Management Outcomes of Hand Dermatitis in a Tertiary Hospital in Southwest Nigeria.

Background: Hand dermatitis (HD) is inflammation of the skin of the hands. It ranges in severity and has a significant impact on quality of life (QoL). The physical and psychosocial burden of the disease is comparable with psoriasis in impairment of the QoL of the patient and depression.

Clinico-etiologic profile of hand dermatitis and patch response of patients at a tertiary hospital in Lagos, Nigeria: results of a prospective observational study.

Background: Hand dermatitis is an acute or chronic inflammation of the skin of the hands from a multifactorial cause which may be endogenous, exogenous, or a combination of both. With a wide range in severity and recurrent periods of flares, it has significant impact on the quality of life of its sufferers. A history of atopy predisposes patients to hand dermatitis, but contact dermatitis, either allergic or irritant, is the more commonly implicated factor in the etiology of hand dermatitis.

Vaginal discharge: aetiological agents and evaluation of syndromic management in Lagos.

Background: The WHO introduced the syndromic management to help in the control of STIs in resource-poor settings. This needs to be adapted to local settings taking into consideration the prevalence of the various organisms causing STIs. This has given rise to a need to validate the algorithm.

Generalized pruritus as a presenting symptom in Nigeria.

In a retrospective study of 4000 consecutive dermatologic patients seen at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital Skin Clinic, 268 patients (6.7%) had generalized pruritus without obvious skin diseases. Filariasis was responsible for the pruritus in 57% of these patients; 21% was bath-related pruritus, and the reasons for this were highlighted.