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A Cross-Sectional Study on Post-Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Hair Loss at a Tertiary Care Hospital
INTRODUCTION: Severe acute respiratory virus syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was responsible for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. As patients recovered from COVID-19 infection, hair loss was increasingly observed as a distressing symptom. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study of pati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10656157/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37992388 http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1304a263 |
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author | Wadhwa, Dhaarna Monga, Avneet Kumar, Neha Khullar, Geeti Karmakar, Sanchita Khunger, Niti |
author_facet | Wadhwa, Dhaarna Monga, Avneet Kumar, Neha Khullar, Geeti Karmakar, Sanchita Khunger, Niti |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Severe acute respiratory virus syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was responsible for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. As patients recovered from COVID-19 infection, hair loss was increasingly observed as a distressing symptom. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study of patients with post COVID-19 hair loss between July to December 2021 at a tertiary care center. Detailed history, clinical examination, trichoscopy and biochemical tests were performed and recorded. COVID-19 disease severity was assessed based on duration of COVID-19 infection and place of management. RESULTS: The study included 120 patients with a mean age of 39.6 years. The majority of the patients were females treated at home and had COVID-19 infection for >2 weeks. The mean visual analog scale (VAS) score for stress was 5.25. Vitamin D deficiency was present in 56.7% and low ferritin in 30% of cases. The mean time of onset of hair loss post COVID-19 was 49 days. Patients mainly presented with diffuse hair loss. Trichodynia was present in 15.8% of cases. The degree of hair loss was severe in 55.8% of the subjects. Positive hair pull test was seen in 65% of patients. Most common trichoscopic features included single hair follicles (81.7%) and vellus hair >10% (60%). CONCLUSIONS: The mean time of onset of hair loss post COVID-19 infection was less than 2 months. Majority patients had diffuse pattern and severe degree of hair loss. Trichoscopy can aid in unmasking co-existing patterned hair loss in patients presenting clinically with diffuse hair loss. |
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spelling | pubmed-106561572023-10-01 A Cross-Sectional Study on Post-Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Hair Loss at a Tertiary Care Hospital Wadhwa, Dhaarna Monga, Avneet Kumar, Neha Khullar, Geeti Karmakar, Sanchita Khunger, Niti Dermatol Pract Concept Original Article INTRODUCTION: Severe acute respiratory virus syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was responsible for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. As patients recovered from COVID-19 infection, hair loss was increasingly observed as a distressing symptom. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study of patients with post COVID-19 hair loss between July to December 2021 at a tertiary care center. Detailed history, clinical examination, trichoscopy and biochemical tests were performed and recorded. COVID-19 disease severity was assessed based on duration of COVID-19 infection and place of management. RESULTS: The study included 120 patients with a mean age of 39.6 years. The majority of the patients were females treated at home and had COVID-19 infection for >2 weeks. The mean visual analog scale (VAS) score for stress was 5.25. Vitamin D deficiency was present in 56.7% and low ferritin in 30% of cases. The mean time of onset of hair loss post COVID-19 was 49 days. Patients mainly presented with diffuse hair loss. Trichodynia was present in 15.8% of cases. The degree of hair loss was severe in 55.8% of the subjects. Positive hair pull test was seen in 65% of patients. Most common trichoscopic features included single hair follicles (81.7%) and vellus hair >10% (60%). CONCLUSIONS: The mean time of onset of hair loss post COVID-19 infection was less than 2 months. Majority patients had diffuse pattern and severe degree of hair loss. Trichoscopy can aid in unmasking co-existing patterned hair loss in patients presenting clinically with diffuse hair loss. Mattioli 1885 2023-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10656157/ /pubmed/37992388 http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1304a263 Text en ©2023 Wadhwa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (BY-NC-4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/, which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Wadhwa, Dhaarna Monga, Avneet Kumar, Neha Khullar, Geeti Karmakar, Sanchita Khunger, Niti A Cross-Sectional Study on Post-Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Hair Loss at a Tertiary Care Hospital |
title | A Cross-Sectional Study on Post-Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Hair Loss at a Tertiary Care Hospital |
title_full | A Cross-Sectional Study on Post-Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Hair Loss at a Tertiary Care Hospital |
title_fullStr | A Cross-Sectional Study on Post-Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Hair Loss at a Tertiary Care Hospital |
title_full_unstemmed | A Cross-Sectional Study on Post-Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Hair Loss at a Tertiary Care Hospital |
title_short | A Cross-Sectional Study on Post-Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Hair Loss at a Tertiary Care Hospital |
title_sort | cross-sectional study on post-coronavirus disease (covid-19) hair loss at a tertiary care hospital |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10656157/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37992388 http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1304a263 |
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