REVISA (Jun 2019)

Contraceptive Methods and Prevalence of Adult and Young Women at Risk of Thrombosis in the Campos Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal-UDF

  • Celi Santos da Silva,
  • Rosiane Sá,
  • Juliana Toledo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3623/revisa.v%.n%.p403%
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 2
pp. 190 – 197

Abstract

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The contraceptive pill is a very reliable method. In addition to preventing pregnancy, contraceptives have shown benefits in other situations, such as dysmenorrhea (menstrual cramps), menorrhagia (excessive menstruation), and premenstrual tension. Lately it has been causing many challenges to face, many reports from women who have concluded that they have acquired thrombosis through the use of contraception. With case studies conducted in Brazilian capitals, performed with women aged 15 to 39, show how problems related to deep thrombosis in venous sinuses, cardiovascular diseases and hypertension are growing not only with contraceptive use, but the way it is taken, women reported taking it to avoid pregnancy, with this leads to increased risks that due to their prolonged use, the influence of genetic factors that are drastically influencing the increase in cases. Epidemiological knowledge indicates that the use of these drugs pre-establishes a higher risk of developing deep venous thrombosis (DVT). It is determined that the use of oral contraceptives increases the prospect of DVT, since the hormones composed in these drugs act in the cardiovascular system.

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