Live ChatYaz Side Effects: Stroke
Stroke is caused by too little or too much blood in the brain. Too little blood can cause what’s known as an ischemic stroke. Ischemia means reduced blood flow. The majority of strokes that occur are ischemic. When the arteries to your brain narrow or become blocked, blood flow can be severely reduced, depriving your brain of oxygen and nutrients. Blood clots that form in the arteries that supply the brain or in other parts of the body and then travel to the arteries of the brain are the main causes of ischemic stroke.
Too much blood in the brain causes what’s known as a hemorrhagic stroke. These occur when a blood vessel in your brain leaks or ruptures and you bleed into your brain. “Hemorrhage” is medical term for bleeding. Hemorrhagic stroke can be caused by uncontrolled high blood pressure.
Yaz and other oral contraceptives can nearly double your risk of a stroke by increasing your risk of blood clots and high blood pressure. Additionally, the unique progesterone in Yaz, called drospirenone, can raise your blood potassium, which can lead to an irregular heartbeat. An abnormal heart rhythm can cause poor blood flow, which can increase the risk of clot formation.
Do you know your risk for stroke?
Sources
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091026152820.htm
http://mayoclinic.com/health/stroke/DS00150
http://www.webmd.com/stroke/guide/stroke-overview-facts
I have been taking Yaz for a long time. Well over two years. And I think I took it or something similar while I was in Alabama in 2001. I had to stop taking Yaz in 2009 because it was making me very sick to my stomach, throwing up etc… I was bleeding constantly and hurting severely and could not hardly function. I started to have numbness in my hands/feet and lips. I also was very dizzy and disoriented and could hardly walk at times. I finally talked to my OBGYN and she switched me, and the new kind helps some and I have no symptoms that are like the ones with Yaz. I have always had PMDD and a cycst on my right ovary and that was why I was originallly put on Yaz. Yaz did not slow my bleeding down,nor did it help my pain from my cycst. Gradually the symptoms got worse, and I switched Dr’s. My new OBGYN immed stopped me from taking Yaz, but did not tell me there might be any problems. I have not been the same since I took Yaz. My life has changed and not for the better. I still have problematic periods, and have stopped taking bc alltogether, and my periods seem to be regulating themselves, but I am still in a great deal of pain. I have to be very careful with going to the Dr and getting my meds filled, since I am out of work.
Robin I experienced similar side effects. I was taking Ocella for a bout 2 years. It was not helping with my bleeding my periods were extremely heavy and painful. I stopped taking the Ocella and birth control all together about 7 months ago and have still not had my period.
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