Urticaria and COVID-19

Authors

  • La Forgia La Forgia Private Practice, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Ana Clara Torre Staff Medical Doctor, Dermatology Department, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Lucrecia Infante Private Practice, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Adriana Escandar Saravia Staff Medical Doctor, Dermatology Service, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, University of Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Alicia Cannavó Dermatology Service, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, University of Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Andrea Song Private Practice, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47196/da.v28i1.2248

Keywords:

urticaria, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2

Abstract

Urticaria is a disease characterized by the development of erythematous and evanescent hives, angioedema or both, which affects between 0.3% and 20% of the population worldwide. As many other diseases, the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and management of urticaria have undergone changes in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and deserve consideration towards vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 implementation. The objective of this paper is to compile the available information reported to date on the relationship between this inflammatory pathology and this viral disease.

Author Biographies

La Forgia La Forgia, Private Practice, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Medical Doctor Specialist in Dermatology and Allergy and Immunology

Ana Clara Torre, Staff Medical Doctor, Dermatology Department, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Medical Doctor Specialist in Dermatology

Lucrecia Infante, Private Practice, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Medical Doctor Specialist in Dermatology and Allergy and Immunology. Director of Althea Piel Medical Center. Private Practice, Salta, Province of Salta, Argentina

Adriana Escandar Saravia, Staff Medical Doctor, Dermatology Service, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, University of Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Private Practice, Salta, Salta Province, Argentina. Director of Althea Piel Medical Center

Alicia Cannavó, Dermatology Service, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, University of Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Medical Doctor Specialist in Dermatology

Andrea Song, Private Practice, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Medical Doctor Specialist in Dermatology

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Published

2022-03-10