Young patient dies after taking the contraceptive pill

Fatal consequences: 20-year-old dies after taking birth control pills

It has long been known that the use of birth control pills may be associated with some serious side effects. A young woman from England has lost her contraceptive. She died of pulmonary embolism.

Contraception with birth control pills

It has long been known that the contraceptive pill is not a harmless candy, but a drug with serious side effects. Nevertheless, she is still considered the preferred contraceptive in many women. Even a young Englishwoman has prevented it. But the taking of the drug cost her life, reports the English newspaper "The Sun".

In the UK, a young woman died after taking birth control pills. The 20-year-old died of pulmonary embolism. (Image: Wolfilser / fotolia.com)

Drug with side effects

Fast, safe and comfortable: many women still rely on hormonal contraceptive methods. No wonder - when taken and used properly, birth control pills usually provide reliable protection and sexual freedom.

However, the intake of the drug is associated with unpleasant side effects. This can lead, among other things, to weight gain and headaches. Many women also report that hormonal contraception is often associated with depression.

Moreover, according to scientists, such medicines can impair the well-being of women and even increase the risk of brain tumors.

It is also known that modern birth control pills threaten a high risk of thrombosis. And that was exactly what killed a young woman from England.

Prescription for mood swings

Contraceptives can be particularly dangerous for some women. This is also shown by a case from Great Britain.

According to a report in The Sun newspaper, 20-year-old Staffordshire Abbey Parkes died as a result of a thrombosis, apparently caused by taking birth control pills.

As the mother told Amanda Parkes to the newspaper, her daughter had already begun to take Logynon six years ago on the advice of her family doctor, as she had suffered dramatic mood swings during their periods.

However, the young woman was unaware that she was suffering from a Factor V Leiden mutation. This factor increases the risk of developing a blood clot (thrombosis).

This risk is further increased if additional medicines are taken that increase estrogen levels. This is the case with the contraceptive pills taken by the young woman from England.

However, Abbey had no idea of ​​this danger when she started taking the pill at the age of 14.

Doctors initially made a wrong diagnosis

Last year, the young woman complained for weeks about right pain, drowsiness and difficulty breathing.

In addition, the secretary suffered from nausea and headaches, "who came and went very quickly," said her mother.

She eventually went to a hospital where the doctors took an ECG and X-rays and assumed that the patient had a muscle strain.

The day after, however, her family doctor discovered that she had an infection.

"Even at this stage, there seemed to be no reason to worry about. Certainly her symptoms did not seem to be life threatening, "said the mother to the" Sun ".

The family doctor prescribed an inhaler and medications that seemed to work. However, over time she got worse again, as her colleagues noticed and made her aware.

"She did not go back to work after that, she was just too ill," says Amanda P..

Pulmonary embolism resulted in hypoxia

Abbey was living with her boyfriend Liam, who usually left the house in front of her in the morning.

One morning, he received a phone call from his girlfriend explaining that she could not breathe and that he urgently needed to get home. Liam alerted the ambulance and went to his partner as quickly as possible.

There he found her slumped in a chair, was not breathing and was obviously unconscious.

Paramedics found a massive blood clot on her lower right lung and two secondary blood clots on her left lung.

"She was taken to the hospital, but we all feared the worst," said the mother. The clinic found that the young woman was suffering from a Factor V Leiden mutation.

A doctor finally told them that a pulmonary embolism had led to an acute lack of oxygen, whereupon she suffered a cardiac arrest and finally died.

Mother warns of the dangers

"I will never forget the day she died, he will accompany me forever," her mother said.

She warned, "People need to be aware of the dangers of taking the pill."

"The pill increases the risk of blood clots and brings with it other health risks."

When her daughter started taking the pill at the age of 14, she had not been warned of the dangers. (Ad)