Abstract
Annotation. Despite the prevalence of seborrheic dermatitis (SD), especially among young people, little is known about its clinical and anamnestic features in the population of Ukraine. To fill this gap, it is necessary to conduct a study of reliable data obtained from the domestic sample of working age. The aim of the study is to find the clinical and anamnestic features of men and women with generalized fatty form of seborrheic dermatitis of varying severity. A survey of 40 men and 40 young women (25-44 years according to the age periodization of the WHO, 2015) in patients with generalized fatty seborrheic dermatitis was conducted on the basis of the Department of Skin and Venereal Diseases with a postgraduate course in National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya and the Military Medical Clinical Center of the Central Region. Retrospective analysis included assessment of passport, anamnestic, clinical data. Diagnosis of SD was established on the basis of complaints of the subject, life history and illness, examination of the face, scalp, torso and extremities with the assessment of subjective and objective signs of the disease. Statistical analysis was performed using the license package “Statistica 6.0”. It was found that the severity of SD increased with increasing length of service and depended on the type of professional activity. Stress, temperature, humidity, smoking, heredity caused the manifestation or exacerbation of dermatosis. Acne and rosacea often accompanied severe SD. Itching and oiliness of the skin, rash on the head and face, erythematous spots and plaques, the predominance of red dermographism were observed in both types of flow, and the feeling of dirt, localization of pathological elements on the body, sebaceous scales – only in severe. Thus, the data obtained in our study can form the basis for the development of an algorithm for monitoring patients with generalized seborrheic dermatitis of varying severity.
Highlights
The problem of generalized oily form of seborrheic dermatitis (SD) is one of the current topics in modern dermatology
In accordance with this goal, a survey of 40 men and 40 young women (25-44 years according to the age periodization of the WHO, 2015) patients with generalized oily seborrheic dermatitis at the Department of Dermatology and Venereal Diseases with a postgraduate course in National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya and the Military Medical Clinical Center of the Central Region done
Criteria for inclusion of the patient in the study: the presence of SD in men and women aged 25 to 44 years, signed an informed consent to participate in the study
Summary
The problem of generalized oily form of seborrheic dermatitis (SD) is one of the current topics in modern dermatology. Despite progress in health care, the incidence of this disease has not decreased in recent years, and in some countries even increases [15]. According to the World Health Organization, the prevalence of SD in the adult population ranges from 1 to 5 percent, dermatosis develops regardless of ethnicity and seems to affect men more often than women. After 50 years, the incidence of both sexes is almost the same [4, 14]. The course of SD in adults varies throughout adulthood, with some patients experiencing only infrequent periods of exacerbation, while others have a spread (generalization) of the pathological process with more frequent relapses [8, 11, 18]
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