Contents:
- Medical Video: Patient Education Video: Intrauterine Device (IUD)
- Is it true that changing partners means you also have to replace spiral KB?
- Pelvic inflammation is a complication of sexually transmitted diseases
- Side effects using spiral KB
- 1. Pelvic inflammatory disease
- 2. Spiral KB shifts
- 3. Other common side effects
- Prevent sexually transmitted diseases by not mutually changing partners
Medical Video: Patient Education Video: Intrauterine Device (IUD)
Spiral KB (IUD) is contraception that is installed in a woman's womb. This birth control device can effectively prevent pregnancy for 5 to 10 years after you first install it. The myth is that women who have used spiral contraception if they change their spiraling KB pair must also be replaced. Is it true?
Is it true that changing partners means you also have to replace spiral KB?
According to American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG), spiral KB is an effective pessary. Approximately only one in 100 women reported being broken into when using contraception.
Well, is it true that if you change sex partners, the spiral KB used must also be replaced? Not true. That's just a myth. There are no suggestions from health experts or evidence from scientific studies that suggest you should replace spiral KB if you change sex partners.
This myth originated from misinformation circulating in the community around spiral KB. Spiral KB is used more by womenhave more than one sex partner. Then they consider when changing partners but not accompanied by changing spiral KB, this will cause pelvic inflammatory disease.
Pelvic inflammation is a complication of sexually transmitted diseases
In fact, pelvic inflammatory disease that they experience is a symptom of a sexually transmitted disease. In the past, the lack of information about the risk of getting sexually transmitted diseases about mutually changing partners was not yet fully accepted and known to the public. This is also because they think that just by plugging in spiral KB alone can prevent the risk of sexually transmitted diseases. But it is not.
Spiral KB only serves to prevent pregnancy. Pregnancy can even be prevented immediately after the first time you set it up, and can last for years without having to replace the appliance or refill prescriptions. But if you want to at the same time prevent the risk of contracting venereal disease, you still need to use a condom during sex even though you are using a spiral KB.
Side effects using spiral KB
The myth of changing partners means that replacing family planning spirals has been declared incorrect. Then, pelvic inflammatory disease that is felt by women can be caused by two things, namely because of the side effects of the use of IUDs and symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases as mentioned above. Check out some side effects when you install a spiral KB:
1. Pelvic inflammatory disease
The risk of experiencing pure pelvic inflammation from the use of spiral KB (not from complications of venereal disease) is actually small. You may be able to get this disease because you have a bacterial infection that enters the uterus when you attach the KB. Usually the infection occurs within the first 20 days after pairing.
2. Spiral KB shifts
Spiral KB can shift position in the uterus. Usually, you will realize your KB has moved when you feel sick during sex (even though it has never been so far), quite a lot of vaginal discharge, or severe stomach cramps that last a long time.
You can also realize the IUD shifts location when the hanging KB cord suddenly becomes longer or shorter than usual, or even suddenly disappears like "swallowed" by the vagina.
If it is already sliding, the KB must be removed and put back into the correct place by the doctor. The position of the shifting IUD, whether in part or in full out of the uterus, can increase the risk of an unwanted pregnancy. In addition, the location of a deviated IUD can also cause some serious health complications, such as pelvic inflammation.
To avoid the risk of this shift, you should regularly check with your doctor or midwife after the first family planning post.
3. Other common side effects
- You run the risk of experiencing irregular bleeding during the first few months after the pairing
- Paired spiral KB can make stomach cramps
- Install hormonal spiral KB can make menstruation shorter or not menstruating at all
- A few days after pairing, PMS-like symptoms will appear, such as headaches, pimples
Prevent sexually transmitted diseases by not mutually changing partners
If you feel symptoms of pelvic pain after changing partners, that does not mean you have to replace spiral KB. Pelvic inflammation is a risk factor that occurs if you have a sexually transmitted disease.
So, to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, you have to use a condom, not have sex or not even change partners. The spiral KB that you use is only useful for preventing pregnancy. Use condoms and contraceptives such as spiral KB to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
