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Digestive & GastrointestinalModerate
Rectal Prolapse
Colorectal & Proctology · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Moderate
Severity
Uncommon — most frequently affects women over 50, though it can occur at any age
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Colorectal & Proctology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Results from weakening of the pelvic floor muscles and the ligaments that support the rectum
- 2often due to chronic straining from long-standing constipation
- 3multiple vaginal deliveries
- 4or age-related weakening of connective tissue. Other contributing factors include prior pelvic surgery
- 5chronic coughing
- 6and neurological conditions affecting the pelvic floor. In children
- 7it is often associated with conditions such as cystic fibrosis or malnutrition.
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