The only new sign you have already had coronavirus
Open and say "Ah" to see if you suffer.
At the beginning of the pandemic, we learned that Covid-19 can have dermatological manifestations on the skin, including rashes and bizarre lesions and well as toes. However, according to new research, the symptoms of very infectious and potentially virus can also be found inside the mouth.
Skin rashes in the mucous membranes
A new Spanish research letter published on July 15 inDermatology Jamaclaims that some coronavirus patients know skin rashes on their mucous membranes inside their mouths.
The main researchers of Dr. Juan Jimenez-Cauhe, the Ramon Y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid, and his team examined 21 coronavirus patients diagnosed in early April with COVID-19 and associated skin rashes. Of them, six patients aged 40 to 69 (29%) had a enanthemal (oral cavity lesions) inside their mouths.
"An Enanthem is a rash [Small spots] on the mucous membranes," Dr. Michele Green, who practices at the Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, explained toIn good health. "It is very common in patients with viral infections such as chicken pox and sickness, foot and mouth. It is characteristic of many viral skin rashes to affect the mucous membranes."
Skin rashes have appeared over a wide range of time - anywhere between two days before the symptoms at 24 days after - with an average of 12 days in the appearance of symptoms.
The researchers also noted that the enatmes did not seem to be the side effect of any drug, but the disease seemed instead caused them directly.
What is the frequency of this symptom of Covid-19? The researchers point out that it is difficult to determine. They write that "because of security concerns, many patients presented or confirmed COVID-19 do not have their oral cavity examined."
"The skin is a window"
In case you are curious, why coronavirus can lead to rashes,Caroline Nelson, MD, a dermatologist of Yale medicine,explained previouslyToEat this, not that! Health"The skin is often a window in a person's health and can show signs of Covid-19 infection" in a variety of different manifestations. These may include small bulbs, morbillriforms ("" of measles type ") (many, often symmetrical, red pink bumps that can be merged) and hives (red red red on the skin). Purple skin lesions Reported in patients with COVID-19 in the range of itching to painful bumps on the hands and feet ("toes of covidation") to angle zones of cutaneous injury of the lack of blood flow.
"It is important to note that these skin panels are not specific, which means that they can be associated with other infections, systemic disorders and drug reactions. It is important to consult a doctor from your doctor", Did she explain.
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