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Diaper Rash Among Infants in Tikrit City | ||
| Tikrit Journal of Pure Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 26-28 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ashoor R. Sarhat | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Diaper rash is a common problem among infants. Objectives: Is to shed the light on the it's etiopathogensis of napkin rash and its frequency among Iraqi infants. Patients and method: A cross sectional study carried out in Tikrit teaching hospital in a period of 3 month. It involved one thousand infants under one year of age attending the departments of dermatology and pediatric. A full history and clinical examination were performed for each infant with a problems related to diaper area. Result: Of one thousand infant only 311 infants (31.1%) were have had diaper rash and divided according to the type of the rash to: one hundred twenty eight (128) infants (41.15%) infant had irritant contact dermatitis, ninty one infants (29.26%) had infantile seborrheaic dermatitis, eighty seven infants (27.97%) had candida napkin dermatitis, three infants (0.96%) had psoriasis, the remaining two infants (0.66%) had acrodermatitis enteropathica. Conclusion: Diaper rash is a common problem a among infants in Tikrit city and dermatitis is the commonest cause. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| diaper rash; irritant contact dermatitis; dermatitis | ||
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