New guidelines emphasize the need to offer patients a range of pain management options for gynecological procedures. New ...

American women have had an IUD (a tiny T-shaped contraceptive device) inserted into their uterus. Many of them likely walked ...

People experience different amounts of pain during IUD insertion, but there are a number of pain-relief options available to patients getting the contraceptive.

In 2020, an estimated 604,127 new cases of cervical cancer were reported worldwide, with 341,831 related deaths. 1 Low-resource regions of Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia ...

The IUD insertion device is then loaded with the IUD, inserted and deployed into the cervix, before the insertion device is removed. The strings are trimmed and the speculum is removed. View this ...

If someone's cervix is tightly closed, having the IUD inserter go through will be more painful. And, when the IUD is deployed (opened into the uterus), it can touch the top of the uterus and cause ...

Eight years ago, after Donald Trump won the election, there was a 21.6% increase in the number of IUD insertions. On the day the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, IUD appointments ...

The new guidance also states that misoprostol, a medication that helps soften the cervix, is not recommended for routine IUD insertions but may be useful in certain circumstances such as in cases ...

The worst pain occurs "the moment the IUD passes through the cervical canal into the uterus," Dr. Hack says, adding that patients describe this as a sharp pain or cramp that can last for a few ...

Gynecologic cancers affect millions of women of all age groups, and incidence rates vary according to geographic region and ethnicity. It is estimated that over 115,000 new cases of gynecologic ...

An intrauterine device (IUD) is a small, T-shaped piece of plastic with one or two thin, plastic strings that hang from the bottom of the “T” through the cervix and into the vaginal canal. If ...