Copper coil (IUD) and pelvic infection
How our community feel they have been impacted by pelvic infection on copper coil (IUD)
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
None or not sure
89%
A bit
4%
A great deal
3%
Quite a bit
2%
A lot
2%
Out of the 589 reviews for copper coil (IUD), 63 people (11%) reported pelvic infection.
Reviewers that reported pelvic infection as a side effect
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
25 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 3 weeks ago
Seriously heavy periods (wearing nightime pads and a tampon and still bleeding through my clothes in like an hour) and sometimes extruciating cramping. A lot of spotting between periods also which I've never experienced before. Nurse has told me that the coil should not affect my bleeding and I've gone straight from the mini pill to this so it may have been that the pill was improving my regular symptoms more than I realised.
Decreased sex drive
1 more effect
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 8+ yr
31 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 31st Jan 25
I had my copper coil for the full 10 years. I had always had slightly heavier periods before my coil however after having it fitted I suffered for years with extremely heavy periods that were painful and I would leak every time. They say it doesn’t make you gain weight however I gained 5 stone whilst on it. It came time to remove it and I was going to just have another fitted however the doctor couldn’t get it out i was bleeding everywhere and in intense pain. Was sent for emergency antibiotics for PID went through a week of feeling awful on strong antibiotics just for all tests to come back negative. Spoke to dr she thinks the coil was causing these issues. Had it removed eventually (thank god!) decided against having another one! When the dr took it out, my coil that was supposed to still have a few weeks left had 0 copper left of the coil! So was completely ineffective at this point! Terrible experience!
Somewhat negative mood
1 more effect
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 1 - 3 mo
Lowdown user
🇬🇧 UK
• 18th Sep 24
When getting the coil the pain wasn’t too bad. I had extreme cramping for 1 day about a week after getting the coil fitted. My periods were a lot heavier, the first period being the worst however these got better. Still very heavy. I also experienced a lot of cramping which I didn’t have before. The two worst side effects for me were that I constantly have Bacterial vaginosis which I’ve never had before. I’ve had it 6 times within the 3 months which resulted in me always being on antibiotics which also made me feel sick. The other bad side effect I’ve been experiencing is the low moods. 3/4 weeks of the month I feel so upset and angry. I know this method is non-hormonal but I didn’t experience these emotions before having the coil. I have PCOS so I’m uncertain if maybe this affects this too. I’m going to get it removed.
Very negative mood
1 more effect
0 helpful
0 comments
Copper coil (IUD) common side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
75% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported period like cramps
41% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported vaginal discharge
41% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported lower back pain
33% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported tender breasts
19% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported thrush