Quality of Life and Perceived Stress in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: Counting the Burden.

Background: Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a dermatosis with a significant psychological component. Only a few studies have assessed the quality of life (QoL) and perceived stress in CSU patients.

Objectives: To evaluate the QoL and perceived stress in patients with CSU.

Linear trends over 20 years in sexually transmitted infections among patients attending a tertiary care centre in north Kerala, India.

Background: Worldwide, a declining trend is observed in sexually transmitted infections of bacterial origin which is reflected as a rise in the proportion of viral sexually transmitted infections.

Aims: To find out the clinical referral patterns of sexually transmitted infections among patients who attended the sexually transmitted infection clinic attached to Dermatology and Venereology Department of Government Medical College, Kozhikode from 1.1.