Investigation of predictive factors in the development of oral lesions in patients with covid-19.
Coronavirus Infections, Oral Manifestations, Hospital Care
The outbreak of a new SARSCoV-2 coronavirus (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2-Severe acute respiratory syndrome), of unknown origin, had spread in Wuhan province in China in late 2019. Since then, the virus has spread rapidly around the world, resulting in an extremely contagious and fatal viral respiratory disease called Covid-19 infection by the World Health Organization (WHO). The virus is believed to spread through close personal contact, where respiratory droplets from an infected symptomatic or asymptomatic person who coughs, sneezes or speaks can spread to others who do not have adequate physical or immune barriers. The main cause of mortality due to Covid-19 is the acute respiratory distress syndrome initiated by infection and activation of alveolar macrophages in the lungs. The main clinical manifestations of Covid-19 are fever, dry cough, dyspnoea and acute respiratory stress. However, many infected individuals may be asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. There have been reports of cases of patients infected with Covid-19 with oral manifestations. There are still many doubts about how the oral health of patients with Covid-19 can be affected by the infection and, if these oral manifestations, could be a typical pattern resulting from direct viral infection. This work is characterized by being a retrospective cohort study involving secondary data obtained from medical records of positive Covid-19 patients from a referral hospital over a period of 14 days and aims to evaluate and monitor the occurrence of oral and perioral lesions in patients with Covid-19, during the period of viral infection.