Thursday, 29 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The experts of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh have cautioned that people should be careful about skin diseases during the Monsoon season. They point out that since the weather is very humid these days the chances of skin diseases increases during this period.
The Director of AIIMS Rishikesh, Dr Ravi Kant said that timely diagnosis of skin diseases is very important. “In the rainy season, germs grow very fast and the risk of spreading skin infection increases in such weather and it spreads from one person to another. In the absence of timely prevention, it can take a serious form at the community level,’’ he said.
Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Dr Riti Bhatia said that due to lack of hygiene, staying in crowded places for a long time, excessive sweating, wearing wet or damp clothes and humidity in the weather, various types of skin diseases arise in the rainy season. Among these, fungal infections, skin rashes, itching, scabies and hair loss are more common. “The problem of itching in scabies is more bothersome at night. In most of the cases it is a fungal infection. If not treated in time, this infection starts spreading in many places in the skin. In such a situation, patients often take topical steroids. These steroids act like poison and cause long lasting fungal infections,’’ she said.
Dr Bhatia underlined the importance of maintaining cleanliness of the body to avoid skin diseases. She said that these diseases can be avoided by bathing daily with soap, wearing well-dried clothes, immediately changing the wet clothes due to getting wet in the rain and keeping the sweating areas of the body dry.
