Category - Women’s health

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Mother loses the ovaries, uterus and toes after the COIL ends in the stomach

Tanai Smith, of Baltimore, shared her story with various outlets in the hope to help other women. (GoFundMe) A 25-year-old woman who lost her ovaries, womb and toes after her IUD forced its way up into her stomach and migrated to her liver and said...

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Mother killed herself after ovaries were removed without consent, family claims

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The woman has 132 pound ovarian cyst removed

The patient, who is not named, was gaining 10 pounds a week for two months. (Danbury Hospital) A 38-year-old woman is at home recovering after surgeons in Connecticut removed 132 pound ovarian cyst that was sitting on her digestive tract. The...

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Patient tried to kill herself after doctors dismissed crippling pain for 7 years

Lucy Grainger said her symptoms were frequently dismissed as menstrual pain or IBS. (SWNS) A university student tried to kill himself after bungling doctors repeatedly rejected endometriosis and polycystic ovarian syndrome, period pains – for seven...

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