Alwadany Muhannd M, Alotaibi Manar A, Almousa Abdulelah S, Alawdah Ahmed M, AlDera Norah M, Alqahtan Ghadeer M, Al Ajeel Heba Y
College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Alhofuf, SAU.
Department of Dermatology, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, SAU.
Cureus. 2023 Jun 1;15(6):e39846. doi: 10.7759/cureus.39846. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), caused by a novel coronavirus (CoV), was reported at the end of 2019 and caused a severe public health concern. It caused high mortalities by respiratory failure among infected people and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. This virus caused infections through air or direct contact which documented a huge number of fatalities.
This study aims to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on skin eczema of the general public in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia.
This is a descriptive, cross-sectional, survey-based study, that was conducted via an online survey distributed to the general population of Riyadh for the period between January and February 2023. Data was collected through a questionnaire which was distributed through the social media websites.
A total of 697 participants were involved in this study. Around one-fifth of the study participants (19.5%) reported that they suffer from some form of allergy and have family history of allergy (21.8%). Eczema was the most common type of allergy among the study participants accounting for 32.4%. A total of 116 participants (16.6%) reported that they have personal history of hand eczema or other skin disease on the hands. Cleaning and sterilization materials were reported as the most common cause of dryness and irritation of eczema (62.1%). Around 41.0% of the participants reported that they noticed a worsening of their symptoms after the pandemic, of which dryness was the most commonly reported sign noticed getting worse by 68.1% of the participants. The vast majority of the participants (89.7%) reported that new skin symptoms emerged on their hands after the beginning of the pandemic, of which dryness was reported by all the participants.
A considerable proportion of participants, particularly those with a history of hand eczema, experienced dermatological difficulties, including skin damage, due to the usage of COVID-19 preventive strategies. Thus, we recommend increasing the use of innovative infection prevention approaches and skin protection measures, such as regular hand hydration and maybe the use of less toxic skin disinfectants.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）或严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2），由一种新型冠状病毒（CoV）引起，于2019年底被报告，并引发了严重的公共卫生问题。它在感染者中导致因呼吸衰竭而出现高死亡率，并于2020年3月被世界卫生组织（WHO）宣布为大流行病。这种病毒通过空气或直接接触传播感染，造成了大量死亡。
本研究旨在探讨COVID-19大流行对沙特阿拉伯利雅得地区普通民众皮肤湿疹的影响。
这是一项基于在线调查的描述性横断面研究，于2023年1月至2月期间通过向利雅得的普通人群发放在线调查问卷进行。数据通过在社交媒体网站上分发的问卷收集。
共有697名参与者参与了本研究。约五分之一的研究参与者（19.5%）报告称他们患有某种形式的过敏且有过敏家族史（21.8%）。湿疹是研究参与者中最常见的过敏类型，占32.4%。共有116名参与者（16.6%）报告称他们有手部湿疹或手部其他皮肤病的个人病史。清洁和消毒材料被报告为湿疹干燥和刺激的最常见原因（62.1%）。约41.0%的参与者报告称他们在大流行后注意到症状恶化，其中干燥是最常被报告的症状恶化表现，68.1%的参与者都有此情况。绝大多数参与者（89.7%）报告称在大流行开始后他们手上出现了新的皮肤症状，其中所有参与者都报告有干燥情况。
相当一部分参与者，特别是那些有手部湿疹病史的人，由于采用COVID-19预防策略而经历了包括皮肤损伤在内的皮肤病问题。因此，我们建议增加使用创新的感染预防方法和皮肤保护措施，如定期手部保湿，或许还可以使用毒性较小的皮肤消毒剂。
