Volume : 7, Issue : 4, April - 2018

A descriptive study on non venereal dermatoses of male genitalia

Dr R. Suganthy Rajakumari, Dr R. Sudha

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Background:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The study was conducted to know the trends in presentation of non-venereal dermatoses for a three-year period in the Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Methods:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Malepatients diagnosed to have non-venereal dermatoses after complete STI screening were the study population. The age-wise distribution andthesexual orientation of those patients with non-venereal dermatoses were recorded in this study.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Results:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Among the total 10276 STI clinic attendees, 560patients had non-venereal dermatoses.Candidalbalanoposthitis topped the list constituting 41.6% followed by pearly penile papules, genital vitiligo, scabies etc. Thus we recorded 20 different dermatoses in this study. Age-wise distribution showed more number among21-30years on May 2014 -April 2015, May 2016- April 2017 and 31-40 years on May 2016-April 2017.Decreasing trend was noticed among patients with bisexual behaviour and heterosexual with extramarital contacts. Whereas there was a decline on May 2015- April 2016 but an upsurge was noticed on May 2016- April 2017 on heterosexual with premarital contact and homosexuals. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:200%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Conclusion:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:200%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">The incidence of non venereal dermatoseswas found to be 5.4%(560/10276). Candidalbalanoposthitis was the most frequent non-venereal dermatoses noticed in this study. The most number of patients presented here in this study were from age group 21-30 and 31-40years. The role of expert in differentiating venereal and non-venereal dermatoses is needed for the benefit of patients with distress.<o:p></o:p></span></p>