# Are there any symptoms of illness NOT associated with COVID? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [January 27, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-symptoms-of-illness-not-associated-with-covid/958528 "2022-01-27T20:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-symptoms-of-illness-not-associated-with-covid/958528/1 "2022-01-27T20:47:04Z")
We’ve known for a while that this virus is pretty creative in the many bodily systems it can affect and the different ways it can present. Last night my left wrist broke out in hives, and more out of curiosity than concern I Googled “COVID rash” and it turns out that this, too, could be the mark of the beastly 'rona. (I’m sure in my case it’s not, but still.) So it got me thinking: is nothing sacred? Is there any sign or symptom of disease not yet associated with this one? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-symptoms-of-illness-not-associated-with-covid/958528/2 "2022-01-28T00:28:22Z")
Certain signs and symptoms are still pathognomonic for certain diseases, and aren’t covid. Pathognomonic is defined as a sign or symptom that is so characteristic of a disease that it can be used to make a diagnosis. Koplik spots in the mouth are pathognomonic for measles. Kayser–Fleischer ring means Wilson’s disease. Pseudomembrane on tonsils, pharynx and nasal cavity means dipftheria. There are others. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-symptoms-of-illness-not-associated-with-covid/958528/3 "2022-01-28T00:32:17Z")
I’m feeling much relieved, thank you! Oh Godott, maybe it’s ~~cancer~~ Alzheimer’s! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-symptoms-of-illness-not-associated-with-covid/958528/4 "2022-01-28T00:50:23Z")
Bull’s eye rash ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-symptoms-of-illness-not-associated-with-covid/958528/5 "2022-01-28T16:41:42Z")
The front fell off ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-symptoms-of-illness-not-associated-with-covid/958528/6 "2022-02-04T22:10:45Z")
The good thing is that if you get a rash on the palms and soles of your feet, it’s far more likely to be secondary syphilis than Covid-19.\* > [@Esprise\_Me](#): > > I Googled “COVID rash”? Aaargh, don’t do that. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Vn_ZkI7-IZ4/maxresdefault.jpg "Henrik Widegren - Never Google Your Symptoms") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn_ZkI7-IZ4) \*it could be lots of other things as well, but most of them are pretty unpleasant too. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-symptoms-of-illness-not-associated-with-covid/958528/7 "2022-02-05T08:06:56Z")
The primary symptoms that I’ve read about for tetanus, I have not seen mentioned in connection to Covid. (It ain’t pretty.) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-symptoms-of-illness-not-associated-with-covid/958528/8 "2022-02-05T14:59:41Z")
I suspect that what’s going on here is just that so many people have had covid, that there are bound to be some who also have a gash, a rash, or purple bumps. Someone comes in to the hospital with covid, and happens to have a rash, the doctor’s going to write that down, even if the rash is actually from an allergy to detergent or something. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-symptoms-of-illness-not-associated-with-covid/958528/9 "2022-02-06T03:29:29Z")
The Venn diagram for hemorrhagic fever has some pretty big divergences as well.