Interesting question. The side effects of leaving an IUD inserted longer than 5 years (for the hormone-containing IUD) or longer than 10 years (for the non-hormone version) can include pregnancy (the hormones are no longer effective, or the actual IUD material may become weaker/not as effective). Another possible side effect could possibly be infection, if the IUD is left in for an extremely long amount of time past its "expiration" (again, the actual IUD material may weaken), but I have not seen this documented anywhere...just an educated guess that this could be a possibility.
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Interesting question. The side effects of leaving an IUD inserted longer than 5 years (for the hormone-containing IUD) or longer than 10 years (for the non-hormone version) can include pregnancy (the hormones are no longer effective, or the actual IUD material may become weaker/not as effective). Another possible side effect could possibly be infection, if the IUD is left in for an extremely long amount of time past its "expiration" (again, the actual IUD material may weaken), but I have not seen this documented anywhere...just an educated guess that this could be a possibility.
Why are you asking?
March 11, 2010 - 2:52pmThis Comment
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