A Study on Factors In fluencing Acne among the Medical Students of Bangladesh

Authors

  • Md Saizuddin Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Zainul Haque Sikder Women's Medical College and Hospital Dhanmondi, Dhaka
  • Md Shadul Hasan Registrar, Department of Medicine, Zainul Haque Sikder Women's Medical College and Hospital, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
  • Swapon Kr Sen Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology & Venereology, Zainul Haque Sikder Women's Medical College and Hospital, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
  • Md Alfazzaman Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, MH Samorita Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka
  • Mohammad Mujibur Rahman Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, MH Samorita Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka
  • MM Mafizur Rahman Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Zainul Haque Sikder Women's Medical College and Hospital, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
  • Md Mujibur Rahman Professor and Head, Department of Urology, Zainul Haque Sikder Women's Medical College and Hospital Dhanmondi, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/medtoday.v29i2.34623

Keywords:

Acne, Awareness, Perception, Personal hygiene, Fast food etc

Abstract

It was across sectional study to explore the factors responsible for Acne among the undergraduate medical students in Z.H. Sikder Women's Medical College, Dhaka. In this study, it revealed that 34,38% of respondents were suffering from acne where habit of smoking (32%) , using of cosmetics (36%), taking of fast food (82%) & taking of less water (36%) & premenstrual flare up (66%) are responsible for aggravating & influencing factors for acne. This study further shown that majority (83.63%) of the respondents are suffering from acne in face, 58.18% in pimple stage, 60.00% in grade IV & 38.18% in grade III. BMI has no influence for the causation of acne as it occurs most (66.45%) in the group where BMI is within normal range from 20-24. Among the respondents, scar present in 36% & hyper pigmentation in 24% as they did not maintain personal hygiene properly.

Medicine Today 2017 Vol.29(2): 30-32

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Published

2017-11-20

How to Cite

Saizuddin, M., Hasan, M. S., Sen, S. K., Alfazzaman, M., Rahman, M. M., Rahman, M. M., & Rahman, M. M. (2017). A Study on Factors In fluencing Acne among the Medical Students of Bangladesh. Medicine Today, 29(2), 30–32. https://doi.org/10.3329/medtoday.v29i2.34623

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Original Articles