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Abstract
The clinical appearance of warts is variable and depends to some extent on the type of HPV involved and the anatomical site. HPV can also remain dormant within epithelial cells without visible disease. Warts are usually diagnosed by their clinical appearance .
There is currently no cure for HPV infection, and there is also no drug that can change the infectivity of the patient ,single treatment is usually not satisfactory in many patients and combination of therapies might be required.
The present work aimed to assess the epidemiology and to evaluate the clinical picture of warts in Al-Haud Al-Marsoud Hospital patients.
Our study was done on 10,000 patients examined during a period of 6 months.
The results of the current study showed that:
1.The commonest age category in studied group was 30-49 years (30.5%) with a female predominance (85%).
2.The majority of patients were not working and had a university degree (48.5% and34% respectively).
3.Patients with crowding index <2 represent the highest percentage (47%).
4.The commonest site of the lesions was the feet (35.5%) and the commonest predominant symptom was pain (59.5%).
5.The majority of patients were not affected by work (50.5%) and the majority of patients did not use therapeutic maneuvers (66%).
6.The majority of patients had not similar conditions (74.5%) and the commonest other dermatological problem was atopic eczema (4.5%)
7.The majority of patients did not have a family history of warts (64.5%) and the commonest other familial dermatological problem was atopic eczema (11%).
8.The commonest type of the lesion was papule (98.5%) and the majority of patients had multiple skin lesions (69.5%).
9.The commonest symptom in patients with lesion at the feet and fingers was pain (42% and 50.4%) and the commonest symptom in patients with other sites of lesion was disfigurement.
10.The majority of lesions on the fingers and feet got worse at work (43.4%, 52.5%) and the majority of patients with lesions on other sites were not affected by work.
11.There was no significant correlation between crowding index and family history of wart.
12.There was a highly significant correlation between duration of disease and size of lesion.
13.There was a highly significant correlation between duration of disease and number of lesion.
14.There was a highly significant correlation between occupation and occupational factors.
15.There was no significant correlation between educational level and number of lesions.
16.There was a significant correlation between educational level and therapeutic maneuvers.
17.There was a significant correlation between general diseases (diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid and malignancy) and number of lesions and there was no significant correlation between hypertension and number of the lesion.