Editing Rectocoele (section)

== '''Symptoms''' ==

* Splinting
** The need to place manual      pressure on vagina/rectum/perineum to defecate
** Most specific symptom of      posterior vaginal prolapse, but many women don't have it
* Pelvic pressure sensation
** Frequently described as      'feel like I'm sitting on an egg'
** Usually relieved by lying      down, and less noticeable in the morning
* Constipation
** If they have a rectocoele,      might trap stool within the rectal pocket, leading to a feeling of      incomplete emptying, and possibly soiling
* Sexual dysfunction
* Faecal incontinence
** Thought to be due to fecal      trapping within the rectal pocket, allowing for post-defecatory leakage,      an associated mucosal prolapse that impairs anal closure, or overflow      incontinence
* Defaecatory dysfunction
* Can be asymptomatic in many     women
** Especially if it doesn't      extend beyond hymenal ring
* Urinary incontinence
** Not a symptom of rectocoele,      but often occurs with prolapse, which has many of the same risk factors