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One of the symptoms of COVID-19, the so-called “Covid fingers”, it changes radically. The inflammation of the fingers and toes may last much longer than doctors estimated at the start of the pandemic.
- “Covid fingers” are dermatological changes in the form of reddish-purple spots on the fingers and toes, with blisters and ulcerations
- Skin lesions appeared most often in children and adolescents, were mild and lasted about two. Sometimes they were even the only symptom of the disease
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Cutaneous symptoms of COVID-19
Fever, dry cough and fatigue are the most common symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection. Some people attacked by the virus also develop other symptoms of COVID-19: sore muscles, throat, headache, loss of sense of smell and taste, and diarrhea or nausea.
Skin problems have joined this list, and scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital have conducted studies on 19 patients that show how one of the symptoms of COVID-XNUMX, the so-called covid fingers.
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Dermatological changes in covid patients in the first wave of the pandemic were analyzed by a group of Spanish dermatologists who noticed that out of 375 examined, half had maculopapular changes. One-fifth of the respondents had pseudo-frostbite changes. Urticarial changes were reported in the same number of patients.
Dermatological symptoms in the form of red-purple spots on the fingers and toes, with blisters and ulcerations, were called “covid fingers”.
Initially, they appeared most often in children and adolescents, and lasted about two weeks. They were usually associated with a mild course of the infection. Sometimes they were even the only symptom of the disease.
Skin lesions are a long-term symptom of COVID-19
However, according to American scientists, this is changing, because persistent skin problems similar to frostbite may persist long after infection.
Such a thesis was put forward by Dr. Esther E. Freeman, director of Global Health Dermatology.
It was possible thanks to examining a thousand patients with coronavirus, because in May, the dermatologist noted that her clinic was visited by crowds of patients with symptoms resembling frostbite: – I had to take extra hours to consult such patients. People are very concerned about this – said the doctor.
Dr. Freeman’s latest results showed that the redness and swelling of the feet and hands lasted longer than 60 days. In one patient, such persistent inflammation lasted for 150 days.
Our findings revealed a subset of patients with long-term skin symptoms caused by COVID-19, especially on the toes. These data have broadened our understanding of the virus’s long-term effects on various organs, said the author of the study. And she encourages doctors to “pay special attention to patients’ dermatological problems”.
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