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Acta Biomedica Scientia

Volume 1, Issue 2, 2013
Mcmed International
Acta Biomedica Scientia
Issn
2348 - 215X (Print), 2348 - 2168 (Online)
Frequency
bi-annual
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Abstract
Title
INCIDENCE AND CLINICAL STUDY OF DERMATOLOGICAL DISEASES IN ELDERLY (GERIATRIC) PATIENT
Author
Dr.T.Sriharsha, Dr.G.Srinivasulu
Email
drvrvkk@gmail.com
keyword
Geriatric dermatoses, Eczema, Psoriasis and Cutaneous malignancy
Abstract
Geriatric dermatoses are one of the most frequent reasons for familiar consultation in the elderly. Over the past few years, sympathetic of the pathophysiology of skin changes in the geriatric age group has enhanced and has lined the way for better therapeutic options. There are only a hardly any studies conducted in India about the geriatric dermatoses. This article reviews Incidence and clinical study of dermatological diseases in elderly (geriatric) patients in the various physiological and pathological changes of aging.This is a cross?sectional observational study carried out on 250 consecutive patients aged 60 years and above in Department of Dermatology of a Tertiary care hospital of puducherry after meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Out of 250 patients studied with male to female ratio of 1.3, in the study out of which 52.8% were male and 42.7 % were female. Pruritis was the ordinary complain elicted in 68.5 % of patients. Among the physiological changes xerosis was the recurrent seen in 52 % of patients and infecions followed by eczems was the widespread pathological conditions. The majority of these geriatric skin diseases are preventable. Raising the general level of awareness is important about these regular geriatric dermatoses. Additional epidemiological studies are required to expose the prevalence of geriatric skin diseases
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