Primary incidence of dermatoses in the Selkups — one of the people of the Polar region (settled and nomadic population)

. The incidence of dermatoses of the peoples of the North is closely related to the way of life, traditional trades (reindeer husbandry, fishing, gathering wild plants), the impact of adverse climatic factors, as well as the influence of industrial enterprises on the fragile nature of the North. Along with the problem of anthropogenic and technogenic pollution of the environment in most regions of the North, there is also the problem of the widespread occurrence of various biogeochemical anomalies, among which the leading place belongs to natural iodine deficiency and the widespread occurrence of iodine deficiency diseases. A territorial feature that is seasonal in nature is allergic dermatitis caused by insect bites (mosquitoes, midges), as well as skin rashes associated with climatic and geographical factors (cold urticaria, simple contact irritable and photocontact dermatitis, etc.). The article gives a review of the dermatologic morbidity structure for one of small peoples of the North — the Selkups. Urgency of the problem of healthcare for indigenous and small peoples of the North was indicated, main climatic and geographical factors of the Selkup habitat were shown, which directly influence on the skin condition. In retrospect, according to medical documentation, the data of annual reports of the skin and venereologic dispensary in the city of Salekhard, the central district hospital of the Krasnoselkupsky district, the results of medical examinations and outpatient visits to a dermatovenerologist in the city of Noyabrsk and the village of Krasnoselkupsk for 3 years were analyzed. The object of the examination was patients — Selkups, divided into nomadic and sedentary groups. 

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