Pattern of skin diseases amongst children attending dermatology clinic in Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

Background: Diseases of the skin constitute major challenge in children ranging from different form of skin infections and pattern could be different from one region to another region (1). This study is carried out due to paucity of research in this regard and the quest to find out the pattern in Ekiti state university Teaching hospital which is located in the southwest region of Nigeria.Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective study extracted from the medical records of children who attended dermatology clinic in Ekiti State university teaching hospital between January 2015 to December 2021. Information such as name, age, sex, diagnosis etc were extracted from the medical records of pediatric patients who attended the dermatology clinic in Ekiti State university Teaching hospital during the period of study.Results: Atotal of two hundred and sixty-seven children (267) between the ages 0-17 were attended to in the dermatology clinic during the period of study, out of which 143(53.6%) were males and 124(46.4%) were females. Children within the age group (0-10) years who attended the clinic were 146(54.7%) while Children within the age group (11-17) years who attended the clinic were 121(48.3%). Among the various groups of dermatological diseases, fungal infections ranked the highest with 69(25.8%) followed by Eczematous disorder 61(22.8%), Parasitic infection 22(8.2%), Adnexal disease 18(6.7%), the least was bacterial infection 14(5.2%). Frequency of each skin lesions, revealed that Atopic dermatitis ranked the highest 57(21.3%), followed by Tinea capitis 26(9.7%), Scabies 21(7.9%) while the least was Acne vulgaris 14(5.2). Children whose ages are between 0 and 10 years were more likely to present with Eczema/dermatitis and bacterial skin infections while children between ages 11-17 years were more likely to present with adnexal skin disease.Conclusion: Eczematous disease and skin infections and infestation are still very common in children attending dermatology clinics..