A new sign of Covid19 infection may pop up on toes in the form of red, sore and sometimes itchy swellings, experts say
"Covid toes" are red, sore and sometimes itchy swellings on toes that look like chilblains, something doctors normally see on the feet and hands of people who’ve spent a long time outdoors in the cold.
Boston dermatologist Esther Freeman expected to see skin complaints as the pandemic unfolded, various kinds of rashes occur when people get very ill from other viruses. Don’t race to the emergency room if toes are the only worry, said the American Academy of Dermatology. But as this bewildering virus continues to spread, less common symptoms are being reported including loss of smell, vomiting and diarrhoea, and increasingly, a variety of skin problems.
Pictures of reddened toes and rashes all over social media and doctor chat groups have “already enabled the rapid recognition of skin signs by dermatologists. It is now time for rigorous science” to understand the link, Dr Kanade Shinkai of the University of California, San Francisco wrote in a recent JAMA Dermatology editorial.
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