Abstract
Background: Trichomoniasis is a common Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) and the most common curable one. Methodology: This was cross sectional, prospective, total coverage hospital based study. It aimed to determine the incidence, risk factors of the Trichomoniasis among the laboring Sudanese women at Omdurman New Hospital Khartoum-Sudan, from September 2012 to April 2013. Data were obtained, entered and analyzed using soft word package program for social science (SPSS) version 17. Results: The prevalence of Trichomoniasis is 6.8%. It was found that the awareness about the infection is very low only 35%. Diabetes and history of sexual transmitted infections are the risks seen among the study cases. Preterm labor was seen significantly. Conclusion: Syndromic management of all women with abnormal vaginal discharge is important since it causes reproductive morbidity.
Highlights
Trichomoniasis is a common Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) and the most common curable one
We report 214 cases of Trichomonasvaginalis, which gives prevalence of 6.8%
The prevalence of Trichomoniasis is 6.8% more or less almost like that seen in study done in Upper Egypt the prevalence was 8.7% [10] and far less than what proved in study done in Lagos, Nigeria found that the prevalence is high 74.5%
Summary
Trichomoniasis is a common Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) and the most common curable one It is caused by the protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis, and affects approximately 180 million persons per year world-. (2016) Trichomoniasis in Pregnant Sudanese Pregnant Women at Tertiary Obstetric. Methodology: This was cross sectional, prospective, total coverage hospital based study. It aimed to determine the incidence, risk factors of the Trichomoniasis among the laboring Sudanese women at Omdurman New Hospital Khartoum-Sudan, from September 2012 to April 2013. Diabetes and history of sexual transmitted infections are the risks seen among the study cases. Conclusion: Syndromic management of all women with abnormal vaginal discharge is important since it causes reproductive morbidity
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