Which Dermatology & Venereology topics matter most for NEET PG?

Hansen's disease, Sexually transmitted infections carry the highest question counts based on previous-year analyses.

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NEET PGDermatology & Venereology

Dermatology & Venereology for NEET PG

~4 questions — Hansen's disease and the genital ulcer differential.

📊 ~4 Q · ~16 marks (2% of the paper)

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How toppers play this section

Dermatology is examined through pattern recognition with a small number of decisive discriminators: the level of the blister split, whether the ulcer is painful and how many there are, and what the scale tells you about the epidermis. Hansen's disease appears every year and carries Indian programme data with it. Dermatophyte resistance has changed the first-line drug answer, so current material matters here.

Chapters

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1"Hansen's Disease""Leprosy is a disease of the immune response, not of the bacillus. Where a patient sits on the cell-mediated immunity spectrum decides the bacterial load, the number of lesions, the nerve damage and the reactions. And it is the reactions, not the infection, that cause almost all the disability."⏱ 22 min read

2"Immunobullous Disorders""One question answers almost every blistering disease stem: at what level does the skin split? An intraepidermal split gives flaccid blisters, a positive Nikolsky sign, mucosal disease and a worse prognosis. A subepidermal split gives tense blisters, a negative Nikolsky sign and a better outcome."⏱ 22 min read

3"Infective Dermatoses""Two questions organise skin infection. How deep is it, because depth is a ladder from trivial to lethal and decides urgency. And where is the active edge, because an advancing scaly border with central clearing means fungus, and it is the edge you scrape."⏱ 22 min read

4"Papulosquamous Disorders""Papulosquamous means raised and scaly, and the scale is the clue. Thick silvery scale from a hyperproliferating epidermis means psoriasis; a fine white lacy network over a violaceous flat-topped papule means lichen planus. Read the scale, then the distribution, then the surface."⏱ 22 min read

5"Sexually Transmitted Infections""Two questions answer almost every genital lesion. Is the ulcer painful, and is it single or multiple? Painless, single and indurated is syphilis; painful, multiple and ragged is chancroid. Everything else in this chapter follows from treating one infection as a marker for the others."⏱ 22 min read

Topic-wise weightage in NEET PG

Expected question counts from previous-year paper analyses. Topics with an arrow already have a full chapter.

Topic	NEET PG Q	Priority
Hansen's disease	1	Very high
Sexually transmitted infections	1	Very high
Infective dermatoses	1	High
Papulosquamous disorders	1	High
Immunobullous disorders	0–1	Medium