A study of etiological profile of balanoposthitis in patients attending RIMS hospital
Journal Title: IP Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dermatology - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Balanoposthitis is one of the commonly encountered sexually transmitted diseases where balanitis is an inflammation of the glans penis and posthitis refers to an inflammation of the mucosal surface of the prepuce A total of 100 cases of balanoposthitis attending STD clinic were selected randomly regardless of age and duration of clinical signs and symptoms for the study A complete history and evaluation of patients were done by following characteristics 1 Demographic information name age sex address religion educational status occupation 2 Sexual orientation marital status sexual exposure contact tracing 3 Clinical information onset of lesions site of onset duration distribution and number aggravating and relieving factors morphology of the lesions etc The present study is based on 100 patients of balanoposthitis and the data has been collected during the period from September 2007 to August 2009 The results and observations of the study are as follows Mean age of study population was 36761037 Religion wise Hindu population had highest percentage 84 Occurrence of balanoposthitis was mostly seen in uncircumscribed patients 99 diabetes was the most common systemic disorder associated 15 Candida spp was the most common organism 29 isolated The present study highlighted that majority of the subjects having balanoposthitis were in sexually active age group 99 were uncircumscribed and 15 had diabetes mellitus which may be considered as important risk factors and Candida spp was most common causative organism associatedKeyword Balanitis Balanoposthitis Candidiasis Diabetes mellitus Sexually transmitted disorders
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Bijayanti Devi, Keni Lego, Anup Goswami
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- DOI 10.18231/2581-4729.2018.0033
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