Beau lines associated with COVID-19

Saud Alobaida; Joseph M. Lam

doi:10.1503/cmaj.201619

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RE: Beau lines associated with Covid
Edna S Williams [MA]

Posted on: 01 January 2021
RE: I experienced this exactly
Dylan A

Posted on: 16 December 2020
RE: Beau Lines associated with Covid-19
David E Culham [BaSc Mechanical Engineering]

Posted on: 12 September 2020

Posted on: (1 January 2021)

RE: Beau lines associated with Covid
Edna S Williams [MA], Book Editor, Private individual
I also have beau lines on the nais of both big toes, measurong 11.5 mm today. In the week of 22-29 June I suffered a severe reaction to multiple horsefly bites and by the the 26th could not complete a 5 mile hike due to extrme breathlessness. I put it down to side effects of antihistamine medication but now wonder whether it might have been Covid. I had diarrhea on the 29th but only for one night. I diid not get tested at the time.
Competing Interests: None declared.
References
Saud Alobaida, Joseph M. Lam. Beau lines associated with COVID-19. CMAJ 2020;192:E1040-E1040.
Posted on: (16 December 2020)

RE: I experienced this exactly
Dylan A, Environmental Specialist, No affiliation
I was covid positive a few months back. I had two days of night sweats, fever, severe body aches in my neck, back, and fatigue. Maybe a month ago I noticed these lines in each of my big toes. I definitely never had them before and the distance they sit now correlates to the time I had covid.
Competing Interests: None declared.
References
Saud Alobaida, Joseph M. Lam. Beau lines associated with COVID-19. CMAJ 2020;192:E1040-E1040.
Posted on: (12 September 2020)

RE: Beau Lines associated with Covid-19
David E Culham [BaSc Mechanical Engineering], Professional Engineer (retired), Mississauga, ON
I noticed a Beau line running across my left thumb nail during the first week of August 2020. I could not remember injuring my thumb in the preceding weeks so didn’t think too much about it at the time. On Aug 26, 2020, I went for a Covid-19 test because I needed a negative Covid-19 test to visit my mother-in-law in a Long Term Care home. My test came back positive and I was surprised because I had never experienced any symptoms. Because I had no symptoms, I had a second test on Aug 29, 2020 and it too was also positive. Later I wondered if there could be a correlation to Covid-19 but I couldn’t find any references on a Google search. I did take 3 pictures of it on Sept 2, 2020. I have just recently completed 14 days of self isolation with no symptoms. In addition, my wife and all of the personal contacts I had from before Aug 1, 2020 and up to the time that I had the positive test result, have all tested negative.
Competing Interests: None declared.
References
Saud Alobaida, Joseph M. Lam. Beau lines associated with COVID-19. CMAJ 2020;192:E1040-E1040.