The effect of low-dose contraceptive pills on some blood parameters in Iraqi women

Abstract

This  study  was  carried  out  in order to investigate  the  effect  of oral contraceptive pills (microgynon) on some physiological and biochemical parameters in Iraqi women for the period from December 2013 to May2014. The study  involved 69  apparently  healthy women an oral contraceptives (user group)  and 26  apparently healthy women not an oral contraceptives (control group).  Both groups were aged (18-36 ) years ,all of them were attending  AL- Aksa  family planning  center in  Baghdad ,  Baghdad   AL-   jadedah. both groups also devided into three groups according to the duration of pills usage: The first group from(3 month -1 year) the second group from(1year-3 years) and the third group from(3 years-5years) Blood sa mples were collected from both groups (user and control) in order to do the following tests: Whole blood picture (Hb, RBCs, PCV, WBCs,  and  Platelates). The  results  of  current  study  revealed :

1. There is no statistical significant changes in RBCs ,Hb ,PCV and platelates in user group compared with the control group .but increase apparent after 5 years of using the contraceptive pills .


2. There is a decrease of monocytes but not in the other types of WBCs in user group compared with control group. while observed an increase in monocytes and lymphocytes after 5 years of contraceptive pills.