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OCCURRENCE OF EXPLICITLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS AMONGST TRANSGENDER PEOPLE

Dr Ali Raza, Dr Armughan Ahmar, Dr Syed Zamman Sajjad

Objective: Decide on occurrence of explicitly transmitted infections amongst transgender people. Methods: The current review was conducted on 78 transgender individuals who visited Transgender Clinic at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore in Puducherry throughout phase of May 2017 to April 2018. Overall cases underwent a clinical assessment for any STI/HIV, as well as routine testing for HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B infection and tuberculosis. Results: Of the 75 TG, only 11 (14.4%) were determined to have STIs and 3 (3.8%) with 2 STIs each. The maximum widely recognized STI was condyloma acuminate (7.8%) found in 6 cases, followed via 2 individual (2.4%) each through genital herpes, genital scabies and Reiter's infection. Solitary 2 individuals (2.7%) were found to be seropositive. Conclusion: The little occurrence of STIs was detected in our cases. Instead of growing pandemic of HIV and STIs, we can focus more and more seriously on the planned mediations to improve STI screening, direction, HIV testing and cure, and also give more attention to the current network. Key words: Subcontinent, high-danger behaviour, genital warts, scabies (Sarcoptic scabies), HIV.

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