Dermatoses in Himalayas: Pattern of Skin Diseases in Himalayan Region of Nepal

Abstract

Background: Skin diseases are the major cause of out-patient visit in Nepal. Department of Health Services, Nepal ranks skin diseases as fourth common cause of out-patient visit throughout the country. The objective of the study was to determine the pattern of different skin diseases in Himalayan region of Nepal.Material and methods: A cross sectional descriptive study design was conducted in a health camp setting in which 148 community people visited the camp with dermatological diseases. Information about socio-demographic and dermatological diseases were collected with a structured performa.Results: The most common primary diagnosis was pigmentary anomaly (20.3%) followed by Eczemas (18.9%), Superficial mycoses (10.8%), and acne (10.1%). In all skin diseases male were more affected as compared to female.Conclusions: The dermatoses of Himalayan region are pigmentary anomalies being most common, followed by eczemas, superficial mycoses, acne, photodermatoses, scabies, urticaria, benign tumours and pyodermas.Nepal Journal of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology, Vol.14(1) 2016, pp.25-28

Patterns of Dermatological manifestation in patients attending Pediatric outpatient department

“…8 In the allergic reaction group of diagnosis the most common was dermatitis n86 (14.05%) followed by urticaria n73 ( 11.93%) and eczema n31 (5.07%) which was similar to results as found in other studies of the region. [8][9][10][11][12] The most common dermatological manifestation observed was comparable to western studies 13 rather than to south Asian studies 14 , the derivation of majority of our patients were from the urban areas, which could have lead to the similar presentation as the study performed in Kathmandu Nepal. 8 Among all the diagnosis, infestations still made of a high frequency, scabies was found at n87( 14.21%), as the population of our study consisted of both rural and urban population and from various socioeconomic classes, could be a reason for the higher incidence.…”