"Pelvic organ prolapse is a disorder wherein the entire genital tract that constitutes of the womb, the vagina, the cervix , starts descending downwards, that is outside the outside opening that is the introitus. This can happen due to increased pressure in the tummy or it can happen because of a disease process or laxity of certain important ligaments"

"About 10 to 50 % of women seem to be suffering from this particular disorders in various ranges and severity. Many of them are not very keen on showing a doctor and suffer in silence. They would have a laxity of their vagina, they would have a swelling coming out of them, they may have loss of control of their urination and defecation, that is passing stools. So all these situations in various grade of severity, sometimes the entire womb along with its contents or the surrounding structures may be coming out of their body. So the incidence is about 10 to 50% of the general population. There are certain symptoms that would every woman should be aware and be conscious about. There can be laxity, sometimes you may be passing gas without control, you may be passing urine without and you may not be able to contain your urine for a long period of time, there can be a mass coming out of your body, there can be a chronic back ache, there can be difficulty while having sexual contact, all these conditions signify prolapse, that is prolapse of the genital organs or the pelvic organs prolapse"

"The pelvic organ prolapse is actually typically diagnosed best by your gynecologist. You may feel all these symptoms in the prior answer but when you examined this by per vaginal emanation, the doctor will be able to diagnose where is the weakness. It can be the entre womb coming out, or it could be the supports that is making it lax or sometimes it can be the vagina that is loosening up and coming. Anterior aspect if this vagina is in close approximation with the urinary bladder and posterior or in the back side it is in close approximation with the rectum from where we pass stools. So these symptoms are typically found to be typically associated and the diagnosis is best made by the doctor who is clinically examining you. Pelvic organ prolapse can affect any age. Many at times younger women post first delivery or even as early as first sexual contact may start experiencing this pelvic organ prolapse. This usually typically younger women suffer are as a result of congenital difficulties or weakness in their collagen tissue. These are certain disorders which may present. Sometimes women may present with prolapse during their pregnancy. Many at times prolapses are experienced after delivery also. But typically the commonest age that suffers from prolapse is after 50 years of age. what happens during this time is there is deficiency of the estrogen hormone, perimenopause has set in and therefor all these ligaments that are supporting the womb and the vagina become weakened and if the patient has undergone and especially if the patient has undergone an injurious or a prolonged vaginal delivery in the past without a proper post-delivery rehabilitation, there are possibilities that she may suffer from this kind of symptomatology in the perimenopasual or the post-menopausal period"

"Proper rehabilitation of the perineal floor goes a long way in trying to prevent a pelvic organ prolapse, especially when you are a young woman , you have to maintain your body mass index, you have no obesity, you have exercises that will include the strengthening of the pelvic organ and the lower abdomen. Likewise during pregnancy and after delivery it is important that you perform the Kegel’s exercise and do not put on excessive weight. At the time of delivery the doctors usually take a lot of care to avoid any kind of injury to your pelvic floor and lot of precautions are taken so that yoy don’t suffer from this eventually and post-delivery it is important that you have rehabilitation physiotherapy, wherein your perineal muscles are strengthened and this routine has to be a lifelong routine wherein you maintain your body mass index, maintain your pelvic floor turgor and always maintain good diet that is rich in proteins because finally the ligaments have to be strengthened you have to ensure that you are constantly having good practices, that if you are having a chronic cough or chronic constipation, this requires to be treated because any kind of stress on the abdomen, can cause eventually in the long run this organ prolapse. So lot of preventive methods can be undertaken to prevent this pelvic organ prolapse"

"The pelvic organ prolapse is not a life threatening disorder. But it does change your lifestyle. It may make you lose your self-esteem and it may make you dependent on a lavarotory or toilet and therefor marr your social life. So therefore it is important that you get it treated. In very early stages of pelvic organ prolapse, many at times perineal exercises and losing weight might help. As the grade of it is severe, then you may need a surgery. In a young women who is less than 40 or 45 years of age, usually we offer a conservative surgery. In this conservative surgery, the womb is hinged up to the bony structure either by a laparoscope or by an open technique. We also open or tighten the vagina. In a woman who is older than 45, we may require to take the womb, but however your vagina will be again suspended to your bony ligaments so that you are able to have normal urination, defecation and sexual functions. In a woman who is very old and her pelvic organ prolapse is a challenge for nursing to her family, then in that situation, a little more radical obliteration of the vagina may be done. So these are the different treatments that can be provided to a woman who has pelvic organ prolapse"

"A pelvic organ prolapse is a long term or a chronic disorder. So therefore women may tend to neglect it. But sometimes it can cause an emergency presentation to a gynecological hospital and this can be that suddenly a woman can find that she cannot pass urine. Suddenly the organ that has come out of her body is impacted that cannot be reduced back that she may have been doing all these days. There can be an acute urinary tract infection which can be seriously painful, which requires immediate care and if it is not treated, it may cause infection upwards towards the kidney. Sometimes the women may have acute constipation where she is not able to pass stools. If it is in a milder stage that there is a mass coming out of the body, or there is difficulty in passing stools or urine, then it is imperative that you consult a gynecologist and get yourself checked and confirm that you don’t have a pelvic organ prolapse or a laxate"