Per-vaginal Findings among the Women with Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Dhaka City.
Journal Title: Journal of Enam Meical College - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a major health problem for adult female. Women presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases give different per-vaginal fndings. So we designed this study to assess the per-vaginal fndings among the women presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases. Objective: The purpose of the present study was to measure the pervaginal fndings among the women with PID. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Dhaka Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka during January to June 2007. Women in the age group of 15−45 years presented with lower abdominal pain, tenderness, per-vaginal discharge and cervical motion tenderness were included in this study. After taking verbal consent from the patients, a pre-designed data collection sheet was flled in after per-vaginal examination. Results: The study was done on 50 cases, of which 20% patients had 1st degree perineal tear, 6% had utero-vaginal prolapse and 24% had foul-smelling vaginal discharge. Majority (90%) patients had healthy vagina. Ninety percent patients had anteverted uterus; and uterus was mobile in 60% cases. Cervical motion tenderness was present in 44% cases, tenderness of fornix was found in 34% cases and thickening of fornix was found in 22%. Conclusion: In this study frst degree perineal tear, foul smelling vaginal discharge and cervical motion tenderness are the commonest fndings among the women presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases.
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Tahamina Khanum, Nasima Begum, Kazi Mobina Akhter
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.3329/jemc.v8i2.36732
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