article_snippet: Doctors warned that taking the Pill triples the risk of developing an incurable disease of the digestive system .
article_snippet: taking the contraceptive Pill triples the risk of developing an incurable disease of the digestive systemthe digestive system, doctors warned last night.
article_snippet: doctors also fear that repeated use of the ‘morning-after pill’ – which contains even higher doses of sex hormones than the daily tablet – might make women still more prone to the daily tablet –. Crohninvolves the painful inflammation of the digestive system, most commonly the intestines.
article_snippet: However, a study of 230,000 American women led by Dr Khalili Dr Khalili found the risk was three times higher in women who had used the Pill for five years or more than those who had never been on the Pill.
article_snippet: But Dr Khalili Dr Khalili said changing a woman’s natural sex hormone levels appeared to do three things that could put a woman’s natural sex hormone levels at greater risk: a woman’s natural sex hormone levels made the gut lining more permeable, reduced levels of ‘friendly’ bacteria in the intestines and affected the immune system.
article_snippet: Dr Khalili added Dr Khalili would expect the Pill to increase the risk further, because the Pill contained higher levels of hormones but said there was no hard data yet to back up that hypothesis.
article_snippet: It was ‘not far-fetched’ to imagine that women will soon be warned not to go on the Pill if women carry certain high-risk genes, Dr Khalili said.
highlights_snippet: Researchers believe use of the Pill may be a major reasons behind rise .
  
highlights_snippet: Pill  triples risk while ‘morning-after pill’ may make women even more prone .