The primary care provider has prescribed estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) for a menopausal woman who has been diagnosed with pelvic organ prolapse (POP). The client asks the nurse why she needs to be on hormones. Which would be the nurse's best response?

Hormone replacement will increase blood perfusion and the elasticity of the vaginal wall.

Explanation:

Pelvic organ prolapse is a medical problem in females in which the tissues and muscles of the pelvic floor do not support the organs of the pelvis like vagina, uterus, urethra , bladder and rectum. This results in the drop of the organs in the pelvis from their normal position. This is a common feature in old age women and those who have been undergone with menopause.

The estrogen replacement therapy can be useful to restore the vagina as it could be before premenopause in the woman. It may help to strengthen the vaginal structures and providing the elasticity to the vagina by increasing the blood perfusion. This will be a diagnostic treatment in the prolapse.

c would be the answer