What are the symptoms of discomfort with the ring?

Among contraceptive methods, many women choose to use an IUD, which is also a very safe method. However, many women should also pay attention to the fact that they will experience discomfort when having an IUD inserted, especially some women’s bodies may not be able to have an IUD inserted at all. So what are the symptoms of discomfort? For some women, the amount of menstruation increases after wearing the IUD, which can be twice as much as usual; another situation is that it causes damage to the pelvic cavity and causes abdominal pain.

1 Symptoms of IUD discomfort: Excessive menstrual flow

Some intrauterine contraceptive devices contain copper ions, which are cytotoxic and hemolytic, causing excessive menstrual flow and non-clotting bleeding. This is a normal phenomenon.

2 Symptoms of IUD discomfort 2: Abnormal pregnancy after IUD insertion

The IUD can only prevent normal pregnancy in the uterine cavity, but cannot prevent abnormal pregnancy outside the uterus (i.e. ectopic pregnancy). Therefore, it is inevitable that a small number of women who use IUDs for contraception will have ectopic pregnancy.

3 Symptom 3 of IUD discomfort: Damage to other organs

In rare cases, the IUD may perforate the uterus and enter the abdominal cavity, causing the IUD to become dislocated. The IUD may be ectopically located in the bladder, pelvis, or mesentery.

4 Symptoms of discomfort after IUD insertion: Bleeding after IUD insertion

Most women will experience a small amount of bleeding 3-4 days after the IUD is inserted. This is because the IUD, as a foreign body, stimulates the uterus to contract, causing the IUD to rub against the endometrium and cause bleeding. Some women may also rub the cervical canal endometrium or endometrium when the IUD is inserted, causing bleeding. Most women experience very little bleeding and do not require treatment, and recover within a week after IUD insertion.

5 Symptoms of IUD discomfort: Lower abdominal pain or backache after IUD insertion

A few women will have this feeling after having an IUD inserted. This is actually one of the specific manifestations of the side effects of the IUD. It is mainly because some people's uterus is more sensitive to the contraceptive ring and regards it as an "invader", causing uterine contractions and mild lower abdominal pain or back pain. After a short period of adaptation, the symptoms of IUD insertion will disappear on their own. The uterus responds to a foreign object by attempting to expel it by increasing its contractions. Most people cannot feel uterine contractions and can adapt to them, but some people feel back pain, soreness, and a small amount of vaginal bleeding.

6 Symptoms of IUD discomfort: Uterine perforation

The mechanism by which IUD insertion causes uterine perforation is not clear. It is generally believed that it may be caused by the inappropriate size of the uterus or improper operation by the doctor. In addition, when women exercise vigorously, the IUD in their body may cause damage to the uterus due to its sharp shape and physical inertia. Unexplained uterine contractions may also squeeze the IUD and cause uterine perforation.

7 Health Tips

IUD insertion itself is a minor operation, placing a foreign object in the uterine cavity, and it takes some time for the body to adapt. The uterus responds to a foreign object by attempting to expel it by increasing its contractions.