SÍFILIS NA GESTAÇÃO: A IMPORTÂNCIA DO PRÉ-NATAL E A ATUAÇÃO DO ENFERMEIRO NO TRATAMENTO

Abstract

Syphilis is a curable, sexually transmitted infection exclusive to humans, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. It can present various clinical manifestations and different stages - primary, secondary, latent and tertiary syphilis -. This work aims to estimate the prevalence of syphilis during pregnancy, in the municipality of Serra, in the state of Espírito Santo, describing the main actions of nurses in prenatal care for pregnant women with syphilis, and thus identifying the difficulties encountered by professionals in adhering to treatment by pregnant women and partners. This is an integrative literature review, for this, a bibliographic survey was carried out in the period from 2019 to 2024 available in the following databases: Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo) and Virtual Health Library (VHL). 20 scientific articles were included for review. It can be concluded that there is difficulty for health professionals in diagnosing and establishing the treatment protocol and reinfection by the untreated sexual partner is identified as the core of the problem.