“Pernio, a condition where you get red or purple tender bumps on the fingers or toes, also known as chilblains, is usually a reaction to cold temperatures.
“In COVID-19, I prefer to call it “pernio-like rather pernio, since we don’t yet know if it’s truly the same process.”
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Dr Freeman added that some of the other skin findings in the registry include morbilliform eruption, a non-specific viral rash that’s a common skin sign of many viruses and drug reactions; urticaria, also known as hives; and vesicular eruptions, which Dr Freeman describes as “chickenpox-like” blisters on the skin.
Source: Daily Express
