Your provider should be talking to you about your pain management options, according to current recommendations.

The guidelines acknowledge the range of pain experiences but also the problematic history of clinicians inadequately ...

Women should be offered pain management before an intrauterine device placement and get counseling on different options for ...

People may experience minimal cramping or more severe pain during an IUD insertion. Each experience is unique. To reduce discomfort, plan the procedure during ovulation or your period, since the ...

As with any new medical guidance, though, it may take some time for this kind of care to be incorporated into standard ...

A major medical group now recommends pain-blocking treatments for IUD insertion and other procedures amid a growing ...

Jasmin McKee used to delay her annual pap smear, which can detect abnormal cells that may become cancerous, because the test ...

New guidelines validate IUD pain and signal a shift in how women's pain is treated. Here's what this means for patients, ...

An 18-year-old woman told doctors she was experiencing uncontrollable pain. They dismissed her concerns, only to later learn she had a large cyst on one of her ovaries. She underwent emergency surgery ...