Abstract

This study was carried out to find out the prevalence of various skin diseases in a tertiary care centre in rural setting. Material and Methods:- An observational community-based study was carried out at Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai Etawah. Total 2562 patients including 1459 male and 1103 female participated in this study during2022-23 including male and female of different age groups. Inclusion criteria: person having sign of skin disease were included in the study Exclusion criteria: person who did not shown any sign of skin disease were excluded in the study Results: Our study showed that majority, 825 out of 2562, (about 32%) patients during the study were 50–70 years of age. Diabetes Miletus was found to be major underlying co-morbidities about 34.77% among the patients. Majority of infection was belonging to fungal infection i.e., 48.04% (number 1231) followed by viral infection i.e., 25.8%. Among non-infectious disease Contact Dermatitis (CD) was found to be 33.64% affecting 862 patients, followed by Eczema @20.25% affecting 519 patients and Bullous disorder was found in about 3.62% patients. Conclusion: Skin disease become one of the important public health concerns. Care and early treatment should be taken to avoid deep tissue involvement during skin infection.

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