Chilblains ("COVID-toes") due to staying at home

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Early on dubbed "COVID-toes" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/heal ... d-toe.html but later found to be not directly linked to COVID infection: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7239780/ and found to be basically the result of staying at home, barefoot or in socks in cold climates. Search interest https://trends.google.com/trends/explor ... chilblains seems to confirm this - picking up again in cold weather months, mostly in cold climates.

Really annoying for me, been wearing slippers and socks and such but still getting these. Had them in March when it was cold and lockdown first started, and they're coming back again as I'm in a cold northern hemisphere climate and it's winter.

Anybody else getting these?

[Ripples]

I live in a cold northern climate above the 45th parallel, but no chilblain problems. I do wear SmartWool socks and Birkenstock sandals while at home, but also leave my home to shop, snow blow my drive, and hike outdoors.

Perhaps you should try a thicker and warmer sock, such as SmartWool, to see if that solves the problem.

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I live in a cold northern climate above the 45th parallel, but no chilblain problems. I do wear SmartWool socks and Birkenstock sandals while at home, but also leave my home to shop, snow blow my drive, and hike outdoors.

Perhaps you should try a thicker and warmer sock, such as SmartWool, to see if that solves the problem.

I will give that a shot. I currently wear wool socks but they are some random Amazon brand

[MiddleAgeCRISIS]

I have had gout attacks from a combination of weight loss, dehydration and cold feet. Keep them tootsies toasty!

[Ripples]

I live in a cold northern climate above the 45th parallel, but no chilblain problems. I do wear SmartWool socks and Birkenstock sandals while at home, but also leave my home to shop, snow blow my drive, and hike outdoors.

Perhaps you should try a thicker and warmer sock, such as SmartWool, to see if that solves the problem.

I will give that a shot. I currently wear wool socks but they are some random Amazon brand

Check out Smartwool Mountaineering Extra Heavy Crew Socks. They're 74% Merino Wool, 25% Nylon, 1% Elastane. I have a couple of pair and they're super warm and very soft inside. Hopefully you can find a shop and physically examine them. If not, you can order them online at socksaddict dot com.

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My wife is one of those adamant no shoes ever in the house types. Plantar fasciitis is killing me. I need to get a pair of shoes that never leave the house. But they invariably end up just being my next newest pair of shoes and I'm back to square one.

[chicagoal]

My wife is one of those adamant no shoes ever in the house types. Plantar fasciitis is killing me. I need to get a pair of shoes that never leave the house. But they invariably end up just being my next newest pair of shoes and I'm back to square one.

For plantar fasciitis I found the Foot Wheel massager a near-miraculous cure. People also report good results from rolling hard balls under their feet or even cans of soup, but I thought the kinda sharp center wheel on the Foot Wheel really dug into the tissue and somehow 'fixed' it.

BTW I have had chilblains for several years, and got them the regular way: by over-heating my toes when they'd gotten very cold. I was working on a TV pilot, exterior shoot in the winter, wearing boots but still quite cold. When we broke for 'lunch' (probably on an all night shoot) I put little 'toe warmer' packets into the toe boxes of the boots. Next day toes were red and itchy. This comes back most winters whether I get them cold or not.

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Early on dubbed "COVID-toes" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/heal ... d-toe.html but later found to be not directly linked to COVID infection: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7239780/ and found to be basically the result of staying at home, barefoot or in socks in cold climates. Search interest https://trends.google.com/trends/explor ... chilblains seems to confirm this - picking up again in cold weather months, mostly in cold climates.

Really annoying for me, been wearing slippers and socks and such but still getting these. Had them in March when it was cold and lockdown first started, and they're coming back again as I'm in a cold northern hemisphere climate and it's winter.

Anybody else getting these?

I had massive edama last summer. My left foot and ankle swelled right up. I could poke a whole in my ankle and it would stay there for about a minute. I saw several specialist and had several negative covid tests.. All results were inconclusive so they went with gout which it wasn't as it wasn't that painful at all.. First guy thought it was inflammation from rowing second thought it was gout due to very high uric acid levels in blood. Very weird.. Went away on its own in the end.