AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON THE PATIENTS OF CERVICITIS ACCORDING TO DIETARY HABITS, CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS AND PARITY

Background and Objectives: Iltehabe Unqur Rehm (cervicitis) refers to the inflammation of the cervix which may be acute or chronic causing various complications. Method: This study is an observational study. All the patients were randomly allocated to test and control group (30 patients in test group & 15 patients in control group). Prevalence of cervicitis is seen among 45 patients according to dietary habits, contraceptive methods and parity. Interpretation and Conclusion: In the present study most of the patient 35(77.80 %) were observed to be vegetarian and non- vegetarian followed by 10 (22.20%) were only vegetarian. Out of 45 patients the highest prevalence of this disease, as observed in the study, was found in women who were tubectomized i.e. 23 ( 51.% ) followed by 18 ( 40 % ) used barrier method and 4 ( 9% ) not using any contraceptives measures. Maximum number of patients included in the study had ?3 children i.e. 18 ( 40% ) followed by 16 ( 35.60% ) had only 2 children, 9 ( 20 % ) had only one child, and 2 ( 4.40% ) were nulliparous. Key words: Iltehabe Unqur Rehm; Cervicitis; Dietary habits; Contraceptive methods; Parity