Per-vaginal Findings among the Women with Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Dhaka City

Authors

  • Tahamina Khanum Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Enam Medical College & Hospital, Savar, Dhaka
  • Nasima Begum Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Enam Medical College & Hospital, Savar, Dhaka
  • Kazi Mobina Akhter Junior Consultant, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, National Institute of Cancer Research & Hospital, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jemc.v8i2.36732

Keywords:

Per-vaginal findings, Pelvic inflammatory diseases, Perineal tear

Abstract

Background: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a major health problem for adult female. Women presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases give different per-vaginal findings. So we designed this study to assess the per-vaginal findings among the women presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases.

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to measure the pervaginal findings 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 filled 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 first degree perineal tear, foul smelling vaginal discharge and cervical motion tenderness are the commonest findings among the women presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases.

J Enam Med Col 2018; 8(2): 90-93

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Author Biography

Tahamina Khanum, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Enam Medical College & Hospital, Savar, Dhaka



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Published

2018-05-30

How to Cite

Khanum, T., Begum, N., & Akhter, K. M. (2018). Per-vaginal Findings among the Women with Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Dhaka City. Journal of Enam Medical College, 8(2), 90–93. https://doi.org/10.3329/jemc.v8i2.36732

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2018)

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