The epidemiology of XXXX at a tertiary referral skin center in Singapore.

@entity1 @entity483 @entity2023 @entity799 @entity5419 @entity565 @entity566 @entity114 @entity2348 @entity14663 @entity2688 @entity23923 @entity1800 @entity56 @entity1576 @entity272 @entity230 @entity9585 @entity484 @entity6248
@entity483 is a common chronic, relapsing, @entity272 with a predilection for the flexural areas and occurs in @entity1 with a personal or family history of atopy. The aim of this study is to describe the profile of @entity483 seen at the National Skin Centre in Singapore. A retrospective chart review was conducted of all the @entity1 with @entity483 seen during the first six months of 1994. There were 492 @entity1 whose ages ranged from one month to 74 years with an equal sex ratio. The prevalence was 2%. The onset of the disease occurred before the age of 10 years in 61.2% of @entity1 . In 13.6% of the @entity1 , the onset was after the age of 21 years. Two hundred and fifty-four @entity1 (52%) had "pure" @entity483 without concomitant @entity1576 . Two hundred and thirty-eight @entity1 (48%) suffered from a "mixed" type, with 23% having @entity2023 , 12% having @entity565 and 13% having both @entity565 and @entity2023 . Two hundred and thirty-one @entity1 (47%) had at least one first-degree family member with atropy: @entity483 (17%), @entity565 (15%) and @entity2023 (15%). Most of the @entity1 , 416 (84.5%), had subacute @entity484 at presentation. @entity6248 was present in 38 @entity1 (8%) and @entity9585 in 13 @entity1 (3%). The most common infective complication was @entity2348 (impetiginized @entity484 , @entity14663 , @entity2688 ) present in 95 @entity1 (19%) followed by @entity1800 ( @entity23923 , viral warts and molluscum contagiosum) in 17 @entity1 (3%). @entity566 were noted in 43 @entity1 (9%) based on the history given. The most common was @entity56 ( @entity114 and @entity799 ) in 28 @entity1 followed by @entity5419 in 11 @entity1 . Common aggravating factors reported include heat, sweating, stress, thick clothing and grass intolerance. Most @entity1 could be controlled with a fairly simple regimen of moisturizers, topical @entity230 and antibiotics for acute flares. Short courses of systemic @entity230 were used in 78 @entity1 (16%). Three @entity1 were treated with phototherapy, Two on UVAB and one on PUVA. The pattern of @entity483 in Singapore is similar to that reported in the Western literature except for a lower prevalence and a significant proportion of adult onset @entity483 .
