COVID-19 Pandemisinin Kadın Sağlığı Üzerindeki Etkisi

Son yüzyılın en önemli sağlık sorunlarından biri haline gelen COVID-19 enfeksiyonu, 2019 yılında ortaya çıkmış ve dünya çapında bir salgına dönüşmüştür. COVID-19 ciddi solunum sistemi ve kardiyovasküler sorunlar yaşanmasına hatta ölüme yol açabilmektedir. Salgın sürecinde kadınlar yüksek riskli grup olarak kabul edilmektedirler. Solunum sistemi hastalıkları ve enfeksiyonların gebe kadın ve fetüsün sağlığını önemli ölçüde etkilediği bilinmektedir. Maternal solunum sıkıntısı ve enfeksiyonlar; hipoksi, fetal stres, erken doğum, fetal ölüm gibi olumsuz sonuçlara yol açabilmektedir. Bunun yanı sıra salgın nedeniyle sağlık hizmeti sunumunda yaşanan aksaklıklar riskli gebelikler ve acil obstetrik durumlar açısından anne ve yenidoğan sağlığını tehdit etmektedir. Diğer taraftan pandemi sürecinde cinsel sağlık veya üreme sağlığı hizmetlerinin salgınla mücadele kapsamına dâhil edilmesi anne ve yenidoğanın sağlık sorunlarının artmasının yanı sıra, aile planlaması hizmetlerinin yetersizliği, istenmeyen gebelik, sağlıksız koşullarda düşük yapma gibi durumlara yol açarak kadın sağlığını olumsuz etkilemektedir. Bu derlemede COVID-19 pandemisinin kadın sağlığı üzerindeki etkileri gebelik ve aile planlaması hizmetleri açısından ele alınmıştır.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women's Health

COVID-19 infection, which has become one of the most important health problems of the last century, emerged in 2019 and turned into a worldwide epidemic. COVID-19 can lead to serious respiratory and cardiovascular problems and even death. Women are considered to be a high-risk group during the epidemic. It is known that respiratory system diseases and infections significantly affect the on pregnant women and fetuses. Maternal respiratory distress and infections can result in hypoxia, fetal stress, preterm labor and fetal death.In addition, disruptions in health service delivery due to the epidemic threaten maternal and neonatal health in terms of risky pregnancies and emergency obstetric situations. Directing sexual and reproductive health services to fight against the epidemic during the pandemic process negatively affects women's health by causing situations such as insufficiency of family planning services, unwanted pregnancy, miscarriage in unhealthy conditions, as well as increasing health problems of the mother and newborn. This study, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on women's health are discussed in terms of pregnancy and family planning services.

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