Summary:
A cross sectional study, conducted in the department of
Dermatology and Venereology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib
Medical University (BSMMU) for duration of January 2009
to December 2010. Hundred twenty patients with
onychomycosis were selected by purposive type of nonprobability
sampling technique. Majority of the patients
61(150.8%) were in the age group of 21-30 years old. Mean
age of the patients were 32.8±14 years and most of the
patients were house wives 36(30.0%). Disfigurement
117(97.5%) and discomfort 89(74.2%) were more common
chief complaints of the patients. The mean duration of
disease was 20.4±15.4 months and nail fold changes were
associated with 37(30.8%) patients and more than a half
63(52.5%) of the patients had history of wet works.
Regarding the history of past illness, it was observed that
previous onychmycosis found 26(21.7%), nail trauma
26(21.7%) and immune suppression 6(5.0%). In
endocrinopathies, hypothyroidism was observed in 1(0.8%),