Pattern of Dermatoses in a tertiary care hospital in East Sikkim

The authors had attempted to understand the pattern of Dermatosis coming to the skin OPD of Central referral Hospital, SMIMS, Gangtok. Out of 8630 Patients included in our study, 51.8% were female patients with female male ratio of 1.07:1. Majority of the patients (29.24%) was from the age group 21-30 years followed by age group of 31-40 years (18.96%). Eczema and allergic disorder constituted the maximum number of the cases (21.14%), followed by Fungal Infections (16.5%). The skin infections of viral and bacterial aetiology constituted 11.76% and 4.45% respectively. The pigmentary disorders comprised of 8.7%. Other pattern of skin diseases in a decreasing order as observed were Acne (6.62%), Alopecia (5.9%), Parasitic infestations (5.09%) Photodermatoses (4.6%), papulosquamous disorder (4.27%), vesiculobullous disorders (0.6%), Autoimmune diseases (0.35%) and malignancy (0.04%).