A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF FIXED DRUG ERUPTION OF MALE & FEMALE GENITALIA AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF MIDDLE GUJARAT, INDIA : FIXED DRUG ERUPTION OF MALE & FEMALE GENITALIA

Background:: Fixed drug emission (FDE) is described by an obvious erythematous fix, plaque, or bullous ejection that repeats at a similar site as the consequence of fundamental openness to a causative medication, and resolves regardless of hyperpigmentation Objectives: The point of this study was to introduce a progression of instances of genital sores with fixed drug emissions, analyze the thought drug and distinguish the adjustment of example of medications causing them. Methods and Material:: Finding of FDE was upheld by a positive history and actual assessment. Information including age, site of sores, time stretch between drug organization and FDE improvement was gathered and investigated. Results: The most widely recognized causative medication was co-trimoxazole in 34 patients (87.17%), trailed by anti-inflamatory medicine 2 (5.12%)patients, norfloxacin and erythromycin, each utilized by 1 patient (2.56%). A greatest number of patients had sores on the glans penis (n=30)(76.92%).Hyperpigmented macular sores were available in 23 patients (58.97%). The most widely recognized side effects which were introduced by the majority of the patients were pruritus(n=29) (74.35%), trailed by a consuming sensation(n=25) (64.10%). Conclusion: We would like to conclude that  co-trimoxazole were the main causative agents of FDE and the most common site was glans penis