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What Causes Heavy Vaginal Bleeding Along With Pelvic Pain While On IUD?

My daughter in law has an IUD this is her second one this one has been in since 2012 she normally only has very light menstrual period or even just spotting. She has felt bad for 2 days & just went to the bathroom & there was a lot of blood it is dark & she is having pelvic pain
Mon, 8 Feb 2016
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Thanks for posting your question,

A standard menstrual period is from 21 to 35 days. Bleeding time lasts 5 days and amount of blood is about 40-80 mL.

Menorrhagia is unusual uterine bleeding (AUB), the amount and duration of vaginal bleeding are abnormally high. There are many causes for painful menorrhagia including infection, endometriosis (endometrial material exterior), adenomyosis (endometrial tissues move inside the uterine wall), abnormal IUD placement, etc.

To rule out the reasons you may need Pap smear, pelvic ultrasound scan, endometrial biopsy, urine analysis and culture, routine tests, thyroid tests, etc. For this purpose, visit your gynecologist.

To me, regarding your symptom presentation, I think you may need to remove your IUD if you face to following problems: persistent irregular bleeding, spotting and pelvic pain, abnormality in IUD placement, and also enormous, recurrent and drug resistant infections.

Additionally, given that some abnormalities found in tests mentioned above may lead you to IUD removal.

Hope you get well soon,

Regards
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What Causes Heavy Vaginal Bleeding Along With Pelvic Pain While On IUD?

Thanks for posting your question, A standard menstrual period is from 21 to 35 days. Bleeding time lasts 5 days and amount of blood is about 40-80 mL. Menorrhagia is unusual uterine bleeding (AUB), the amount and duration of vaginal bleeding are abnormally high. There are many causes for painful menorrhagia including infection, endometriosis (endometrial material exterior), adenomyosis (endometrial tissues move inside the uterine wall), abnormal IUD placement, etc. To rule out the reasons you may need Pap smear, pelvic ultrasound scan, endometrial biopsy, urine analysis and culture, routine tests, thyroid tests, etc. For this purpose, visit your gynecologist. To me, regarding your symptom presentation, I think you may need to remove your IUD if you face to following problems: persistent irregular bleeding, spotting and pelvic pain, abnormality in IUD placement, and also enormous, recurrent and drug resistant infections. Additionally, given that some abnormalities found in tests mentioned above may lead you to IUD removal. Hope you get well soon, Regards