Open AccessContraception in obese women
Author(s) -
Елена Андреева,
Андреева Елена Николевна,
Д. А. Соколова,
Соколова Дарья Андреевна,
O. R. Grigoryan,
Григорян Ольга Рафаэльевна
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ožirenie i metabolizm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2306-5524
pISSN - 2071-8713
DOI - 10.14341/omet2016365-69
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , fertility , obesity , pregnancy , infertility , endocrine system , gynecology , population , environmental health , hormone , biology , genetics
At present, the prevalence of overweight people in the world is more than 1.7 billion; 312 million people are obese. The 25% of them consist of reproductive age women. In the modern world contraception is not only the way to prevent unscheduled pregnancy but also the opportunity to treat endocrine and gynecological diseases. While choosing the method of contraception, it is important to realize it’s pharmacological effect on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, hemocoagulation/fibrinolysis system, cardiovascular and other systems of body that are involved in cascade of pathological processes. Selection of contraception for overweight/obese patients needs an individualized approaches with evaluation of efficiency/risk for every specific method of fertility correction.