Authored by Pedro Rolando Lopez Rodriguez*
Introduction
Vaginal discharge is a common reason for gynecological consultation at any age, being highly frequent in women of childbearing age, who are concerned about their reproductive health [1]. Vaginal discharge syndrome is an infectious process of the vagina characterized by one or more of the following symptoms: leucorrhoea, vulvar pruritus, burning, irritation, dysuria, dyspareunia, vaginal fetus, determined by the invasion and multiplication of any microorganism and as a result of an environmental imbalance in the vaginal ecosystem [2]. This pathology has a wide range of causal germs and is easy to diagnose and its complications are frequently related to infantile and reproductive maternal morbidity [2,3]. They continue to be a public health problem in the world, they are more frequent in young, single adults and in urban areas, but without anyone with active sex life being exempt from suffering them. They can also cause complications or sequelae in both women and men and children, for example orchiepidimitis, acute pelvic inflammatory disease [hereinafter EIPA], sterility in both sexes, penile or cervix cancer, pregnancy complications, miscarriages, death fetal and / or maternal, premature birth, low birth weight, neonatal infections, congenital malformations and at risk of transmitting or becoming infected by the human immunodeficiency virus [hereinafter HIV] as demonstrated by several studies. [4-7]. In medical practice, vaginal infections represent a frequent health problem, representing approximately 75% of the patients who are consulted by vaginal discharge, according to the number of patients attending the medical consultation of some studies in Venezuela. Taking into account that in the same woman more than one clinical form can coexist [vaginitis and / or cervicitis] and if the gynecological examination does not allow to affirm the presence of a particular causative agent, the treatment should be focused in a syndromic way, at three infections most frequently associated with vaginal discharge syndrome: trichomoniasis, candidiasis and bacterial vaginosis; less frequently, these infections are caused by Neisseria Gonorrhoeae and Clamydia trachomatis [6,8].
Syndromic management represents an alternative to efficiently address this problem and with this type of approach the treatment of the causes most frequently associated with the syndrome in question is achieved and therefore the solution of more than 95% of cases is guaranteed [9]. The World Health Organization [WHO] estimated that 333 million new cases of curable sexually transmitted diseases annually in people aged 15 to 49, mostly in developing countries, which include member countries of the European community. On the other hand, recent calculations report that each year more than 340 million Cases of curable sexually transmitted infections [STIs] [including only those fungal and parasitic bacterial infections], which have as a manifestation the vaginal discharge syndrome, susceptible to effective treatments and that at least one million infections occur every day. For Latin America and the Caribbean alone, between 35 and 40 million cases of this group of Sexually Transmitted Infection were infected with more than 100 thousand infections per day [4,5]. Vaginal candidiasis is caused by a fungus or yeast found in the vulvo-vaginal mucosa that proliferates favored by broad-spectrum antibiotics, oral contraceptives, pregnancy, menstruation, diabetes mellitus, tight clothing, HIV infection, poor hygiene habits, etc. Women usually present with vulvar irritation and scarce exudate. The vulva may appear inflamed with excoriations and fissures. The vaginal wall may be covered by white, sticky and sticky yeast colonies. This entity began to be considered as a Sexually Transmitted Infection as of 1967 and it is currently accepted that 50% of the reported cases are the product of sexual contact. Its treatment consists in the use of clotrimazole 100 mg, intravaginal twice a day for 3 days or nystatin 100 000 U [vaginal ovum] intravaginally, once a day for 14 days [10]. In primary health care services these infections in adolescents are among the first causes of consultation, with a much higher incidence in those young people with active sexual life, although they have also been found in virgin adolescents. [eleven]. Vaginal symptoms are the most frequent reason for gynecology, being responsible for 6 to 10 million medical visits a year in the world [7]. In the United States about 30% of women of reproductive age have bacterial vaginosis [BV]. Almost 75% of all adult women have had at least one fungal infection in their lives. About 3% of women of reproductive age have trichomoniasis. Many women with vaginal infections have no symptoms, for example, only 16% of women with bacterial vaginosis report having vaginal symptoms, while out of every 100 women who have symptoms, such as pain, itching and discharge; 40 to 45 women have bacterial vaginitis; 20 to 25 women have a fungal infection; 15 to 20 women have trichomoniasis [7-12]. The World Health Organization reported that since 2006 approximately 15,700 women annually go to vaginal health problems in primary care facilities in West African countries [Ghana, Guinea, Mali and Togo], with very low cure rates associated with the costs and non-compliances of the treatment [7]. The results in European countries are also relevant with an estimated 250,000 women who, of childbearing age, go annually to vaginal discharge consultations. Being the most significant figure in women during pregnancy [7].
In Colombia, the prevalence in Colombia of bacterial vaginosis has varied between 9% in asymptomatic pregnant pregnant women and 30% in non-pregnant women from the general population [8]. Cuba does not escape this situation, reporting 831787 consultations by these entities [7-12] Havana reports in 2017; 627 251 patients assessed by obstetrics consultation, while gynecology attended 208,589 women of childbearing age, if we take into account that approximately 75% of the consultations are due to vaginal discharge, the total number of patients treated is 156 441 [13]. In the Municipality, 19407 patients treated for vaginal infections in the analyzed period are reported [14]. Regarding the Párraga Polyclinic, they behave with 4317 patients assisted in gynecology due to this identity [15].
Methods
A descriptive and cross-sectional observational study was carried out. 195 patients of childbearing age [between 15 and 49 years of age] of the medical office 10 were studied in the period from January to December 2018 who attended the medical consultation referring to presenting vaginal discharge and / or associated symptoms performing anamnesis, physical examination, and microbiological study.
Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria
Female patients of childbearing age with vaginal discharge who agreed to physical examination with speculum and attended vaginal and endocervical exudate.
Exclusion criteria Patients who do not belong to the health area.
Pregnant patients. Patients who have refused to participate in the investigation
Technical and procedures
Sources of obtaining the information
Application of a data collection form [Annex 1] to the patients from which the related variables were studied.
Data register
A database was created in the Microsoft Office Excel 2010 program where the variables contained in the Form being investigated were included.
Processing and analysis of information
The variables included in the Return were entered into a database in Excel and the statistical processing was carried out in the statistical package Stadistical Package for Social Science for Personal Computer [SPSS-PC] in its version 19.1 for Windows, from which it They will prepare tables that summarize quantitative variables in absolute values and percentages. In addition, statistical tests of independence χ2 [Chi-Square] will be performed on qualitative variables.
Ethical aspects
The research was endorsed by the Commission of Medical Ethics in Research of the Faculty of Medical Sciences “Julio Trigo López”. No new or experimental medications or techniques were used, which were not yet certified or endorsed for use. No experimental surgical procedures were performed
Result
(Table 1) The results in relation to the age groups reflect that the majority were found in the group between 25 and 29 years old with 64 cases [32.8%] and that less than 5.0% of the patients studied were between 45 and 49 years old (Table 2).
More than 95% of the patients studied with vaginitis had risk factors. In the absence of these, more than half had cervicitis. There was a relationship between the variables risk factors and classification with a significance level of 5% and a degree of freedom.
Discussion
The development of preventive medicine, with the participation of the doctor and the family nurse, together with the substantial technical and organizational changes to improve the quality of medical care, have forced us to look for more dynamic ways that favor the performance of the medical team. health, among which is the early detection of vaginal infections [16-18]. Vaginal infections affect women of all ages, both those who are sexually active, and those who are not. Most of the visits of adult women to gynecologists and primary care doctors have been more frequent [19,20]. The results obtained regarding Vaginal discharge syndrome and age groups were comparatively similar to studies carried out in the province and even in the municipality [9,49, 53], with a predominance of women between 20 and 30 years of age. In the study by Vidal Borras et al. Carried out in Caracas, Venezuela [16] as in the present, patients between 25 and 29 years predominated and an inversely proportional relationship between the number of patients affected and the age as defined above. On the other hand, in the study of Álvarez Blanco et al. [20], the age of greatest frequency was between 21 and 25 years. The analysis of the color of the skin and the incidence of Vaginal Flow Syndrome showed a higher frequency between black and mixed race in that order. Probably related to the ethnic characteristics of the place where the study population predominates. No serious studies were found in the literature that address the issue from this point of view, however, we believe that there could be an influence determined by particularities of the sexual characteristics of each race, such as those of black race show a more early and bulky development of secondary sexual characteristics such as breast, hip or butt growth, being able to identify with higher stages of sexual development and anticipate sexual behavior, often at risk. State education, free, equal and compulsory; at least until the ninth grade, which guarantees a level of instruction and education comparable even to that of highly developed nations; It is one of the characteristics of our nation. Therefore, starting in active working life is an option and not an obligation as it is for adolescents in many countries. A female student, usually younger, does not have economic independence and usually has plans to continue her improvement and achieve a job placement according to her level of qualification. In these circumstances and taking into account that the expired institutional educational level was taken into account, it was not surprising to find a majority of pre-university students, followed by those with a mid-level Technician and a basic Secondary School. This result corresponds to those published by the Alan Gulttmacher Institute [21] and the United Nations Population Fund [22]; as with Hurtado Saucedo [23] in his thesis of Specialty in Comprehensive General Medicine, also carried out in our health area between 2013 and 2014. In our country the female population has been increasingly incorporated into schooling and the aspiration and need to develop some activity of its own, expanding work options for women. In the present investigation a predominance of the patients linked to some type of work activity was evidenced, as well as in the aforementioned study by Hurtado Saucedo [23], however, this series exceeded ours in percentage terms in terms of the unemployed population. In the study, single and accompanied women represented the majority, corresponding to published national results [9,16]. While, the age of onset of sexual intercourse was early in the majority before the age of 20. Series such as that of Ugarte Rodríguez [24] with similar results, discuss how the early onset of sexual intercourse significantly affects the presence of vaginal discharge, because age is a biological factor that influences the presence of it by the constitution The vaginal mucosa and cervical tissue of the young woman make them very susceptible to this entity. Much has been written about the risk factors associated with vaginal discharge syndrome, which constitutes a huge.
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