Frecuencia de genodermatosis en los centros geriátricos de Cuenca, Azuay 2001

Abstract

This work is based on a descriptive clinical study to determine the frequency of genodermatosis in 150 elderly people, asylum in existing geriatric centers in the city of Cuenca: Cristo Rey and Miguel Leon; those who were divided into groups according to age and sex, collecting information based on the development of medical records; data collected over a period of four months. Genodermatosis each distribution was studied by: pathological frequency by age, sex, number and type of injury, location, duration, clinical and histopathological diagnosis, the same as in order of frequency were: senile melanosis, epidermal nevi, senile keratoses , seborrheic wart, genoeczema, baldness, marginal hyperkeratosis heel, plantar hyperkeratosis, senile angioma, senile pruritus, erysipelas, simple senile atrophy, pityriasis alba, senile purpura, malignant lentigo, intradermal nevi. With regard to the age and sex we have found that most affect dermatoses including senescent between the ages of 80-89 years and females. Looking at the results of the histopathological diagnosis, with the highest incidence changes are altering older skin, the epidermal type are the same as those related to aging factors exposed skin before