Birth Control Causes Her Vaginal Dryness, Painful Sex, and Yeast Infection

After taking birth control pills for 3 months, she experiences severe intercourse pain that feel like tearing her vagina.

Case #: 34890

Concern：

I have being having sex with my boyfriend for about 8 months now. Everything is great until I start taking the birth control pills 3 months ago. The pill made me dry and prone to yeast infections. It’s really painful to have sex now. My vagina feels like it is tearing whenever we have sex.

Discussion：

Yes, all your symptoms are likely caused by taking birth control. Vaginal dryness and yeast infections are common side effects of birth control. If you feel like you're about to tear your vagina, you absolutely must stop intercourse immediately. And I'd also recommend finding alternatives to the pill. See a list of Natural Ways of Birth Control

Hormone-based birth control emulates a pregnancy state by flooding the brain with excessive progesterone and/or estrogen, so that your brain will think you are pregnant and then shut down your ovarian function. This results in excessive progesterone or estrogen in the uterus and cervix. When the liver fails to detoxify the excessive hormones and to fully support the synthesis of the neurotransmitters dopamine, acetylcholine and serotonin, you may suffer from various vaginal problems such as vagina dryness, vaginal abrasion with painful intercourse, vaginal infection, and orgasmic dysfunctions.

Long term usage or very sensitive to birth control pill will disrupt normal function of endocrine system resulted in weaken immune system resulting long healing time for vaginal abrasion or scar formation of vaginal tissues. This further intensifies the vaginal pain during intercourse.

Hormones from the birth control pills might slow down your thyroid function leading to weight gain weight with more fat cells in the belly and hips for some women. Hormonal imbalance changes pH in vagina making women vulnerable to vaginal infection.

Many women found helpful by trying out Vaginal RH Formula 1 as a way to reverse the damage caused by birth control medication. The formula has many botanical ingredients that can help you gradually rejuvenate your neuro-endocrine function, detoxify your liver, uterus and cervix, and boost your prostaglandin E-1 & E-3, oxytocin and nitric oxide production for healing of vaginal tissues.