WHAM - Women Health & More https://wham.com.mt/author/francesca-sant/ By informing and empowering women, discussing, and promoting women’s lived experiences, celebrating women’s achievements, and sharing our concerns and interests, we hope that we can empower women to lead better, healthier, and happier lives Sat, 09 Jan 2021 23:47:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://wham.com.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-Site-Icon-32x32.png WHAM - Women Health & More https://wham.com.mt/author/francesca-sant/ 32 32 Prolapse Types, Symptoms, Risk Factors, Prevention and Management https://wham.com.mt/prolapse/ https://wham.com.mt/prolapse/#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:28:36 +0000 http://wham.com.mt/?p=1052 Pelvic Organ Prolapse. So much lack of awareness about it, yet so many women are struggling because of it. In fact, it affects about 50% of women who have had children (but it can also affect women who have not had children) What is pelvic organ prolapse? Put ‘simply’ it is when one (or more) of your pelvic organs, i.e. the rectum, bladder, or uterus, drops down into the vagina. It happens when there is a lack of support by the pelvic floor muscles, ligaments, and fascia. What are the symptoms of a prolapse? For some women, there are not many symptoms, and they get

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