Research supports link between coronavirus and “Covid toes”

London, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) There is considerable controversy as to whether “Covid-toes” (reddish pain or lesions in the feet and hands of children and adolescents) are really caused by Covid-19. Currently, new research has provided evidence in support of the link.

“The findings confirm the causal relationship between SARS-CoV-2 and the Covid toes,” said Isabel Colmenero, principal investigator of Infantil Universitario Nino Jesus Hospital in Spain, in a paper published in the British Journal of Dermatology. I am.

In most cases, infected individuals were negative by conventional Covid-19 tests, including measurements of swabs and circulating antibodies, according to the researchers.

However, despite the negative results from traditional tests, researchers in this study found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 was present in skin biopsies of children with Covid-toe symptoms. I have found that

The analysis detected the virus in vascular endothelial cells and sweat glands in the skin. Electron microscopy on one biopsy also found evidence of viral particles within endothelial cells.

“Viral-induced endothelium damage may be the major mechanism that causes these lesions,” Colmenero said.

“In addition, vascular disorders can also explain some of the clinical features found in severe Covid-19 patients,” Colmenero added.

A pattern recently published in the journal JAMA Dermatology in children with redness and swelling during a pandemic, commonly referred to as Covid toes, may not be associated with the new coronavirus. It became clear.

According to Johns Hopkins University, as on Friday morning, Covid-19 had more than 10.8 million worldwide cases and more than 520,000 deaths. The United States has the highest number of infections and deaths in the world, with 2,739,230 and 128,743, respectively.

Source: IANS

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