Patient's question:
I haven't had children yet. Yesterday, when I had sex with my husband, he didn't wear a condom. Afterward, I took emergency contraception. My colleague said that taking emergency contraception can cause an ectopic pregnancy, so I'm very worried. Therefore, I decided to look into it.Doctor's answer:
Hello, "Overuse of birth control pills can indeed lead to ectopic pregnancy." This needs to be explained from the mechanism of ectopic pregnancy recurrence. During childbirth, the normal site of fertilization for a fertilized egg is the fallopian tube. After sperm and egg meet in the fallopian tube, they travel along the tube to the uterus and gradually transform within the uterine cavity, which is the normal process of pregnancy. However, if the fertilized egg finally settles outside the uterus, instead of in the uterine cavity, this will result in ectopic pregnancy. Currently, there is no large-sample epidemiological survey evidence in medicine that proves birth control pills cause ectopic pregnancy. However, based on clinical diagnostic observations, a small number of patients have indeed experienced ectopic pregnancy after taking birth control pills.