. In addition to a fever or cough, some people might develop “COVID nails,” which can appear as deep lines on your fingernails. But those signs aren't always related to COVID-19—and not everyone who has the infection will develop them.
“Do your nails look odd? COVID nails are increasingly being recognized as the nails recover after infection and the growth recovers leaving a clear line. Can occur without skin rashes and appears harmless,” Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London, wroteearlier this month. The tweet drew a lot of new attention to COVID nails, but simply having what looks like COVID nails isn’t necessarily a cause for concern.
COVID nails appear to actually be a manifestation of a condition called Beau’s lines, which can appear after illnesses that cause fever. There have been a few case studies highlighting Beau’s lines after COVID-19 infections, including
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