What are the symptoms of a cystocele?

What are the symptoms of a cystocele?

• Feeling or seeing something bulging through the vaginal opening
• Difficulty emptying the bladder (urinating)
• Having to run to the bathroom frequently to pass water, or just a feeling as if you have to go a lot.
• Frequent urinary tract infections.
• Feeling of fullness, heaviness, or pain in the pelvic area or lower back. This feeling may get worse when the person is standing, lifting, coughing, or as the day goes on.
• The bladder bulging into or out of the vagina.
• Painful sex.
• Problems inserting tampons or applicators.