INCIDENCE AND CLINICAL STUDY OF DERMATOLOGICAL
DISEASES IN ELDERLY (GERIATRIC) PATIENTS
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English
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Dr. Harikumar Reddy A
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drpebyreddy@gmail.com
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Geriatric dermatoses are one of the most frequent reasons for familiar consultation in the elderly. Over the past few years,
sympathetic of the pathophysiology of skin changes in the geriatric age group has enhanced and has lined the way for
better therapeutic options. There are only a hardly any studies conducted in India about the geriatric dermatoses. This
article reviews Incidence and clinical study of dermatological diseases in elderly (geriatric) patients in the various
physiological and pathological changes of aging.This is a cross?sectional observational study carried out on 250
consecutive patients aged 60 years and above in Department of Dermatology of a Tertiary care hospital of Sri Lakshmi
Narayana Institute of Medical sciences and Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital after meeting the inclusion and
exclusion criteria. Out of 250 patients studied with male to female ratio of 1.3, in the study out of which 52.8% were male
and 42.7 % were female. Pruritis was the ordinary complain elicted in 68.5 % of patients. Among the physiological
changes xerosis was the recurrent seen in 52 % of patients and infecions followed by eczems was the widespread
pathological conditions. The majority of these geriatric skin diseases are preventable. Raising the general level of
awareness is important about these regular geriatric dermatoses. Additional epidemiological studies are required to expose
the prevalence of geriatric skin diseases.ddd
