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Re: Actinomyces From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net) Fri Mar 10 21:09:56 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: South Dakota law bans nearly all abortions" Previous message: D. Ashley Hill: "Re: South Dakota law bans nearly all abortions" In reply to: Joseph Shaeffer: "Re: Actinomyces" Next in thread: Raymond Stephen: "Re: Actinomyces" Good arguments - but there are also other very good methods of contraception - the decision is hers, not mine... Ef > At Fri, 10 Mar 2006, Joseph Shaeffer wrote: > >> Personally I would lean towards at least removing the IUD, and if >> that was colonized as well then treat her. >> Aaaah, the art of medicine... >> >> Rafael Haciski MD FACOG >> Palmetto, FL > >By removing her IUD you are also removing her very effective contraceptive >method. If indeed, as the article states: > >'Its prevalence has been estimated to >be less than 0.001%; because of its rarity, the relationship between >actinomyces found on a Pap test in an asymptomatic IUD user and the >eventual development of this infection is unclear.' > >Why take away her method of contraception that has evidently been working well >for her. IUD's fill a very effective gap in choice of a contraceptive method for >many women who have tried and failed other options. > >Would the chance for an unintended pregnancy be worth the risk, as small as it >is, for pelvic actinomyces? > >Joseph > >-- >Joseph Shaeffer ARNP/CNM >Womens Health Care Nurse Practitioner/Certified Nurse Midwife/IUD Inserter >Spokane, Washington USA > -- “ The greatest obstacle to knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” Daniel J. Boorstin - Historian Next message: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: South Dakota law bans nearly all abortions" Previous message: D. Ashley Hill: "Re: South Dakota law bans nearly all abortions" In reply to: Joseph Shaeffer: "Re: Actinomyces" Next in thread: Raymond Stephen: "Re: Actinomyces"

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