Birth Control and side effects

Birth control methods are a welcome call for a number of side effects. Be it the barrier methods or the oral contraceptives, all are accompanied by a certain number of problems that are inevitable. Birth control by using artificial techniques has gained impetus as family planning is a growing concern world over. The hormonal therapy and hormonal combinations can alter the body's setup and even affect other processes adversely. Information on birth control and fertility awareness should be imparted to general public on a mass scale in order to achieve a healthy society. The various methods like the barrier techniques, intrauterine devices and oral contraceptive pills do play a major role in birth control but do reduce the immunity power of the body.

Birth Control's effect on cholesterol

Birth control does affect the cholesterol levels in our body considerably. The effect on cholesterol depends upon the dosage of the hormone in the capsule. The amount of estrogen or progestin decides the changes the cholesterol level in out bodies. The oral contraceptives that have only estrogen provide a boost to the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and the LDL decreases considerably. The HDL is considered to be the good cholesterol that is required by our body and the LDL is the harmful cholesterol that leads to heart diseases. The effect of the estrogen containing pills is that the overall count of triglyceride cholesterol rises. The pills with traces of progestin do exactly the opposite and increase the content of LDL in our body. The pills with a higher concentration of estrogen can prove slightly beneficial and elevate our body's' blood lipid levels. Anyway taking an overview of the studies, no drastic change is noticed.

Conclusion

Like cholesterol, even our blood pressure is affected quite a fortune. Overall the changes in the cholesterol levels don't affect the other processes of out body. This is complimentary side-effect of the birth control pills. The excessive increase in the cholesterol level due to an unhealthy diet in addition to the birth control pills an be very harmful and affect ones system adversely. The fats and lipids constitute a major part of dietary requirement and hence one should skillfully manage one's diet and medication in order to lad a healthy life.

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