The nurse takes a telephone call from a women's health clinic patient. What information should cause the nurse to suspect that the patient is experiencing a cystocele?
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A cystocele occurs when the wall between a woman's bladder and her vagina weakens and allows the bladder to droop into the vagina, which can lead to stress incontinence (C), a feeling of fullness in the perineum (D), and a sensation that something has "fallen out" of the vagina (E). Bloody urine (A) and low back pain (B) are not specific symptoms of a cystocele.

The Nurse Takes a Telephone Call from a Women's Health