SAY GOODBYE TO BLADDER PROLAPSE DISCOMFORT!!
1 in 3 women suffer for bladder prolapse. It is a common symptom in women after childbirth or during menopause. In this article we will be looking at what it is, its causes and different treatment available.
What is prolapsed bladder?
Bladder prolapse or cystocele is when the bladder bulges into the front wall of the vagina.
The bladder is a hollow organ in the pelvis that stores urine. During urination, the urine travels from the bladder and out the body through the urethra.
Female bladder has a collection of supportive tissue and pelvic floor muscles that keep it. If the tissues and muscles become stretched, weakened, or damaged, it can cause the bladder to fall and push into the vagina — a prolapsed bladder.
Bladder prolapse symptoms for each stage?
There are different symptoms depending on the severity of the prolapse. Doctors generally grade bladder prolapse based on how far the bladder drops into the vagina.
- Stage 1 (mild): Only a small portion of the bladder droops into the vagina. This grade may not cause any signs but if there are the most common are:
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- pressure on the pelvic floor or vagina
- mild discomfort
- increased urinary urgency
- Stage 2 (moderate): Your bladder drops to the opening or slightly outside of your vagina.
- Stage 3 (severe): Your bladder bulges a lot past the opening of your vagina.
Symptoms are usually common for these last two stages:
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- A feeling that the bladder is not empty immediately after urinating (incomplete voiding)
- frequent voiding
- frequent urinary tract infections
- urinary incontinence or leaking (urine leakage during sneezing, coughing, or exertion)
- frequent urge to pass urine
- painful sexual intercourse
- pressure or heaviness in the vaginal area
- tissue sticking out from the vagina that may be bleeding or tender
- pain in the lower abdomen
Common bladder prolapse causes
Mostly 50% of women suffer for bladder prolapse since the main common causes are:
- menopause: entering and during menopause women´s body produces less estrogen. Estrogen is a hormone that helps keep the muscles around your vagina strong.
- pregnancy and vaginal childbirth: the delivery process is stressful on the vaginal tissues and pelvic floor muscles, which support a woman’s bladder.
But there can be many other reasons why your pelvic floor may become weakened and no longer be able to support your bladder properly:
- obesity
- hysterectomy
- straining
- constipation
How to fix a prolapsed bladder without surgery
There are different non-surgical treatments to solve this issue mainly if your bladder prolapse is not stage 3.
- Manual Kegel exercise: series of exercise tightening the pelvic floor muscles as if you wanted to hold your pee. Not all women manage to do this easily and end up not training the muscles properly.
- Kegel balls: small weight balls to insert into the vagina to help strengthen the pelvic floor muscles by doing Kegel exercises. They exist in different size and weight and can be an effective method of strengthening the pelvic floor, however, overuse or incorrect use of Kegel balls can lead to muscle strain or even tearing.
- Vaginal Pessary rings: they are inserted inside the vagina and support the pelvic muscles that surround the bladder. These devices are mostly available with a doctor’s prescription and come in different shapes, types and sizes, making it complicated to choose the one that best suits your needs.
- Internal and external pelvic floor trainers: there are several vaginal probes on the market which when inserted send electrical stimulation to the pelvic floor muscles in order to induce their contraction and help support the bladder.
The same function is served by shorts or electro-stimulators that are worn like an external tampon.
Although these devices do the Kegel exercises for you, they cannot be used without those around you noticing.
How to fix bladder prolapse discreetly and with immediate support
YEDA
With Yeda you can find soon relief from your bladder prolapse symptoms and strengthen your muscles at the same time because it supports pelvic floor organs (like a pessary) while training the pelvic muscles (like a normal pelvic floor trainer).
It is inserting in to the vagina like a tampon and can be used all day or just as needed because it is inflating inside the vagina. It is easy to insert and remove as it is way smaller in a deflated state.
A non-surgical device that fits individually for each unique body form.
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