A Suggested Approach for Management of Pediatric Asthma During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Bo Ding,Yanming Lu

doi:10.3389/fped.2020.563093

Abstract

Asthma is a prevalent pediatric disease causing important health, economic, and emotional burdens around the world. Asthma attacks can be controlled with standardized management, but no cure exists for the disease. Many attacks are triggered by respiratory tract infections and children with basic airway diseases are at high risk for developing severe or critical illnesses. The new COVID-19 pandemic threatens to disrupt children's asthma control management and we have set out to summarize the main factors that need to be considered by pediatricians treating children with asthma at times like these. We discuss the intrinsic nature of asthma and its treatment, and the effects of irregular treatment giving recommendations such as the use of the WeChat platform and WeChat Official Accounts for follow-ups to improve children's asthma compliance during the pandemic. We also cover the COVID-19 protection strategies, and the importance of stress reduction, a balanced diet, exercise, and the avoidance of known attack triggers for maintaining good control of asthma during the pandemic.

Highlights

INFORMATIONAsthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease in children
In order to prevent and control the COVID-19 disease, people need to self-isolate at home, and such life style changes may affect children’s asthma control: [1] reduced crossinfection rates may result in reduced asthma exacerbations, and the patients guardians may discontinue asthma treatments; [2] doctor follow-ups may be avoided for the fear of SARS-CoV2 transmission; [3] increased exposure to indoor allergens; [4] parental anxiety may affect children; [5] lack of exercise and uncontrolled diet may lead to excessive weight gain; [6] parents of children with asthma need to focus on coronavirus prevention strategies
Childhood poses the greatest risk for asthma development

Summary

Introduction

INFORMATIONAsthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease in children. Approximately 300 million people in the world (4.3%) have asthma, and 14% of children suffer from the disease [1, 2]. Many attacks are triggered by respiratory tract infections and children with basic airway diseases are at high risk for developing severe or critical illnesses.

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