Joyeeta Chowdhury, Suchibrata Das, Alok Kumar Roy.
Skin diseases in elderly population from Eastern India- an observational study.
J Pak Assoc Derma Jan ;26(4):318-21.

Objective: To study the different skin diseases in geriatric population attending the dermatology outdoor of a tertiary care hospital in Eastern India. Methods: A 3-month observational study was done among 200 patients of age 60 years and above. Results: Among 200 patients most (61%) belonged to age group 60-69 year, mean age being 67.7± 6.08 year. The most common presenting and associated complaint was pruritus (74%). Eczematous conditions were the most common presenting disorder (39%), followed by infections (38%), pigmentary disorder (26%, papulosquamous (18%) and immunobullous disorders (5%). Conclusion: From our study we found that pruritus, asteatotic dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis and fungal infections were the commonest skin problems.

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