‘SEVERE ASTHMATICS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO COVID-19’

Dr Surya Kant, HoD Respiratory Medicine at the King George’s Medical University has said that severe and uncontrolled asthmatic patients are more susceptible to Covid19 infection.

“Known asthmatics should continue their prescribed inhalers and other therapies, in order to prevent any sort of exacerbation,” he said during a virtual conference on allergy, held to mark the ongoing Allergy Week (April 12 to 18). He said allergy testing, pulmonary function test, allergy immunotherapy should be avoided during Covid-19, in order to prevent its transmission. Tele OPD can be utilised to the fullest, to get virtual advice and prescriptions.