AK Bajaj MD, FICAI
Consultant Dermatologist Bajaj Skin Clinic, Allahabad
Former Prof. and Head Dermatology, STD and Leprosy MLN Medical College, Allahabad
Rajeev Sharma
Consultant Dermatologist Bishen Skin Clinic, Aligarh
Sandipan Dhar MBBS, MD, DNB
Consultant Dermatologist AMRI Hospital, Kolkata
Associate Professor Paediatric Dermatology Unit Institute of Child Health, Kolkata
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An Introduction to Dermatology, STD and Leprosy
© 2005, AK Bajaj, Rajeev Sharma, Sandipan Dhar
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First Edition : 2005
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5Dedicated to
All those from whom we have learned Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, our teachers, colleagues, students and patients….
7Preface
The triple speciality of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy has been overlooked by the medical advisors and planners as exemplified by the meagre number of lectures and limited practical exposure during undergraduate training. Thus, even a competent family physician is diffident to handle simple, common cutaneous ailments though he/she is able to manage complicated cardiovascular and neurologic disorders.
Due to poverty, poor civic conditions, industrialization, environmental pollution and general awareness, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of patients seeking consultation. Such an amount of clinical work has overstretched the meagre resources of the tertiary care centers to the extent that genuine patients are denied the benefit of expertise of the specialists.
Keeping these factors in mind an attempt has been made to include short and crisp text of various common and some uncommon disorders with illustrations so as to make this book useful for general practitioners and even undergraduates.
As this has been written by practising dermatologists for practising physicians, a special emphasis has been laid on various therapeutic modalities. We sincerely hope this proves to be a ready reckoner for all those who need most.
AK Bajaj
Rajeev Sharma
Sandipan Dhar
9Acknowledgements
We thankfully acknowledge the help extended by various colleagues in the completion of this manuscript.
Dr Shakti Basu and Dr Amitabh Upadhyay, Consultant Dermatologists (Allahabad) have been of great help and support from the very inception of the project.
Dr Saumendranath Chattopadhyay and Dr Rajib Malakar, Consultant Dermatologists (Kolkata) have actively participated in the preparation of the manuscript.
We are obliged and grateful to them.