Prevalence of Herpes Zoster at dermatology and venereal disease inpatient department: A hospital based study
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 11
Abstract
Introduction: Herpes zoster (HZ), commonly known as shingles, is a localized disease characterized by unilateral radicular pain and a vesicular eruption that is generally limited to the dermatome innervated by single spinal or cranial sensory ganglion. The individual lesions are characterized by grouped vesicles on an erythematous base. It occurs as a result of reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV) that had persisted in latent form within sensory ganglion following an earlier attack of varicella Varicella-Zoster Virus is an exclusively human DNA virus, hence, also known as human ( alpha) herpes virus 3, whose primary infection in the human produces chicken pox (varicella). Aims and Objectives: to study Prevalence of Herpes Zoster at Dermatology and Venereal Disease Inpatient Department. Methodology: This is cross-sectional, descriptive study All the patients with diagnosis of Herpes Zoster admitted to Dermatology and Venereal Disease Inpatient Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital were included into the study, during Jan 2013 to Jan 2014 this one year’s period 120 patients included into the study. All the necessary data was collected by using pretested, semi-structured questionnaire, data was analyzed by Chi-square test, calculated by Graph pad Prism 5. Result: Most common age of presentation of the disease was 31-40 (34.99%) followed by 21-30 (26.66%), 11-20 (18.33%), 41-50 (10.83%). Most common occupation was Labour (31.67%), Farmer (25.83%) Student (20.83), House wife (17.50%), Drivers (5.00%). Thoracic dermatome was most common i.e. (51.67%). Thoracic dermatome was more common in males while cervical and lumbar dermatome was found to be more common in females this difference was statistically significant (p<0.005x2 =11 and x2=4.2, p<0.04 respectively.) Conclusion: In our study it found that the most common age of presentation was 31-40, and common in laborer so awareness of mode of transmission should be done in this age group and this data should be used for the management of the patients.
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Prakash Narayan Patil, Nilesh Ramesh Bhirud
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