OBJECTIVE In the present study we investigated the effects of low relative humidity (RH) and high air velocity (VA) on physiological and subjective responses after bathing in order to present the evidence for required nursing intervention after bathing. METHODS Eight healthy male subjects participated in this experiment. There were four thermal conditions which combined RH (20% of 60%) and VA...

The skin care needs of older people are often neglected or confined to major skin breakdowns, such as leg ulcers. However, clinicians should also pay attention to basic skin care, including the assessment of rashes and the correct use of emollients that can prevent common skin conditions such as dryness, itching and eczema. This article examines the nursing assessment of older people with commo...

background: despite almost the three decades passed since the chemical attacks of iraqi’s army against the iranian troops, some veterans are still suffering from long-term complications of sulfur mustard (sm) poisoning, including certain skin complaints specially dryness, burning, and pruritus. we thus aimed to evaluate the skin’s water and lipid content in patients with a disability of >25% du...

Skin texture analysis is one of then challenging issues in the field of medical diagnosis. Various types of skin diseases are affecting human life like skin dryness, fungus, and allergic symptoms. The objective of this paper is to analyze the skin disease using texture analysis of skin image and by comparing the test image to a defined images or reference images. The matching of test and refere...

Iraq has used chemical warfare agents in recent Iran-Iraq conflict ( 1980-88) . There are few studies regarding late complications of chemical warfare and there is no report concerning late cutaneous complications. The present study is concerned with the late clinical manifestation of cutaneous complications in chemical warfare casualties in comparison to non – chemical injured soldiers. Upon t...

Introduction: Considering the effects of skin diseases on health, activities, and quality of life of older adults, the study was conducted with the aim of determining knowledge, attitude, and practice status in older adults of Sarakhs city about skin care and prevalence of some skin problems among them.   Methods: Totally 400 older adults aged 60 years and above (60-99 years) in a cross-...

OBJECTIVE Despite the application of skin care treatments, many infants have skin problems such as dryness and erythema. We proposed a new combination skin care for infants which consisted of a foaming cleanser with lower surfactant activity and moisturizers that contained pseudo-ceramide. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 50 infants (age: 3-24 months) with insignificant levels of dry skin were...

Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate whether treatment with a local potent corticosteroid during adjuvant external radiotherapy (ERT) of breast cancer is associated with late skin toxicity. Material and methods Sixty patients (32 treated with potent corticoid cream versus 28 controls treated with moisturizer) who had been included in a randomized study on prophylactic local corticost...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical characteristics and epidermal barrier function of papulopustular rosacea by comparing with acne vulgaris. METHODS Four hundred and sixty-three papulopustular rosacea patients and four hundred and twelve acne vulgaris patients were selected for the study in Xiangya Hospital of Central South University from March 2015 to May 2016. They were analyzed for major ...