Kontrazeption bei Jugendlichen

In Germany we are still confronted with the problem of increasing rates of pregnancies in minors. It is our responsibility to give a detailed sexual enlightenment, an explanation of the physiological development of the female body and adequate advice on contraception. Oral contraceptives combined with the use of condoms is the most popular form of contraception in juveniles. Oral contraceptives are also medically indicated by dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia after exclusion of organic causes and by polycystic ovary (PCO) syndrome. The effect of oral contraceptives on bone metabolism is not yet sufficiently explained due to a lack of data but should not be a reason to refrain from their use.