Doctor help, my IUD got into my BUM: Woman, 30, got dizzy after getting an IUD and discovers her device was ‘misplaced’ after pregnancy scare two months later
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One woman had to have her coil removed from her butt after it somehow migrated out of her uterus.
The 30-year-old from Kuwait had the intrauterine device (IUD) inserted a year after giving birth.
Doctors noted that the original procedure “was difficult, leaving the woman dizzy and sweaty.
Two months later, she sought help, fearing she was pregnant.
Tests showed that the device – with two small wires hanging down so women can check that it is still in place in their vagina – had been moved.
The 30-year-old from Kuwait had the intrauterine device (IUD) inserted a year after giving birth. But tests two months later revealed the device had moved
Scans showed it was about 4 inches deep in the rectum of the unknown woman.
Both wires “protruded” from her rectum and into her pelvic area, doctors wrote in it Case Reports from the International Journal of Surgery.
Medics retrieved the “misplaced” device using forceps and a small camera to guide them.
Doctors suspect that the experience of doctors inserting the coil, the position of the uterus in the pelvis and the shape of the device used may have contributed to the movement.
It is also thought that further migration of the IUD could have occurred after eight weeks due to an ‘imbalance’ between the size of the IUD and the uterine cavity – space in the uterus.
Studies have shown that about one in 1,000 women will experience uterine perforation – when the uterus is pierced – after the device is inserted.
The date of the incident was not revealed in the case report from doctors at Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital in Kuwait.
Doctors observed her for an hour at the time of her original flush procedure and performed an ultrasound to prove the IUD was in place before discharging her.
However, she noted that she had pelvic pain for five days, which later subsided.
Two months later, she returned to the clinic after a pregnancy scare.
However, it is not clear whether she was pregnant.
Medics performed a pelvic exam and found that the two vital IUDs in her vagina were missing.
Further examination revealed that the IUD was completely missing from the patient’s uterus. X-rays then revealed it was “misplaced” in her rectum.
Doctors ruled out performing an endoscopy for fear that the embedded part of the IUD “could break or lead to significant perforation.”
Because the device also pierced the side of her rectum, medics warned she was at “increased risk” of peritonitis — an infection of the lining of your stomach.
If left untreated, it can become life-threatening.
Medics monitored the patient for two days after the removal surgery. She was then fired.
A follow-up appointment a month later revealed no complications.
IUDs are more than 99 percent effective when inserted correctly. They last up to 10 years and work by releasing copper in the womb.
The copper changes the cervical mucus, making it more difficult for sperm to reach an egg and survive.
It can also prevent a fertilized egg from implanting itself.
Women should check that the IUD is still in place ‘a few times in the first month’ and then after each period, the NHS says.
While it’s ‘unlikely’ to come out, people may not be protected against pregnancy if the two wires can’t be felt or if the device has been moved.
“There is a small risk that your body will push the IUD out or it will move,” the NHS said.