A new analysis shows that "long-hauler" Covid-19 patients may experience prolonged skin symptoms, with one patient reporting having "Covid toes" for nearly six months.
While most dermatological symptoms lasted an average of 12 days, some patients reported longer durations.
"In particular, we saw that with chilblains, also known as Covid toes, where they've been having skin symptoms for more than 60 days.".
Two patients had much longer times: One patient had Covid toes for over 130 days, and another had them for more than 150 days.
Different symptoms may indicate the severity of Covid-19 infections: Freeman said that only about 16 percent of patients with Covid toes were hospitalized, while 100 percent of patients with a condition known as retiform purpura (a rapidly spreading red or purple rash, displayed in a netlike pattern) were hospitalized.
The analysis, which will be discussed at the 29th European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress, may have implications for understanding other prolonged symptoms in COVID-19 long-haulers, Freeman said
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