Prevalence of skin disorders in school children in southwest Nigeria.
Unlabelled: Physiological and structural changes of the pilosebaceous unit occur typically in adolescence leading to increase in sebaceous and apocrine secretions. Common disorders in this age group usually include acne vulgaris and infections with yeast organisms especially in a tropical climate.Ob...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Adolescent Medicine & Health Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 235 - 242 |
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De Gruyter
2009 Apr-Jun
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105432877&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105432877 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 03340139 GSL jtl: International Journal of Adolescent Medicine & Health issn: 03340139 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2009 Apr-Jun vid: 21 iid: 2 pid: 1734 pub: De Gruyter place: , <Blank> artinfo: ui: 105432877 105432877 NLM19702203 2010390893 NLM19702203 105432877 ppf: 235 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: Prevalence of skin disorders in school children in southwest Nigeria. aug: au: Ogunbiyi AO Omigbodun Y Owoaje E Ogunbiyi, Adebola O Omigbodun, Yinka Owoaje, Eme affil: Dermatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria sug: subj: Skin Diseases Classification Skin Diseases Epidemiology Acne Vulgaris Epidemiology Adolescence Adult Chi Square Test Child Cross Sectional Studies Data Analysis Software Dermatomycoses Epidemiology Developing Countries Female Interviews Male Nigeria Questionnaires Random Sample Sex Factors T-Tests Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Child: 6-12 years Female Male ab: Unlabelled: Physiological and structural changes of the pilosebaceous unit occur typically in adolescence leading to increase in sebaceous and apocrine secretions. Common disorders in this age group usually include acne vulgaris and infections with yeast organisms especially in a tropical climate.Objective: It has been suggested that some disorders are more prevalent in adolescents in the western world when compared to the developing ones.Method: We looked at the prevalence of skin disorders in secondary school children in Ibadan, Southwest Nigeria. After obtaining relevant bio-data, students were examined for the presence of skin disorders. A total of 1,415 students were interviewed and examined.Results: There age range was 10-20 years. There were 725 (51.2%) males. Skin disorders seen were acne vulgaris 502 (35.5%), pityriasis versicolor 321 (22%) and papular urticaria 120 (8.5%) and seborreheic dermatitis 3.5%. Thirty six of the students (2.5%) which were mainly female students had developed side effects from the use of skin lightening agents. Peri-ocular hyper pigmentation and palmoplantar hyper pigmentation were found in 21 (1.5%) and 2 (0.1%) of the students respectively. Pyoderma, ringworm infection and scabies accounted for 0.6%. 1.0% and 1.1% of diseases respectively.Conclusion: We concluded that acne vulgaris and pityriasis versicolor were the commonest skin disorders in adolescents in our environment. Complications from the use of skin lightening agents were seen in a few students. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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