Incidencia del virus de papiloma humano en mujeres atendidas en la consulta externa ginecobstétrica de un hospital de especialidades en la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Genital infections by Human Papilloma Virus are mainly transmitted sexually. It is estimated that throughout the world, more than 50% of sexually active women will ever become infected in their lives with human papillomavirus. (1) Around 660 million people in the world are infected with the papilloma virus (HPV). (2) According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "99% of cervical cancers are associated with this disease". And in Ecuador, uterine and cervical cancer is the second cause of death for women in the country, since the first is breast cancer. (3) The objective of this study is to recognize the number of women diagnosed with HPV seen in the outpatient gynecology clinic of a specialty hospital in the city of Guayaquil and these data were obtained under the methodology of data collection, basic review of data, survey and knowledge test in which it was obtained that 20% of women have been diagnosed with HPV, 55% take measures at risk of infection, 28% of women indicated that they do not attend medical consultation periodically and a 20% has never had a pap smear. In conclusion, this indicates that there are risk factors that women do not prevent and that there are still issues of promotion and prevention of this virus that as indicated every day increases its incidence.