A Retrospective Review of Chronic Non-Communicable Dermatoses Among Older Adults at a Tertiary Healthcare Facility in Southwestern Nigeria.

Introduction: Aging is a ubiquitous human trait that predisposes older persons to chronic diseases. Compared with systemic non-communicable diseases, a significant gap exists in literature on the burden of non-communicable dermatoses (NCDs) amongst older adults particularly in low and middle-income countries.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to document the epidemiology and clinical pattern of non-communicable skin diseases among older adults at a tertiary healthcare facility in Southwestern Nigeria.

Psychodermatological Disorders in Patients With Primary Psychiatric Conditions: Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Psychodermatological disorders (PDs) and their associations with mental health problems are one of the most frequent research themes in dermatology outpatient settings. Surprisingly, very few studies have been conducted to evaluate PDs among patients with primary psychiatric conditions. As such, the relationship between preexisting psychiatric conditions and comorbid PDs is underrepresented in the literature.

Androgenetic alopecia: Traditional cardiovascular risk factors, metabolic syndrome, and component traits among Nigerian adults.

Background: Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) has been linked to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and metabolic syndrome (MetS). Works on AGA, cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) and MetS are rare among Nigerians.

Aim: This study set out to determine the relationship among CVRFs, MetS, and AGA.

Napkin Dermatitis: Skin Hydration Levels and Skin Care Practices amongst Children at Urban Comprehensive Health Centre, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Introduction: Napkin Dermatitis (ND) means skin inflammation occurring within the napkin area. Skin care practices and skin hydration levels (SHL) are parameters of interest in the pathogenesis of ND.

Aim And Objectives: To compare napkin area skin care practices and levels of skin hydration in children with ND and those without ND and to determine the predictors of ND in children.

Serum Ferritin Levels amongst Individuals with Androgenetic Alopecia in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

Background: Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the most common form of alopecia, affecting 50% of the adult population world-wide. The exact mechanisms of this common hair disorder are yet to be fully elucidated. It is believed to be related to high circulating androgen levels in the blood and it is genetically determined.

Keloids in Darkly Pigmented Skin: Clinical Pattern and Presentation at a Tertiary Health Facility, Southwest Nigeria.

Background: Keloids are chronic dermal fibro-proliferative disorders resulting from excessive collagen deposition. Although it is commonly seen in the dark skin, it occurs in other races. It is a disfiguring dermatosis whose epidemiology and clinical pattern should be put into proper perspective in an area where it has not been extensively documented.

The Cutaneous Manifestations of COVID-19: A Review of Emerging Literature.

The initial clinical manifestations of COVID 19 in Wuhan was fever, cough and shortness of breath but early reports in Italy and Spain preceded emerging literature of skin involvement. COVID19 was first reported in December, 2019 and after several observations of cutaneous involvement in patients with the disease there was need to document such in literature. The details of the clinical presentation and the pathophysiological mechanisms of these cutaneous lesions are, however, still poorly understood.

Sexual Coercion and Violence among Young Women in Nigeria: A Northern and Southern Comparison.

Growing evidence shows that the experience of sexual coercion is fairly prevalent among young people and is associated with risky sexual behavior thereafter. This study compared patterns and correlates of sexual coercion among young people in northern and southern Nigeria. This cross-sectional comparative study investigated sexual coercion among 12,626 young women aged between 15 and 24 years.

Pattern of paediatric dermatoses at dermatology clinics in Ile-Ife and Ilesha, Nigeria.

Background: In developing countries, skin diseases are one of the most common causes of morbidity.

Aim: A prospective descriptive study was conducted to determine the pattern of skin diseases in childhood and adolescents presenting to the outpatient dermatology clinics of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex at Ile-Ife and Ilesha, Osun State.

Methods: Patients aged 2 weeks to 19 years attending the clinics between October 2009 and September 2012 were included.

The Prevalence and Pattern of Superficial Fungal Infections among School Children in Ile-Ife, South-Western Nigeria.

Fungal infections of the skin and nails are common global problems with attendant morbidity among affected individuals. Children are mostly affected due to predisposing factors such as overcrowding and low socioeconomic factors. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the clinical patterns of superficial fungal infections among primary school children in Ile-Ife.

Skin diseases in Nigeria: the Calabar experience.

Background: This paper reports on a 6-year study (April 2006 to April 2012) and a follow-up of a 9-month baseline survey of the pattern of dermatoses in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State in southern Nigeria. Prior to the time of this study, this region had not benefited from the services of a resident dermatologist for over a century.

Methods: Data on the age, gender, and diagnoses of 1307 consecutive new patients attending the relatively new dermatology clinic at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital during the study period were obtained and analyzed.

Dermatologic conditions in teenage adolescents in Nigeria.

Background: Skin disorders are common in adolescents, and the impact on quality of life can be enormous, particularly when viewed against the backdrop of the visibility of skin diseases and the psychologically vulnerable period of adolescence. However, few studies have documented the magnitude of skin disorders in this subset of individuals. We therefore estimated the point prevalence and pattern of dermatologic conditions in adolescents attending various secondary schools in Calabar, Southern Nigeria.

Pattern of dermatoses among inmates of Ilesha Prison, Nigeria.

Aims And Objectives: Dermatoses are common health problems in prisons and environmental conditions influence their prevalence and pattern. Hot and humid environment as obtains in the tropics, stress, and overcrowding are conditions that facilitate development of. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of dermatoses in a prison located in a tropical environment.

Gastroduodenitis and Helicobacter pylori in Nigerians: histopathological assessment of endoscopic biopsies.

Objective: Morphologic changes seen in the endoscopic biopsies are dynamic and could be predictive of more important sequelae of chronic H. pylori gastritis such as gastric carcinoma and lymphoma. The objective of the study was to review the biopsy appearances of endoscopic gastroduodenal biopsies using the updated Sydney System of classification in order to throw some light on the biology of gastroduodenitis.

Selenium and aspirin in people living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria.

Objectives: Aspirin and selenium have been shown in vitro and in vivo to inhibit HIV production through inhibition of the transcription factor, the nuclear factor kappa binding (NF-eB). The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy or otherwise of these drugs in people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWAS) in resource limited countries.

Patients And Methods: Consenting HAART-naive PLWAS with mean CD4 count of 256.

Traumatic spinal cord injuries in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and its environs.

In Ile-Ife, Nigeria, traumatic brain injuries are largely due to traffic accidents caused mainly by the bad maintenance of the roads and unsafe driving. Young men in the productive stage of their lives are those most affected. The resultant disabilities include quadriplegia (in more than half the patients) and paraplegia.

Effects of mothers' socio-economic status on the management of febrile conditions in their under five children in a resource limited setting.

Background: Public health research is shifting focus to the role of socioeconomic indicators in the promotion of health. As such an understanding of the roles that socio-economic factors play in improving health and health-seeking behaviour is important for public health policy. This is because the share of resources devoted to different policy options should depend on their relative effectiveness.

Home management of childhood febrile illnesses in a rural community in Nigeria.

Objective: To assess the care given to febrile children under 5 years old at home prior to attending health facility.

Design: Cross sectional design.

Setting: Outpatient clinic of a government health facility.

The search for a predictor of CD4 cell count continues: total lymphocyte count is not a substitute for CD4 cell count in the management of HIV-infected individuals in a resource-limited setting.

Total lymphocyte count (TLC) has been recommended as a substitute for CD4 cell count for the management of HIV-infected individuals living in resource-limited settings. To confirm this, 151 TLCs and CD4 cell counts were obtained from 109 patients who had not yet started treatment and analyzed. CD4 cell counts of <200 cells/mm3 were found in 42 cases (37.

Is ABO blood grouping a gene marker for vitiligo?

Vitiligo is an idiopathic acquired hypopigmentary dermatosis on an otherwise normal skin. The search for the aetiopathogenesis of vitiligo has been for a long time. Despite various hypothesis and theories postulated the aetiology remains unknown.

Scabies: revisit in a depressed economy.

Scabies is a highly contagious disease of the skin caused by an ectoparasite arthropod called Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis. It has a world-wide distribution and affects all ages with no specific gender predisposition. Scabies is of public health interest because certain environment factors such as overcrowding, poor hygiene, delayed treatment of primary cases and lack of public enlightenment are conducive to its spread.