‘COVID toes’: Mystery skin rash could be symptom of coronavirus

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‘COVID toes’: Mystery skin rash could be symptom of coronavirus
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A mysterious skin condition dubbed “COVID toes” could be a new symptom to the deadly coronavirus, particularly teenagers and children.

But there are emerging questions over whether strange chickenpox-style rashes, hives, broken blood vessels, and even what’s being called “COVID toes” could provide a clue that some people are infected, particularly teenagers and children.Doctors first started noticing rashes on COVID patients in Italy. Viral rashes can, of course, occur when anyone has a virus.

Some of these rashes, known as viral exanthema, are common and can often pop up when you’re sick with a range of illnesses. But when dermatologists in Lombardy, Italy investigated the rate of skin-related symptoms in COVID-19 patients, they discovered one in five coronavirus patients had developed a rash at the onset of the virus or after they were hospitalised.COVID TOES! As more patients throughout the country are getting tested for COVID-19 and more research is being conducted, more symptoms are starting to emerge, including signs and skin changes to your feet...

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