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CLINICO-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF VERRUCAE: A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY

Aim: To study the clinical and epidemiological aspects of verrucae in relation to age, sex, occupation, associated symptoms and sites involved. Material and Method: The retrospective study was conducted in a sample of 60 clinically diagnosed cases of verrucae who attended the outpatient Department of Dermatology and Venereology ,Government Medical College, Amritsar over a span of six months. Results: The clinical characteristics of different types of verrucae were studied in 60 patients from September 2019 to February 2020, out of which 41 were male and 19 were female. The majority of patients belonged to the age group of 11 to 30 years (48%). The most common occupational group involved were students (46%) followed by office workers (35%). The presenting complaint of 82% of patients was a cosmetic concern only while 8% patients presented with pain mostly seen in the verrucae plantaris. Conclusion: In this study, male patients had a higher prevalence of verrucae but facial verrucae were the more commonly seen in females. The majority of the verrucae were asymptomatic and patients only had a cosmetic concern.