COVID-Toe - The Silent Symptom: Raising Awareness among Health Care Professionals and Community (original) (raw)
2022, Current Molecular Medicine
During the current global pandemic, it is known that SARS-CoV-2 viral infections show different disease patterns and marked variability in host immune responses during the progression of the disease called COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). It is a typical respiratory syndrome (SARS) that emerged in China [1]. COVID-19 can cause a wide range of signs and symptoms, with clinical manifestations changing from patient to patient. Earlier in the pandemic, scientists considered only older patients [2, 3] to be vulnerable to COVID-19, but this has now become a myth. With the passage of time all ages have been shown to be susceptible to COVID-19 with varying degrees. Additionally, it has become an increasingly daunting task to recognize the clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 viral infections in asymptomatic patients. Over the course of time, SARS-CoV-2 infections have been found to hijack the human body from head to toe and have baffled many in the health care community. Therefore, we hope to increase awareness in the health care community of an unusual symptom termed 'COVID toe'. Secondly, we would also like to alert practitioners to be vigilant and diligent during the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infections, as non-serious 'COVID toe' could develop into life-threatening COVID-19. We propose that in addition to physical distancing, it is now imperative to detect viral infections in the early stages of the disease to prevent further infection in the community and develop more serious symptoms [4].
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