An implant planted in the arm for contraception has been found in the heart, which is shocking. Implants are small (about 4 centimeters) long plastic rods that release progesterone into the bloodstream to stop ovulation every month. It is one of the effective devices for contraception, usually inserted under the skin of the upper arm of a woman.
[Photo from The Sun, UK]
The Sun, a British daily, recently introduced the story of 22-year-old Chloe, who lives in Australia. Chloe implanted an implant in her arm at a women's clinic in Melbourne two years ago. At the age of 15, I had already received an implant once, and I had a good experience because I had less menstrual pain than taking contraceptives. For this reason, Chloe did not care about safety before the implant procedure.
After planting the implant in her arm, there was no problem at first, but afterwards Chloe felt severe nerve pain, heartburn, palpitations and vomiting. As symptoms worsened, he visited a hospital for examination, but doctors could not find any other cause of the disease. First, I decided to remove the implant to relieve the symptoms. But something embarrassing happened. There was no implant in the arm.
Surgeons, surprised to find no implants in their arms, conducted several tests and found that the implants were stuck in the pulmonary artery of Chloe's heart. The 4cm implant was found to have moved to the right ventricle of Chloe's heart and then to the left ventricle. Chloe could have died due to an implant in her heart if she noticed it a little later.
"The doctors, who were very surprised, didn't know what to do or how to take out the implant," Chloe said. "I was very embarrassed and scared because doctors said this had never happened."
He claims that the implant was not inserted properly into the arm in the first place. Major surgery is required to remove the implant from the heart. It is known that lung surgery is performed first, and then heart opening surgery is required. This requires Chloe to be hospitalized for a week, and another six to eight weeks off work to recover.
The contraceptive implant, which is being used for the procedure in the UK, is branded as Nexplanon. In 2019, 126 cases related to the movement of contraceptive implants were reported according to the British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Among them, a total of 18 cases were recorded in which implants moved to the lungs. Globally, there have been 107 confirmed cases of pulmonary artery and movement to the lungs since Nexplanon was released.
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