| Genital tuberculosis can affect any age group, most common being reproductive women. Infertility, menstrual irregularities
and persistent pelvic pain are the most commonplace manifestations of woman genital tuberculosis. The aim of the study
Prevalence and clinicopathological study of the Female genital tuberculosis. Prospective observational study in Tertiary
health care setting of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Paediatrics. Sree Balaji Medical College and
Hospital, Chrompet, Chennai, India. Since it was a time bound study, all the samples received during the study period and
satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria were considered. On the basis of the clinical presentation, 56 women of
infertility were included. The frequent symptom was primary infertility. Twenty one women (37.5%) had primary
infertility. The second commonest symptom was secondary amenorrhoea which was seen in twelve women (21.4%) and
six women (11%) suffered from chronic abdominal pain. Five women (9%) had secondary infertility, four women (7%)
had menstrual disturbances, three women (5%) were asymptomatic, two women (5%) had white discharge per vagina and
woman had (4%) pruritus vulvae. Genital tuberculosis regularly reasons infertility and secondary amenorrhea. Therefore, in
nations where tuberculosis is endemic, early and competitive strategies should be pursued to diagnose and treat it. A multipronged method to analysis will increase the probabilities of effectively diagnosing this damaging sicknessddd |
