DOI: 10.36347/sasjm.2020.v06i01.004

Pages: 10-11

Prisoners are a vulnerable population, because the overcrowding and the conditions in prisons provide a favorable ground for various diseases, including the dermatologic ones. The purpose of our study is to describe the various dermatological conditions presented by inmates in the prison of Ouray in Marrakech through a cross-sectional study. Over the 500 male inmates that were examined, 102 (20, 4 %) had dermatoses. The infections were the most represented by 56 cases or 54, 9% of cases. The scabies were the most frequent, seen in 32, 1 % of infections. The other infectious dermatoses were: Dermatophytosis in 28,6%, Pityriasis versicolor in 25%, candylomas in 7,3%, urethritis and ringworm in 3,5 % for each. The apparition of skin lesions is often perceived by the prisoner as the first visible sign of deterioration in his health secondary to his imprisonment, causing a lot of anxiety. Our results highlight the high morbidity of infectious dermatoses in this population. They match with the results of the African series which are characterized by a predominance of infectious diseases. On the other hand, other studies underlined the high prevalence of inflammatory diseases. The geographic location as well as conditions within each prison may affect the type of skin diseases observed in each population.