The introduction of birth control pills was a revolutionary step with respect to family planning and birth control. These pills were designed exclusively for women, which eventually became the most popular method of restricting births and preventing pregnancies. The birth control pills comprise of hormones that control the ovaries and the uterus that play a pivotal role in reproduction. However, since the introduction of the birth control pills there have been speculations about the possible effects that the pills would afflict on the females.

Effects of the Pill

The birth control pill has attained the status of being the primary form of female contraception due to its guaranteed results and easy utility. The pills are usually extremely safe and cause no serious health disorders to the women using them. However, in some cases the pills can cause the following side-effects to the women:

1) The pill can result in causing feeling of nausea, headaches, weight gain, dizziness and softening of breasts.

2) The pills often cause irregular menstrual bleeding among women.

3) The pills can also cause blood clots, especially among women above the age of 35 years.

4) The pills also result in minor vaginal infections among the women.

5) Sometimes they also cause darkening of the facial skin, which may be temporary or even permanent.

6) The pills can also lead to permanent changes in the level of fatty substances in the blood.

Adverse Effects

The pills rarely cause any serious health threats to the women. However, they can lead to grave and adverse consequences among particular type of women. They can cause serious damage among women above 35 years of age or among those who are heavy smokers, suffer from health disorders like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart diseases, blood cholesterol and triglyceride abnormalities and other vascular diseases. Women suffering from these troubles have the maximum risk of developing blood clots, stroke or a heart attack due to the birth control pills.

The pills can also cause defects like aggravating migraine headaches, gall bladders diseases, increasing blood pressure and in extremely rare cases even a liver tumor.

These are some of the significant and possible side-effects of birth control pills used by women. Researches are being conducted to devise pills that would cause minimal or zero side-effects.

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