Some coronavirus patients develop rashes, skin-reddening, and lesions that may be signs of underlying blood clots

posted by mike kraft on Fri, 2020-08-07 14:31

A new paper describes four coronavirus patients with severe disease who experienced skin discoloration and lesions and accompanying blood clots.
Other studies and anecdotes suggest the virus commonly affects the skin and may be linked to blood clots.
The findings add to a growing list of complications of the coronavirus, which seems to be able to affect any organ.
Patients with severe coronavirus may experience rashes and lesions indicative of underlying blood clots, a new report suggests.

In the paper, published in JAMA Dermatology Wednesday, researchers described four New York City patients who were intubated with severe coronavirus and had skin complications.

All experienced "acral fixed livedo racemosa," or discolored, sometimes broken skin on the extremities, and "retiform purpura," or uneven skin lesions caused when red blood cells leak into the skin, according to the researchers from from NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical College.

The two complications are "hallmark manifestations" of skin blood clots, they wrote....