This kind of "special medicine" for women actually has both advantages and disadvantages

Some young women do not want to have children immediately after marriage, so they choose oral contraceptives for contraception. But how much do you know about the pros and cons of birth control pills?

1. Relationship with tumors: A large number of epidemiological studies at home and abroad believe that contraceptives can reduce the incidence of endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer, have no overall effect on the risk of cervical cancer and breast cancer, and have a protective effect on benign breast tumors.

2. Impact on metabolism: Contraceptives have certain effects on sugar, protein and fat metabolism. Because it can reduce glucose tolerance, it is best not to be used by people with diabetes, latent diabetes, or a family history of diabetes. Contraceptive pills can increase lipoprotein levels, which is not good for cardiovascular diseases. They can cause high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis. Therefore, people with high blood pressure and high blood lipids should not take them.

3. Relationship with thrombotic diseases: Contraceptive pills can increase coagulation factors, mainly due to the effect of estrogen. High estrogen dosage increases the risk of thrombotic diseases.

4. Impact on blood pressure: According to foreign reports, some women with normal blood pressure have a significant increase in blood pressure after long-term use of oral contraceptives.

5. Relationship with liver and gallbladder diseases: It may cause temporary liver dysfunction in a small number of people; jaundice and prurigo may occur in a very small number of people; since the drug affects the excretion function of bile, long-term use of the drug may promote the formation of gallstones. According to foreign reports, the incidence of cholecystitis and cholelithiasis in the group taking contraceptive pills was higher than that in the control group.

6. Relationship with offspring health: A large number of epidemiological surveys abroad have found that the rate of fetal malformations does not increase in those who become pregnant within a short period of time after stopping taking contraceptives, but the incidence of fetal chromosomal abnormalities in spontaneous abortions may increase. There are also reports that taking the drug during pregnancy may increase the incidence of congenital malformations in the fetus. Therefore, for safety reasons, it is better to have an artificial abortion if the pregnancy fails after the use of contraceptive pills. It is best for those who stop taking oral contraceptives to wait six months before getting pregnant again.

7. Impact on fertility. After stopping oral contraceptives, most women's menstruation resumes within 6-10 weeks. About 70% of women resume ovulation during their first menstrual cycle, and the ovulation recovery rate can reach over 90% within 3 months. Secondary amenorrhea is related to the duration of medication and age. Less than 3% of patients develop amenorrhea after stopping the medication within 4 years. Treatment with clofodil can achieve better menstrual recovery rate and ovulation response rate. Some women experience a rebound phenomenon in which their estrogen and progesterone levels are higher than before taking the medication after stopping the medication, making it easier for them to become pregnant.

Steroidal contraceptives have been used for more than 30 years and have been proven to be a reliable contraceptive measure that can avoid unwanted pregnancies, reduce pregnancy-related complications, prevent ectopic pregnancies, reduce the occurrence of pelvic inflammatory disease, have therapeutic effects on dysmenorrhea, premenstrual disorder, iron deficiency anemia, and endometriosis, and have a protective effect on endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, and benign breast diseases. Therefore, its indications and contraindications should be accurately understood, follow-up observations should be strengthened, and necessary measures should be taken to make it an important, efficient and safe contraceptive method.