Could Hair Loss be a Relevant Symptom Associated with Chikungunya?

Authors

  • Danúbia Sá-Caputo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil; Laboratório de Vibrações Mecânicas e Práticas Integrativas e Complementares, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Laisa Liane Paineiras-Domingos Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil; Laboratório de Vibrações Mecânicas e Práticas Integrativas e Complementares, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Eliane O. Guedes-Aguiar Laboratório de Vibrações Mecânicas e Práticas Integrativas e Complementares, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil; Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil
  • Rafaelle P. Carvalho-Lima Laboratório de Vibrações Mecânicas e Práticas Integrativas e Complementares, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil; Mestrado Profissional em Saúde, Medicina Laboratorial e Tecnologia Forense, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Severo de Paoli Laboratório de Vibrações Mecânicas e Práticas Integrativas e Complementares, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Danielle Soares Morel Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil; Laboratório de Vibrações Mecânicas e Práticas Integrativas e Complementares, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Igor Bastos Laboratório de Vibrações Mecânicas e Práticas Integrativas e Complementares, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Clailson H. A. Farias Laboratório de Vibrações Mecânicas e Práticas Integrativas e Complementares, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Cláudia F. Figueiredo Laboratório de Vibrações Mecânicas e Práticas Integrativas e Complementares, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Glenda Dias Laboratório de Vibrações Mecânicas e Práticas Integrativas e Complementares, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Eric H. F. Frederico Laboratório de Vibrações Mecânicas e Práticas Integrativas e Complementares, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil; Programa de Pós Graduação em Biociências, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
  • Mario Bernardo Filho Laboratório de Vibrações Mecânicas e Práticas Integrativas e Complementares, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17140/TCOJ-2-106

Keywords:

Chikungunya, Hair loss, Aedes mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus

Abstract

Chikungunya (CHIK) is a disease caused by a mosquito-borne alphavirus (the mosquitos Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus). The chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is present all over the world. Several clinical symptoms have been associated with CHIK including hair loss. The aim of this review is to present some symptoms related to CHIK, tissues and organs targeted by the CHIKV and to suggest how the infection can lead to hair loss. Searches were performed to verify the number of publications (NP) with the keywords “Chikungunya” and (i) “fever, or arthralgia, or rash, or myalgia, or fatigue, or depression, or insomnia, or pruritus, or patches, nausea, or vomiting, or headache, or erythema or hair loss” and (ii) some organs or tissues that are target to the arboviral alphaviruses associated with this disease. The total number of articles with the keyword “chikungunya” was 3176. Fever was the most cited symptoms and 50% of the publications were related to this symptom. Also, hair loss was found to be associated with CHIKV infection. Skin being the most cited organ, the total number of publications with “skin” under chikungunya summed up to only 2.77%. Although, fever is the most reported, arthralgia and rash have an important NP, and (ii) the main targets of CHIKV would be skin, kidneys and brain. A small NP is found with CHIK and hair loss. Hair loss may be idiopathic, and would be associated with a genetic predisposition, metabolic and hormonal abnormalities and aging. Also, as hair does not have a vital function in humans, it is possible to say that hair loss could not be considered in the clinical evaluation of the patient with CHIK. It is therefore possible to conclude that occurrence of hair loss is underestimated in CHIK.

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2017-02-27

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Danúbia Sá-Caputo, Laisa Liane Paineiras-Domingos, Eliane O. Guedes-Aguiar, Rafaelle P. Carvalho-Lima, Severo de Paoli, Danielle Soares Morel, … Mario Bernardo Filho. (2017). Could Hair Loss be a Relevant Symptom Associated with Chikungunya?. Trichology and Cosmetology , 2(1), 5–10. https://doi.org/10.17140/TCOJ-2-106

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