Now many women will choose to take the contraceptive in order to avoid pregnancy, but if they take it for a long time, it is not good for their health, so what is the harm of women taking the contraceptive for a long time? The harm of the contraceptive to the body is irreversible.
Many women believe that contraceptives are the most effective, reversible and convenient contraceptive method. So when they don't want to be mothers so early, they will take the contraceptive, but long-term taking the contraceptive also has certain side effects, which is also the female friends are worried about, and how to prevent long-term contraceptive side effects is also more concerned. Gynecological experts remind female friends that in order to avoid the occurrence of long-term contraceptive side effects, they should pay attention to the prevention.
Let's take a look at the side effects of women taking contraceptives for a long time?
1. Hypomenorrhea or even amenorrhea after taking long-term contraceptives: this condition is usually temporary and has little effect on health. If you have amenorrhea for 3 months, you should stop taking medicine. Continue to take medicine after menstruation recovery. If menstruation does not occur within one month after drug withdrawal, the patient should go to the hospital for examination and be treated under the guidance of the doctor.
2. Vaginal intermittent bleeding: often occurs after long-term contraceptive missed, as long as the general time to continue taking medicine, bleeding can stop, menstruation will be normal. Of course, doctors can also be asked to adjust the drug, but also to take other contraceptives, such as taking No. 2 contraceptive bleeding, can use No. 1 contraceptive.
3. Excessive weight gain: if there is edema, it is also a side effect of long-term contraceptives, so diuretics and low salt food should be used; if there is significant weight gain, other contraceptive methods should be used instead.
4. Breast pain: generally can reduce, if serious should consider discontinuation, choose other contraceptive measures.
5. Leucorrhea increase, thin: often occurs after taking long-term contraceptives, generally do not need treatment, if too much leucorrhea, every night in the vagina can put a piece of Chinese medicine tourniquet.
6. Bad appetite, nausea, vomiting, dizziness and weakness are also side effects of long-term contraceptives.
It often occurs at the beginning of taking medicine. When this kind of reaction occurs, on the one hand, you can drink some strong tea, chew some sugar ginger and pickled vegetables; on the other hand, you should insist on taking long-term contraceptives according to the regulations. With the adaptation of the human body to the drugs, the reaction will gradually disappear. Individual woman reaction is more severe, can take the medicine that a few restrain reaction appropriately.
7. Yellowish brown spots on the face: it is also a manifestation of the side effects of long-term contraceptives, which will gradually disappear after withdrawal. If you take vitamin B and vitamin C, the effect will be better.
Because the effective rate of long-term contraceptives for women is as high as 99.9%, more and more women choose oral long-term contraceptives to achieve the purpose of contraception. Among them, the short acting contraceptive is the most widely used contraceptive at present. It plays a role in the human body for a short time, so it should be taken on time every day. One menstrual cycle must be taken for 22 days to have contraceptive effect. So what impact will such frequent use have on women? What are the side effects of taking contraceptives for a long time? Short acting contraceptives are made of synthetic estrogen and progesterone. For some women, the content of the two may not be just right, so there will be some adverse reactions.
Many female friends will reflect that after taking the long-term contraceptives, menstruation has become less, and even amenorrhea has occurred. Does long-term taking contraceptives have side effects? The original contraceptives can make the endometrial hypoplasia, insufficient gland secretion, so the endometrium can not grow normally and become thinner, resulting in reduced menstruation. Individual women due to excessive inhibitory effect of contraceptives, withdrawal bleeding did not occur after withdrawal, amenorrhea occurred. This is not a good thing for women with large menstrual volume, generally without special treatment. If the urine pregnancy test is negative, the next cycle of drugs can still be taken after 7 days of withdrawal. If continuous amenorrhea for 2 months, then immediately stop drug observation. Most people's menstruation will return to normal when they stop taking drugs.
Clinically, there are five most common adverse reactions of long-term contraceptives, which are early pregnancy like reaction, vaginal bleeding, hypomenorrhea or amenorrhea, weight gain and facial pigmentation. When the above situation occurs, women taking the pill should pay attention to it and take necessary measures to avoid the harm of the drug to the body as far as possible. Does long-term taking contraceptives have side effects? Early pregnancy like reactions are more common, accounting for about 50% of the drug users. Most of the symptoms are first severe and then mild, and then gradually disappear, which may be related to the gradual adaptation of the body. It is manifested as anorexia, nausea, vomiting and even fatigue, dizziness and other similar reactions in early pregnancy. It often occurs in the first two weeks. This reaction is related to the stimulation of gastric mucosa by estrogen in contraceptives. As long as the medication time is changed after dinner or before going to bed, it can well relieve the discomfort reaction of the stomach. Those with severe reaction can take vitamin B6, 20 mg each time, three times a day.
Many girls in taking long-term contraceptives, there will be sustained bleeding, or as menstrual breakthrough bleeding. If vaginal bleeding occurs in the first half of the menstrual cycle, it often indicates that the dose of estrogen is too small; if it occurs in the second half of the menstrual cycle, it indicates that the dose of progesterone is not enough to maintain the endometrium. When bleeding in the first half of the cycle, ethinylestradiol 5-10 μ G can be added daily until the end of the cycle; when bleeding in the second half of the cycle, one pill can be added daily; if the bleeding time is close to the menstrual period or the amount of bleeding is as large as menstruation, the drug can be stopped and the next cycle of drugs can be taken on the fifth day of bleeding.
Certain components in long-term contraceptive drugs can cause weight gain: androgen can cause hyperactivity or acne, especially in the first 3 months of taking oral contraceptives. The increase of estrogen levels causes water and sodium retention, resulting in weight gain in half a cycle after *, and progesterone promotes anabolism and leads to weight gain. It is worth mentioning that the incidence of weight gain is only about 15%. For those with high appetite and acne, they can diet properly and replace 17 hydroxyprogesterone preparations, such as long-term contraceptive No. 2; for those who gain weight in the second half of menstruation, they should reduce the intake of salt; for those who gain too much weight in the short term, they should stop taking the pill.