Morbilidad dermatológica en la unidad sanitaria "1o de mayo", Lanús Este, Buenos Aires, agosto de 2009 a enero de 2010

the cutaneous diseases ocuppy a very significative proportion of the daily consultation in primary care. the objective is to determine the frequency of the cutaneous diseases as a motive of consultation in primary care and to characterize them. an observational and descriptive study, of transverse cut, was performed between august 1st, 2009 and january 31th, 2010, in the sanitary unit "may, 1st" east lanus, buenos aires. the consultations for dermatological diseases represented 5,36 % of all the received consultations (n=10 388) in the center of health for the same period. the range of age between 20-34 years presented major number of consultations (29,98%, n=167). 65,35% (n=364) were women. 42,73% (n=238) of the patients gathered in five diagnoses eczema (17,59%, n=98), escabiosis (8,08%, n=45), acne (6,82%, n=38), allergic reaction (5,75%, n=32) and boils (4,49%, n=25). dermatitis and eczema were the most diagnosed group. the second group more diagnosed in adults was disorder of skin appendices at the expense of the acne (8% vs 3,82%). in children the most diagnosed second group was infectious and parasitic diseases at the expense of the escabiosis (13,38% vs 6%). the acne and the escabiosis were more frequent in august than in january (representative winter months and summer respectively). in the summer the allergic reactions and the boils were four and six times more frequent respectively. the dermatological diseases mean an important percentage in the primary care daily activity.