What causes uterine prolapse?

Uterine prolapse is a common uterine disease in women. There are many reasons for uterine prolapse in women. If you want to know the specific causes of uterine prolapse? Then listen in detail to some explanations about uterine prolapse in women compiled by the editor! Next, let us take a look at the following content together.

Uterine prolapse refers to the uterus descending along the vagina from its normal position, with the cervix descending below the level of the ischial spines, and even protruding out of the external opening of the vagina. In traditional Chinese medicine, this is called "yin prolapse" or "yin displacement", and is commonly known as "hanging eggplant".

The main symptoms of this disease are: a swelling protruding from the vagina, which can be retracted into the vagina in the early stage but is more difficult in the later stage, a heavy lower abdomen, back pain, difficulty urinating, constipation, excessive and yellow leucorrhea, heavy menstrual flow, and the period may be advanced.

How to treat uterine prolapse?

Uterine prolapse is still a common disease in rural areas, causing a lot of pain to patients and should be treated actively.

For the treatment of uterine prolapse, or when drug treatment is ineffective, surgical treatment should be performed. Surgical treatment is divided into three categories: for young people who want to have children, surgery to preserve the uterus can be chosen; for older people who do not need to have children, hysterectomy can be chosen; for the elderly and frail, vaginal septum formation can be used.

How to prevent uterine prolapse

Although it is important to treat uterine prolapse, it is more important to take measures to prevent the occurrence of this disease. The main measures are as follows:

1. Vigorously publicize family planning, advocate late marriage and late childbearing, and prevent excessive and crowded births.

2. Take good care of health during menstruation, pregnancy, postpartum and lactation. It is not advisable to participate in physical labor too early after giving birth.

3. Improve the technical level of obstetric staff, correctly handle each stage of labor, pay attention to protecting the perineum, repair lacerations in time, and correctly handle dystocia.

4. Prevent and treat chronic diseases such as cough, bronchitis, constipation, etc.

5. Pay attention to physical exercise, strengthen your physical fitness and improve your disease resistance.

To sum up, I hope that after reading my introduction, female friends will be able to take preventive measures in their daily lives to prevent uterine prolapse. If uterine prolapse has already occurred, you need to go to the hospital for examination and treatment immediately. I hope you will recover your health soon.