Spectrum of Dermatological Disorders in Patients of Metabolic Syndrome
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2020-03
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International Society for Contemporary Medical Research
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Introduction: Over the years, a paradigm shift is evidentworldwide including India with chronic diseases likecardiovascular diseases(CVD), diabetes, hypertension makinga huge impact sending alarm bells across the world. Changinglifestyle with predominance of sedentary habits along withnew dietary habits are responsible for this. As a result of this,metabolic syndrome has become a global epidemic and so thelink between skin diseases and metabolic syndrome is alsobeing increasingly established. This study was undertakento assess the spectrum of dermatological disorders prevalentamong the patients with metabolic syndrome.Material and methods: This was a prospective study carriedout at a tertiary care centre of north India for a period of sixmonths. Proper ethical clearance from the ethical committeeof the institution was taken up and a written informedconsent was taken from all patients for the study. All patientspresenting to the out patient department having metabolicsyndrome, which was diagnosed according to the NationalCholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel IIIwere thoroughly analysed. Various dermatological disorders,either one or more than one pravelent among patients wasnoted down.Results: A total of 180 patients were taken up for the studyand females outnumbered the males. There were 111(61.6%)females and 69(38.3%) males. Maximum patients (95, 52.7%)were in the 40-50 years age. In 120 patients more than onedisorder was present. The most common dermatologicaldisorder seen was acanthosis nigricans in 111(61.6%) patients,skin tags in 110(61.1%), acne in 95(52.7%), hirsutism in92(51.1%)patients.Conclusion: In this study, we have tried to study the variousdermatological disorders seen among patients of metabolicsyndrome. Withrising incidence of metabolic syndrome andincreasing link being found between various skin disordersand metabolic syndrome, it becomes the responsibility of theclinicians to diagnose early and advise accordingly to preventthe adverse events like cardiovascular accidents among suchpatients
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Dermatology Disorders, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Insulin Resistance
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Abrol Sameer, Sharma Rohini. Spectrum of Dermatological Disorders in Patients of Metabolic Syndrome. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research . 2020 Mar; 7(3): c36-c39