Correlation of Human Papillomavirus types with the level of damage in women attended in a private laboratory

Abstract

Introduction: the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a virus capable of promoting various types of skin and mucosal lesions, which can be malignant or benign. Some of them can cause genital warts, and others can reach the cervix and cause a Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasm (CIN) that can progress to a more advanced stage, which is cancer. The sexually active population is more likely to come into contact with the virus at some point in life, and as a result, the human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the world. Objective: to evaluate the incidence of HPV in women attended at a private laboratory in Fortaleza/CE. Method: this was a quantitative, cross-sectional, retrospective and descriptive research, using data from the patients' medical records. Results: after analyzing the patient’s medical records, it was observed that the predominant age group in this study was concentrated between 16 and 34 years old. Furthermore, it was evident that the vast majority of women obtained positive results for HPV, and they arrived with observations in the search for screening. Furthermore, the most prevalent intraepithelial lesions were LSIL and ASC-US. Conclusion: HPV was more associated with young women, and screening is of paramount importance since HPV is asymptomatic, and this factor can lead to women's erroneous thinking that without evident symptoms there is no lesion.