Characteristics of a group of pregnant women voluntarily tested for hiv antibodies in the Facatativa’s San Rafael hospital
At world-wide level, sexual intercourse is the main risk factor for women to be infected by VIH. Prevention of vertical mother-child transmission is the objective of a program and, with this study, we wanted to determine the prevalence of VIH in pregnant women in the municipality of Facatativá. In the external consultation of prenatal control, we looked for women with risk factors for VIH and AIDS; they received advisory and a pre-test evaluation was performed. 620 voluntary pregnant women were registered and underwent the VIH test; 65% were younger than 24 years. Of the 620 cases 84.35% had social security. Only two were found to be positive, later, one showed to be negative in the contra test. The positive cases were confirmed by the Western Blot test. The protocol proposed by AZT was applied during fore weeks before childbirth. After the childbirth the mother again received advices, the lactation was suppressed and artificial lactation implemented during twelve months. With a prevalence of 0.06%, the main characteristics of the population showed: the average of menarche was of 12.9 years; the initiation of sexual relations was before the age of 16 years (44%); 50% of the women had not received sexual orientation and only 36% had it obtained at school. The first pregnancy happened before the age of 22 years. This program confirms that the prenatal test detects positive VIH mothers and its adequate treatment prevents the vertical infection mother-foetus.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | spa |
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Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales U.D.C.A
2007
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.udca.edu.co/index.php/ruadc/article/view/590 |
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| Summary: | At world-wide level, sexual intercourse is the main risk factor for women to be infected by VIH. Prevention of vertical mother-child transmission is the objective of a program and, with this study, we wanted to determine the prevalence of VIH in pregnant women in the municipality of Facatativá. In the external consultation of prenatal control, we looked for women with risk factors for VIH and AIDS; they received advisory and a pre-test evaluation was performed. 620 voluntary pregnant women were registered and underwent the VIH test; 65% were younger than 24 years. Of the 620 cases 84.35% had social security. Only two were found to be positive, later, one showed to be negative in the contra test. The positive cases were confirmed by the Western Blot test. The protocol proposed by AZT was applied during fore weeks before childbirth. After the childbirth the mother again received advices, the lactation was suppressed and artificial lactation implemented during twelve months. With a prevalence of 0.06%, the main characteristics of the population showed: the average of menarche was of 12.9 years; the initiation of sexual relations was before the age of 16 years (44%); 50% of the women had not received sexual orientation and only 36% had it obtained at school. The first pregnancy happened before the age of 22 years. This program confirms that the prenatal test detects positive VIH mothers and its adequate treatment prevents the vertical infection mother-foetus. |
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