Info About Problems & Recovery
by IUD Survivors & Health Professionals
Disclaimer:
Resources listed here are for informational purposes only and are not to be taken as recommendations.
Do your research and make your own informed health choices.
Removal / Copper IUDs / Hormonal IUDs /
Healing Protocols / MTHFR / Hair Testing / Copper Toxicity / Detox /
Acne / Anxiety & Depression / Auto-Immune Disorders / Back Pain/
Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) / Cancer / Cysts / Endometriosis / Fibroids/
Hair Loss / Pain / Period Problems / Pregnancy /
Vulvodynia / Weight Gain / Yeast Infections
IUD Removal
“…I am adamantly against IUDs. Actually I will not treat a woman more than once, if at all, if she is using an IUD because it’s a certainty that it’s causing some, if not all of, her problems. I haven’t seen an exception yet.”
-Dr. Gangemi
IUD Removal: FAQ’s Answered (And More!)
(Talking IUC With Dr. D)
Jan 6, 2019 - Dr Kristina Dervaitis
How to Remove IUD Yourself
Dec 16, 2018 - Irina Maryanchik, EHH-MA
DIY: IUD Removal?!
Feb 28, 2017 - The Doctors
This study describes the reasons for IUD self-removal as documented in internet forums by IUD users discussing self-removal.
In our current climate focused on improving access to IUDs, it is essential to address and reduce barriers to IUD removal when desired, in order to preserve reproductive autonomy.
No conclusions can be made regarding the clinical utility of routine pathology for removed intrauterine devices or cost-effectiveness of routine pathology for therapeutic abortion or removed intrauterine devices, due to the lack of literature identified for these questions. No guidelines regarding routine pathology for removed intrauterine devices were identified. As such, no conclusion can be made.
Reasons for discontinuation of IUD:
Bleeding Pattern (27.5%), Pain (25%), Weight Gain (5%); Other Reasons (42.5%)
A 22-year-old G1P1 Caucasian female had hysteroscopic removal of a perforated intrauterine device during which the steroid reservoir of the intrauterine device was lost. Isolated steroid reservoirs are radiolucent on plain film radiography. We located the reservoir in the peritoneal cavity with magnetic resonance imaging and removed it via laparoscopy.
Baseline generalized pelvic pain may not be a risk factor for IUD discontinuation within one year of placement.
A 28-year-old woman presented with a malpositioned intrauterine device (IUD) that was fragmented and significantly entrenched within the cervical canal and myometrium. IUD malposition with concomitant device fragmentation and embedded segments, albeit rare, should be a consideration given the device's prevalence.
We found that women's perceptions of how their method affects their sex life were associated with contraceptive continuation over time. Sexual acceptability should receive more attention in both contraceptive research and counseling.
IUD self-removal is an option that some patients may be interested in. Addressing concerns about safety may make self-removal more appealing to some patients. Addressing physicians' concern about "hasty" removal may require additional training so that providers are better able to support patients' decision-making around contraceptive use. Implications: The option of self-removal could have a positive impact on reproductive autonomy and patient-decision making.
Because adolescents are at higher risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), obstetrician–gynecologists should continue to follow standard guidelines for STI screening. They should advise adolescents who choose LARC methods to use male or female condoms consistently (dual method use) to decrease the risk of STIs, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Obstetrician–gynecologists should counsel all sexually active adolescents who do not seek pregnancy on the range of reversible contraceptive methods, including LARC, and should help make these contraceptives readily accessible to them.
LARC methods such as etonogestrel contraceptive implants and IUDs provide effective pregnancy prevention, but discontinuation rates are higher among adolescents and young women than among adults.
We encourage contraceptive counseling and removal protocols that directly address historical reproductive injustices and that honor patients' wishes.
Copper IUD Info
Hormonal IUD Info
Methylation & MTHFR
MTHFR - Understanding Gene Mutations & Epigenetics
FACEBOOK GROUP with lots of discussions about IUDs
MTHFR Mutation?
Oral Contraceptives Not Recommended
March 16, 2012 - Dr. Ben Lynch
A must-read article about copper toxicity and MTHFR disorder!
November 1, 2016 - Heal From Copper
Dirty Genes | MTHFR, Folic Acid, and Your Fertility
March 6, 2020 - Dr. Ben Lynch, ND
Dirty Genes
January 30, 2018 - Ben Lynch ND.
Epigenetics, Methylation, MTHFR & the Brain, Made Easy...er
8/11/2015 - Courtney Snyder, MD
Hair Testing (HTMA)
For all of you wondering about hair testing.
13 Reasons To Get a Hair Mineral Analysis Test
By Wendy Myers
Unlocking Human Performance with Hair Mineral Analysis
By Wendy Myers
Hitting the Nutrition Bulls Eye!
Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA)
July, 2014 - Rick Malter, Ph.D
Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis - HTMA
Advanced Nutritional Science
Copper Toxicity
"Birth control pills and copper IUDs (intra-uterine devices for birth control) . These two birth control methods definitely affect copper metabolism in the body. While some women can handle them, others experience depression, anxiety, personality shifts and many horrible side effects from them, either acute or chronic. This aspect of women’s “sexual revolution” has probably caused more disasters in women’s health than any other. "
-Dr Lawrence Wilson
COPPER AND YOUR HEALTH
by Dr. Lawrence Wilson - May 2017
Hidden Copper Overload
Jul 21, 2011 - Ann Louise Gittleman
Guide to Sources and Symptoms of Toxic Metals
by Wendy Myers
Copper Toxicity and How to Reduce Elevated Levels
Cynthia Perkins - December 5, 2012
Copper Overload: Do You Have It and What Can You Do About It
Melissa Diane Smith, 1999
Most Health Issues Stem from Copper Dysregulation - PART 1
with Morley Robbins
Myers Detox Podcast #90
Copper Toxicity: A Common Cause of Psychiatric Symptoms
by Judy Tsafrir M.D
September 11, 2017 - Psychology Today
Copper Overload - Too Much of a Good Thing
6/11/2015 - Courtney Snyder, MD
Walsh Research Institute
”Unfortunately, many persons have a genetic inability to regulate copper levels and a serious copper overload can result. Causes of copper overload range from metallothionein SNP mutations, zinc deficiency, environmental copper exposures, copper-rich foods, birth control pills or copper IUDs, and hormonal therapy.” - William J. Walsh, PhD
Detox Protocols
Acne
Anxiety / Depression
Autoimmune Disorders
Back & Pelvic Pain
Bacterial Vaginosis - BV
Cancer
....The strongest data appear to be the deleterious effects of levonorgestrel-releasing IUDs on percent lean and fat body mass.
….Use of the levonorgestrel-releasing IUD, commonly used to treat abnormal bleeding in the perimenopause, increased the risk of developing breast cancer in postmenopausal women
Recent levonorgestrel-IUD use may be associated with CIN2, a lesion with a high rate of regression, but not CIN3, which is considered a true pre-cancerous lesion. The observed association between levonorgestrel-IUDs and CIN2+ was modest but warrants further investigation. It may have clinical importance for contraceptive counseling if this finding is shown to be consistent across other studies and other populations.
Cysts in Breast & Ovaries
My ayurvedic practitioner told me that she has been paying careful attention over the last 10 years that IUD's have been gaining in popularity and that "EVERY WOMAN with a Paragard IUD and most women with hormonal IUDs who she has seen HAVE HAD CYSTS in her armpits, breasts &/or ovaries"!!!!
Endometriosis
Fibroids
Hair Loss
Hormonal Imbalances
Period Problems
Pregnancy
Weight Gain & Loss
Yeast Infections
Vulvodynia (Painful Sex)
- 2015
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- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2020-2
- 2021
- 2021-2
- 2022
- 2022-2
- 2023
- Abdomen Pains
- Abnormal Bleeding
- Acne
- Anemia
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Auto-immune Disorders
- Back Pain
- Bacterial Vaginosis BV
- Bloating
- Blood Clots
- Brain Fog
- Broken IUD
- Cancer
- Coercion
- Copper IUD
- Copper Toxicity
- Cost
- Cramping
- Cysts
- Dalkon Shield
- Depression
- Detox
- Dismissal
- Dizziness
- Early Removal
- ectopic pregnancy
- Embedded
- endometriosis
- ER Visits
- Estrogen Dominance
- Expulsion
- Fatigue
- Hair Loss
- Hair Test
- headaches
- Heart Palpitations
- Heavy Bleeding
- Heavy Periods
- Hormonal IUD
- Hormonal Problems
- Hysterectomy
- Imaging
- Improvement after Removal
- Infection
- Infertility
- Inflammation
- Insomnia
- Irritability
- IUD Alert
- Kyleena
- Lawsuit
- Loss of Libido
- Medications
- Memory Loss
- Mental Health Problems
- Migraine
- Migration
- Mirena
- Mood Changes
- Nausea
- Pain
- Painful Insertion
- Painful Periods
- Painful Sex
- panic attacks
- Paragard
- PCOS
- Pelvic Pain
- Perforation
- Period Changes
- PID
- PMS
- Poking Partner
- Politics
- Postpartum Insertion
- Pregnancy
- Refused Removal
- Removal
- Reproductive Justice
- Skin Problems
- Skyla
- Spotting
- Surgery
- Thyroid Problems
- vision problems
- Weight Changes
- Yeast Infection

IUD Damage
Dr. Gangemi