KevinMD September 16, 2024
The modern IUD has been an option for women for 60 years now.
CDC just updated its 2016 guideline that advises physicians to discuss pain management options. This comes after continued viral TikTok patient stories about IUD insertion pain have garnered increasing attention from the medical community.
For perspective: According to OB/GYN’s Kristyn Brandi and Aliye Runyan, MD, their patients describe the insertion procedure as sometimes feeling like a hot knife stabbing into their pelvis.
As a future male OB/GYN, I will never be able to truly understand the pains my patients endure throughout their reproductive life journey, before and after it.
The patients we see in OB/GYN are incredibly strong, often displaying remarkable pain tolerance. However, I would never...
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