What are the nature and symptoms of uterine prolapse?

Some women may experience back pain and lower abdominal pain in their lives. They don’t know the reason at first. After a detailed examination, they find that it is uterine prolapse. Then many women are frightened when they hear that they have uterine prolapse. So how serious is uterine prolapse? What are the types of uterine prolapse? This is something that female friends are very worried and concerned about. Then come and have a look.

1. Pain in the lumbar and sacral regions, especially in the sacral region, which is more obvious after labor and can be relieved by resting in bed. In addition, patients feel a sense of heaviness in the lower abdomen, vagina, and perineum, which is aggravated by fatigue.

2. Vaginal prolapse and swelling. The patient reported that a spherical object prolapsed from the vagina, which was more obvious when walking or doing physical labor, and returned to the original position on its own after bed rest. In severe cases of prolapse, the prolapse remains outside all day and cannot be fixed by itself. When walking, the prolapse causes friction with clothes, causing discomfort. Long-term friction may lead to ulcers, infection, increased secretions, and even bleeding. Over time, the local tissue may become thickened and keratinized.

3. Urinary tract symptoms: Most patients with uterine prolapse will experience uterine prolapse due to laughing, coughing violently, or exerting force. A small number of patients with uterine prolapse have difficulty urinating, which leads to urinary retention. They need to push the bulging bladder forward with their fingers before they can urinate. The cause is severe cystocele, where the enlarged bladder is located below the urethra.

4. Physical signs. The uterus moves downward from the cervix being located in the vagina <14 cm from the hymen to the uterine body being completely protruding out of the vaginal opening. Unreducible uterine prolapse is often accompanied by rectocele, thickening and keratinization of the vaginal mucosa, hypertrophy and elongation of the cervix, and the distance between the vesicouterine fossa and the anterior vaginal fornix is ​​>2 cm and can be as long as 4 to 5 cm. When severe uterine prolapse is accompanied by bladder prolapse, the transverse groove folds of the vaginal vesica disappear, and the lower limit of the bladder may be longer than the external opening of the cervix. In severe uterine prolapse, the bladder and ureter move downward, forming a positive "△" area with the urethral opening.

Now you can see that when the uterus prolapses, there may be pain and soreness in the lumbar region, and a feeling of heaviness in the lower abdomen. So women should be vigilant. When uterine prolapse is severe, the prolapsed uterus may be visible at the vaginal opening. If it causes severe pain, you need to go to the hospital for treatment in time.