How to Use prolapse in a Sentence

prolapse

noun
  • Women with mild prolapse and no symptoms do not need treatment.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2022
  • This is known as pelvic organ prolapse, or POP.
    — Erica Sweeney, SELF, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The dog was lying in a pool of its own blood, suffering from a prolapse which left the dog's uterus exposed.
    — Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2018
  • For others, surgery might be necessary to correct issues like pelvic floor organ prolapse.
    — Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 10 May 2019
  • Sometimes, splinting is needed in cases of pelvic organ prolapse.
    — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The uterine prolapse is painful; an aching sensation, like a ball of descending pressure.
    — The Economist, 28 June 2019
  • One of the primary causes of rectal prolapse is straining to pass a bowel movement.
    — Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Women who deliver vaginally are nine times more likely to have prolapse later in life.
    — Marija Butkovic, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • This can cause problems with bladder control, involuntary loss of stool, or pelvic organ prolapse.
    — Tiffany Ayuda, Health, 12 July 2023
  • Wrapping the right way is also crucial because doing it the wrong way can create downward pressure on your pelvic floor and cause a prolapse.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Bø said there is strong evidence that training the pelvic girdle can help with urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.
    — Elissa Strauss, CNN, 4 May 2018
  • People who had really long labors and deliveries are at higher risk of developing a pelvic floor prolapse.
    — Parents, 21 May 2026
  • Vaginal-mesh products are intended to treat pelvic organ prolapse as well as urinary incontinence.
    — Imani Moise, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2017
  • In some people, problems can lead to pelvic organ prolapse, which is when your organs drop out of their normal position because the pelvic floor can no longer support them.
    — Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2021
  • In women, pelvic organ prolapse may prevent complete bladder emptying when muscles that hold the bladder in place are weakened by childbirth or surgery.
    — Jane E. Brody, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2016
  • Masuma also says that tugging on the child while the mother is birthing leads to the loosening of the uterine muscles, resulting in uterine prolapses.
    — National Geographic, 6 Mar. 2017
  • Some of the most immediate postpartum changes—the overhanging belly, the diastases recti, the prolapse—got better as the months ticked by.
    — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 2 Dec. 2025
  • The additional pressure from pushing can stretch your pelvic floor muscles and ligaments over time and lead to pelvic floor weakness, urinary leakage and even pelvic organ prolapse.
    — Sara Reardon, Flow Space, 10 June 2025
  • Sensations like these could mean a pelvic organ prolapse, when an organ (uterus, bladder or urethra) shifts from its original position or presses against the vaginal wall.
    — Anna Nowogrodzki, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • According to the mom of three, Phoenix's birth came after facing an umbilical cord prolapse, which caused an emergency delivery.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Pelvic organ prolapse, when the uterus, bladder or bowel is dropping and needs to be repaired, is another reason why a provider might recommend a hysterectomy.
    — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 15 May 2026
  • Bulge in the Vagina Pelvic organ prolapse happens when one or more organs held in the pelvis move from their normal position and fall down into or out of the vaginal wall.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Symptoms may include pelvic organ prolapse; pelvic, coccyx, back, hip or groin pain, and urinary incontinence, even faecal incontinence.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • According to an animal control officer, Kenji appeared to be suffering from a rectal prolapse, the post said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
  • In all, 28 birds were taken that night, Jennings told me, including two with missing appendages, one with balance problems, and another being watched for prolapse.
    — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Kenji appeared to be suffering from rectal prolapse, the animal control officer said, and needed medical treatment.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Other risks include umbilical cord prolapse — a medical emergency that occurs when the umbilical cord drops through the birthing canal before the baby’s head — and fetal heart rate changes, to name a few.
    — Alyssa N. Salcedo, Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2024
  • This last one is really important, because there’s some concern that tightly fitting belly bands could put too much stress on your pelvic floor, which might theoretically worsen a case of pelvic organ prolapse.
    — Kathleen Felton, SELF, 6 May 2025
  • Other common symptoms of CF include coughing attacks (often with phlegm), shortness of breath, greasy and bulky stools, rectal prolapse and constipation.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Her health issues started in her 20s when she was put on blood thinners due to a heart mitral valve prolapse (MVP) diagnosis and later a heightened leaky valve.
    — Sue Carswell, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025

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