Pattern of skin diseases in an Indian village.
Indian J Med Sci
;
2003 Mar; 57(3): 108-10
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-69033
ABSTRACT
Disease pattern in a given population is generally determined by different ecological factors. Thus the objective of our study was to find out the pattern of skin diseases in a given population. Analysis of 3673 patients attending a medical camp at Kumble in Kerala state showed 410(11.16%) patients with dermatological problems. 260(63.41%) of them were males and 150(36.59%) females with a male to female ratio of 1.71. Of these patients, 178(43.41%) had cutaneous infections and 234(57.07%) had non-infectious dermatoses. Few patients had more than one dermatoses. Fungal infection was the commonest infection seen (22.92%) and eczemas took an upper hand in non-infectious group (32.19%). Improvement in the standard of living, education of the general public, improvement in the environmental sanitation and good nutritious food may help us to bring down the skin disease in this area.
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
População Rural
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Dermatopatias
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Incidência
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Fatores de Risco
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Índia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo de incidência
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Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Indian J Med Sci
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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