Karen’s Free Health and Fitness Tips

There are so many ways to control childbirth. You have the natural family planning, wherein you are basing your sexual intercourse on the ovulation periods of the woman. There are also those in the form of medication or pills such as oral contraceptives, or otherwise known as birth control pills.

It is undeniable that millions of women in America prefer using oral contraceptives than the natural method since it is easier to take and protects you everyday, so you do not have to worry about any sexual encounter since you are protected all the time. Even with this popularity of oral contraceptives, there are still cynics when it comes to the reliability of this type of birth control.

The big difference between the natural and the artificial contraceptives is that while there is no need for you to take in anything foreign to the body through the natural method while there is an inclusion of something synthetic when you are using birth control pills. These pills cause certain hormonal changes in the body which denies the body the ability to complete the union of the sperm cell and the egg cell to produce a fertilized egg.

Once something foreign enters the body, there is no assurance how the body would react. At times, there are situations wherein the initial stage of the administration of certain medicines does not create any side effects but after a certain period of time, the side effects become visible and already at a stage that is irreversible.

In women, it is the same with birth control pills. When they enter the body, there is no guarantee that the body would adapt readily. This often leads to complications and harmful side effects for the women.

Before, side effects were only at a minimal, but late studies have shown that oral contraceptives have a direct relationship in increasing women’s risk for breast cancer. Studies have proven that those who continued using contraceptives heightened their risk factor for breast cancer.

This study came about when the question for eliminating cancer became a problem and because cancer stems from the cells, it was concluded that there must be a relationship between birth control pills which are agents of hormonal change, and the risk for developing cancer. One drug in question today is Ocella.

By: Frank Schumacher

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