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House Wife Onycholysis: A Microbiological Study | ||
| Medical Journal of Tikrit | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 132, 2016, Pages 171-173 | ||
| Author | ||
| Rafal K .Farhan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Onycholysis is a common problem among Iraqi housewives but there is no recent studies are carried out to evaluate this problem. Old studies had blamed skin diseases like psoriasis ,systemic disease and drugs as a cause of onycholysis. To evaluate onycholysis in Iraqi housewives regarding clinical and microbiological aspects. Fifty five housewives with onycholysis were evaluated clinically in the department of Dermatology in Tikrit Teaching Hospital; swabs were taken from those patients for microbiological evaluation in the Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Tikrit.All cases with skin disorders , related systemic disorders and drug intake were excluded from the study. Fifty five housewives with onycholysis were enrolled in the study.Their ages ranged between 17-70 years with a mean ± SD of 41.96 ± 12.57 years . Married females were 81 (81%), while unmarried females were 19 (19%) . The site of involvement was mainly the thumb (40%) . The pattern of onycholysis was distal in 47 (47%), lateral in 30 (30%) and both distal and lateral in 23(23%) of the patients. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| House Wife Onycholysis | ||
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