DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i04.038

Pages: 1567-1571

The prevalence of pediatric skin diseases varies worldwide. Pediatric dermatoses require a separate view from adult dermatoses as there are important differences in clinical presentation, treatment, and prognosis. To study dermographic parameters in paediatric patients. To study the pattern of various dermatoses in children in tertiary health care center .Current study is a prospective study in which 500 consecutive patients of paediatric age group (1 to 14 years) attending the Dermatology OPD of C.U. Shah medical college, Surendranagar were included. The study was conducted over a period of 6 months from April 2017 to September 2017. Patients were well enrolled after consent .Complete History and cutaneous examination was noted according to proforma. Phototographic evaluation and data analysis was done at the end. This study group included 500 paediatrics patients attending skin opd,out of this there were 272 male and 228 female. Among these cases infectious disease were 53.56%, non infectious diseases were 46.44% .Most common entity in infectious disease was Impetigo contagiosa(17.5%) followed by Scabies(11.8%). Most common entity in Non‑infectious diseases was urticarial (6.8%) followed by pityriasis alba (5.16%) . Overall Impetigo contagiosa was most common entity among pediatric dermatoses in Surendranagar district. There is a need to emphasize on training the management of common pediatric dermatoses to dermatologists, general practitioners and pediatricians for early treatment.