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Contraindications to use of intrauterine devices
Last reviewed by: Aleksey Portnov , medical expert, on 15.05.2018
Contraindications to the use of this method of contraception are:
- Pregnancy or suspicion of it.
- Acute, subacute and chronic inflammatory diseases of the uterus and appendages with frequent exacerbations.
- Leukoplakia, pseudo-erosion of the cervix, polyposis of the cervical canal.
- Violations of the menstrual cycle according to the type of meno- or metrorrhagia.
- Presence of a pregnancy or a suspicion of it.
- Anomalies of the development of the uterus, incompatible with the construction or form of the intrauterine device.
- Infectious abortion or postpartum pelvic infection in the anamnesis for three months before the planned introduction of an intrauterine device.
- Suspicion of malignant neoplasm of genital organs, external and internal endometriosis, benign tumors of internal genital organs.
- Polyposis, endometrial hyperplasia.
- Pronounced ruby changes in the cervix.
- Stenosis of the cervical canal.
- Acute infectious or extragenital diseases.
- Diseases that occur with a violation of hemostasis.
- Repeated expulsion of an intrauterine device in an anamnesis.
- Allergy to substances secreted by the intrauterine device (copper, hormones).
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