Most often, pelvic floor problems occur in women in adulthood, when the entire reproductive system undergoes age-related changes. The displacement of the vagina down with the exit from the sexual slit is called the loss of the vagina.
Symptoms of vaginal prolapse
The loss of the vagina can be complete or partial, in some women, only one wall of the vagina occurs: the anterior or posterior. Most often the disease does not manifest itself at all and is found only at a doctor's appointment. However, in many cases, at the initial stage of the vaginal prolapse, women may experience pain during sex, feel a pulling pain in the abdomen or detect spotting. Then to the above symptoms can join ailments of a urological nature: problems with urination, urinary incontinence, stagnation in the urinary organs, problems with defecation. Women who experience vaginal prolapse after childbirth may feel a feeling of heaviness and having a "lower" abdomen because of the pressure of the bladder on the abdominal wall.
Causes of vagina
- repeated births, birth trauma and the absence of postnatal rehabilitation;
- increased intra-abdominal pressure (heavy physical work, sports related to straining);
- bowel diseases associated with constipation;
- untimely emptying of the bladder and rectum (at school age);
- diseases of the uterus, which create an additional burden on the muscular apparatus of the perineum and uterus;
- obesity or sudden weight loss;
- hereditary weakness of ligaments or weakening of perineal muscles during life.
How to treat the loss of the vagina?
When choosing the method of treatment of the vaginal descent, the doctor takes into account a number of factors: age, degree of neglect of the disease, the presence of concomitant diseases.
One of the options for treating the ailment is the performance of special exercises in case of vagina, called Kegel gymnastics . These exercises include three stages and are performed anywhere and anytime.
- Slow compression. Strain the muscles of the vagina, as if you want to stop the process of urination, count to 3 and relax. Over time, complicate your task - count to 15-20.
- Abbreviations. Strain and relax the muscles of the vagina as quickly as possible.
- Exercise with the muscles of the small pelvis, as with childbirth or constipation, until you feel the tension of the abdominal and abdominal muscles.
All exercises should be started 10 times for 5 sets per day. After a week, you can increase the frequency of exercise by 5 times, gradually bringing the number of exercises to 150 a day.
Conservative treatment of vaginal prolapse reduces to the use of plastic devices called uterine rings or pessaries. They are inserted into the vagina
Surgical surgery is one of the most effective methods of treating vaginal prolapse. If one of the walls of the vagina is lowered, a reticular implant is established, which will support the upper or lower parts of the pelvis. When two vagina walls fall, two implants are placed, and the uterus is fixed with ligaments.
Prevention of the omission of the vagina includes a number of activities aimed at preparing therapeutic exercise during pregnancy, correct postnatal rehabilitation of the vaginal muscles and perineal muscles tone, limiting heavy loads and controlling the development of a large fetus during pregnancy.