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Spurious Asthma Presentation during COVID-19
The use of face masks as a means for preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 is now a common practice world-wide. Three children presented to our specialty clinic with respiratory complaints during protective face mask wearing. They were diagnosed as asthma and referred to our specialist clinic for furt...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8774193/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35053630 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9010005 |
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author | Amirav, Israel Lavie, Moran |
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description | The use of face masks as a means for preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 is now a common practice world-wide. Three children presented to our specialty clinic with respiratory complaints during protective face mask wearing. They were diagnosed as asthma and referred to our specialist clinic for further evaluation after asthma treatments were ineffective. Full details and a video clip demonstrating the effects of wearing the mask is presented for the first patient. The detailed evaluation confirmed the diagnosis of hyperventilation. Conclusions: In the current era of the daily use of masks, pediatricians should be aware of potential anxiety and hyperventilation while the mask is being worn, causing symptoms that mimic common respiratory disorders, such as asthma. |
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spelling | pubmed-87741932022-01-21 Spurious Asthma Presentation during COVID-19 Amirav, Israel Lavie, Moran Children (Basel) Case Report The use of face masks as a means for preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 is now a common practice world-wide. Three children presented to our specialty clinic with respiratory complaints during protective face mask wearing. They were diagnosed as asthma and referred to our specialist clinic for further evaluation after asthma treatments were ineffective. Full details and a video clip demonstrating the effects of wearing the mask is presented for the first patient. The detailed evaluation confirmed the diagnosis of hyperventilation. Conclusions: In the current era of the daily use of masks, pediatricians should be aware of potential anxiety and hyperventilation while the mask is being worn, causing symptoms that mimic common respiratory disorders, such as asthma. MDPI 2021-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8774193/ /pubmed/35053630 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9010005 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Amirav, Israel Lavie, Moran Spurious Asthma Presentation during COVID-19 |
title | Spurious Asthma Presentation during COVID-19 |
title_full | Spurious Asthma Presentation during COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Spurious Asthma Presentation during COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Spurious Asthma Presentation during COVID-19 |
title_short | Spurious Asthma Presentation during COVID-19 |
title_sort | spurious asthma presentation during covid-19 |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8774193/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35053630 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9010005 |
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