Steam Inhalation as an Adjuvant Treatment in Covid-19 Positive Health Care Professionals: Our Experiences at Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Abstract

Introduction: Steam inhalations are often used for the treatment of the viral infections of the respiratory tract such as common cold or croup Objective: This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of the steam inhalation on COVID-19 infection Methods: This is a prospective and descriptive study The participants of this study were COVID-19 positive health care professionals and divided into two groups such as Group-A and Group-B Group-A included 52 asymptomatic COVID-19 patients whereas Group-B included 44 symptomatic COVID-19 patients The steam with a temperature of 42 0C to 45 0C was inhaled by all of Group-A and Group-B patients Results: There were 52 asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in Group-A where 34 male and 18 female patients with a male to female ratio was 1 8:1 Out of the 44 symptomatic COVID-19 patients, 28 male and 16 female with male to female ratio was 1 75:1 The age ranges of the participant patients were 22 years to 68 years with a mean age of 38±16 years All the mild and moderate symptomatic patients except one became symptom-free by one week use of steam inhalation Conclusions: The symptoms of the COVID-19 patients were drastically reduced after use of the steam inhalation The favourable effect of the steam inhalation for reducing the symptoms of the COVID-19 infections is to decrease the severity and duration of this infection and it also justifies its therapeutic application and acts as a ray of hope in this dreaded pandemic © @IJCRR