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== Learning Outcomes == | |||
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== Signs and Symptoms == | == Signs and Symptoms == | ||
Men: | |||
Constipation or bowel strains | |||
- Ongoing pain in your pelvic region, genitals or rectum. | |||
- A prolapse – may feel as though there is a bulge/ pressure in the rectum or a feeling of needing to use your bowels without actually needing to go. | |||
- Accidentally leaking urine when you exercise, laugh, cough or sneeze. | |||
- Feelings of urgency in needing to the bathroom, or not making it there in time. Frequent need to urinate. | |||
- Difficultly emptying your bladder (discontinuous urination – stop and start multiple times) and bowels. | |||
- The feeling of needing to have several bowel movements during a short period of time. | |||
- Accidentally passing wind. | |||
- Pain in your lower back that cannot be explained by other causes. | |||
- Pain in the testicles, penis (referred pain from the pelvic floor) or pelvis during intercourse. | |||
- Erectile dysfunction. | |||
- Painful ejaculation. | |||
Women: | |||
- Pain or numbness during intercourse. | |||
- Ongoing pain in your pelvic region, genitals or rectum. | |||
- A prolapse – may be felt as a bulge in the vagina (feeling or seeing a bulge or lump in or coming out of your vagina) or a feeling of heaviness, discomfort, pulling, dragging or dropping sensation. | |||
- Accidentally leaking urine when you exercise, laugh, cough or sneeze (stress incontinence). | |||
- Feelings of urgency in needing to the bathroom, or not making it there in time. | |||
- Frequent need to urinate. | |||
- Difficultly emptying your bladder (discontinuous urination – stop and start multiple times) and bowels. | |||
- The feeling of needing to have several bowel movements during a short period of time. | |||
- Constipation or bowel strains | |||
- Accidentally passing wind. | |||
- Pain in your lower back that cannot be explained by other causes. | |||
Helpful website for further information: [http://www.pelvicfloorfirst.org.au/pages/how-can-i-tellif-i-have-a-pelvic-floor-problem.html] | |||
== Risk Factors == | == Risk Factors == |
Revision as of 18:39, 18 March 2018
Original Editors - Sarah Barnes, Chris Van Wyk, Amy McCarthy, Gina Mclaughlin, John Lavin, Claire Ramsden and Carolinne Cieslak.
Top Contributors - Sarah Barnes, Carolinne Cieslak, Gina McLoughlin, Kim Jackson, Claire Ramsden, Chris Van Wyk, Amy McCarthy, John Lavin, Vidya Acharya, Rachael Lowe and Nicole Hills
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Signs and Symptoms[edit | edit source]
Men: Constipation or bowel strains - Ongoing pain in your pelvic region, genitals or rectum. - A prolapse – may feel as though there is a bulge/ pressure in the rectum or a feeling of needing to use your bowels without actually needing to go. - Accidentally leaking urine when you exercise, laugh, cough or sneeze. - Feelings of urgency in needing to the bathroom, or not making it there in time. Frequent need to urinate. - Difficultly emptying your bladder (discontinuous urination – stop and start multiple times) and bowels. - The feeling of needing to have several bowel movements during a short period of time. - Accidentally passing wind. - Pain in your lower back that cannot be explained by other causes. - Pain in the testicles, penis (referred pain from the pelvic floor) or pelvis during intercourse. - Erectile dysfunction. - Painful ejaculation.
Women: - Pain or numbness during intercourse. - Ongoing pain in your pelvic region, genitals or rectum. - A prolapse – may be felt as a bulge in the vagina (feeling or seeing a bulge or lump in or coming out of your vagina) or a feeling of heaviness, discomfort, pulling, dragging or dropping sensation. - Accidentally leaking urine when you exercise, laugh, cough or sneeze (stress incontinence). - Feelings of urgency in needing to the bathroom, or not making it there in time. - Frequent need to urinate. - Difficultly emptying your bladder (discontinuous urination – stop and start multiple times) and bowels. - The feeling of needing to have several bowel movements during a short period of time. - Constipation or bowel strains - Accidentally passing wind. - Pain in your lower back that cannot be explained by other causes.
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