Bladder Hernia (Cystocele) - Symptoms, Causes, and Doctors- My Mediland

About- Cystocele also called a bladder hernia, anterior prolapse, or prolapsed or dropped bladder, occurs when the supportive tissue between a woman's bladder and vaginal wall weakens and stretches, allowing the bladder to bulge into the vagina.

Symptoms-

A vaginal bulge

A feeling of fullness or pressure in the pelvis and vagina

Increased discomfort when you strain, cough, bear down or lift

A feeling of incomplete urination

Frequent or urgent urination

Difficulty starting a urine stream

Repeated bladder infections

Pain or urinary leakage during sexual intercourse

The feeling that something is falling out of the vagina

Causes-
A Cystocele occurs due to weak and stretched muscles and supportive tissues between a woman’s bladder and the vagina which cause the bladder to sag from its normal position and bulge into the vagina or through the vaginal opening. The conditions that repeatedly strain or increase pressure in the pelvic area are

Pregnancy and vaginal childbirth

Being overweight or obese

Repeated heavy lifting

Straining with bowel movements

A chronic cough or bronchitis

Constipation

Being overweight or obese

Specialists to Visit
Gynaecologist and Obstetrician
Physiotherapist
Urologist

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References-
https://www.mayoclinic.org
https://en.wikipedia.org
https://www.niddk.nih.gov
https://my.clevelandclinic.org
https://www.urologyhealth.org