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Itch in the era of COVID‐19 pandemic: An unfolding scenario
- Source :
- Dermatologic Therapy
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2020.
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Abstract
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is an infectious disease, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)‐CoV‐2, that broke out in December 2019. In just 4 months it has spread to almost every country in the world and up to April 18, 2020, the virus has infected more than two million people. Itch is the most common symptom in dermatology and a frequent one of systemic diseases. The association of itch and viral diseases has been widely documented; however, the actual prevalence of itch in the patients suffering from new the SARS‐CoV‐2 infection is still unknown. In this paper, we present a review of the available literature on the topic of itch in the affected population. Moreover, we have also analyzed different aspects of itch associated with COVID‐19 pandemic, not directly related to the viral infection. Those included use of chemicals, hand sanitizers, common use of personal protective equipment and psychosocial stress.
- Subjects :
- Special Issue Articles
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Population
Dermatology
Viral infection
Virus
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
COVID‐19
Pandemic
Humans
Medicine
skin and connective tissue diseases
education
Personal Protective Equipment
education.field_of_study
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Pruritus
COVID-19
Special Issue Article
General Medicine
Infectious disease (medical specialty)
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Psychosocial stress
business
Stress, Psychological
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15298019 and 13960296
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Dermatologic Therapy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....476e80479227c7e5521da62f8f344251
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dth.13477