The National Syndicate of Dermatologists-Venereologists (SNDV) has discovered a series of skin lesions potentially characteristic of covid patients.
New fact: skin lesions could appear in the event of covid-19 infection, alert the National Syndicate of Dermatologists-Venereologists (SNDV) in a press release. “A WhatsApp group of more than 400 dermatologists (liberal and hospital-university), organized by the SNDV, highlighted skin lesions, whether or not associated with signs of Covid”, explains the SNDV. Outbreaks of hives, frostbite and redness could therefore appear in the event of contamination.
Redness, swelling and pain
“We have discovered a rather particular phenomenon in certain patients who present with acrosyndromes, that is to say an aspect of frostbite at the level of the extremities, these are redness at the level of the fingers, swelling, temporary pain which correspond to this that you can feel in winter sports when it’s cold and in fact, this sign often goes quite unnoticed”explains Luc Sulimovic, president of the National Syndicate of Dermatologists.
The SNDV also mentions “the sudden appearance of persistent redness, sometimes painful, and transient urticaria lesions”. Dermatologists wish to alert the population and healthcare personnel in order to take these lesions into account when screening for covid-19. “VSThe patients (are) potentially contagious (without necessarily showing signs of breathing difficulties)”they point out.
A connection with bleeding disorders?
Since the start of the epidemic, this virus has never ceased to surprise us. While we associate it with a persistent cough, fever, intense fatigue and difficulty breathing, we now know that dizziness, body aches, and loss of smell and taste are also symptoms. As well, it would seem, as potentially painful skin lesions.
“Two Chinese and Taiwanese articles report urticaria and acro-ischemia. And in Italy, another paper, speaks of generalized eruptions and urticaria”, reports Professor Beylot-Barry to the Doctor’s Daily. According to Professor Jean-Michel Constantin, head of the intensive care unit at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital (AP-HP), questioned by our colleagues, the link between these frostbites and the condition of the patients is “consistent with the coagulation disorders encountered in Covid.”
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