![]() ![]() Taking combined hormonal contraception therefore further increases the risk of a stroke in women who have migraine with aura. Taking oestrogen causes you to have a slightly increased risk of having a stroke (compared with the normal risk). They are all called ‘combined hormonal contraceptives’. The combined oral contraceptive pill (‘the pill’), the contraceptive vaginal ring (‘the ring’) and the contraceptive patch (‘the patch’) contain the hormone oestrogen. However, the overall risk linked to migraine is still very low, and you are far more likely to have a stroke because of other risk factors like smoking and high blood pressure. If you have migraine with aura, you’re about twice as likely to have an ischaemic stroke (a type of stroke caused by a blockage in an artery that supplies blood to the brain) in your lifetime, compared to those without migraine.
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