Uterine Prolapse: When Your Insides Fall Out

Uterine Prolapse: When Your Insides Fall Out
Pregnancy, birth trauma, being overweight, and chronic constipation are risk factors for uterine prolapse.RossHelen/Shutterstock
Peter Weiss
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P.G. was a 54-year-old mother of three. All three of her children had been natural, vaginal deliveries. Her youngest is now 14. She had been complaining of increasing pelvic pressure for the past six or seven years, but since menopause (at age 52), her symptoms had been getting worse.

She had some leaking of urine, again worsening the past few years. P.G. could no longer play tennis, which she loved, let alone do any real physical activity without discomfort. She scheduled an urgent appointment since she felt that something was “falling out.”

Peter Weiss
Peter Weiss
MD
Dr Peter Weiss is a nationally known physician and healthcare thought leader who has advised CEO’s, and political leaders on current and future healthcare trends affecting our country. He was a national health care advisor for senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign and was an Assistant Clinical Professor of OB/GYN at UCLA School of Medicine for thirty years. Dr Weiss is the co-founder of the Rodeo Drive Women's Health Center and remains in private practice. He also spends part of his time writing and lecturing on healthcare in America.
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