The Skin Of Two Chinese Doctors Darkens Due To Coronavirus
Chinese doctors Yi Fan and Hu Weifeng woke up from their coma, generating controversy regarding the question of whether the skin darkens due to coronavirus. After having suffered very serious forms of the disease, these health professionals from Wuhan, the city where the COVID-19 outbreak that is today a pandemic began, changed their complexions.
The news quickly went viral, as it was the government-dependent Chinese television channel that released the images. The same shows how the darkened skin of these doctors appeared after suffering from coronavirus.
So far there were no records of this new symptom, neither in seriously ill patients nor in the general population. Even the dermatotropism of SARS-CoV-2, that is, its affinity for skin cells, was almost ruled out.
The doctors in question were diagnosed with the pathology on January 18 of this year, and after its worsening, they needed to be admitted to intensive care. Yi Fan needed 39 days of life support to survive, while Hu Weifeng completed almost 100 days of hospitalization.
The dermatological symptoms of coronavirus
Officially, in the diagnostic protocols of COVID-19, the suspicion is established with the three basic symptoms: fever, cough and decay. Sometimes testing can be done in people with an epidemiological link who have loss of smell as the only sign.
Symptoms on the skin do not refer to the disease. Certain medical statements rejected the existence of a skin infection from the coronavirus.
However, the skin that darkens due to coronavirus that occurred in China once again brought up a statement from an Italian doctor who described skin symptoms in 20% of the patients he treated. Among them, he reported that there was an erythematous rash, urticaria and vesicles.
Based on the Italian report, in some places it was considered necessary to improve barrier protections to ensure that there is no direct transmission. Although transmission of COVID-19 is by respiratory droplets, there could be a skin reaction that is triggered by skin-to-skin contact.
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