COVID-19 Skin Effects Can Precede or Follow the Infection

1/6/2023|Updated: 1/6/2023

The common symptoms of COVID-19 are familiar to most people—many having experienced them more than once—and can include fever, cough, runny nose, loss of taste or smell, fatigue, and other flulike affections.

Less commonly known are the skin changes that may occur both before and after the infection sets in. According to Massachusetts General Hospital, skin symptoms may be the only or first sign that someone has contracted COVID-19.

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Martha Rosenberg

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Martha Rosenberg is a nationally recognized reporter and author whose work has been cited by the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Public Library of Science Biology, and National Geographic. Rosenberg’s FDA expose, "Born with a Junk Food Deficiency," established her as a prominent investigative journalist. She has lectured widely at universities throughout the United States and resides in Chicago.