{"title":"Skin manifestations associated with COVID-19","authors":"Aleksandra Tatka, R. Pawliczak","doi":"10.5114/pja.2022.119226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/pja.2022.119226","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic, announced by the World Health Organization in March 2020, remains the subject of research and analysis by scientists working in various branches of medicine. Coronavirus-associated disease is most commonly associated with characteristic pulmonary symptoms. Cutaneous manifestations in the course of SARS-CoV-2 as extrapulmonary manifestations of the disease represent a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Diverse clinical aspects of dermatological manifestations hinder correct differentiation and diagnosis. The prevalence of skin lesions associated with COVID-19 is estimated to be over 6% of affected patients. Several clinical patterns strongly associated with COVID-19 have been described, such as pseudo-ulcerative, maculopapular, urticarial, vesicular, and vascular lesions. Cutaneous dermatitis may coexist with mucocutaneous manifestations involving the oral cavity and ocular surface. Cutaneous manifes tations of COVID-19 are classified in the literature according to their clinical features, possible mechanisms of pathogenesis, and prevalence. The pathogenetic mechanism, diagnostic criteria, prognostic significance of these lesions are still being discussed. This review summarizes the current knowledge about the cutaneous manifestations associated with COVID-19. The period of symptom occurrence, severity, need for specific treatment, and prognosis depends on the clinical presentation. Physicians with knowledge of the cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 can quickly differentiate and then make an accurate diagnosis and implement appropriate treatment.","PeriodicalId":7469,"journal":{"name":"Alergologia Polska - Polish Journal of Allergology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70480986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ocular complications of atopic dermatitis in children and adolescents","authors":"Murat Özer, M. Aksoy, M. Şimşek","doi":"10.5114/pja.2022.116288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/pja.2022.116288","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a prevalent inflammatory skin disease, often starts in childhood and tends to flare up periodically. Patients with AD may be at higher risk of several ocular complications. Aim: To evaluate the relationship of frequency, type, and severity of ophthalmic complications in children and adolescents with AD. Material and methods: This study included 64 patients between ages 0 and 18 who were diagnosed with AD between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. Hanifin and Rajka criteria were used for diagnosis of AD, and the SCORAD score was used to assess severity. Data were statistically analyzed using IBM SPSS 22. Results: A total of 64 patients diagnosed with AD with a mean age of 40.4 (4–198) months were included in the study. Periocular AD findings were detected in 12 (21%) cases and ocular findings in 15 (23%) cases. AD lesions were observed in the facial region of 35 patients. The mean age of the patients was 99.6 (52–192) months in the group with ocular findings and 22.2 (4–198) months in the group without ocular findings; there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups ( p < 0.001). While ophthalmic involvement correlated with periocular involvement ( r = 0.585, p < 0.001) and facial involvement ( r = 0.281, p = 0.024), there was no correlation between SCORAD and ocular involvement ( r pb = 0.129, p = 0.31). Conclusions: It was observed that the risk of eye involvement was increased in girls, older children, and in cases with facial and periorbital involvement. This study demonstrated that severe ophthalmic complications are rare in children with mild AD, but the risk of ocular involvement increases with age and in those with facial and periocular involvement.","PeriodicalId":7469,"journal":{"name":"Alergologia Polska - Polish Journal of Allergology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70480459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Usefulness of DAO biomarker in difficult allergy. Consideration based on own typical cases","authors":"K. Buczyłko","doi":"10.5114/pja.2022.122003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/pja.2022.122003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7469,"journal":{"name":"Alergologia Polska - Polish Journal of Allergology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70480681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diagnostics of peanut allergy – part II","authors":"Julia Gawryjołek, A. Krogulska","doi":"10.5114/pja.2022.119229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/pja.2022.119229","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7469,"journal":{"name":"Alergologia Polska - Polish Journal of Allergology","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70481104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Saltuk Buğra Kaya, Mehmet Erdem Çakmak, E. Damadoğlu, G. Karakaya, A. Fuat Kalyoncu
{"title":"Autonomic nervous system dysfunction and the effect\u0000of vitamin D level in vasomotor rhinitis patients","authors":"Saltuk Buğra Kaya, Mehmet Erdem Çakmak, E. Damadoğlu, G. Karakaya, A. Fuat Kalyoncu","doi":"10.5114/pja.2022.122007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5114/pja.2022.122007","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Considering the role of the autonomic nervous system in thermoregulation, studies showing that it plays an important role in the pathophysiology of vasomotor rhinitis triggered by temperature change have been known for a long time. Aim: The present study was to evaluate patients with vasomotor rhinitis who have no organic causes for symptoms of thermodysregulation such","PeriodicalId":7469,"journal":{"name":"Alergologia Polska - Polish Journal of Allergology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70481433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}