{"id":51441,"date":"2021-11-25T22:09:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T03:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=51441"},"modified":"2021-11-25T22:10:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T03:10:10","slug":"are-covid-toes-and-rashes-common-symptoms-of-the-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/11\/are-covid-toes-and-rashes-common-symptoms-of-the-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Are COVID Toes and Rashes Common Symptoms of the Coronavirus?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why are we hearing so much about them these days?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since this pandemic started, you\u2019ve probably seen or heard some things that made you scrunch up your face. It\u2019s completely understandable. We haven\u2019t experienced anything like this before. There\u2019s been a lot of fear, frustration and uncertainty floating around \u2014 and unfortunately, misinformation is always not too far behind.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/covidToes-CC-docImageD1-770x533-1-650x428-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"51442\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/covidToes-CC-docImageD1-770x533-1-650x428-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?attachment_id=51442\" class=\"wp-image-51442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/covidToes-CC-docImageD1-770x533-1-650x428-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/covidToes-CC-docImageD1-770x533-1-650x428-1-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/skynews-covid-toes-coronavirus_5154002-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"51443\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/skynews-covid-toes-coronavirus_5154002.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?attachment_id=51443\" class=\"wp-image-51443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/skynews-covid-toes-coronavirus_5154002-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/skynews-covid-toes-coronavirus_5154002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/skynews-covid-toes-coronavirus_5154002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/skynews-covid-toes-coronavirus_5154002-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/skynews-covid-toes-coronavirus_5154002.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center. Advertising on our site helps support our mission. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/health.clevelandclinic.org\/advertising\">Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One topic that everyone seems to want clarification on right now is symptoms of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/21214-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coronavirus (COVID-19)<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019re most likely aware of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/health.clevelandclinic.org\/is-it-covid-19-a-cold-or-seasonal-allergies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">common symptoms<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Fever or chills.<\/li><li>Cough.<\/li><li>Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing.<\/li><li>Muscle or body aches.<\/li><li>New loss of taste or smell.<\/li><li>Sore throat.<\/li><li>Congestion or runny nose.<\/li><li>Nausea or vomiting.<\/li><li>Diarrhea.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Should we be worried about COVID toes or rashes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what about the rashes or even those dreaded COVID toes? Should we be panicking about these outliers? Pulmonologist&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/staff\/18275-humberto-choi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Humberto Choi, MD<\/a>&nbsp;says while they are attention-grabbing and unusual, some of these symptoms haven\u2019t been popping up regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important for everyone to know that the most common symptoms for COVID-19 are really respiratory symptoms and symptoms that are similar to those of the flu. For example, a dry cough, heavy fever and feeling tired,\u201d says Dr. Choi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While COVID toes and rashes have been associated with the coronavirus more than other viral infections, Dr. Choi explains that these symptoms haven\u2019t been widespread so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese symptoms seem to be more common in COVID-19 compared with all other viral infections,\u201d says Dr. Choi. \u201cBut at this time, they haven\u2019t affected a majority of people. So, the symptoms that people should be looking for are really a fever, cough and muscle aches that you can get when you have a viral infection. Those are the most common symptoms \u2014 and those are the things that people should be keeping on their radar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So why are we hearing so much about COVID toes and rashes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newer symptoms that have been emerging just go to show how people can react to infections in different ways. Some of these symptoms actually aren\u2019t new in the realm of viral infections. Dr. Choi says it\u2019s actually quite common for people to get rashes when they\u2019re battling this type of infection, especially viral respiratory ones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not uncommon for someone to have a viral infection and have a rash or blotchy areas on their body. This can happen with other viral respiratory infections like measles. And sometimes, antibiotics might cause skin rashes,\u201d says Dr. Choi. But at this time, there is no specific rash pattern that\u2019s associated with COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COVID toes can be caused by viral infections<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Choi says, like rashes, COVID toes are just another way that the body can respond to a viral infection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a different form of manifestation and it is still not very clear what causes it. One pattern of COVID toes that people are reporting is red lesions typically on the soles. It\u2019s possible that this is a skin reaction or caused by a small clog or micro clots in the blood vessels found in the toes,\u201d Dr. Choi says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s seen this before though with ICU patients with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/12361-sepsis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sepsis<\/a>&nbsp;or people on life support. These clogs in the vessels can lead to discoloration in the toes, which is why COVID toes look the way they do. However, at this time, the medical community hasn\u2019t found an exact correlation between COVID toes and how mild or severe the virus is within the body.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you notice a rash or COVID toes in addition to common symptoms of COVID-19, contact your healthcare provider<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Choi again emphasizes that COVID toes, like rashes, are still pretty uncommon right at this point in time. When it comes to monitoring symptoms, the common ones mentioned earlier would occur before anything else. Should you notice a rash or COVID toes in addition to the common symptoms of the coronavirus, it\u2019s best to contact your healthcare provider sooner than later.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDuring the pandemic, when someone has a specific symptom and they\u2019re wondering whether that could be from COVID-19, my best advice would be to get tested,\u201d says Dr. Choi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why are we hearing so much about them these days? Since this pandemic started, you\u2019ve probably seen or heard some things that made you scrunch up your face. 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