Pattern of Skin Diseases in the Leh‐Ladakh Region of India

Jaiswal, AK; Bhushan, Bharat; Badrinath, SS

doi:10.1111/j.1365-4362.1994.tb02937.x

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“…10,12 The prevalence of infective disorders has outstripped that of non-infective disorders in some studies, varying from 42.68% to 89.72%. 10,[13][14][15] In contrast to this finding, noninfective disorders have higher prevalence in this study and in some other studies varying from 53.15% to 58.07%. 12,[16][17][18] This difference could possibly be due to differing susceptibilities in different population groups in diverse geographical regions.…”

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Histopathological spectrum of skin diseases in a tertiary skin health and referral centre

Adhikari¹,

Shah²,

Jha

2019

J Pathol Nep

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Background: Skin diseases are very much prevalent in the developing countries. The pattern of skin diseases varies from country to country and even region to region within a country. The histological diagnosis is used by clinicians to aid in the management of patients & most appropriate clinical interventions. Materials and methods: The study included a total of 1040 skin biopsies from January 2016 to December 2018 in the department of pathology, DI skin health and referral centre, Kathmandu, Nepal. Results: The majority of the patients were in the age group of 31-40 years. The most common skin disease is non-infectious vesicobullous and vesicopustular disease (28.6%), followed by non-infectious erythematous papular and squamous disease (25.9%). The most common vesicobullous disease is spongiotic dermatitis (84.8%). Erythema dyschromicum perstans (31.8%) is the commonest non-infectious erythematous papular and squamous disease. The most common microbial disease is fungal infection, followed by leprosy. Among the neoplastic diseases of skin, tumors of epidermis are commonest diseases and the most common epidermal tumor is basal cell carcinoma. The commonest tumor of skin is melanocytic nevus. The most frequent site is upper extremities. Conclusions: Eczema is predominating non-infectious vesicobullous and vesicopustular disease. A relatively higher, prevalence of fungal infections was observed. Basal cell carcinoma is the commonest epidermal tumor and melanocytic nevus is commonest of all skin tumors.

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Histopathological spectrum of skin diseases in a tertiary skin health and referral centre

Adhikari¹,

Shah²,

Jha

2019

J Pathol Nep

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“…The prevalence of infective disorders has outstripped that of noninfective disorders in some studies, varying from 42.68% to 89.72% 34910. Further, this trend was noticed in our study.…”

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A cross section of skin diseases in rural Allahabad

Grover

Ranyal

Bedi³

2008

Indian J Dermatol

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Background:The pattern of skin diseases varies form one country to another and across different parts within the same country. A two-day multispecialty medical camp was held among the local population at the district of Kausambi, Allahabad, UP, in October 2005. A cross section of pattern of skin diseases observed at the camp is reported and compared with similar studies in literature.Materials and Methods:All cases attending the medical camp were included in the study. All those with dermatological complaints were examined in detail, brief relevant history was elicited and clinical diagnosis was made.Results:Skin diseases comprised 7.86% of all those who attended the camp. The 11–20 year age group was the most common age group involved with 164 (31.4%) cases. Infective disorders were found in 59.1% and noninfective disorders in 40.9% of all the skin cases. Among the infective disorders, fungal infections were most common (54.52%), and among the noninfective dermatoses, eczemas were most common (39.2%) cutaneous disorders.Conclusion:Our study brought out a higher prevalence of infective dermatoses and a relatively higher, but statistically insignificant, prevalence of fungal infections, scabies and eczemas, thereby reflecting minor regional variance in our study group.

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“…Eczema has been reported as the 3 rd most prevalent dermatological disorder, the prevalence varying from 16.17% to 33.93%. [11][12][13][14]16,17 Our study reported a relatively less prevalence of eczemas as compared to other studies. Contact dermatitis was the commonest form of eczema.…”

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“…Fungal infection was the most common disorder in most studies, varying in prevalence from 12.8 % to 46.25%. [12][13][14]16,17 In our study, prevalence of Eczema was 13.2%. Eczema has been reported as the 3 rd most prevalent dermatological disorder, the prevalence varying from 16.17% to 33.93%.…”

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A multicentre pharmacoepidemiological study of dermatological disorders in Wardha district

Yuwnate

Chandane

Giri

et al. 2013

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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Dermatological disorders are one of the most common disease presentations in the primary health care settings. But, unfortunately, their management is seldom routine. Each case may present distinct challenges in terms of diagnosis, treatment and overall patient care. Prevalence of dermatological disorders is more in India where customs, religions, languages, climate and socioeconomic conditions vary across different parts of the country .1 Dermatological problems exhibit broad spectrum of diagnosis ranging from purely cosmetic conditions to tumours and genetic to inflammatory disorders. 2 Skin diseases are a major health problem affecting the prevalence of the population and causing agony and disability. 3 There are probably at least 2000 different skin conditions that might present to the dermatologists. 4 Treatment is helpful in curing the disease as well as in preventing the spread of communicable diseases. 5

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Pattern of Skin Diseases in the Leh‐Ladakh Region of India

Cited by 7 publications

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Histopathological spectrum of skin diseases in a tertiary skin health and referral centre

Histopathological spectrum of skin diseases in a tertiary skin health and referral centre

A cross section of skin diseases in rural Allahabad

A multicentre pharmacoepidemiological study of dermatological disorders in Wardha district

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