable a normal portion of aging that women person to study to unrecorded with.
• 30% judge pelvic prolapse only happens if you person been pregnant.
• 31% judge pelvic prolapse only happens to post-menopausal women aliases women complete 60.
• 1 successful 3 (30%) do not cognize room is an action for fixing pelvic prolapse.

It’s very communal nan older you get. For women who are childbearing age, it’s astir 1 successful 3. By 80 years old, half of women astir apt person prolapse. The pelvic level is for illustration a handbasket of muscles. I show patients prolapse feels for illustration nan tile of your pussy is coming down, for illustration a tampon falling out. Pregnancy is simply a much communal origin of a weakened pelvic floor. There’s besides a familial component.”

Nyarai Mushonga, M.D., double board-certified urogynecologist and reconstructive pelvic surgeon pinch Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health

Dr. Mushonga offers non-surgical and surgical treatments to her patients, but said if prolapse prevents them from peeing aliases pooping normally, she insists connected room since those issues could lead to further complications for illustration kidney damage. Dr. Mushonga uses a minimally-invasive pelvic reconstruction procedure, wherever stitches and a mesh sling unafraid nan pelvic level successful place.

“If patients do person a uterus, nan first measurement would beryllium to region it. A batch of patients deliberation nan hysterectomy is what’s going to really hole nan prolapse, but that is not nan case,” Dr. Mushonga said. “The reconstruction that we execute is really what fixes nan issue.”