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  • Contraception & STD
  • Submitted on 26/08/2025

Quel contraceptif est recommandé pour une femme de 50 ans ?

Bonjour, quel est le contraceptif le plus recommandé pour une femme de 50 ans ? Je prends la pilule mais je m'interroge sur ses risques sur ma santé. Ne favorise-t-elle pas certains cancers ? Merci pour votre réponse.

3 specialists answered

  • It doesn't promote any cancers, on the contrary, But you can better have an examination to look up your hormonal status and change to one of the latest pills that don't influence clotting , and to the menopause pill of systems, if you should be in the menopause already. And stop smoking , take healthy feeding habits and do a sport.

    Myriam Struyven

    Gynecologist

    Eeklo

  • Difficile à dire sans connaître vos antécédents médicaux.

    Ahmed Wafi

    Gynecologist

    Ganshoren

  • Bonjour,

    Alors en effet les pilules combinées (œstrogène + progestatif) peuvent augmenter le risque de thrombose veineuse profonde (TVP), surtout après 35 ans + fumeuse ou des antécédents connus de TVP voire d’autres facteurs de risque cardiovasculaire.

    En effet d’après des études, on note une augmentation du risque de cancer du sein et du col de l’utérus, mais un effet protecteur contre le cancer de l’ovaire et de l’endomètre avec ses pilules.

    Les contraceptions par progestatif seul ou encore les dispositifs intra uterins (DIU) conviennent en général mieux pou
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    Sofian Kaddour Hocine

    Doctor Medical graduate

    Anderlecht

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