EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF GESTATIONAL AND CONGENITAL SYPHILIS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAO JOÃO DO IVAÍ- PARANÁ- BRAZIL (Atena Editora)

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Syphilis is an infectious disease caused by the systemic agent Treponema pallidum, preventable and which, when not treated early, can develop into a chronic condition with irreversible sequelae. The vertical transmission of the disease is one of the most worrying outcomes of the syphilis problem in the world, due to its unfavorable consequences for the conceptus. OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the epidemiological profile of gestational syphilis (SG) and congenital syphilis (SC) in the city of São João do Ivaí/Paraná, and know the sociodemographic profile of pregnant women affected by the disease between 2010 and 2020. METHOD: This is an epidemiological, quantitative study, descriptive, cross-sectional that used data obtained from the diagnoses ofgestational and congenital syphilis in the city of São João do Ivaí/PR reported in the National System of Diseases and Notifications (SINAN) in the period 2010 to 2020. RESULTS: In the evaluated period, 11 cases of gestational syphilis were reported in São João do Ivaí, the pregnant women being predominantly young, brown and with low education. All pregnant women diagnosed prenatal care and 50% of them underwent appropriate treatment. Two cases evolved into a congenital form, one conceptus was born with syphilis and the other died from the disease. CONCLUSION: The occurrence of gestational and congenital syphilis is still a challenge for public health worldwide and the findings of this research are of great epidemiological importance so that health services can organize themselves and create strategies to cope with the disease at the local level.