'COVID toe' a result of body's misplaced effort to contain coronavirus: study

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Those with the disease may not exhibit its typical symptoms so connection to virus may be overlooked

Patients with this side effect may not have the typical COVID symptoms such as cough, fever and loss or change in smell or taste. COVID-related skin problems can appear in people with long COVID and in people who have no other symptoms, so the connection to the virus may be missed.

However, “COVID toe” is being seen less often now that many people are vaccinated or have some immunity from a previous bout of the virus, but it also appears to present less frequently with the Delta variant.Article content Researchers in France found through a small April 2020 observational study based on blood and skin tests of 50 people at Saint-Louis Hospital in Paris that COVID toe results from two parts of the body’s immune system switching into attack mode to fight off the virus,One is an antiviral protein called Type 1 interferon, and the other is a type of antibody that not only attacks the virus but the person’s own cells and tissues as well.

 

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If vaccines work so well they can be mandated, why do you have to wear a mask if you’ve been vaccinated? Have you seen any reports of deaths due to vaccines in any mainstream media? Not only are eyes blind, their heart are also blind! They have lost their conscience!

Been there - out of nowhere inflamed - tooth ache equiv - sharp pain - awakens you! Months of infection never b4 nail/foot issues! Healed itself nail deformity

Covid toe? What next?

I had this about a month after covid. Toes were inflamed , red and swollen. Then they turned purple.

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