A rash is a key symptom of Covid19.
8.8%- 20% of Covid19 patients have a skin rash, some without any other symptoms. Chicken-pox-like, typical rash on toes and fingers, hives, skin irritation, dryness, and dermatitis, thus touching something that makes it red and inflamed.
There are different types of rashes with Covid19, but characteristic.
Acral areas of erythema (pseudo-chilblain), Acral Ischemia — Itchy or painful acral ischemia that form on the toes of patients, this type of disorder is what’s been reported at “COVID toes.”
Urticarial lesions, Urticaria — a form of hives that’s been regularly reported and confirmed in COVID patients in the U.S., Canada, Finland, France, and Italy.
Maculopapular eruptions, Morbilliform — a diffuse maculopapular eruption on the skin that resembles Dengue.
Vesicular eruptions, Vesicular — A chicken-pox like rash that has been noted in patients in both Italy and the U.S.
Livedo, Livedo reticularis — Transient blanching or mottling of the skin, caused as a result of small blood clot located under the skin.
Petechial — Bleeding under the skin that causes petechial eruptions.”(UK News, 2020;Valley View Dermatology, 2020).
The hives would be an early sign of Covid19(UK News, 2020, p7), and testing that early could give negative tests (Kucirka,L, et al., 2020), Kawasaki’s disease in children is a symptom too (Hackett, 2020).
References
UK News (15th of July, 2020) Skin rash should be considered a key symptom of coronavirus, say, scientists. Shropshire star. Retrieved from https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2020/07/15/skin-rash-should-be-considered-key-symptom-of-coronavirus-say-scientists/.
Kucirka,L, et al. (10th of June, 2020) Variation in False-Negative Rate of Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction–Based SARS-CoV-2 Tests by Time Since Exposure. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2020; DOI: 10.7326/M20–1495
Health (9th of December, 2020) What’s that rash?: with pictures. Health. Retrieved from https://www.health.qld.gov.au/news-events/news/whats-that-rash-with-pictures-eczema-dermatitis-hives-heat-rash-rosacea.
Valley View Dermatology (11th of May, 2020)The Skin Conditions Caused by COVID. Salem dermatology. Retrieved from https://www.salemdermatology.com/the-skin-conditions-caused-by-covid/.
Hackett, K. (28th of April, 2020) COVID-19: nurses told to report cases of unusual inflammation in children. RCNI. https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/newsroom/news/covid-19-nurses-told-to-report-cases-of-unusual-inflammation-children-160521.
Van Onselen, J. (1st of October, 2020)Spotting the signs of Covid-19-related skin conditions. Nursing practice. Retrieved from https://www.nursinginpractice.com/clinical/dermatology/spotting-signs-covid-19-related-skin-conditions/
