Allergic reactions against copper containing IUDs
Beckmann, M.; Wagner, H.
Die Medizinische Welt 30(49): 1855-1856
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8512 PMID: 545071 Document Number: 139858
A 28 year old woman with 1 child developed a case of urticaria 17 days after the insertion of a Copper-T 200 IUD, which cleared up 4 days after the IUD was removed. The same thing had happened 2 years previously when the patient received an IUD. This was due to a rare allergic reaction to the copper in the IUD, which was determined by an allergy scratch test.