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COVID toes in stay‐at‐home adolescents: An epiphenomenon?

Authors :
Kluckow, Eliza
Krieser, David MZ
Slaa, Marjolein
Source :
Emergency Medicine Australasia. Dec2020, Vol. 32 Issue 6, p1088-1090. 3p.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

The article informs that Coronavirus was first reported in Wuhan in December 2019 and was subsequently declared a global pandemic. The most prominent clinical features of COVID-19 are pyrexia, respiratory tract infection, gastrointestinal symptoms, myalgia and fatigue. It mentions that a new cutaneous phenomenon has been observed globally in children and adolescents; lesions similar in appearance to chilblains, characterized by erythematous, swollen, pruritic and/or painful digits.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
17426731
Volume :
32
Issue :
6
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Emergency Medicine Australasia
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
147066938
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13630