Abstract
Background: Skin diseases are most common health problems worldwide and it continues so because of difference in the availability of health care access, type of health care and most important awareness of the common man to the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases.
Methodology: A hospital based cross sectional study was conducted in Government Medical College Anantnag. All the patients attending the OPD for 1 month were included in the study. A total of 1515 patients were seen and thus included in the study.
Results: In our study, the majority of patients were in the age group of 21-30 years (37%), females (54.3%), belonged to joint families (70.1%) and majority were married (75.1%). The majority of the patients had non- infectious form of skin disease (60.9%) and less had infectious form of skin diseases. Among the non- infectious form of skin disorders, the common one was eczema. The most common form of infectious skin disorder was scabies.
Conclusion: Overall the burden of skin diseases is high in the population. There is a need for imparting awareness regarding the preventability and early detection of skin diseases.
Keywords: Dermatology, Scabies, eczema, tinea infection.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Zoya Ayesha
Department of Pathology, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Jammu and Kashmir, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i3.69
