Asthma in COVID-19: Mitigating or exacerbating? An interesting case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Bronchial asthma is an age-old disease whereas COVID-19 is an officially declared pandemic on March 11, 2020 by WHO. Since both are primarily a disease of the respiratory system, researchers across the globe tried to explore the potential relationship between them; to date, there is no convincing data. Here, we tried to present a case to explore potential relationships between these two, if present.

Case presentation

A 30-year-old male patient with well-controlled cough variant asthma was diagnosed with a case of covid-19 infection 12 months back. All other sign symptoms subsided except dry cough. The patient is treated with an inhaled bronchodilator, oral and inhaled steroid, Tab montelukast as well as other conservative management like hot water vapor, lozenge

SUBMITTER: Al Amin ASM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9091074 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature