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https://www.reproductiveaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pearl.png85115Although IUD insertion isn't advisable for patients with current purulent cervicitis, chlamydia, or gonorrhea, women who contract one of these infections with an IUD in place can be treated safely without removing the IUD.