Potential Dermatological Conditions Resulting from a Prolonged Stay at Home during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review

A new coronavirus emerged in 2019 in Wuhan, China named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome type 2 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Later, this virus spread worldwide, causing a disease called coronavirus disease (COVID-19). To control the outbreak, many countries announced mandatory quarantine; thus, people...

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Published inActa dermatovenerologica Croatica Vol. 29; no. 3; p. 135
Main Authors Conde Hurtado, Diana Isabel, Vergara Rueda, Jessica Inés, Bermudez Florez, Jorge Luis, Cadena Infante, Silvia Carolina, Rodriguez Morales, Alfonso Javier
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Croatia 01.12.2021
Subjects
COVID-19
Humans
Pandemics
Public Health
Quarantine
SARS-CoV-2
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Summary:A new coronavirus emerged in 2019 in Wuhan, China named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome type 2 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Later, this virus spread worldwide, causing a disease called coronavirus disease (COVID-19). To control the outbreak, many countries announced mandatory quarantine; thus, people changed their lifestyles and started engaging in most activities from home. This review explains how some dermatological pathologies may be precipitated by prolonged stays at home, considering that quarantine was a widely used public health measure during 2020. Most of these dermatoses had to be seen, diagnosed, and treated through tele-dermatology, a remote health care system that took force during the COVID-19 pandemic because of its ease and efficiency in connecting health care professionals and their patients; therefore, reducing the risk of contagion and costs associated to medical care. This review of the principal dermatologic conditions during confinement could allow for a better preparation of health professionals.
ISSN:1847-6538