Prevalencia de Papiloma Humano en cavidad bucal en pacientes geriátricos.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Human papillomaviruses constitute a genotypically diverse group of small, nonenveloped, doublestranded DNA viruses that are transmitted primarily through sexual contact. The papilloma virus infects the epithelial cells of the skin and mucosa OBJECTIVE: to establish the prevalence of Human Papilloma in the oral cavity in geriatric patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: this study is of a qualitative-quantitative type, with a descriptive and analytical design, not experimental. It was possible to carry out the study at the Pathology Diagnostic Center of Dr. Rubio in Guayaquil. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF RESULTS: According to the results that were found, it could be observed that the gender, with the highest prevalence, was the female sex with 75.00%, while the male sex was 25.00%. As mentioned above, the minimum age of the patients was 60 years, the maximum age 79 years. The origin of the sample was the prevalence of the vocal cord with 28.13% and the tongue with 18.75%. The prevalence genotype was 11 with 37.50%, followed by genotypes 6 with 25.00% and genotypes 16 and 18 together with 25.00%. The most prevalent diagnosis was mild Papilloma Dysplasia, with 50%. CONCLUSION: It was found that, unlike other studies, the prevalence in gender is higher in females than in males, additionally, the genotype with the highest frequency was number 11, it is important to highlight that age is a relevant factor, therefore, in addition from these studies, other authors suggested that this is because older adult patients may have a depressed immune system and this may be an adjuvant.