Open AccessConsulting a Patient on Hormonal Contraception: A Clinical Case of Vulvar Vestibulitis
Author(s) -
Olga Leshchenko
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of biomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2158-0529
pISSN - 2158-0510
DOI - 10.21103/article11(4)_cr1
Subject(s) - libido , vulvodynia , medicine , hormonal contraception , amenorrhea , gynecology , family planning , sexual dysfunction , obstetrics , population , research methodology , surgery , pelvic pain , pregnancy , environmental health , biology , genetics
This article presents a clinical case of a 23-year-old female who developed vulvodynia and dyspareunia while taking combined oral contraceptives (OCs). The case study shows that physicians should not recommend any combination of OCs over another to reduce weight gain, headache, breast tenderness, breakthrough bleeding, sexual dysfunction, dyspareunia, and decreased libido. Hormonal contraception counseling should be based on known, evidence-based recommendations and not be limited to the unnecessary substitution of one drug for another.