Dubai Health Authority confirmed that people with moderate to severe asthma may be more susceptible to infection with Coronavirus (Covid-19), as the virus can affect the respiratory system (nose, throat, lungs), cause an asthma attack, and may lead to inflammation Pulmonary.
The head of the Department of Health Promotion and Education at the Dubai Health Authority, Dr. Hind Al-Awadi, stated that an asthma patient can protect himself and keep asthma under control by “following his asthma treatment plan and continuing to take medications, without stopping any medications or changing a plan Treatment without speaking to the attending physician, especially the prescribed cortisone for the patient, because some believe that it will affect his immunity. ”
And she continued: «The asthma patient should make sure that there is sufficient stock of his medications, and talk to the doctor about the possibility of providing them for the home, as well as make sure to know the correct way to use the medicines».
Al-Awadi stressed the need to avoid asthma triggers, by entrusting another person with the process of cleaning and sterilizing the house, and staying completely away during the cleaning process, and ensuring the presence of good ventilation in the room, in addition to allocating a special place to use medicines and a spray device away from others.
She emphasized the necessity of avoiding asthma patients from anxiety and stress, as it could lead to an asthma attack, and she identified steps to help cope with stress and anxiety, represented in «the necessity of staying at home as much as possible, applying all preventive and precautionary measures, and fully awakening to asthma symptoms, and in the case of Feeling of worsening symptoms, you should contact the specialist doctor as soon as possible, and it is best to reduce visits to the hospital as much as possible to keep asthma under control.