Mirena IUD Can Fix Heavy Periods

Women who think that their periods are too heavy, need to get in and talk to their gyno because there are a number of excellent solutions to the problem. There are now several medical and surgical choices, and in fact there is a way to stop heavy menstrual bleeding with a contraceptive choice. Indeed you can fix your heavy periods and get great long term contraceptive protection, that rivals the success rate of pregnancy protection that tubal ligations offer. In 2009 the FDA approved the Mirena IUD for treatment of heavy periods, also called menorrhagia. The Mirena was said to show a , "showed a statistically significant reduction in menstrual blood loss," by Scott Monroe, MD, director of the Division of Reproductive and Urologic Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, in a prepared statement. It is important to remember, in this trial women did not have large uterine fibroids or medical conditions, such as bleeding disorders, that could cause heavy bleeding. So the first step when you do have heavy bleeding is not to jump to the solution, but to work with your gyno to get a diagnosis. It you have not been properly tested for these conditions it is not possible to say if you would have the same success with this method, but it is a very convenient, safe and effective method of contraception. Women using the Mirena typically are very happy with their treatment, and after the initially adjustment to the hormone in the IUD, women most often with Mirena do not have any side effects. The possible side effects of a Mirena IUD include: spotting, irregular bleeding, ovarian cysts or pelvic pain. Headaches have also been reported. Side effects can also include possible expelling the IUD. Compared to the copper IUDs the medicated IUD with the levonorgestrel is more likely to include skipping periods and a bit more likely to be expelled. The Mirena IUD controls heavy periods because of the hormone levonorgestrel contained in it. This hormone leaks slowly out of the IUD and by the 5th year there is about 50% of the hormone leaking out. So occasionally women who had no bleeding or clotting with their periods in the first years may experience worsening over time. The FDA points out that although rare, the following serious side effects are possible from this method:

Ectopic pregnancy
Intrauterine pregnancy
Group A streptococcal sepsis
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Embedding in the uterine wall
Perforation of the uterine wall or cervix

So when women experience side effects from their Mirena, whether it is bleeding, pain, or discharge, at Women's Health Practice we feel important to make sure none of these serious side effects have occurred before moving on to check out other diagnoses. As of 2013 Skyla is now also available, it also contains the same hormones, it is not approved for heavy menstrual bleeding, and it needs to be replaced in 3 years. also note that new health care legislation may have now made your IUD covered under your insurance. And for women who have completed their childbearing, consider a same day office NovaSure, call 217-356-3736 to schedule an appointment.

Passing Your Uterine Lining, Menstrual Period Norms

Decidual Cast Periods can be fairly easy, passing some tissue at a time, or off can come the whole lining in one piece called a decidual cast. Generally the lining of the uterus is only 6-8 mm thick at the time of the menstrual period, and it is shed gradually, a few cells at a time. The decidual cast is when the entire lining passes spontaneously. It's not uncommon, but it usually both uncomfortable, and alarming to some. But us women are designed to have some sort of periods Or Not? We have to pass tissue each month. Or Not? Are they good for us? Or Not? Do we want them? Or Not? Is this something that is individual? Or Not? It's a complex topic that I will be discussing a lot over my time in this blog. So lets start with basics: How much do we bleed and what are we loosing, and just what was this that the patient passed? And another basic: track your periods, and the Women's Health Practice site http://www.womenshealthpractice.com/media/pdf/menstrual_chart.pdf you...

Post-Endometrial Ablation Syndrome

If you have had an endometrial ablation and have developed symptoms of pelvic pain you might have post endometrial ablation syndrome. What is post-endometrial ablation syndrome? It is a constellation of symptoms due to entrapped blood or tissue within a uterus that has previously undergone an endometrial ablation. We are able to diagnose this at Women's Health Practic e but occasionally other conditions are causing similar symptoms. Other complications of endometrial ablation include pregnancy, risks from pre-existing conditions such as a polyp or fibroid, an infection of the uterus, or a pregnancy. If you have had a tubal ligation then it is possible that the condition could be post-ablation tubal sterilization syndrome. The ablation procedure is designed to destroy all lining tissue, but in fact there is no way to confirm the completeness of the ablation. It is thought that either residual or regrowth of the tissue is producing the symptoms of post-endometrial ablation syndrom...

You Have an IUD: But a Positive Pregnancy Test

Fortunately IUD pregnancy failures are rare. But if you have an IUD for contraception, and you get a positive pregnancy test, you probably ask yourself, what next? Well, make your gyno appointment promptly, this is a condition that is not typically an emergency, but it can be and it’s not handled over the phone or on a blog, or through self diagnosis! That being said, some researchers from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas decided to look back at over 4100 women who had IUDs and of those 42 cases who became pregnant in their institution, over about a year period of time, to help understand what these women could expect when they got to their gyno and what actually happened to their pregnancies. Accurate pregnancy diagnosis, pelvic examination, and pelvic ultrasound were the cornerstones of the evaluations. They had very specific ways they looked at their ultrasound to prove there was no pregnancy in the fallopian tube, or partially in the fallopian tube...

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