IUD ends up in woman's bladder
A woman's symptom of blood in her urine had an unusual cause — the intrauterine device (IUD) that she'd received a decade earlier had "eroded" through her uterus and into her bladder. The woman received the IUD when she was 37 years old, after she'd had two children, Live Science previously reported. Doctors believe that over time, the IUD punctured through her uterus and then her bladder, leading to her bladder symptoms when she was 47 years old, according to a report of the case, published in the January issue of the journal Case Reports in Women's Health. IUDs are considered effective forms of birth control that can last up to 12 years. But in rare cases, the devices can perforate the uterus, which happens in about 1 in 1,000 women who get an IUD. Bladder perforation is even more rare. In the woman's case, doctors also found that a "bladder stone" measuring 0.43 inches (1.1 centimeters) had formed on part of the device. Doctors were able to pulverize the bladder stone and remove the IUD.