Authors: AS English<\/a> Update: 22 July 2020 15:28 EDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lesions inside the mouth may be an indicator that a person has contracted the coronavirus<\/strong>, according to a study carried out in Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Researchers at the Ram\u00f3n y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid say their findings show that around a third of Covid-19 sufferers found to have a skin rash also turn out to have rash-like oral-cavity lesions, known as enanthems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Of 21 patients with Covid-19 and skin rash, 6 patients (29%) had enanthem<\/strong>,” researchers said in a paper published in the medical journal JAMA Dermatology<\/a> last Thursday. \u201cThe age range of these patients was between 40 and 69 years, and 4 of the 6 (66%) were women<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n “This work describes preliminary observations<\/strong> and is limited by the small number of cases and the absence of a control group,\u201d they cautioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the World Health Organization<\/a> (WHO), the most common symptoms of the coronavirus are a fever, a dry cough and tiredness<\/strong>, while the virus\u2019 less common indicators include “a rash on skin, or discolouration of fingers or toes”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week, however, a study carried out at King\u2019s College London<\/a> in the UK called for rashes – known as exanthems when they occur on the outside of the body – to be included as the fourth key symptom of Covid-19<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The research, which is yet to be peer-reviewed, found that 21% of people who had a skin rash and were suffering from Covid-19 reported that this was their only symptom<\/strong> of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In its findings in JAMA Dermatology, meanwhile, the team at the Ram\u00f3n y Cajal University Hospital noted that a recent study on patients in Italy had also underlined the apparently regular occurrence of rashes among Covid-19 patients<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the Madrid study points out that establishing for certain that a skin rash has been brought about by the coronavirus – rather than another cause – is not straightforward<\/strong>. With this in mind, it says, the process of identifying a clear link could be helped by finding out whether or not a patient also has enanthems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Whether these manifestations [skin rashes] are directly related to Covid-19 remains unclear, since both viral infections and adverse drug reactions are frequent causes of exanthems<\/strong>,” the Spanish researchers explain. “An important clue to distinguish between both entities is the presence of enanthem<\/strong> [\u2026].”<\/p>\n\n\n\n They also note, though, that an obstacle towards this is that the insides of mouths are often not checked by medical staff<\/strong>: \u201cOwing to safety concerns, many patients with suspected or confirmed Covid-19 do not have their oral cavity examined.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the time of writing, the coronavirus pandemic had led to 14,974,446 cases and 617,254 deaths worldwide<\/strong>. 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