COVID-19 in a Depressed Patient with Generalized Urticaria

Reza Bidaki; Fatemeh Zarnegar; Fatemeh Saghafi

doi:10.18502/aptj.v2i1.10650

Reza Bidaki Research Center of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Fatemeh Zarnegar Student Research Committee, Faculty of Pharmacy, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Fatemeh Saghafi Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/aptj.v2i1.10650

Keywords: COVID-19, Depression, Psychiatric Disorder Urticaria

Abstract

Health concerns, changes in lifestyle, job losses, economic hardships, and the death of family members during the Covid-19 pandemic have led to depressive disorders. Here, a 39-year-old man referred to a psychiatric clinic with the complication of depressed mood, which was exacerbated by stress, anxiety, restlessness, and insomnia. In addition, he was referred to a cardiologist and dermatologist because of uncontrolled tachycardia and urticaria. After detailed examination, the final diagnosis was COVID-19, along with anxiety disorder and dermatological diseases.

Since the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can cause stress and psychological problems, it can disrupt the patient's healing process if ignored. On the other hand, there seems to be a strong association between psychiatric illnesses with COVID-19 and urticaria that can be investigated.