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A study of clinical pattern and seasonal variation of dermatoses in children: Contemplating findings for family physicians
INTRODUCTION: Pediatric skin disorders are different from the adult type in their presentations, types, treatment and prognosis. Their presentation varies from place to place. AIM: To study the different clinical pattern and seasonal variation of dermatoses in children attending a multispecialty hos...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9480776/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36119157 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1964_21 |
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author | Kandpal, Renu Kumar, Mukesh Patil, Chetan Hiremath, Ravishekar N. Viswanath, Kasi Sreenivas, Audukoori |
author_facet | Kandpal, Renu Kumar, Mukesh Patil, Chetan Hiremath, Ravishekar N. Viswanath, Kasi Sreenivas, Audukoori |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Pediatric skin disorders are different from the adult type in their presentations, types, treatment and prognosis. Their presentation varies from place to place. AIM: To study the different clinical pattern and seasonal variation of dermatoses in children attending a multispecialty hospital in Uttar Pradesh. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted among 640 children who attended the OPD of multispecialty hospital over a period of one year. All children up to 10 years of age with cutaneous presentations were included in the study. RESULTS: Study showed that there was a male preponderance among the study participants. According to the age group, school-aged children (6-10 years) constituted the highest percentage (53%) followed by toddlers or pre-school children (41%). The most common skin conditions were infections (47%) followed by eczematous group (31%) of disorders. Among the infections, the most common infections were fungal - 35.64% (107) followed by parasitic infection (31%), viral infections (20%) and then bacterial infections (12.5%). Out of total eczematous dermatoses, Atopic dermatosis was maximum in number (61; 30%). This was followed by pityriasis Alba (47; 23.15%), and acute eczemas (32; 15.76%). Third most common dermatosis was Appendageal disorder (33; 5.15%). It included 15 cases of miliaria i.e. approximately 45.45%. Seventeen (2.65%) children reported for treatment of different kind of nevi. Pigmentary disorders were seen in 16 cases (2.5%). Three nutritional disorders were also seen. Season wise, most of the cases were seen in monsoons (June to October). CONCLUSIONS: Dermatoses is very common in children in the western region of Uttar Pradesh. The largest group was formed by infections followed by eczemas. Few cases increased in number depending upon the weather like fungal and bacterial infections, acne, miliaria in summers and xerosis, scabies in winters. This variation strongly suggests that weather has a very important role. Thus various measures including health education programs to be initiated to control and prevent the sudden spread of the diseases. Thus, Primary care providers and family physicians being the first responders should always keep in mind the seasonal variations while dealing with dermatosis in children. |
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spelling | pubmed-94807762022-09-17 A study of clinical pattern and seasonal variation of dermatoses in children: Contemplating findings for family physicians Kandpal, Renu Kumar, Mukesh Patil, Chetan Hiremath, Ravishekar N. Viswanath, Kasi Sreenivas, Audukoori J Family Med Prim Care Original Article INTRODUCTION: Pediatric skin disorders are different from the adult type in their presentations, types, treatment and prognosis. Their presentation varies from place to place. AIM: To study the different clinical pattern and seasonal variation of dermatoses in children attending a multispecialty hospital in Uttar Pradesh. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted among 640 children who attended the OPD of multispecialty hospital over a period of one year. All children up to 10 years of age with cutaneous presentations were included in the study. RESULTS: Study showed that there was a male preponderance among the study participants. According to the age group, school-aged children (6-10 years) constituted the highest percentage (53%) followed by toddlers or pre-school children (41%). The most common skin conditions were infections (47%) followed by eczematous group (31%) of disorders. Among the infections, the most common infections were fungal - 35.64% (107) followed by parasitic infection (31%), viral infections (20%) and then bacterial infections (12.5%). Out of total eczematous dermatoses, Atopic dermatosis was maximum in number (61; 30%). This was followed by pityriasis Alba (47; 23.15%), and acute eczemas (32; 15.76%). Third most common dermatosis was Appendageal disorder (33; 5.15%). It included 15 cases of miliaria i.e. approximately 45.45%. Seventeen (2.65%) children reported for treatment of different kind of nevi. Pigmentary disorders were seen in 16 cases (2.5%). Three nutritional disorders were also seen. Season wise, most of the cases were seen in monsoons (June to October). CONCLUSIONS: Dermatoses is very common in children in the western region of Uttar Pradesh. The largest group was formed by infections followed by eczemas. Few cases increased in number depending upon the weather like fungal and bacterial infections, acne, miliaria in summers and xerosis, scabies in winters. This variation strongly suggests that weather has a very important role. Thus various measures including health education programs to be initiated to control and prevent the sudden spread of the diseases. Thus, Primary care providers and family physicians being the first responders should always keep in mind the seasonal variations while dealing with dermatosis in children. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-06 2022-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9480776/ /pubmed/36119157 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1964_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kandpal, Renu Kumar, Mukesh Patil, Chetan Hiremath, Ravishekar N. Viswanath, Kasi Sreenivas, Audukoori A study of clinical pattern and seasonal variation of dermatoses in children: Contemplating findings for family physicians |
title | A study of clinical pattern and seasonal variation of dermatoses in children: Contemplating findings for family physicians |
title_full | A study of clinical pattern and seasonal variation of dermatoses in children: Contemplating findings for family physicians |
title_fullStr | A study of clinical pattern and seasonal variation of dermatoses in children: Contemplating findings for family physicians |
title_full_unstemmed | A study of clinical pattern and seasonal variation of dermatoses in children: Contemplating findings for family physicians |
title_short | A study of clinical pattern and seasonal variation of dermatoses in children: Contemplating findings for family physicians |
title_sort | study of clinical pattern and seasonal variation of dermatoses in children: contemplating findings for family physicians |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9480776/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36119157 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1964_21 |
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