Dr. Swastika Suvirya, Head of Department, dermatology said, “Pollution, pesticide and poor eating habits are also key factors for skin trouble. It is good to take medicine as per the expert advice.”
Head of pathology department, Prof. U.S. Singh explained the role of pathology in diagnosis of skin ailments. He said that a coordinated effort by dermatology and pathology departments gives better results in diagnosis and treatment.
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Dr. Atin Singhai said that some of the skin troubles are region based as specific disease happen to people living in specific areas.
Dark Side of Skin Lightening Cream
Dr. Parul Verma, faculty at dermatology department KGMU, cited the example of a 20-year-old-girl who had a discolored patch of skin near her face about four months ago.
She went to a medical store who gave a skin lightening steroid-based cream. She used it for three months but instead of improving, the patch turned into a wound.
The doctors at KGMU diagnosed that she had been suffering from leprosy, which was confirmed through biopsy.
Dr. Verma explained, “The girl will now take months to reverse the damage caused by steroid cream. Her treatment would have been easier, had she not used steroids.”
She said that there are many people who take steroid-based creams for problems like fungal infection, psoriasis followed by itchy skin rash and acne without any prescription from a medical practitioner.
In KGMU alone, out of 400 patients seen in OPD daily, 50 percent come after using creams indiscriminately and worsening their condition.
Prof. Swastika Suvirya, head, KGMU dermatology department, said, “There might be some patients, who get relief for the moment, but in the long term, these drugs cause serious reactions and may cause allergies, ulcers, tumors and infection.”
Source: IANS
