Physiology: Physiology of Hormonal Contraception

There are various hormonal birth control methods for females, including birth control pills, contraceptive skin patches, the vaginal ring, and hormone-releasing coils for contraception (1). The physiology involves avoiding ovulation and preventing the fertilization of eggs from embedding into the womb. Using other contraceptive methods, the mucus in the cervix creates a sticky and thick formulation that prevents the sperm from moving and reaching the right place for the egg cell. The woman must take the right dosage of these methods, such as pills; if she forgets to take her daily dose for one day, she might release eggs and become pregnant. The second method is a contraceptive skin patch which is measured to be 5x5cm in size. It is applied anywhere on the body except the breast and is changed every seven days, except the fourth week of every month when women have their periods. Again, if women forget to apply it for 24 hours, then the patch would no longer be effective in preventing pregnancy. The third method is called hormone-releasing coils for contraception, which are popular among females (2). It is a T-shaped plastic instrument inserted inside the vagina and a string attached for pulling...

It functions with the release of hormone levonorgestrel hat lines around the womb to halt it from producing any fertilized eggs. Making mucus around the womb is the same feature that starts working once the...…method herself and know her tolerance level for it; only then could it prove efficacious in disruption of implantation.

Other clinical usages of combined oral contraceptive pills are the treatment of heavy bleeding or irregular menstruation, especially when endometriosis is experienced, which is a tissue condition lining the uterus growing in other body areas and causing pain leading to again irregular bleeding (4).

References

1. Informed Health.org [Internet]. Contraception: Hormonal Contraceptives. Cologne, Germany: Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Healthcare (IQWiG), 2006.

2. Kailasam C, Cahill D. Review of the safety, efficacy and patient acceptability of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system. Patient Preference and Adherence 2: 293-302, 2008.

3. Griffin JB, Ridgeway K, Montgomery E, Torjesen K, Clark R, Peterson J, Baggaley R, Straten A. Vaginal ring acceptability and…