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COVID-19 Research Takes A Closer Look At Skin Symptoms
By: Anna Huntsman | WCPN
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WCPN) — Cleveland Clinic dermatologists recently published a study detailing several different skin symptoms possibly associated with the coronavirus. Doctors Sarah Young and Anthony Fernandez looked at emerging data from Europe of common skin manifestations of the virus, such as hives and rashes.
Fernandez says more research is needed to make a link between COVID-19 and these symptoms, but there’s quite a bit of evidence for what’s now being referred to as “COVID toes”, or small red bumps on fingers and toes.
He says this symptom seems to have occurred mostly in younger people. “If we can accumulate enough cases and enough of these different rashes that have been reported, we may be able to make sense concerning if any of them can be used as clues to diagnosis, or if seeing a certain type of rash may imply that that patient is much more likely to have a bad disease course and become intubated.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not currently recognize any skin conditions as symptoms for COVID-19