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Risk Factors and Health Hazards of Vaginal Infections inUpper Egypt: A Cross Sectional Study |
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| Creator | Ahmed M. Abbas, M.D., |
| Title | Risk Factors and Health Hazards of Vaginal Infections inUpper Egypt: A Cross Sectional Study |
| Publisher | PIMDEE Co., Ltd. |
| Publication Year | 2559 |
| Journal Title | Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| Journal Vol. | 24 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 50-56 |
| Keyword | Vaginitis, vaginal infection, bacterial vaginosis, vulvovaginal candidiasis |
| ISSN | 0857-6084 |
| Abstract | Objective: The complaint of abnormal vaginal discharge is very common particularly in developingcountries with low socioeconomic level as Egypt. The study aims to determine the frequencyof vaginal infections among Upper Egypt women with evaluation of the related risk factors andhealth hazards in addition to study the habit of vaginal douching, its possible relation to vaginalinfections.Materials and Methods: A cross sectional observational study was done in Women Health Hospital Assiut University-Egypt. A trained clinic nurse administered an interview-administeredquestionnaire to 326 women. Women presented to the outpatient clinic and diagnosed to haveany type of vaginal infections were approached for participation. The principle outcome was tostudy the common predisposing factors, different types of vulvovaginal infection and possiblecommon reproductive hazards.Results: During 6-months' study period, 3894 patients attended the outpatient GynecologyClinic, from whom 326 women (8.24%) proved to have vaginal infections. The mean age (?SD)of the study participants was 34.61?9.33 years. The majority of women (89.6%) were housewives,multipara (85.9%), living in rural and semi urban areas (79.5%). Among the study group,candidiasis was the most common type of infection (60.8%). The recurrence rate was high forboth bacterial vaginosis "BV" (75.2%) and vulvovaginal candidiasis "VVC" (64.1%). No signifiantdifference between candidiasis and bacterial vaginosis regarding preterm labor, ectopicpregnancy and pelvic inflmmatory disease.Conclusions: Vaginal infections are quiet common in our locality with high frequency of recurrence.Vaginal douching is a common practice that may predispose to many reproductive health hazardsas preterm labor and pelvic inflmmatory disease. |
