THE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY MEDICINE - Volume 6 Issue 2, April - June 2019

Pages: 9-13

Date of Publication: 24-May-2019

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GYNECOLOGICAL DISEASES IN ADOLESCENTS

Author: Dr. Lia Vlaicu

Category: Medical

Abstract:

INTRODUCTION: Adolescent genital diseases represent a significant part of the pathology the medical staff in school medical offices is confronted with.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of our study is to eval uate the frequency of gynecological diseases among adolescents in several schools in Timisoara.

MATERIAL AND METHOD: A retrospective study was carried out on a group of 10071 pupils, aged 14-19 years, from three pre-university education units in Timi?oara, between 2001 and 2008.

The acute morbidity indicators analysed were: specifi c morbidity and prevalence of the disease. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS: Specific gynecological morbidity in girls ranged between 14.0% in 2005 and 34.5% in 2002. The incidence of gyneco logical diseases in the total number of diseases in the special record was between 4% in 2006 and 31, 2% in 2008.

CONCLUSIONS: Genital diseases in adoles cents must be identifi ed in order to introduce educa tional health classes and to prevent complications.

Keywords: gynecological diseases, adolescent

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