Open AccessWarts among Patients Visiting the Outpatient Department of Dermatology in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Sunita Karki,
Manish Pradhan,
Anjan Rai
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.7544
Subject(s) - medicine , genital warts , confidence interval , cross sectional study , outpatient clinic , dermatology , tertiary care , common warts , family medicine , human papillomavirus , pathology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis
Warts are benign epithelial proliferations caused by a double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid virus called human papillomavirus. They may cause significant concern and frustration on the part of the patient affecting social activities as lesions can be uncomfortable, and treatment is often painful and frustratingly ineffective. The study aimed to find out the prevalence of warts among patients visiting the outpatient Department of Dermatology in a tertiary care centre.