COVID TOES

[jennyjane]

I have Covid-toe - this is a toe which is very tender, red/purple and black, very painful and I have had for approx 11 months. If one goes on a website regarding this problem it says that it normally lasts anything from a week to a few months and then goes away by itself, and there is no known treatment for this. I have tried various homeopathic remedies but have not found anything that works yet, although undoubtedly there will be one that will work if and when I find it. They say this is more common in children, but I am 74 years of age. I have had two lots of difference creams from the doctor neither of which worked. I have been to the local podiatrist at my hospital but found her totally unhelpful and she did not even know what it was! I am writing this in the hope that someone who has had this has found some relief and if so what they did to achieve this.

 

[lucylocket61]

How do you know it is covid toe? Have they checked the blood supply to your toe? It may be something else. Is it your whole toe?

 

[Resurgam]

I had two lots of antibiotics after swollen legs and feet, not after Covid but after my first jab. I was very worried about one toe in particular, which I think was bitten by a nasty insect we have here in Dorset, the Blandford Fly. I was feeling so ill I wasn't paying attention to very much at all at the time.
When things began to look bad after a few days beyond the last course of antibiotics I used my knowledge of plant based medicines - my father's mother's family were herbalists, midwives and nurses. I sent off for some ginkgo biloba tablets - it is an extract from the maidenhair tree, and a circulation booster. Much to my relief I saw improvement almost at once and in a few days the skin peeled off one toe, the black nail came off the one next to it, and it seemed that things were getting back to normal. So far - even after a second jab, no further problems.