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Background: Skin diseases are very much prevalent in the developing countries. It is generally agreed that pattern of skin & venereal diseases differ in different countries and within various regions of a country depending upon social, economic, racial & environmental factor. The morbidity associated with skin and venereal diseases makes them an important public health problem. Very scanty literature is found on the problem which is either disease based, community based or specified population group based. Objective: To assess the pattern of skin and venereal diseases in patients attending OPD of department of Dermatology & Venereology Of Rangpur Medical College Hospital, Rangpur, Bangladesh. Materials and Methods: It is a descriptive study conducted at Dermatology and Venereology OPD in Rangpur Medical College Hospital, Rangpur, Bangladesh for the period from 1st January, 2019 to 31st December 2019. Six thousand and two hundred and three patients were enrolled during the study period. The study population comprised of newly diagnosed cases as well as relapsing cases presenting in the outpatient irrespective of gender and age. Diagnosis was made on clinical basis. Lab investigations were restricted to the cases where it carried diagnostic importance. Then they were processed with the help of software SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version 19.0 and analyzed. Results: Study was conducted on 6203 patients comprising 3373 (54.38%) males and 2830 (45.62%) females, who attended skin and VD OPD of Rangpur medical College hospital, Rangpur, Bangladesh during the period of one year. Males were found to be most commonly affected. Male female ratio is 1.2: 1. Age group between 15 to 29 years carried maximum incidence (43.79%). All disorders were broadly classified into noninfective (63.5%), infective (20.2%) and miscellaneous dermatoses (16.2%). Eczema 1721 (27.7%) and fungal infections 694 (11.2%) came out to be the two top most common cause for OPD attendances. Conclusion: Our study found a higher prevalence of non-infective dermatoses than infective dermatoses. Eczema and fungal infections formed the largest group in their respective categories.

saudi journal of medical and pharmaceutical sciences

The Pattern of Skin and Venereal Diseases among the Patients Attending OPD of Department of Dermatology and Venereology of Rangpur Medical College Hospital, Rangpur, Bangladesh