HYPERTENSION RESULTING FROM USING BIRTHCONTROL PILLS

Abstract

In a study on 685 healthy women who have been using birth control pills for a period of about 27 months, the following results were found: 1.Blood pressure has been increased with a rate of 1.416%. 2. The increase in arterial Wood pressure is on both the systolic and diastolic blood pressures. 3. It seems that hypertension results from the Estrogen which is present in the Pills. 4. This hypertension is not grave I and with stopping, the Pills within a maximum period of 5 months, blood pressure will return to its control level, without having any effect on the cardiac or renal function. 5. When noticing the above mentioned points, we can conclude that if a woman had previous hypertension after using birth control pills, it is less dangerous than giving birth to a baby due to not using the pills.