The birth control ring has not been taken out, will it grow into the meat? Before what age is it better to take it out?

What does it feel like to put an IUD in your body?

Some netizens described it this way: "I have never experienced such severe pain in my life. It's like putting a long needle into the uterus , and then waiting for it to slowly open like an umbrella before it ends."

What is the birth control ring? Most women may have heard of it. It is a family planning method widely advocated by our country in the 1980s, and has been widely used due to high contraceptive rates.

However, due to the lack of popular science and other problems, many women who have been "sheung-up" seem to have forgotten the foreign body in their bodies, until they find abnormal conditions such as vaginal bleeding . "pulled hard" .

It has been 30 years since the "Sheung Wan Tide" of the last century. What happened to the women in Sheung Wan?

1. The forgotten birth control ring may be a "time bomb"

Some netizens once shared their experience of taking rings online, and it may be really difficult for those who have experienced it in person to empathize with it.

01. "The process is like a tripod being pulled out"

I don't want to wear such a metal thing if I have a choice. It's been more than ten years since the release. If it wasn't for the repeated discomfort in the lower abdomen, I went to the hospital for examination. I don't know that the birth control ring has been displaced.

The operation can be described as "pulling and pulling hard". The tail of the ring can no longer be found. The doctor can only press the flesh of the uterus and pull it out . The pain is excruciatingly painful. It was like a thin tripod that was fixed in the womb, and it was pulled out of the womb with great force. It was too painful...

02. "The whole ring has grown into the flesh"

The doctor told me at the time that the ring had grown in the flesh. When the belly pressed the uterus, I felt that the whole ring was embedded in the flesh, and then the doctor needed to pick the hook out. I still remember the sound of the friction between the hard metal objects, and I felt that my uterus was about to be destroyed.

It is said that giving birth is the most painful, but I think it is not as good as taking a ring. The pain of giving birth to a child is forgotten after giving birth, but the pain of taking the ring, to be precise, the pain of taking the birth control ring that has grown into the flesh, is something that I will never forget in my life . Looking back on that day now, my body is still shivering with chills.

According to the data of the "China Health Statistical Yearbook 2019", from 1980 to 2018, a total of 346 million operations for the placement of the IUD were performed across the country, while only 106 million operations were performed to remove the IUD. unbalanced.

And those IUDs that have been forgotten in the body, if they are not taken for a long time, may face these 3 consequences:

1. Difficulty in taking out

With age, the uterus shrinks, the IUD will be squeezed, incarcerated and ectopic, causing chronic uterine perforation, and even adhesion to the muscularis tissue, which brings great difficulties to the clinical ring removal operation.

2. Contraceptive failure

The birth control ring has an expiration date. If it exceeds the expiration date, it will age, deform or even rupture, resulting in contraceptive failure.

3. Back pain, abdominal pain

After menopause, the uterus shrinks and the uterine cavity becomes smaller, but the size of the birth control ring does not change accordingly.

2. "Sheung Wan" has a lot of hidden dangers. At what age is it better to take it out?

Zhou Wenjing, an artist who studied at the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, interviewed 50 women wearing birth control rings in the creation of birth control rings. Among them, 8 had their uterus removed for reasons related to birth control rings .

What are the health risks brought by the birth control ring?

According to the "IUD Adverse Reactions Investigation and Related Coping Strategies", 662 cases of women of childbearing age who were placed with IUDs were counted, and a total of 186 cases of adverse reactions were found, with an incidence rate of 28.1% .

For women who already have an IUD inserted, when should it be removed?

Generally speaking, stainless steel metal IUDs can be placed for 15-20 years; silicone, plastic or other types of IUDs can be protected for 5-7 years. Once the service is overdue, there will be many security risks.

In addition, if these two situations occur, you need to take the ring in advance:

First, half a year after menopause or menopause begins to disorder menstruation, reproductive immunity declines, resulting in increased chances of infection, so try to take the ring within one year of menopause ;

Second, during the placement of the IUD, if there is discomfort in the lower abdomen, lumbosacral pain, irregular vaginal bleeding, etc. , you should seek medical attention in time and take it out if necessary.

In order to avoid the negative effects of the IUD, it is suggested that women should follow up every year to understand the situation of the IUD in the uterine cavity, so that when problems are found, they can be dealt with in time.

3. The contraceptive rate is as high as 99%! Learn more about male contraception

In addition to using condoms and rings, the common contraceptive method is to take contraceptives, but before this, only female contraceptives... This makes women bear most of the contraceptive burden in both sexes.

Recently, scientists have developed an oral contraceptive pill for men.

A research team from the laboratory of Professor Gunda Georg, director of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, USA, targeted a protein called retinoic acid (retinoic acid) receptor alpha (RAR-α), and designed and synthesized about 100 compounds , which led to the discovery of a compound called YCT529 that inhibits RAR-alpha, rendering the recipient sterile.

Through mouse experiments, the research team said that the male oral contraceptive they developed is 99% effective and has no obvious side effects . However, the drug is still undergoing human clinical trials in the third quarter, and it will take some time to see whether it will succeed in the end.

In fact, there is another very practical method of male contraception, that is, vasectomy .

Male ligation is to cut the vas deferens, and then suture the two ends of the vas deferens separately. Contraception is achieved when sperm and semen cannot meet and ejaculate is not possible.

Some people worry that male ligation will affect sexual performance. But in fact, pleasure is controlled by the brain as a feeling, and this feeling will not disappear with the ligation. If you feel that the pleasure is not as good as before, it is mostly a psychological problem.

In addition, ligation will not affect the function of the prostate and seminal vesicles, and will not cause a decrease in the amount of semen, so it will not affect erection and maintenance time . And ligation can be regretted. If you want to resume fertility after ligation, as long as the vas deferens is reconnected through vas deferens surgery, the channel of sperm to the outside can be opened.

The IUD is indeed a relatively efficient and economical means of contraception. But it would be biased to use women's health as the price. "Contraception" is the joint responsibility of both husband and wife, and women should not be forced to make concessions in the game of interests. Selecting the best is the correct choice for the scientific concept of fertility.

References:

[1] "It's time to take out those IUDs that were forgotten in the body! ". People's Political Consultative Conference. 2020-10-26

[2] Why did her "Birth Control Ring Art Exhibition" detonate controversy? 》.Medicine.2021-02-14

[3] "Will the pleasure disappear after a man is ligated? How much does it affect sexual performance? What if I still want children? 》. Family Doctor. 2021-12-18

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