Profile of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) among Patients Attending Community Health Centre (CHC), Rangat
Keywords:
Prevalalce, ST, STIs, Rangat, AndamanAbstract
Background: The sexually transmitted infections are common communicable diseases spread through sexual contacts and caused by a broad range of pathogens, e. g., bacteria, hlamydia, virus, fungus, protozoa, ectoparasites, etc.
Methods: The study was conducted at Community Health Centre, Rangat, Middle Andaman. This was a cross sectional study involving all the patients attended CHC, Rangat during the period from April, 2017 to October, 2019. The statistical data is expressed as numbers
and percentages.
Result: 23 patients were diagnosed to have STIs during the study period. Herpes genitalis is the predominant STI diagnosed in 6 patients followed by condyloma acuminata, chancroid, molluscum, trichomonas vaginitis and bacterial vaginosis.
Conclusion: Thus, we performed this study to analyse the prevalence of sexually transmitted infection among patients attending CHC, Rangat. This study will be useful for planning and implementation of health care.
How to cite this article:
Halder RK, Pradeep B. Profile of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) among Patients
Attending Community Health Centre (CHC), Rangat. J Integ Comm Health 2019; 8(1): 33-37.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2319.9113.201905
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