Can birth control pills cause high blood pressure?

Birth control pills are associated with hormones and can cause high blood pressure. Patients should observe whether their blood pressure is elevated after taking the pill. If blood pressure is elevated, it may be caused by the pill, which is harmful to the body, and should be diagnosed early to discontinue the pill and bring blood pressure down to normal, without the need for other antihypertensive drugs. Hypertensive patients should consider the following aspects when getting pregnant: 1. the degree of high blood pressure: if the blood pressure is high and combined with risk factors, such as coronary heart disease, dyslipidemia, diabetes, etc., pregnancy is not advisable; 2. the blood pressure can be lowered by adjusting the lifestyle, you can get pregnant; 3. the blood pressure is slightly high but very sensitive to drugs, if you can control it with one drug, you can get pregnant; if you still can’t control it with three drugs blood pressure to normal level, pregnancy is not recommended.