>> A NEW STUDY OUT LAST WEEK ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL FOUND SOME SIDE EFFECTS FOR TEEN GIRLS.
>> BIRTH CONTROL CAN BE A TOPIC
THAT IS TOUGH TO TALK ABOUT OR
EVEN AWKWARD FOR TEENS OR TO
BRING UP TO PARENTS OR DOCTORS
BUT DEFINITE DISCUSSION WITH
HAVING.
>> NEW STUDY INDICATES TEENS
TAKING BIRTH CONTROL PILLS
REPORTED CRYING MORE AND
SLEEPING TOO MUCH IN
EXPERIENCING EATING ISSUES.
DEFINITE CONCERNS TO DISCUSS
WITH A DOCTOR WHICH IS WHY
MORNING NEWS ANCHOR AND KIRSTIN
O’CONNER STANDING BY TO ASK A
DOCTOR.
>>.
DOCTOR. >>. >> TEEN BIRTH CONTROL IS
DEFINITELY A TOPIC WITH A LOT
OF OPINIONS BUT EDUCATION IS
KEY NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCE.
BECAUSE THESE DECISIONS CAN
HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE
YOUNG GIRL’S LIFE, SO WHAT IS
TODAY’S ORLANDO HEALTH OB/GYN
DOCTOR CHRISTINE, AGAIN TO TALK
ABOUT THIS TOPIC.
SO I’M SURE YOU HAVE LOTS OF
TEENAGE PATIENTS WHO COME IN
AND ARE ASKING ABOUT BIRTH
CONTROL.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REASONS
THAT PATIENTS WOULD COME AND
AND BEGINNING BIRTH CONTROL,
NOT NECESSARILY TO PREVENT
PREGNANCY?
>> GREAT QUESTION ARE MANY
REASONS WHY SOMEONE WOULD WANT
BIRTH CONTROL INSTEAD OF JUST
TO PREVENT PREGNANCY.
WHEN RECENT DEFINITELY BEEN
PROVEN TO HELP IS FOR PEOPLE
WHO HAVE WHAT WE CALL A BAD
PERIOD.
EITHER PAIN WITH YOUR PERIOD OR
IF YOU HAVE REALLY HEAVY FLOW.
SOMETIMES IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS
WITH OVARIAN CYSTS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
>> BECAUSE THERE ARE GIRLS WHO
CANNOT GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE
THEY ARE HAVING SUCH BAD
MENSTRUAL CRAMPS.
>> CORRECT, YES.
IT IS CALLED DYSMENORRHEA.
SO PILLS AND
ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES CAN HELP.
>> WHAT ABOUT ACNE OR THINGS
THAT MAY SEEM MINOR TO A PARENT
BETWEEN TEEN THEY ARE VERY BIG
DEAL?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
ACNE IS REALLY HELPED BY BIRTH
CONTROL PILLS.
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT IT
AFFECTS THE HORMONE LEVELS AND
ACTUALLY INCREASES A CERTAIN
HORMONE CALLED SEX HORMONE
GLOBULIN THAT BINDS THE
TESTOSTERONE TO HELP REDUCE THE
ACNE.
>> SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
THINGS I’M SURE YOU HEARD FROM
PATIENTS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK SEEING THE
STUDY AND HOW DOES TALKING
ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL PILLS AND
CRYING A LOT AND POTENTIALLY
LINKING SOME DEPRESSION WITH
TEENAGE GIRLS.
>> SO THIS STUDY DID NOT SAY
THAT BIRTH CONTROL PILLS CAUSE
DEPRESSION.
SO THAT WAS HELPFUL.
IT DID RAISE OUR AWARENESS THAT
IF SOMEONE IS ACTING A LITTLE
DIFFERENT THAN IT IS IMPORTANT
TO AS A PARENT OR AS A DOCTOR,
HOWEVER, SOME ARE CONCERNED, TO
BE AWARE THAT THERE COULD BE
SOMETHING ATTRIBUTING TO THAT.
THE MIND YOU THERE ARE MANY
REASONS SOMEONE IN THE TEEN
YEARS.
>> A LOT OF STRESS AND A LOT OF
CRYING.
>> RIGHT.
>> I KNOW PARENTS OF TEENAGE
GIRLS KNOW ABOUT THAT.
SO YOU HAVE PATIENTS WHO COME
IN AND SAY I DO NOT THINK THAT
THIS FORM OF BIRTH CONTROL IS
WORKING FOR ME FOR REASONS X,
Y, AND Z AND I WOULD LIKE TO
TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>> YES.
IN FACT ONLY STARTS A NUMBER OF
CONTROL PILLS, FOR EXAMPLE, A
DIFFERENT TYPE OF BIRTH CONTROL
A LOT OF TIMES YOU WILL SEE
SOMEONE BACK IN A MONTH OR TWO
TO FIND OUT HOW ARE YOU DOING
AND HOW ARE YOU DOING NATALIE
PHYSICALLY BY CHECKING YOUR
BLOOD-PRESSURE OR BY ASKING
ABOUT THE PAIN OF THE REASON
SOMEBODY WAS ON IT ALSO TO SAY
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ON IT?
ARE YOU FEELING OKAY?
AND FIND OUT IF ANY SIDE
EFFECTS.
>> SO YOU DO ASK ABOUT MENTAL
HEALTH.
>> HOW YOU ARE FEELING.
>> IF YOU’RE FEELING SAD.
SO GOOD TO KNOW THE DOCTORS DO
WANT TO HEAR THAT.
>> YES.
>> THEY ARE NOT JUST ASKING
ABOUT YOUR BODY AND CERTAIN
SYMPTOMS.
>> YES.
THE WHOLE PERSON IS IMPORTANT.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
SO LET’S TALK ABOUT BIRTH
CONTROL AND WHAT PARENTS SHOULD
BE ASKING THE DOCTOR IF THEY
ARE CHOOSING TO GO AND HAVE
THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THEIR
TEENAGER.
WHAT ARE SOME QUESTIONS THEY
MAY BE YOU HEAR FROM PARENTS
WHO ARE CONCERNED AND JUST WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE
CHOOSING THE RIGHT THING FOR
THEIR CHILD?
>> WHAT I LIKE TO ASK PARENTS
TO BE AWARE OF IS THAT YOUR
CHILD HAVE ANY OTHER MEDICAL
CONCERNS FOR EXAMPLE.
CAN YOUR TEEN REMEMBER TO TAKE
A PILL EVERY DAY?
BECAUSE IT’S IMPORTANT TO TAKE
IT ON THE SAME TIME EACH DAY IF
THAT IS WHAT YOUR CHOICE IS.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T THEN YOU
COULD HAVE SPOTTING AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
AND ASK WHAT IS THE PERSON
SCHEDULE LIKE ETC. SO THOSE ARE
SOME THINGS TO BE AWARE OF AND
ALSO IF THEY HAVE ANY OTHER
MEDICAL CONCERNS.
>> AND DO YOU ASK ABOUT
DEPRESSION AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
DOES THAT GO INTO THIS
DECISIONS FOR WHICH BIRTH
CONTROL THEY WOULD CHOOSE?
>> WHEN WE HAVE SOMEONE COME
INTO THE OFFICE, THEY HAVE TO
FILL OUT A REALLY LONG
QUESTIONNAIRE.
SEVERAL PAGES WHICH INCLUDES
ASKING IF THERE’S A HISTORY OF
DEPRESSION SO WE JUST LOOK AT
ALL OF THAT AND THEN ASSESS
EACH PERSON INDIVIDUALLY.