Dermatology, Leprosy and Sexually Transmitted Infections Rajeev Sharma, Sandipan Dhar, AK Bajaj
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1Dermatology, Leprosy and Sexually Transmitted Infections
2Dermatology, Leprosy and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Second Edition
AK Bajaj MD FICAI Consultant Dermatologist Bajaj Skin Clinic, Allahabad Former Professor and Head Dermatology, STD and Leprosy MLN Medical College, Allahabad, UP, India Rajeev Sharma MBBS MD Consultant Dermatologist Bishen Skin Centre, Aligarh, UP, India Sandipan Dhar MBBS MD DNB Consultant Dermatologist AMRI Hospital, Kolkata Associate Professor Paediatric Dermatology Unit Institute of Child Health Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Dermatology, Leprosy and Sexually Transmitted Infections
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First Edition : 2005
Second Edition : 2010
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To
All those from whom we have learned
Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy
Our teachers, colleagues, students
and
Patients…
5Preface to the Second Edition
An encouraging response to the first edition has prompted us to come out with the second edition. Apparent shortcomings of the first edition have been rectified and a few chapters have been added to make it more comprehensive. A chapter “Pregnancy and Drugs” would prove to be extremely useful to busy family physicians and obstetricians. Addition of several new clinical photographs should make it more illustrative and helpful to diagnose various disorders.
AK Bajaj
Rajeev Sharma
Sandipan Dhar
6Preface to the First Edition
The triple specialty 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
7Acknowledgments
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.