Table 1.
Characteristics of hand-held exothermic crystallization thermotherapy for cutaneous leishmaniasis patients
| Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 23 (41.1) |
| Female | 33 (58.9) |
| Age (years) | |
| ≥ 10 and < 16 | 20 (35.7) |
| ≥ 16 and < 21 | 12 (21.4) |
| ≥ 21 and < 40 | 12 (21.4) |
| ≥ 40 | 12 (21.4) |
| Duration of lesion (months) | |
| 1 | 10 (17.9) |
| 2 | 11 (19.6) |
| 3 | 21 (37.5) |
| 4 | 6 (10.7) |
| 5 | 8 (14.3) |
| No. of lesions per patient | |
| 1 | 35 (62.5) |
| 2 | 12 (21.4) |
| 3 | 7 (12.5) |
| 4 | 2 (3.6) |
| Location of the lesions | |
| Face | 16 (18.1) |
| Arm | 12 (13.6) |
| Wrist | 9 (10.2) |
| Hand | 10 (11.4) |
| Finger | 13 (14.8) |
| Leg | 8 (9.1) |
| Foot | 18 (20.5) |
| Toe | 2 (2.3) |
| Type of lesion | |
| Nodule | 49 (55.7) |
| Plaque | 2 (2.3) |
| Ulcer | 7 (8.0) |
| Noduloulcerative | 30 (34.1) |