International Journal of Homoeopathic Sciences

Materials and Methods: In total, 136 patients suspected of skin diseases among them 54 were tinea infected, from the archives of the outward patient department, R.B.T.S. Government Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, Muzaffarpur, Bihar.

Results: A total of 138 skin related cases during the period of one years were retrieved, of which 54(39.13%) were found to be Tinea Infection. Most prevalent lesion among them was Tinea Corporis i.e., 19(35.18%) followed by Tinea Cruris i.e., 17(31.48%), Tinea Pedis 11(20.37) while the least common was Tinea Capitis i.e., 7(12.96%) cases. They were mostly distributed among 21-40(33.33%) years of age followed by 61-80(12.96%) was the least common. They showed male predominance in all categorized lesions.

Conclusion: Because of the new trends of high cosmetics practice, psychological effects and high morbidity in terms of loss of working days and treatment dermatophytic infection is a public health problem. Therefore, to obtain a true representation of the overall disease pattern of the country more such types of studies should be conducted.