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    1 month ago

    People don’t get it. The inflammatory process can do these sort of thing to any organ or system, or parts of them.

    People got a thing called COVID Toe. This is where you and every person already has some fungus that live on their feet and which gets into the skin and toenails. Maybe you have a little yellowing of the toenails or you’re just “prone to athletes foot.”

    Then you get COVID and suddenly your immune system is working overtime. The fungus starts to multiple faster. You toes start to get itchy and red. They swell. Then they start to crack and ooze, possibly requiring surgical debridement or in the most severe cases, such as where the patient already had diabetes affecting their peripheral nerves, amputation of the foot to prevent necrosis and sepsis.

    • @XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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      01 month ago

      Interesting. I had an increase in fungal presence, but I figured it was excessive boot usage due to starting motorcycle riding 5 months after my first covid infection. It clear near winter for the most part but I wonder if I just hadn’t noticed the initial spread.