'COVID Toes': Could skin conditions offer coronavirus clues?

https://news.yahoo.com/covid-toes-could-skin-conditions-offer-coronavirus-clues-172700745.html

LAURA ROMERO, SOO RIN KIM and DR. MARK ABDELMALEK
,ABC News•April 20, 2020

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Italian doctors published a series of cases signaling a trend about the skin in late March. In that study, one in five patients had a skin issue, most commonly a red rash or a hive-like eruption.

Dubbed “COVID toes” by the dermatology community, frostbite-like areas of typically red or purple discoloration can appear on the feet can also be seen on the fingers as well,

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Symptoms more commonly associated with coronavirus include fevers, upper respiratory problems like coughing, and fatigue. But more unusual symptoms have been seen in some cases, such as a lost of taste, kidney issues and blood clotting. Experts suggested the blood clotting could be related to the skin issues.

Besides “COVID toes," Rosenbach says dermatologists should be paying attention to a particular skin pattern called livedo reticularis, seen in some hospitalized COVID-19 patients. This appears as a purplish net-like discoloration of the skin and it is often a result of blood clotting abnormalities.

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