Bacterial sexually transmitted diseases in pregnancy

Abstract

Bakterijske spolno prenosive bolesti su važan problem u svijetu. Manjak jednostavnih i pristupačnih dijagnostičkih testova koji pomažu u otkrivanju spolnih bolesti je velik problem zemalja u razvoju. Mogućnost zaraze je jednaka u trudnica kao i kod žena koje nisu trudne. Trudnoća ne pruža dodatnu zaštitu kako majci, tako i djetetu. Mnogo žena ne zna da je zaraženo jer je velik broj spolnih bolesti asimptomatski. Ukoliko dođe do zaraze tijekom trudnoće, posljedice mogu biti teške bolesti majke, kongenitalni defekti, prijevremeni porod ili novorođenačka infekcija. Rezultati infekcije se mogu očitovati tijekom poroda, a neki mogu ostati neotkriveni još mjesecima ili godinama nakon poroda. Većina komplikacija se može spriječiti ukoliko se majci pruža pravilna zdravstvena zaštita tijekom trudnoće. To uključuje rane testove probira za spolno prenosive bolesti u ranoj trudnoći, koji se ponavljaju prema kraju trudnoće ukoliko je potrebno. Važno je otkriti bakterijske i ostale uzročnike spolno prenosivih bolesti u trudnoći kako bi se predvidjele i pravilno liječile moguće komplikacije i posljedice.Sexually transmitted diseases, also known as STDs, are common in the developing world. Management of STDs in pregnancy in many developing countries has been complicated by the lack of simple and affordable diagnostic tests. Pregnant women can become infected with the same sexually transmitted infections as women who are not pregnant. This points out that pregnancy does not provide women or their babies any additional protection against STDs. Many STDs have no symptoms, so women may not know they are infected and this relates to a significant impact on the pregnant woman and her fetus and neonate. Infection at various stages of pregnancy may result in severe maternal disease, congenital defects, premature delivery, or neonatal infection. Some of these problems may be seen at birth, others may not be discovered until months or years later. Most of these complications can be prevented if the mother receives regular medical care during pregnancy. This includes tests for STDs starting early in pregnancy and repeated close to delivery, as needed. Therefore, it is important to detect bacterial and other causes of STDs in pregnancy so that possible complications and consequences can be predicted and managed