Breakthrough Bleeding

The irregular vaginal bleeding or spotting between periods and (drip type minimal losses between two periods) are two of the most common side effects of oral contraceptives, and not infrequently are an unnecessary reason for abandoning the method.

Breakthrough bleeding and spotting during the first cycle of microdose contraceptive use is a common event that should not be cause for alarm.

It is because when using low-dose contraceptive steroids to minimize side effects and maximize the security, is not achieved complete control of the cycle.

In any case, these disorders are usually disappear with use, ie, over the cycles.

On the other hand, the irregular use of birth control pills often result in poor cycle control, increasing the incidence of bleeding.

Experienced users also smoked between 20 and 90% more leakage and intermenstrual bleeding than nonsmokers. However, the weight or age does not influence bleeding irregularities.

Anyway, if the bleeding is heavy or persistent must be carefully assessed to the client and sought the existence of some gynecological pathology that could explain the bleeding, for which you must go to your gynecologist.

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