Category: Skin-Dermatology

Common skin signs of COVID-19 in adults: An update

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Samantha Polly, MD and Anthony P. Fernandez, MD, PhD Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2022, 89 (3) 161-167; DOI:, https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21126 ABSTRACT Cutaneous findings can be clues to diagnosis and infection severity in viral illnesses, including COVID-19. The authors provide an update on the diagnostic and prognostic value of the 5 most common cutaneous abnormalities associated with COVID-19 in adult patients: morbilliform rash, urticaria, vesicles, pseudo-chilblains, […]

Three years on, COVID-19 and the skin: long-term impacts, emerging trends and clinical practice 

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Esther E Freeman, Ignacio Garcia-Doval, Luigi Naldi, Roderick J Hay British Journal of Dermatology, Volume 189, Issue 1, July 2023, Pages 1–, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljad131 In early 2020 there were reports of a new and potentially fatal viral infection affecting large numbers of people in Wuhan, China. Over the following 3 months it had spread throughout most of the world, with all countries […]

DERMATOLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS OF COVID-19 CAN BECOME “LONG-HAULER” SYMPTOMS

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Originally published on The Lancet Infectious Disease KEY FINDINGS Study Methods In April 2020, working with the International League of Dermatological Societies and the American Academy of Dermatology, the researchers established an international registry for health care providers to report COVID-19 dermatologic signs and symptoms. Overall Duration of Signs/Symptoms Between April 8 and October 8, 2020, clinicians from 41 […]

Long covid: Hair loss and sexual dysfunction are among wider symptoms, study finds

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BMJ 2022; 378 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o1887 (Published 27 July 2022): BMJ 2022;378:o188, Jacqui Wise People experiencing long covid have reported a wider set of symptoms than previously thought, including hair loss and sexual dysfunction. Electronic health records of 2.4 million people in the UK from January 2020 to April 2021 were analysed for a study published in Nature Medicine.1 The cohort included 486 149 people with […]

Skin Manifestations Associated with COVID-19: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives

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Giovanni Genovese,a,b Chiara Moltrasio,a,c Emilio Berti,a,b and Angelo Valerio Marzanoa, Dermatology. 2020 Nov 24 : 1–12.Published online 2020 Nov 24. doi: 10.1159/000512932 PMCID: PMC780199 PMID: 33232965 Abstract Background Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is an ongoing global pandemic caused by the “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2” (SARS-CoV-2), which was isolated for the first time in Wuhan (China) in December 2019. Common symptoms include fever, cough, […]

Maculopapular skin eruptions associated with Covid‐19: A systematic review

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Authors: Saad Shams,  Sawai Singh Rathore,  et. al. Dermatol Ther. 2021 Mar-Apr; 34(2)e14788. 202Feb2. doi: 10.1111/dth.14788PMCID: PMC7995033PMID: 33481314 Abstract In this systematic review, we anticipated in summarizing clinical features, histopathological hallmarks, and possible pathology behind the maculopapular skin eruptions occurring in Covid‐19 patients. A literature search was executed using MEDLINE/PubMed and Embase databases for articles published till 20 November 2020. […]

COVID-19 rash in adults: What to know

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Although COVID-19 is a respiratory disease, it can also cause rashes. What a COVID-19 rash looks like can vary, and it can occur anywhere on the skin and in the mouth. Other symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, fatigue, cough, and shortness of breath. However, not everyone experiences all of these. For some, a rash may be one of the […]

Long covid: Hair loss and sexual dysfunction are among wider symptoms, study finds

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BMJ 2022; 378 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/ bmj.o1887 27 July 2022: BMJ 2022;378:o1887, Jacqui Wise People experiencing long covid have reported a wider set of symptoms than previously thought, including hair loss and sexual dysfunction. Electronic health records of 2.4 million people in the UK from January 2020 to April 2021 were analysed for a study published in Nature Medicine.1 The cohort included 486 149 people with […]

Dermatology and COVID-19

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Kanade Shinkai, MD, PhD1,2; Anna L. Bruckner, MD, MSCS3,JAMA. 2020;324(12):1133-1134. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.15276 Even early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it was clear that dermatologists had an important role in the management of patients. Although initial case series rarely documented skin changes, possibly due to the inability to perform a complete skin examination, subsequent research has suggested significantly higher rates of […]

Skin Manifestations in COVID-19 Patients: Are They Indicators for Disease Severity? A Systematic Review

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Parnian Jamshidi, Bahareh Hajikhani, Mehdi Mirsaeidi, Hassan Vahidnezhad, Masoud Dadashi, Mohammad Javad Nasiri; Front. Med., 16 February 2021Sec. Infectious Diseases – Surveillance, Prevention and Treatment Volume 8 – 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.634208 Introduction: Until now, there are several reports on cutaneous manifestations in COVID-19 patients. However, the link between skin manifestations and the severity of the disease remains debatable. We […]