Study of prevalence of gestational syphilis in a maternity hospital of the SUS network

Abstract

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) cause serious public health problems, among STIs, which can be affected, as it is a sexually transmitted infectious disease caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Thus, the objective of the research was to conduct a study of the prevalence of pregnant women in a maternity hospital of the SUS network in the city of Juazeiro do Norte-CE, from January 2014 to June 2017. This study showed a total of 184 women reported where the highest prevalence of gestational cases was in the period of 2015 with 59 (32%) cases, visas or the highest number of notifications in December, followed by 2016 with 46 (25%) cases, but they must be taken into account in the year from 2017, there are cases registered until June. It was also possible to observe a number of 37 (20.1%) cases of teenage pregnancy disturbed by syphilis, where it ended up being one of the most worrying occurrences, not so related to sexuality and causing diseases, causing a social problem, more also in the clinical situation of risk or factors that impact your health. Through this study, we pointed out a reflection on the problem of the number of adult women with the same number of 81% of prenatal achievements, and despite its restrictions, this work was also able to show in general terms, the epidemiological paths followed by the disease in the period from 2014 to 2017, subsidizing the development of future research in this field of knowledge, to raise the main facts that may justify part of the number of reported cases.