SKIN DISEASES;

Background: Skin gives beauty and protection to the body of all living animalespecially to human being. It is continuously exposed to a number of pathogens and other riskfactors resulting into a variety of diseases. Children are affected by different dermatologicalproblems that need to be addressed and managed early to avoid further complications.Material and Methods: 518 Children of both sexes with age range from 1months to 11 yearssuffering from any kind of skin disease were randomly selected after taking consent fromthe parents. Study Design: It was an observational study. Study Settings: This study wasconducted in department of Pediatrics OPD Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences.Study Duration: Study duration was 6months from March 2012 August 2012. SamplingTechnique: Probability Sampling (Simple Random Sampling) was used to select the studysamples. Statistical Analysis: Descriptive statistical technique used to show frequencyand percentage of the data. Mean and standard of numerical variables were calculated wascalculated for qualitative variables. SPSS 22 was used to analyze the data. Results: 57% ofthe study population was male children and 43% were female showing high prevalence of skindiseases in male as compared to females. Scabies was found to be most common in bothgroups (32.43%) followed by Folliculitis (13.13%), Impetigo (11.39%) and Tenia Capitus (8.69%)mean age of our study patient was 5 years. Conclusion: Skin diseases are more prevalent inFemale children as compared to male children.