Post Date May, 31 2023
What should I do if my menstrual cycle is irregular after taking contraceptive pills?
Contraceptive pills are a complex of estrogen and progesterone. Due to the role of hormone compensation, side feedback regulation inhibits human hormone secretion, destroys pregnancy, and achieves contraceptive effects.
Contraceptive ingredients will not only destroy zygote and follicles, but also lead to hormone secretion disorder in women, leading to physiological imbalance, thus damaging hormone secreting organs. It can be imagined that birth control pills are very harmful to the body. What if you take birth control pills and experience menstrual irregularities?
The menstrual irregularities caused by contraceptive pills can be further observed for one or two menstrual cycles. If there are still abnormalities after one or two menstrual periods, it is necessary to promptly go to the hospital to check the cause and cooperate with treatment.
As is well known, emergency contraceptives have side effects. It is recommended to take it more than 3 times a year, preferably at intervals of at least 1 month. Excessive use of contraceptive pills can easily lead to infertility; Eat more nutrition and traditional Chinese medicine or food that nourishes qi and blood in daily life; Maintain a happy mood regularly; It is best to take contraceptive measures and take fewer emergency contraceptives to reduce the number of miscarriages in the same room.
2、 The Hazards of Taking Contraceptives
There are many types of birth control pills, both long-term and short-term, which have the same mechanism of action and achieve the goal of contraception by inhibiting ovulation. Normal women have their own endocrine patterns. Due to the use of oral contraceptives, their own patterns are disrupted, leading to some side effects during the medication process, which may lead to endocrine disorders, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, infertility, gastrointestinal discomfort, headaches, weight gain, nervousness, low mood, skin spots, acne, etc. Taking contraceptive pills may also cause the following harm to the body:
1. Contraceptive pills have a certain impact on sugar, protein, and fat metabolism, which can reduce glucose tolerance.
2. Contraceptive pills can increase lipoprotein levels, increase blood pressure, and arteriosclerosis.
3. Contraceptive pills mainly have the effect of estrogen. High levels of estrogen can increase coagulation factors and increase the risk of thrombotic diseases.
4. Contraceptives can affect the excretion function of bile, and long-term use can also lead to abnormal liver function.
Therefore, it is recommended that women do not use contraceptives as a long-term contraceptive measure. Eating more contraceptive pills is very harmful to women. Generally speaking, oral contraceptives for more than 6 months should be discontinued for 2-3 months to inhibit the recovery of ovarian function, and can be continued after a period of discontinuation.
