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Natural or coil
I'm 23 I don't know what to do next.
Just over a year ago I had the copper coil fitted. About 3monrhs after every time I have a period I have the runs and can be rather bad, my periods have also become irregular again so buying Diarrhoea tablets is getting rather expensive. I never get period pains never have.
I'm not sure if this is something my coil is doing to me or it's a natural thing that's happening to me. Do I go back to the family planning clinic? I'm starting to get so frustrated with it all
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Hi there.
Diarrhea can occur with some periods, I have experienced that, but not every single one straight in a row for 9 months.
You say this happens only during a period? And periods are now irregular? You can't guess this one on your own because those bits of info change your issues into something entirely different that a Dr. needs to check you out for.
I will recommend possibly seeing both the gynecologist in family planning for the irregular periods and your general medical Dr. for the diarrhea.
The only way there is a slight chance of the copper iud being related to your having diarrhea would be if you have the diarrhea all the time since the inserting of IUD and it doesnt happen just when having a period.
Heres an article on having too much copper in your system.
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As you will see from the article, you can be tested for having too high levels of copper in your system which also means too low on zinc.
It may be as easy as adding zinc tablets to your diet. However, you'll note that the extra copper in this case comes from water supply, specifically old copper piping which you may be getting on a daily basis, and though it was a lot in your system, it didn't go 'over the edge' until adding the copper from an IUD which can then cause diarrhea. Now if you said that you have looser to runny bowels all the time but during periods, it became watery, then you have a form of diarrhea all the time and this situation may be a possibilty. The cure may be getting your water tested for copper levels and considering newer piping if you own and the pipes are the cause. You may then be able to handle a copper IUD without much trouble. In the meanwhile, until you can get in to see the Dr. for relief, in case theres copper in the water, switch to bottled water for drinking And cooking until you know for sure.
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You should go back to the clinic.
Diarrhoea or upset stomach is actually a normal thing for women to experience during their periods. My stomach is never 100% okay for the first few days of my cycle. Pain or no pain, with or without contraception, that can just be a normal thing your body does. It's possible that getting the runs during your period doesn't have anything to do with the IUD and is just a thing your body does.
However, if this started or got worse when you started using the IUD, then you should go back and talk to a doctor about that.
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This is something you should most certainly go to your family planning clinic about (or even your GP) and have a chat with them to make sure everything is okay. I've not heard of such issues with the coil but since this has started since you have had it fitted it would be safe to say the symptoms you speak of are related to the coil in some may. Best thing you can do is speak to them and see if they can give you an answer on what is going on because the side-effects you describe seem pretty strange (I couldn't find any similar side-effects that are associated with the coil) but this is something you should probably have checked out just to be on the safe side.
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