prolapse

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The former BBC 5 Live journalist and podcaster was experiencing pelvic organ prolapse - a condition that affects around one in twelve women, but which many have never even heard of.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

"I'd never even heard the term prolapse before," she says, and since talking openly about it she's realised it's often a "taboo" subject despite being very common.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

When these muscles become overly tight or loose, patients can experience issues like pelvic pain, pelvic organ prolapse, sexual dysfunction, and incontinence—which all have serious implications if left untreated.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

A common treatment for prolapse, a device called a pessary, actually resembles a menstrual cup.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2024

He again laid open his abdomen in 1880, the wound again healing notwithstanding the prolapse of the omentum.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)