Do birth control pills make endometriosis symptoms worse?

Question

Trying to figure out, because I've always has bad periods, but ever since I started on Birth Control, a few months later the pain got worse, I was getting cysts on ovaries while on them, my symptoms on and off are close to Endometriosis. I am getting a laproscopic surgery to check for Endo in January. I just have the question b/c I read on Wikpedia under birth control with hormones could cause Endometriosis to be worse. It seems like these pains are all of the sudden worse after taking the pill, and now off the pill the pain is still bad...

Answer 1

Here are a few of links if you'd like to learn more about the big announcement about Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) causing breast cancer. Note that breast cancer rates originally started increasing rapidly when birth control pills and now other forms of hormonal birth control also began to be widely used. Hormonal birth control methods contain estrogen and progestin, hormones that are the most widely used in HRT. This is true for The Pill, The mini-pill, The Patch, some types of IUDs, and Nuva Ring, Shots, and Rods under the skin. Levels in HRT, which have already been shown to cause breast cancer, are actually lower than that in hormonal birth control methods, on top of the fact that hormonal birth control methods are used by young healthy women with naturally occurring hormones in already normal levels. How long will we have to wait before the medical community admits to women that hormonal birth control methods are just as dangerous as HRT? I have a feeling that it will be much longer, as hormonal birth control is considered to be the "holy grail" of "women's reproductive freedom". Never mind that women are dying of breast cancer at alarmingly increasing rates since 1974 when BC pills began to be more widely used. Thirty years later, we are reaping the "benefits" of artificial hormones that are used to suppress the natural processes of the female body.

Just like menopause, the female bodily functions of ovulation and pregnancy ARE NOT ILLNESSES. Medications should only be taken when it's absolutely necessary to prevent or cure ILLNESS, and then ONLY if the benefit outweighs the risks.

If you must practice birth control, abstinence or a condom, diaphragm, cervical cap, with plenty of spermicide, when used correctly is STATISTICALLY JUST AS EFFECTIVE as hormonal birth control. Condoms also decrease your chances of contracting an STD and they don't work by preventing implantation of a fertilized egg, like hormonal birth control does. If you are pro-life and believe that life begins at conception, this last point should be of particular interest to you. Abortifacient types of birth control also include non-hormonal types of IUDs, which work exclusively by preventing implantation of a fertilized egg. Even if you DON’T have any moral objection to this, at least stop using hormonal birth control for the sake of your health!

A + B = C

How many more "news flash: drug causes bad side effects" announcements before we realize that the body does NOT need drugs, except in dire circumstances. Let's leave our bodies alone and live healthy lifestyles, and our bodies will take care of the rest!

HOW HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL METHODS HAVE NOW DEFINITELY BEEN SHOWN TO CAUSE CANCER
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1025191125.html
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/15/gupta.breast.cancer/
HOW SOME TYPES OF BIRTH CONTROL CAN CAUSE ABORTION WITHOUT YOUR KNOWLEDGE
http://abort73.com/HTML/II-D-2-types.html
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BIRTH CONTROL AND HOW IT IS ANTI-WOMAN
http://www.the-edith-stein-foundation.com/articles.asp?col=2

Answer 2

Birth Control For Endometriosis

Answer 3

Endometriosis is when uterine tissue is growing on parts of the reproductive system where it doesn't usually grow. But it reacts the same way as your uterine lining. So when it's time to shed the lining every month those other tissues also try to shed, but there's no place for them to leave the body from. The cycle of the tissue growing during the month and then trying to shed is what causes the severe pain and cysts that change size.

The right birth control pill will make endometriosis symptoms improve. It regulates your hormones and usually makes your periods less severe. So the uterine tissue growing in the wrong place calms down a bit, and that gets rid of some of the pain.

Sometimes it takes a little experimenting to find which birth control pill will work best for you. There's a lot of different kinds of birth control pills. After they figure out if it is endometriosis talk to your doctor about the different pills you can try.

I can only imagine how painful it's been for you. I hope you find something that works for you soon.

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Do birth control pills make endometriosis symptoms worse?
Trying to figure out, because I've always has bad periods, but ever since I started on Birth Control, a few months later the pain got worse, I was getting cysts on ovaries while on them, my symptoms on and off are close to Endometriosis. I am getting a laproscopic surgery to check for Endo in...

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Endometriosis is caused by the travel of endometrial lining to places other then the uteral lining. It can be helped with things such as Danazol, Progesterone and most importantly your symptoms can improve with laproscopic surgery.
Birth control pills help to regulate your cycles and shouldn't make the endometriosis worse....if you are still having pain that is unbearable see your health care practitioner a.s.a.p. it can be attributed to other problems.

Answer 7

If you do find out after your surgery that you do have endo, you may want to ask about tri-cycling your pills. This will make it so you only have a few periods each year (same as the seasonale pill) and it should help with your pain.

I had aweful pains and during their lap. surgery they were able to remove alot of the endo and it actually helped my pains quite a bit. Good luck to you !!!!

Answer 8

You really need to read "Endometriosis Bible & Violet Protocol" by Zoe Brown (also available in electronic format here: http://www.endometriosisbible.info ). It's about how to eradicate endometriosis disease forever. It worked for me, you will see results in only a matter of weeks. Good Luck!

Answer 9

It depends on the pill. You want to find a pill that is low in oestrogen, ie under 30mcg. HTH : )

Answer 10

Fat loss tip # 11 on home page has MDs telling the bad things about bc pills but this page is about helping endometriosis naturally.

http://www.phifoundation.org/menses.html

Answer 11

NO IT HELPS i had it so stay on birth control PILLS IT doed help