A WOMAN was left bleeding from her bottom after the pill triggered a life-threatening side effect.
She was diagnosed with ischemic colitis, which happens when there is not enough blood flowing to the colon or large intestine.
AlamyIschemic colitis happens when blood flow from the colon gets blocked[/caption]The 30-year-old visited the ER complaining of tummy pain, sickness and bloody diarrhoea for three weeks.
The otherwise healthy woman had started taking the progesterone-only pill (POP) ...