Prevalence of skin diseases among infants and children in Al Sharqia Governorate, Egypt.

Abstract

Background Skin diseases are common in children. Some are transitory and require only single or few visits to the dermatologist, where others are chronic and recurrent . Thus require more frequent follow-up. Objectives To determine the prevalence of different dermatologic diseases in infant and children in Sharkia Governorate EGYPT. Subjects and methods A cross-sectional study was carried out on 1860 patients of both sexes with different skin diseases chosen by random sample. Aged from one month to twelve years from Dermatology and Pediatric Out-patient Clinics of Zagazig University Hospitals . Results The group with bacterial skin infection had the highest prevalence rate (23.4%) of which impetigo (22%) was the commonest. Parasitic infestations group had a rate of (20.9%) with pediculosis capitis forming the majority (17.5%). Superficial fungal infections were (16.3%), followed by eczema/dermatitis group (12.7%), then viral infections (11.2%), urticaria (6.1%), sweat gland disorders(4.8%), papulosquamous disorders (1.5%), pigmentary disorders (1.1%), alopecia areata (0.6%), genodermatoses (0.4%).Other skin disorders were recorded (0.8%).