Perfil epidemiológico da sífilis gestacional e congênita em uma cidade de grande porte de Minas Gerais entre 2011 a 2018

Abstract

Introduction: The cases of syphilis have been increasing in the city of Uberlandia – MG and it’s extremely important to research the epidemiological profile of the women and their children who have been in contact with this disease so that the profile of this population can be established. Objective: To analyze the epidemiological profile of congenital e gestational syphilis, including scholarity, ethnicity, age range, the treatment, and the aspects of the children infects in the city of Uberlandia, Minas Gerais in the period of 2011 to 2018. Method: Was developed a observational, transversal study, using secondary data of gestational e congenital syphilis from Notifiable Diseases Information System in the period of 2011 to 2018 witch considered pregnant women and the cases attended by the public system of health care of the city. Results: The traced profile was a woman between 20-29 years old, brown and black who studied only until fundamental school. Most of those women discovered the disease during the prenatal (85,5%) and when its evolves to congenital syphilis, generally the sexual partners are not treated together with the woman (56,9%) and it showed that is associated with the congenital syphilis. In 94,61% in the occurrences of children with congenital syphilis have less than seven years old, knowing that the later diagnoses may difficult the treatment. Conclusion: From the epidemiological profile found, the public system of health care have to promote policies who applies the population whose the study found.