Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland.
Department of Dermatology, University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Dermatol Ther. 2020 Sep;33(5):e13477. doi: 10.1111/dth.13477. Epub 2020 May 27.
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.
新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是一种传染病，由严重急性呼吸系统综合症（SARS）-CoV-2 引起，于 2019 年 12 月爆发。仅 4 个月，该病毒就传播到了世界上几乎每个国家，截至 2020 年 4 月 18 日，该病毒已感染了超过 200 万人。瘙痒是皮肤科最常见的症状之一，也是全身性疾病的常见症状。瘙痒与病毒疾病的关联已被广泛记录；然而，在新的 SARS-CoV-2 感染患者中瘙痒的实际发生率尚不清楚。在本文中，我们回顾了关于受影响人群瘙痒的现有文献。此外，我们还分析了与 COVID-19 大流行相关的瘙痒的不同方面，这些方面与病毒感染并无直接关系。其中包括化学品、洗手液的使用、个人防护设备的普遍使用以及社会心理压力。
