| As a woman, you are a mother, a sister, a | | | | the body in low dosages. This dose of hormones |
| grandmother, a sister-in-law, or just a friend to | | | | alters the chemical balance of hormones in the |
| your near and dear ones and you will always be | | | | cells maintained by the body, thickens the blood, |
| concerned about their health and safety, as you | | | | and doubles the risk of DVT or deep vein |
| are with your own health and safety. You may or | | | | thrombosis. |
| may not use birth control methods, devices, and | | | | The blood clots can start forming in the lower |
| medicines yourself, but maybe someone near and | | | | legs and thighs and the danger does not just end |
| dear does. If you or your friends and relatives are | | | | with Nuva ring and blood clots, there is more. |
| using third-generation birth control methods and | | | | Blood clots are just the beginning and lead to |
| devices, then you should also be aware of the | | | | other more life threatening dangers like ischemic |
| hazards and dangers of using new methods like | | | | strokes, pulmonary embolism, and heart attacks. |
| Nuvaring birth control. What is new in Nuvaring, | | | | The use of Nuvaring birth control not only doubles |
| you may ask? And you do have the right to ask | | | | the risk of blood clots, but if the blood clot or |
| questions. Nuvaring is a new third-generation birth | | | | embolus starts traveling from the veins in the legs |
| control method and was said to be safer than the | | | | and thighs, through the veins and arteries, to the |
| second-generation contraception methods. Like | | | | brain, lungs, heart, or even the eyes, it could lead |
| the second-generation methods, Nuvaring too | | | | to more serious, dangerous life threatening |
| contains hormones. But the big difference is in the | | | | problems. A blood clot traveling to the brain could |
| new form of an older hormone, which is at the | | | | lead to ischemic strokes, and a blood clot stuck in |
| heart of the problems associated with Nuva ring | | | | a lung could lead to pulmonary embolism, which in |
| and blood clots. | | | | simple layman's terms means that the pulmonary |
| How is the use of a new form of hormone | | | | artery of the heart is starved of blood due to the |
| related to Nuva ring and blood clots? Is a question | | | | lungs being blocked and unable to pump blood to |
| that many women may ask. And what if the use | | | | the heart. |
| of Nuvaring birth control does lead to a blood clot | | | | The blood clot can travel to the brain and block a |
| or two. What's the big deal? The answer to these | | | | vein or artery resulting in an ischemic stroke or |
| questions is that hormones are the chemicals | | | | simply brain stroke, damaging the brain cells. If the |
| released by cells in the body. These | | | | blood clot travels to the eye and lodges in a vein, |
| chemicals released by cells affect other cells in the | | | | it could lead to impaired vision and even blindness. |
| organs and other parts of the body. The human | | | | Therefore the issue is not just doubling of the |
| body is made up of billions of cells and the body | | | | risks of DVT ant just a small issue of Nuva ring |
| itself regulates the release of hormones. Nuvaring | | | | and blood clots, but the more dangerous side |
| contains not only hormones, but also a new form | | | | effects and life threatening dangers of using |
| of hormone called desogestrel, which is released in | | | | Nuvaring birth control. |