We tend to think of COVID-19 as a respiratory illness. But, like many viruses, COVID can also affect your skin and cause ...

An exanthem is any eruptive skin rash that may be associated with fever ... exanthems are most often related to infection and, of these, viral infections are the most common.

A rash related to a viral infection is sometimes called a viral exanthem, Dr. Jeffery Gehlhausen, Ph.D., assistant professor of dermatology at the Yale School of Medicine, tells TODAY.com.

We usually think of COVID-19 as a viral illness that causes respiratory symptoms, like congestion, sore throat and a cough. But, like a surprising amount of other viruses, the coronavirus can also ...