Pattern of Skin Diseases in Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital

Authors: Okoh NU* , Nnaji TO and Okoro AN

DOI: 10.23880/eij-16000106

Volume 2, Issue 1

Abstract

We report the pattern of skin diseases seen in the dermatology clinic of the Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki from November 1998 to December 2012. Four thousand and six (4006) new patients were seen during the study period. There were more females than males with a female/male ratio of 1.42:1. Infectious diseases accounted for 30.8% of all the skin disorders. This is consistent with early studies carried out in Nigeria and some other parts of Africa. Other top ranking skin diseases observed in decreasing order of frequencies include eczematous disorders (27.7%), urticaria/pruritus (7.7%), pilosebaceous disorders (5.4%), pigmentary disorders (5.1%) and papulosquamous disorders (5.0%). HIV related skin diseases accounted for 2.7% of disorders seen. The current pattern of diseases observed seemed to follow similar pattern observed in earlier studies and in contrast to recent studies. Infectious disorders ranked highest with eczematous disorders closely following

Keywords: Epidemiology; Africa; Diagnosis; Skin

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