FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ESSURE

MDR report key: 3233879 · Received July 13, 2013

Report

Report Number
MW5030920
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 13, 2013
Date of Event
March 16, 2010
Report Date
July 13, 2013
Manufacturer
CONCEPTUS
Product Code
HHS
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2010, I HAD THE ESSURE PROCEDURE DONE. EVER SINCE THEN MY BODY STARTED GIVING ISSUES THAT I HAVE NEVER HAD BEFORE. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THIN, AFTER ESSURE I WEIGH 165 AND MY STOMACH ALWAYS SWELLS UP MAKING ME LOOK LIKE I AM 5 MONTHS PREGNANT. I HAVE PAINS IN MY LOWER ABDOMEN, AND MY TOES CRAMP UP ONCE IN A WHILE. I GET DIZZY SPELLS AND INTERCOURSE IS ALWAYS PAINFUL. MY LOWER BACK ALSO HURTS FOR DAYS AT A TIME. SHARP PAINS DAILY ON MY RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES. I WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND THEY RELATED MY ISSUES TO IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME AND GAVE ME PILLS FOR PAIN. I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE ISSUE BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THESE ISSUES EVER SINCE THE ESSURE COILS WERE INSERTED. I EAT RIGHT AND WORK OUT SO THERE IS NO REASON WHY MY STOMACH SWELLS UP THE WAY IT DOES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
325194 ESSURE NONE HHS CONCEPTUS

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 27 YR Other