Prevalence of Skin Diseases among rural Mardan Patients
This is a synopsis of a study recently conducted among the patients being treated at UM Healthcare Trust hospital in rural Mardan (Village Zahidabad) during the months of September and October, 2008. The study was supervised by Dr. Asif Sardar, Medical Officer Incharge at UM Healthcare. This is a first of its kind study in rural Mardan.
Currently, the medical world has classified over 2000 different skin diseases in both communicable and non communicable forms. As compared to non-communicable, communicable diseases can be easily curtailed through public awareness and dissemination of health information. For example, skin infections, scabies, bacterial and those with viral origins. Many skin diseases in rural areas are associated with socioeconomic factors, like unclean water, no proper hygiene, crowded living conditions, lack of proper latrines etc. In such a scenario, transmissible diseases comprise the bulk of skin diseases (73.9% in our study) with the children being affected the most.
In the months of September and October, over 2,000 patients were treated at UM Healthcare Trust hospital. The results showed that 410 (11.16%) patients suffered from dermatological health problems. Off which 260 (63.41%) were females and 150 (36.59%) males with a female to male ratio of 1.7:1. Off these patients, 178 (43.41%) had cutaneous infections and 234 (57.07%) had non+infectious dermatoses. Few patients had more than one dermatoses. Fungal infection was the commonest infection seen (22.92%) and eczemas took an upper hand in non+infectious group (32.19%).
Majority of the patients with skin diseases originated from one village 2KM north of Village Zahidabad.
Currently, the medical world has classified over 2000 different skin diseases in both communicable and non communicable forms. As compared to non-communicable, communicable diseases can be easily curtailed through public awareness and dissemination of health information. For example, skin infections, scabies, bacterial and those with viral origins. Many skin diseases in rural areas are associated with socioeconomic factors, like unclean water, no proper hygiene, crowded living conditions, lack of proper latrines etc. In such a scenario, transmissible diseases comprise the bulk of skin diseases (73.9% in our study) with the children being affected the most.
In the months of September and October, over 2,000 patients were treated at UM Healthcare Trust hospital. The results showed that 410 (11.16%) patients suffered from dermatological health problems. Off which 260 (63.41%) were females and 150 (36.59%) males with a female to male ratio of 1.7:1. Off these patients, 178 (43.41%) had cutaneous infections and 234 (57.07%) had non+infectious dermatoses. Few patients had more than one dermatoses. Fungal infection was the commonest infection seen (22.92%) and eczemas took an upper hand in non+infectious group (32.19%).
Majority of the patients with skin diseases originated from one village 2KM north of Village Zahidabad.
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