Open AccessDisease Associated with Clinically Diagnosed Untreated Patient of Alopecia Areata
Author(s) -
Nirmal Kumar Saini,
Prem Kumar Arora
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v6i3.2488
Subject(s) - alopecia areata , medicine , dermatology , atopy , epidemiology , psoriasis , disease , family history , physical examination , immunopathology
Background: To study the disease associated with clinically diagnosed untreated patient of Alopecia Areata.
Methods: The prospective cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 selected alopecia areata patient’s data were recorded in proforma as epidemiological data (name, age, sex &occupation), relevant history, clinical examination including general, systemic and cutaneous examination, laboratory investigation, treatment history and characteristic lesion were also like; Number of patches, distribution, pattern, morphology, and characteristic dermatoscopic finding were noted
Results: In our study 20.90% patients were present with associated disease, maximum (15.45%) patients were present with atopy followed by 2.72% thyroid disease, 0.91% diabetic, down syndrome, psoriasis respectively.
Conclusion: Majority of patients were associated with atopy.
Keywords: Associated disease, Alopecia areata, DM, HT.