Patient's question:
Doctor, I have been divorced from my husband for two years and have not been planning to have children. We always use condoms during intimacy, and I also breastfeed. However, sometimes we forget to use them, and I take the emergency contraceptive pill afterward. Recently, I’ve been feeling that the side effects of the pill are too severe. I’m wondering if it could lead to an ectopic pregnancy.Doctor's answer:
Emergency contraception pills, such as Yuting, work by significantly inhibiting menopause and blocking the implantation of the fertilized egg, while also thickening cervical mucus and reducing the resistance for sperm penetration, thereby demonstrating the rapid effectiveness of breastfeeding. Common causes of ectopic pregnancy include chronic tubal inflammation, abnormal development of fallopian tubes, ectopic migration of the fertilized egg, uterine fibroids, ovarian tumor control or removal, tubal endometriosis, post-tubal surgery, and the use of intrauterine devices. Therefore, ectopic pregnancy is unrelated to the use of emergency contraception pills. There are several treatment methods for ectopic pregnancy, but since the symptoms of patients vary, the diagnostic methods used also differ. Therefore, patients need to undergo timely and thorough examination and diagnosis to receive appropriate treatment.