英《新科学家》第91卷第1267期(1981年)报道:宫内避孕器(IUDs)在糖尿病妇女中的效用不如在正常妇女中的效用。事实上,在某一诊所曾出现了令人惊讶的失败率;应用IUD的糖尿病妇女在一年内有1/3人妊娠,因而医生曾放弃IUD作为糖尿病妇女的避孕方法。虽然IUD的失败与糖尿病妇女子宫内壁的代谢异常可能有某些联系,但 The New Scientist, Vol. 91, No. 1267 (1981) reports that intrauterine devices (IUDs) are less effective in diabetic women than in normal women. In fact, there was a surprising rate of failure at a clinic; diabetic women who applied IUD had 1/3 pregnancies within a year and doctors had abandoned IUD as a contraceptive for diabetic women. Although the failure of IUD may be related to the metabolic abnormalities in the uterine lining of diabetic women,