期刊名称：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
电子版ISSN：1308-5581
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：5
页码：2550-2555
DOI：10.9756/INTJECSE/V14I5.263
语种：English
出版社：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
摘要：INTRODUCTION: Skin problems are the most widespread health problems among school going children being very effective on the psychological, emotional and somatic stress for the family and also for the child. We at the medical college aim to learn the epidemiological and the clinical pattern of skin manifestations in school aged children. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A Cross-sectional study on 80 Children whose Parents were willing to give consent was done between the time period December 2019 to February 2020. The collected data was analysed using SPSS 21 version. RESULTS: The overall mean age in the study was 8.26 years with a standard deviation of 2.64 years. In our study we had 21.25% of pityriasis alba, 20% of impetigo, 6.25% of scabies, 7.5% of seborrheic dermatitis, 15% of pediculosis, 2.5% of tinea corporis, 3.7% of Tinea versicolor, 5% of Molluscum contagiosum, and 1% of Insect bite allergy, Candidial intertrigo, Chicken pox and warts. CONCLUSION: The dermatological manifestations are common most often go neglected as they are asymptomatic a careful evaluation of children needs to be done as part of routine school checkups to identify them early.
关键词：Dermatosis;School going children;Pityriasis alba
