Purple, swollen toes that look as if they've been frostbitten may be the latest indication of a coronavirus infection, doctors say.
Dubbed "COVID toes" by the dermatology community, this symptom could indicate that you should get tested for COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. Others have included anosmia, or a loss of smell, and conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, which the American Academy of Ophthalmology recently suggested could be a sign of a coronavirus infection.
The American Academy of Dermatology launched a registry last week to track the dermatological effects that COVID-19 patients may be experiencing and had received over 200 submissions from healthcare providers as of Wednesday afternoon.
Dr. Esther Freeman, a dermatologist and epidemiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a faculty member at Harvard's medical school, is managing the registry in collaboration with the AAD. So far, Freeman told Business Insider, about half of the cases in the registry noted these lesions in the hands or feet that resemble frostbite...
'''COVID toes''': The latest unusual symptom in coronavirus patients - Business Insider