Type of cervicovaginitis in women from 15 to 49 years at the General Hospital de Escárcega

Abstract

Abstract. Objective: To determine the most frequent type of cervicovaginitis in women between 15 and 49 years of age. Material and methods: Observational, cross-sectional, descriptive, and retrospective study, reviewing a total of 466 number of patients who attended the performance of Papanicolaou, looking for the age of presentation, their marital status, the level of education, their beginning of sexual life, number of sexual partners, the use of contraceptive methods, their socioeconomic level and the type in which the pathology predominates. Contribution: Of a total of 460 women who attended the Pap smear, 39 presented CIN II – CIN III data, 80 gave results of cervicovaginitis, the most frequent being Candida (41.25%). Conclusions: The social group that experiences the greatest risk of suffering from sexually transmitted diseases are adolescent women.