Does Birth Control Pills And Patches Risk Heart Patients?

Author: Justin Foss
Date posted: Nov 01, 2006
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How does the consumption of the birth control pills affect the risks of the heart diseases?

It is always not a risk for the healthy and young women to consume the pills leading to the birth control. Whereas in cases of women in the age group of say around thirty five years or more consumption of such pills increases the heart disease risks. Even in the case when the women posses either high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure or diabetes the heart disease risk is increased. Not to forget even the women who smoke have high heart disease risks. It is always advisable to consult the doctor before the consumption of such birth control pills.

How does the birth control patch affect the risks for the heart disease victims?

Similar to the birth control pills, the birth control patch is found to be safe for the healthy and the young women. Whereas women in the age group of thirty five or even more the risks are much higher for such birth control patches.

The latest study made shows that women making the birth control patch are much more exposed to the estrogen hormone. The estrogen hormone helps in favoring the likelihood of a women from becoming pregnant. Research is also in progress to find out whether the birth control patch causes blood clots. These blood clots can easily lead to an heart stroke or an attack.

Below is a list of symptoms which must be observed for those consuming the birth control pills

a)Problems in the eyes such as the double or the no vision.
b)Ache in the arm or that of the upper body.
c)Severe headaches.
d)Breathing trouble.
e)Vomiting of the blood.
f)Ache or even swelling in the regions of leg.
g)Change of the color of the skin to yellow
h)Lumps in the breast
i)Abnormal bleeding from the vagina, usually heavy bleeding.

If any of the symptoms listed so far is observed. It is always recommended to take the physician's advice and prescription. The prescription could be to either take medication or even getting admitted to the hospital.

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