Women who ve had more than one vaginal birth or are postmenopausal are at the highest risk.
Pelvic floor prolapse causing vaginal bleeding in menopausal women.
Uterine prolapse occurs when pelvic floor muscles and ligaments stretch and weaken and no longer provide enough support for the uterus.
Because the condition causes both vaginal and urinary symptoms doctors use the term genitourinary syndrome of menopause gsm to describe vaginal atrophy and its accompanying symptoms.
Pelvic organ prolapse pop doesn t always have symptoms.
In addition to urinary problems significantly more women with the vulvovaginal symptoms than without also had pelvic organ prolapse or faecal incontinence without diarrhoea.
Vaginal prolapse happens when the muscles that support the organs in a woman s pelvis weaken.
When it does they depend on what kind of prolapse you have.
Uterine prolapse can occur in women of any age.
In most cases symptoms are mild in the morning but get worse as the day.
The women with the vulva and vaginal symptoms also tended to have more menopausal symptoms other than hot flashes.
For many women vaginal atrophy not only makes intercourse painful but also leads to distressing urinary symptoms.
But it often affects postmenopausal women who ve had one or more vaginal deliveries.