Associated Factors to Human Papilloma Virus. A study performed in Health Area V, in Cienfuegos, Cuba.

• Main Authors: Miryam González González del Pino (Author), Mayrim Hernández González (Author), Adys Castro Barberena (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos, 2008-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 1727-897X
• Keywords: papillomavirus humano; neoplasmas del cuello uterino; infecciones por papovaviridae; factores de riesgo; Medicine (General); R5-920; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Medisur, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 118-121 (2008)

<strong>Background:</strong> Human Papilloma Virus has been considered as the precursor of flat lesions in the cervical epithelium which develops Cervix uterine cancer. <br /><strong>Objectives:</strong> to analyze risk factors associated to infections due to human papilloma virus. <br /><strong>Method:</strong> An ambispective, descriptive study was carried out from January 2003 to January 2004, taking 60 patients whose Papanicolaou smears were abnormal. All these patients belonged to health area V, in Cienfuegos, Cuba. A guide for interview with different variables was used. <strong><br />Results:</strong> infected predominant ages were from 30 to 39 years old. 55% of the patients are married women or with stable sexual relationships. 6 patients comprised between 40 to 59 years old were observed with association to intra epithelium cervix neoplasias. For a 10 % of them, they have had from 3 to 12 sexual partners. The starting age to have sexual intercourse is from 15 to 19 years old. 75 % of the patients are smokers. <strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> results coincide with the medical literature reviewed regarding risk factors and its important relationship with NIC and so the cervicouterine cancer genesis. <br />