Dermatological manifestations associated with Covid - 19 in children: A literature review

Abstract

Introduction. SARS-CoV-2 (SC2) is the causal agent of COVID-19 (C-19), this disease has become one of the biggest problems, generating a global health crisis, with a lower range of prevalence at the pediatric level. On the other hand, skin manifestations have become a common feature of C-19 positive infants. However, even when at the pediatric level there is a representative population of positive cases for C-19 associated with skin lesions, studies worldwide in this social group have been extremely limited. Goal. To determine the dermatological manifestations associated with C-19 in children: A Bibliographic Review. Methodology. The research was directed in a non-experimental way, under a qualitative and quantitative approach, using information from secondary sources, only published Scientific Articles of medical origin, belonging to the databases: PUBMed, Scielo, Intramed and Sciencedirect, were selected. managed to form a group of ten articles which were identified as suitable for the development of the investigation. Results. It was possible to describe the most relevant details according to the criteria of different authors, who consider that dermatological manifestations have achieved a high existence and prevalence in children, the most representative being chilblain-type lesions, erythema, and acute acral eruptions. Conclusion. Through the literature review carried out, it has been possible to confirm that C-19 maintains a high prevalence in the pediatric population, although the vast majority of the presence of the disease is asymptomatic, being one of the main manifestations, to identify the disease, lesions of skin origin, the same that can occur both in the early stages of infection, as in the last, and can even be present as a reaction to the medications given to the patient.