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By Adam Cohen and Dr. Eliza Chakravarty Special to The Oklahoman Adam’s Journal My toenails are usually pretty chewed up from running. (Yes, I know gross.) But I recently heard about a new condition that sounds like it takes a similar, disfiguring toll: COVID-19 nails. What’s the story, and are gnarly nails another signal you may have had the virus? Dr. Chakravarty Prescribes Many illnesses and infections can cause surprising changes to your nails. Researchers are collecting data on dermatological side effects of COVID-19, including reports of a nail deformation known as “Beau’s lines.” These harmless lines are deep grooves that span the width of the nail. They occur when there is an interruption in normal nail growth. Various conditions that cause stress to the body can cause such a disruption, including an illness with high fever, heart attack, injury to a nail, surgery, chemotherapy, and even severe emotional trauma. ....
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Adam Cohen and Dr. Eliza Chakravarty Special to The Oklahoman Adam’s Journal I participated in the clinical trials of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, so it’s now been more than nine months since I received my second shot. Will I need a booster shot? If so, when, and should it be another dose of the Pfizer vaccine I received last summer? Dr. Chakravarty Prescribes For months, scientists have speculated whether a third dose of Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines might be necessary. The concern is that immunity may fade, or variants of the virus may render the vaccines less effective. ....
Although roughly half of the U.S. population has received at least one COVID-19 shot, new cases are still averaging more than 50,000 daily nationwide. It’s a ....
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