Epidemiological behavior of pregnant women with syphilis in the Julián Grimau health area during the 2021-2022 period
Keywords:
Pregnant Women, Syphilis, Couples, TreatmentAbstract
Introduction: syphilis is a curable infection caused by Treponema pallidum, it is transmitted sexually and also, during pregnancy, from the mother to the fetus.
Objective: to describe the epidemiological profile of pregnant women with syphilis in the period 2021-2022 of the Julián Grimau health area, of the Santiago de Cuba municipality.
Methods: an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in the Julián Grimau health area, in the Santiago de Cuba municipality in the period 2021-2022. The population consisted of 26 pregnant women reported with syphilis in the study period. Quantitative and qualitative variables were used, taking into account their operational definition, scale and form of measurement.
Results: the most represented ages were 15-19 years, 79,6 % of pregnant women had uptake with less than 14 weeks of gestation, 69,2 % of pregnant women had reactive VDRL results of 16-32 dill; 19,2 % took more than 7 days between the reactive result and the treatment applied, 76,9 % showed positive TPHA results in pregnant women, 61,5 % of pregnant women confirmed with Early Acquired Latent Syphilis (STAL) predominate.
Conclusions: the lack of detection or study of couples, as well as the delay and lack of opportunity in indicating and giving treatment to them and to pregnant women with reactive serologies, can ruin the prevention of syphilis and vertical transmission of this infection.
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