Introduction: Leprosy in children is closely correlated with recent diseases and active foci of transmission in the community, particularly in families living in the same household. The objectives of this study were to describe the demographic, clinical, therapeutic, and evolutio...
Background: Vitiligo, often referred to as a common and chronic disorder in which the skin loses its pigment or melanocyte-generating cells, causing hypopigmentation or depigmentation of affected area skin. Various treatment modalities such as topical, systemic and phototherapy...
Introduction: Human scabies is a highly contagious skin parasitosis caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis characterised by a pruritic skin rash. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence, to identify the factors that increase the disease and to describe the...
Background: Tinea capitis is the most common superficial fungal infection among school-aged children, especially those from low socio-economic status, globally. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Tinea capitis and associated factors among school-aged children at Buse...
Psoriasis is a chronic, immune mediated inflammatory disease. The inflammatory activity of the psoriasis plaques is partially triggered by activation of the Th1 lymphocytes, which release pro-inflammatory chemokines and cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). Infli...
Globally, burn injuries are common major health problems. Infection of burn injuries is a common complication as well as a major cause of death among burn patients. The aim of this research work was to evaluate the diversity of bacterial population in burn wound of patients hospi...
Herpes zoster is a viral infection, that can be seen as painful rash or blisters on the skin which is caused by Varicella zoster virus. The people who are at risk of getting shingles after having chickenpox are people with weakened immune system. People over 50 years of age, trau...
Background: Metabolic syndrome (MS) and Psoriasis are chronic inflammatory conditions resulting from multifactorial pathogenesis comprising hereditary and environmental factors. The main common factor to link these conditions is Intestinal Hyper permeability (IHP), also known as...
Background: Skin conditions are noted to be common in adolescence and are known to affect the quality of life resulting in some cases severe emotional outcomes such as depression. Knowledge of this spectrum of dermatoses in a tertiary health institution will assist in quantifying...
Replacing the tumor volume with an eventual fibrotic tissue, the histologic phenomenon of regression has been described to target cutaneous melanoma sometimes partially and less often completely. Regressive melanomas have been a source of debate in figuring out whether this corre...
Background: Striae distensae (stretch mark) is a skin disorder with social and psychological impact on young adult females. Despite its high prevalence in Nigeria, there is scarcity of information on its association with some biochemical indices of kidney function. Objective: The...
Aims: The prevalence and severity of striae distensae vary among populations, although it poses no health risk but has a significant psychological effect. This research carried out at Imo State University was to determine the serum levels of some immunoglobulins (IgG, IgE, and Ig...
Skin disorders are a common cause of morbidity. Globally, the major bulk of these disorders is represented by dermatitis (atopic, contact, and seborrheic dermatitis), acne vulgaris, psoriasis, urticaria, viral skin diseases, fungal skin diseases, scabies, malignant skin melanoma,...
Brian Mark Churchill, Charu Gautam, Saket Ghaisas, Rashna Cama, Craig Davis, Bela Shah, Kiran Godse, Yogesh Marfatia, Ramesh Bhat, Sushil Pande & Sonja Vanwye·Asian Journal of Research in Dermatological Science·2022
Psoriasis is a non-communicable disease characterized by inflammation involving cutaneous T cells, dendritic cells, and keratinocytes. Release of cytokines leads to keratinocyte hyperproliferation and scaly plaques, and other manifestations of the disease including psoriatic arth...
Acne vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with the pilosebaceous follicle of the skin. The development of antibiotics resistance by species of bacteria associated with this disease condition has been attributed to the indiscriminate and overuse of certain antibio...