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Oral manifestations in COVID-19 patients: An observational study

BACKGROUND: Viral diseases continue to emerge as a threat to mankind and are a serious concern to public health. The latest lethal SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease, which propagated quickly across the globe. Similar to other influenza-like viral infections, symptoms such as feve...

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Autores principales: Muthyam, Alka Kumari, Reddy, M. Padma, Kulkarni, Suhas, Srilatha, Adepu, Sahithi, Kommuri, Satyanarayana, Dantala
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9051711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35495817
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1264_21
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author Muthyam, Alka Kumari
Reddy, M. Padma
Kulkarni, Suhas
Srilatha, Adepu
Sahithi, Kommuri
Satyanarayana, Dantala
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Kulkarni, Suhas
Srilatha, Adepu
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description BACKGROUND: Viral diseases continue to emerge as a threat to mankind and are a serious concern to public health. The latest lethal SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease, which propagated quickly across the globe. Similar to other influenza-like viral infections, symptoms such as fever, dry cough, myalgia, arthralgia, headache, diarrhea, dyspnea, and fatigue were reported among COVID-19 patients. Evidence suggests that the oral cavity is affected by this virus either directly or indirectly. AIM: The aim of this observational study was to determine the oral manifestations among COVID-19 patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was carried out among COVID-19 recovered patients. A sample of 100 subjects, diagnosed as mild and moderate cases of COVID-19 disease were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. RESULTS: The study comprised an almost equal number of male (51%) and female (49%) participants and among them, 48% belong to the health professional group. A total of 54% of subjects were aged above 35 years and 46% below 35 years. Oral manifestations among study subjects during and after the disease illness included xerostomia being the commonest symptom (44%), followed by swallowing difficulty (16%), mouth ulcerations (10%), chewing problem (7%), gum bleeding (6%), and burning sensation (4%). CONCLUSION: Xerostomia, frequent aphthous ulcers, swallowing difficulty, and burning mouth were the most frequently encountered symptoms in study subjects during the disease and post recovery. Early identification of oral symptoms in COVID-19 recovered or suspected cases can help a dentist or a general physician to diagnose high-risk groups, mitigate transmission, and promote overall health.
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spelling pubmed-90517112022-04-30 Oral manifestations in COVID-19 patients: An observational study Muthyam, Alka Kumari Reddy, M. Padma Kulkarni, Suhas Srilatha, Adepu Sahithi, Kommuri Satyanarayana, Dantala J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: Viral diseases continue to emerge as a threat to mankind and are a serious concern to public health. The latest lethal SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease, which propagated quickly across the globe. Similar to other influenza-like viral infections, symptoms such as fever, dry cough, myalgia, arthralgia, headache, diarrhea, dyspnea, and fatigue were reported among COVID-19 patients. Evidence suggests that the oral cavity is affected by this virus either directly or indirectly. AIM: The aim of this observational study was to determine the oral manifestations among COVID-19 patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was carried out among COVID-19 recovered patients. A sample of 100 subjects, diagnosed as mild and moderate cases of COVID-19 disease were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. RESULTS: The study comprised an almost equal number of male (51%) and female (49%) participants and among them, 48% belong to the health professional group. A total of 54% of subjects were aged above 35 years and 46% below 35 years. Oral manifestations among study subjects during and after the disease illness included xerostomia being the commonest symptom (44%), followed by swallowing difficulty (16%), mouth ulcerations (10%), chewing problem (7%), gum bleeding (6%), and burning sensation (4%). CONCLUSION: Xerostomia, frequent aphthous ulcers, swallowing difficulty, and burning mouth were the most frequently encountered symptoms in study subjects during the disease and post recovery. Early identification of oral symptoms in COVID-19 recovered or suspected cases can help a dentist or a general physician to diagnose high-risk groups, mitigate transmission, and promote overall health. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-03 2022-03-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9051711/ /pubmed/35495817 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1264_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Reddy, M. Padma
Kulkarni, Suhas
Srilatha, Adepu
Sahithi, Kommuri
Satyanarayana, Dantala
Oral manifestations in COVID-19 patients: An observational study
title Oral manifestations in COVID-19 patients: An observational study
title_full Oral manifestations in COVID-19 patients: An observational study
title_fullStr Oral manifestations in COVID-19 patients: An observational study
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title_short Oral manifestations in COVID-19 patients: An observational study
title_sort oral manifestations in covid-19 patients: an observational study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9051711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35495817
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1264_21
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