Gia jacobi first noticed her toes acting strange a week into her Covid-19 diagnosis.

“I looked down and it started getting red and inflamed. And when you press on the toe, it kind of turns white” she said.

This redness and inflammation Gia was experiencing turned out to be a condition called Covid Toe, a condition of the skin that affects all ages after experiencing Covid 19. While most cases of Covid toe are mild and only last the duration of normal Covid symptoms, Covid toe can last for months in serious cases.

“I did go to the emergency room just to have it looked at, and he was the one who suggested it might be Covid toe, but he didn’t prescribe any medication at all for it,” Gia said.

Patients with long lasting symptoms of Covid-19, or Long Haulers, as they are often called, make up almost 10% of all covid infections and have symptoms for more than three months. While most Long Haulers experience symptoms similar to their symptoms when they first contracted the virus (i.e. chest pain, coughing, fatigue, etc), Others face more odd symptoms such as insomnia, hair loss, or in Gia’s case: Covid toe.

Marissa Hubbard also found her Covid-19 symptoms to be long lasting. Her sense of taste and smell was gone within the first week of her diagnosis, which is common with up to 86% of Covid-19 cases globally. Marissa’s sense of taste and smell hasn’t returned since she was diagnosed with Covid-19 in December.

“So now I’m almost to five months without my taste or smell,” she said.

Marissa has experimented with ways to get her taste and smell back, such as trying a Tiktok trend that uses a charred orange to revive the senses. This and other herbal remedies did not help her, she said.

“If I get further down the line and there’s anything that I can do, I would be willing to try it,” Marissa said.

As of now there are no cures for many of the long term symptoms that come with Covid 19. This means that for Gia and Marissa, their toes and tongues may have to wait it out until a solution is found.

While Long Haulers still have no official cure, there is new speculation going around that the Covid-19 vaccines can partially or fully treat long term symptoms. These findings are coming straight from long term symptom sufferers, with cases like Gia and Marissa, that have experienced major relief.

However, Gia and Marissa have both received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and in a follow up, did not feel any change after receiving the dose.

Until this is verified, Long Haulers will continue to deal with their symptoms.

If you or anyone you know is experiencing Covid-19 symptoms, please get tested and quarantine. Always seek advice from a medical professional before trying remedies, and continue to monitor your symptoms with a doctor.