3. b. Concerns related to Contraception Method
To avoid unplanned pregnancies, women with HPV needed more information to choose preferable contraception. As long-term use of birth control pills increases the cervical cancer risk for women with persistent HPV, users recommended changing their contraception method. Women were worried about the negative impacts of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) and levonorgestrel (LNG) pills on their cellular changes.
”We use the pull-out (withdrawal) to prevent pregnancy, but sometimes I use emergency pills. I don’t know if they can weaken my immune system. I read online that birth pills may induce cervical cancer. Are the emergency pills as harmful as the OCPs?” (P.17)
”I’ve taken LD pills after my daughter was born, which is about nine years. They said I have to stop taking them. I don’t know what to do. My husband does not use a condom.” (P.11)
Some women in a monogamous relationship reported they (or their husbands) are reluctant to use a condom. They wanted to know why using a condom is essential for HPV-positive patients when they already had HPV.