Paediatric dermatology : a study of pattern of skin diseases among children attending basrah maternity and children hospital

Abstract EN

Shin diseases axe common among.

childxen.

Maweuex, only, few epidemiological suxueys axe aoailaBle in the litexatuxe, Shis study was conducted at Siasiah Matexnity and Childxen SHospital to- determine, the.

spectxum and pattern of, skin diseases among, childxen attended the pediatric outpatient dink, in this hospital.

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study.

was carried out ptem January.

2002 to January 2004.

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total numbex of.

those children who.

had Been examined wasl251 with shin did orders and many of them had maxe than one disoxdex lesulting Utl274 shin disorders.

She infection* and infestation* tayethex wexe the.

moat common (442%,).

She eczema / dexmatitis constituted (39.0%) followed By.

Bactexial infection (13.6%), paxasitic infestations (132%), uixal infections (9.6%,) and fungal infections (7.8%0).

Qtopic dexmatitis was the most common type of eozema in childxen which constituted 125%.

She most common didoxdexs among infants was dlapex dexmatitis (31.3%v), while in preschool and school aye gxoups wexe impetigo (13.0%,) and pityriasis alba (112%,) respectioely.

She study documents that shin diseases in childhood axe common and these data may 6e useful in planning fox health caxe fox childxen.