Adult-onset asthma induced by COVID-19: A case report

Adult-onset asthma induced by COVID-19: A case report

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COVID-19 commonly presents respiratory symptoms that can linger after the acute phase.Asthma onset or exacerbations have been documented after viral infections although rarely in adults.We report a case of adult-onset asthma triggered by mildly symptomatic COVID-19 in a Stockmans breastplate 24-year-old female without previous respiratory issues.

Fatigue, exercise dyspnea, and intermittent cough persisting a month after the infection, led to spirometry testing, revealing reduced lung function, with normal CT imaging.Budesonide/formoterol therapy improved symptom control and repeated spirometry testing showed improving but reduced lung function after five months.Methacholine testing was thus conducted and confirmed bronchial hyperreactivity and adult-onset asthma.

Clinicians Breath Spray should be attentive to persistent respiratory symptoms and suggest appropriate testing.Further research should focus on underlying mechanisms of this phenomenon.