HEALTH
Coronavirus
NAILS CHANGE
Emerging data suggest that the sequelae of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and the disease it causes, covid-19, could vary in presentation and extend beyond the typical post viral recovery period. A new study from the University of Bologna has looked at nails and small number of patients have noticed that their nails appear discoloured and slightly deformed weeks after the disease has passed. The first symptom to appear is a convex red crescent-shaped mark on the whitest part of the nails, most of patients have noticed it in less than two weeks after being diagnosed.
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they have only lasted between one and four weeks before disappearing.
The position at the birth of the nail, is exclusive to the coronavirus and therefore could function as an indication of the disease. Although this symptom has been detected in several people, it is not common. The cause of this crescent is unclear and have appeared even in asymptomatic patients.
In the more severe cases, patients have seen small negative bumps appear on their nails, approximately four weeks after the disease. They are called Beau's lines and they are not exclusive to COVID-19.
Is is assumed this arises when the blood vessels get damaged by the virus, or that they are small blood clots as a result of the response of our immune system against the disease. In all cases
The number of patients who have presented these symptoms is relatively small and a clear connection between the symptoms and the coronavirus has yet to be found.
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