A Syndromic Approach to Identify Cases of Vaginal Discharge in Females of central India
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 8
Abstract
Background: Vaginal discharge is a common symptom of Pelvic inflammatory disease among women. Studies have shown that of women seeking care in the primary and secondary health care setting, 11% to 38.4% in India, and 34% in Ethiopia were availing care for vaginal discharge[2-6] .The prevalence in India is 24-32 %, 7% - 22% of PID is associated with HIV infection. Methodology: This study was a Cross-sectional Study carried over a period of 3 months (Aug-Sept2017). The study participants were 150 females between 15-45 years residing in a randomly selected urban slum of the city. Result: Maximum (23%) participants were of age group 20-24 years, followed by 18.8% 25-29 years while 9% of the participants were of age group 15-19 years. Out of 150 participants 89 had no discharge history while had history of vaginal discharge. Out of this 61 participants 33 (54%) were suffering with vaginal discharge problem always and 7 had rare episodes of vaginal discharge. Mucoid Consistency (66.7%) was the most common type amongst the type of discharge followed by watery discharge (11.33%). Conclusion: In our study, we identified that socioeconomic status was one of the most important factors affecting the occurrence of Vaginal Discharge. Educational status of the female alone is comparatively less significant.
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Dr Soumitra Sethia
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