Know What Right Upper Quadrant Pain Can Mean
If you have been taking Yaz, Yasmin or Ocella for over two years, there is a risk you may develop benign tumors in your liver, a condition known as hepatic adenoma. This Yasmin side effect usually causes no symptoms unless the tumor is quite large.
Some tumors are detected during diagnostic tests for other Yaz abdominal cavity problems, but you should be aware of the warning sign of this condition. A large hepatic adenoma can rupture and bleed, causing pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. The risk of rupture increases with the size of the tumor and continued hormone use. A ruptured tumor must be surgically removed.
A more rare complication of hepatic adenoma is the risk that the tumor will become cancerous. This type of cancerous tumor is a hepatocellular carcinoma, which must be surgically removed.
If you are on Yaz and having right upper quadrant pain, seek immediate medical treatment.
Sources:
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/170205-overview
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1658955
http://www.rxlist.com/yaz-drug.htm
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec10/ch139/ch139c.html
