It is a branch of medicine that deals with diseases that occur in all areas of the skin and their treatment. In this branch of science, all types of skin diseases are studied and treated.
- Acne (acne treatment)
- Fungal diseases (athlete’s foot, body fungus, nail fungus, scalp fungus, vaginal fungus)
- Bacterial and viral rash diseases (abscesses and other inflammatory diseases, scarlet fever, measles, rubella, chicken pox, shingles)
- Parasitic skin diseases (head lice, clothes lice, scabies)
- Allergic skin diseases (acute and chronic urticaria, skin reactions caused by medication, insect bites, food allergies, diseases caused by sunlight and allergic reactions)
- Eczema (atopic, contact, nummular, dyshidrotic, seborrhoeic eczema)
- Psoriasis and similar dermatoses
- Hair diseases (localised, widespread, familial hair loss, scalp eczema, dandruff)
- Nail diseases
- Lip, tongue and oral cavity diseases (recurrent aphthae, herpes and other oral diseases)
- Pigmentary disorders (sun spots, freckles, vitiligo, pregnancy spots, spots formed after previous skin diseases)
- Callus and wart
- Behcet’s disease
- Liver spots (nevus)
- Benign and malignant tumours of the skin
- Skin diseases due to metabolic and nutritional disorders
- Skin diseases due to psychological factors
- Childhood skin diseases due to genetic factors
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Lues (syphilis)
- Aids
- Genital warts
- Herpes (genital herpes infection)
- Gonorrhoea
- and the treatment of such diseases.
and the treatment of such diseases.