Inflamed brains, toe rashes, strokes: Why COVID-19’s weirdest symptoms are only emerging now

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These symptoms sound scary, but they should be expected. Here’s what scientists know about the “new” effects of the coronavirus.

A coronavirus patient is transferred from a hospital that was full to capacity to another hospital by members of the medical staff of Klinicare in Brussels, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The new… Read More
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An infection can inflict serious damage inside your body in many different ways, and COVID-19 seems to use just about all of them. The coronavirus primarily attacks the lungs, which can cause pneumonia or even respiratory failure, and in one of every five patients, it also leads to multiple organ failure.

Yet, as the pandemic continues to ravage the world, case reports have emerged of more unusual damage ranging from hundreds of tiny blood clots to strokes in young people

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