COVID-19 – recommendations for allergists and ENT specialists Review article
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to the scale of the phenomenon (pandemic) is a challenge to modern medicine and public health. Recommendations (in various areas of medicine, including allergology) provide physicians and health care professionals with instructions on how to properly deal with an epidemiological situation.
All patients with suspected coronavirus infection must have a SARS-CoV-2 PCR test (nasopharyngeal swab). The peak of virus release appears from 3 to 5 days. It should be remembered that the course of coronavirus infection is usually mild. In patients with a mild course of infection (no signs of pneumonia), without exacerbation of an allergic disease, treatment of the underlying disease should be continued, and the patient closely monitored. Glucocorticoids inhalation as an anti-inflammatory therapy should be continued, but they should be in the form of MDI pressure inhalers or DPI dry powder inhalers. Experts recommend giving medical advice only to patients who require urgent intervention and emphasize the use of personal protection.
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