The Prevalence of Eczema in Outdoor Diabetic Patients

Background: Recently Eczema is one of the important causes of public health problem in diabetic patients. Objective: In this study our main goal is to evaluate the prevalence of eczema in outdoor diabetic patients. Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among the diabetic patients in the department of Dermatology (Outpatient department) of Bangladesh. The population of the study was the diabetic patients of all ages of different occupations. Among all the patients with skin disease only the eczema infected patients were selected. A total of 100 diabetic patients infected with eczema were selected purposively. Results: During the study, most of the patients belongs to 41-50 years age group, 46% and 46% were male. Majority (45%) respondents had eczema in hand, 35% had it in legs and 15% in finger. Some other organs (5%) were also affected. Out of 100 respondents majority (55%) did not control diabetes, 10% controlled strictly and 35% just controlled it. It means that majority of eczema cases were in respondents with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. Conclusion: Skin disorders like the type of eczema are very common, particularly in the case of type 2 diabetes patients. Further study is needed for better outcome.