Contraception

🌀Contraception🌀 Contraception also known as birth control is a preventive method to avoid unwanted pregnancy. 🍀Aim of contraception : 🔹The main aim of contraception is family planning to control population growth. 🔹Certain contraceptive measures are important to prevent STD like AIDS. 🔹Recommended to control the stress of pregnancy, labour and lactation in women suffering from heart disease. 🍀Methods of contraception : There are two type of method; Temporary & Permanent. 💠Temporary :(For short time duration) 🔻Male: 🔸Condom Widely used method. It prevents deposition of semen into the vagina. 🍁Advantage :Easily available, cheap & safe. Can prevent STD.

🔸Withdrawal method or natural method. 💠Female : 🔸 OCP- Oral contraceptive pill...widely used method for women. There are various types of OCP such as- ▪Combine pill or classical pill ▪Sequential pill ▪Progesterone only pill (POP) ▪post coital pill / emergency pill 🍀Mode of action of OCP: ▪Estrogen & progesterone inhibit the pituitary secretion of gonadotrophin that is necessary for ovulation. Thus prevent ovulation. ▪Progesterone render the cervical mucous thick & scanty,there by prevent sperm penetration. ▪Progesterone also inhibits the tubal mobility & delay the transport of sperm & ovum to the uterine cavity. 🔸IUD(Intrauterine device) ---is a T shaped plastic device inserted into the uterus ;;Lippes loop,Copper T. 🔸Diaphragm /Cervical cap Covers the cervix & prevent entry of sperm into uterus. 🔸Spermicidal jelly, cream. 🔸Safe period /Calender method: It is the period when conception doesn’t occur by inter course.It is a effective & awesome method for contraception as it doesn’t have any side effect. 🍁Duration:From 5th day of menstrual cycle up to 9th day & from 19th day up to 28th day. In a women having regular menstrual cycle, ovulation occurs on 14th day of the cycle. After ovulation ovum remains viable for 2 -3 days. Similarly after ejaculation sperm remain alive for 1-2 days. 💠Permanent method: 🍀Male:Vasectomy (Surgical procedure for male sterilization where the male vasa deferentia is cut & tied so as to prevent sperm from entering into the urethra & there by prevent fertilization. 🍀Female:Tubectomy(Tubal ligation for women is a surgical procedure where fallopian tubes are removed for preventing sperm from entering thus to prevent fertilization.