Vaginitis and cervicitis: choice of an effective therapy method (literature review)

Abstract

Among gynaecological diseases in women of reproductive age the leading place is occupied by inflammatory diseases of the lower part of the genital tract (70%), a significant proportion of which are inflammatory processes of the vagina and cervix uteri. In ⅔ of women, cervicitis is most often asymptomatic, so they do not seek medical treatment, and 65–77.6% have a transition to a chronic form. Thus, chronic cervicitis is diagnosed in almost one in three women who seek assistance from a gynaecologist due to leukorrhea, and there is no tendency for a decrease in frequency. The article presents an actual view on the problem of inflammatory diseases of the lower genital tract. The analysis of some researches devoted to the influence of local immunity and the state of vaginal microflora on the development of chronic inflammatory diseases is carried out. The results of proteomic researches of cervicovaginal fluid in early diagnostics of inflammatory diseases of the lower genital tract and the possibility of using cytokine biomarkers in clinical practice with the aim of prediction of pathological state and choice of further treatment tactics of the patient are presented. Efficiency of use of the combined medication on the basis of chlorhexidine and dexpantenol possessing pronounced antimicrobial, regenerating and metabolic action and applied in therapy of acute and chronic vaginitis; bacterial vaginosis; endo-, exocervicitis that is topical in therapy of inflammatory diseases of the lower genital tract is considered.