{"id":12547,"date":"2020-04-20T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=12547"},"modified":"2020-05-20T19:03:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T23:03:23","slug":"dermatologists-highlight-skin-rash-as-potential-covid-19-symptom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/dermatologists-highlight-skin-rash-as-potential-covid-19-symptom\/","title":{"rendered":"Dermatologists Highlight Skin Rash as Potential COVID-19 Symptom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The American Academy of Dermatology has started a registry to collect evidence and case reports from doctors following\u00a0increasing evidence that COVID-19<\/a>, the disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, causes skin rashes and symptoms.<\/p>\n

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, experts have learned that the virus causes more than respiratory symptoms for patients. Along with telltale signs such as a fever, cough and shortness or breath and severe difficulty breathing in serious cases, research suggests COVID-19 can lead to a wide range of other symptoms. These symptoms may include digestive issues<\/a>, pink eye<\/a>, sudden loss of smell or taste<\/a>, and in rarer cases, heart and neurological issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In March, some doctors started to notice skin-related symptoms in people who were diagnosed with COVID-19. A small early study based in Italy found that 20% of the 88 patients studied<\/a> developed a skin symptom. About half of the participants developed the rash at the beginning of their illness while the other half didn\u2019t develop a rash until later. A case report about a patient in Thailand highlighted that a patient was misdiagnosed<\/a> based on a skin rash that turned out to be COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Skin symptoms doctors around the world<\/a> have observed in COVID-19 patients include:<\/p>\n