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Sexual and reproductive health clinical consultations: emergency contraception

Clinical case

Jaz, aged 28 years, works as a marketing manager for a clothing company. It is her day off and she attends the walk-in service at her local sexual health clinic on a Monday morning. She requests emergency contraception (EC). She normally uses condoms with her partner of 6 months but did not use one when she had sex last Wednesday (5 days ago). The app Jaz uses to track her period tells her that her last period started 17 days ago. This was a normal period for her – heavy and painful for 2 days and lasting 7 days. Her app shows her cycles vary between 28 and 31 days. When asked, Jaz remembers she also had sex without a condom the Thursday before last (11 days ago).

Jaz suffers from migraines with aura and believes she cannot use any hormonal or long-acting contraception.

Jaz has no (other) past medical or surgical history,…

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Posted in: Open Access Journal Articles on 05/16/2023 | Link to this post on IFP |
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